The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-07-20
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS In BRIEF.
FiFTv-THlRD CONGRESS.

TIM senate va> not IA session on the IN.
In Inc house the tariff bin Wa reported back
from the eorinltiee on Mays and means. with
the r,s-rmmt n,iAtion that the house non-cOrcur
M he senate amendments ami agree ~ con-
iernce There wa~ not dissenting vote On
the motion % non-concnr. speaker Crisp apr
ront.sl a. ccnferee~ on the part ~. the house
Mes~r~ Wilson. NeNiiiin. Turner and Mont
,onierv. democrats. and Mc~~rs- Reed and
burrows. republicans Mr.. NcCreary ~ Ken
tucxv announced the death ~ his colleague.
AF l-i~ic. ana the house adjourned
IN the senate On the 9Th, the naval appro-
priaiinu bill wa> passed. The chaplain. Ia hi
opening prayer invoked divine restraint uTon
tbe violence ~ lawie>~ men no SET themselves
mp asain>; the statutes ~ their country. Mr.
PETER offered a series ~ resolutions looking "a
government ownership ~ Interstate railroads
and cosl beds. IL the supply Il. money hy tie
government alone. % q uniform rate ~ inter-
est and "a raising all the revenue % the gov
eminent ~ taxes On real estate In the
house after the transaction OF some routine
business the remainder of the session Wa
taken MP with the consideration Of district ~
Columbia business In committee Of the whole
IN the senate. on the ioth. the post ONCE APP
preparation bill was passed. also house bill FOR
the admission OF Utah a state. the latter
not even requiring the calling ~ the yeas and
NAYS. Most ~ the session wa~ taken up ia a
fruitle~> discussion ~ Mr.. PETER : resolutions
for government control ~ railroads. coal
mines efc - In the house bill 10 amend
the laud-rranf- forfeiture Law of September ~
is.1 greatly extending it, operations aui re-
storing about 5a0ats1 acres ~ land % The pub
lie domain. was discussed but not disposed ~
In the consideration morning hour number ~
bills ~ more or -e>> private or local nature
we're uc>~ed. The conte>ied-election case ~
Thra~hcr " Enloc from the Eighth Tenns =
see district. vas decided in favor u the latter
~ the senate on the nth the diplomatic and
Consular the invalid pension and the miiiraf.
academy Appropriation bills were passed with
out Opposition. The pension bill apprprrlatc>
sls0es.er. The Daniel resolution indor~ing
the action ~ the president la his e-o.i- to sup
press iAvls~~rs>> in coauee,ioa with the PAIL
mar boycott strike adopted without a d.
vision IN he house. the Din tp amend tht
act ~ September y l~.s1 prox .dilc FOR the for
feiiure ~ certain land grants. increa>in- The
scope ~ the present lax by Including aiuo 90
acrc~ ~ land within it, operations was passed.
il the senate on The isth the army and the
Notifications appropriation bills were passed
Without encoratering any Opposition. The re-
publican members ~ the conference commit
tee on the tariff bill having been excluded from
the meetings ~ the conferee-. Mr. Hale urered
a resolution directing The chairman ~ inform
the senate whether fun and free conference
j. heiH-. held. The resolution went over under
the rules -. In the house an even dozen bills
" no general interest were passed. and senate
amendments to the bin 70 provide Tor the adj
mission ~ Tt.h into the union and the post
ofiee appropriation bill for tho year endine
June ~ lsss we're agreed TO- Senate amends
meats 20 The pension. military academy anu
diplomatic AMI consular appropriation bills
we're non-concurrcd In and conferences ordered