The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1894-07-06
SUBSCRIPTION: Sl.OO Per Year.
Congress
CONDENSED Proceedings Of Ehe Senate and
House for the Past Week.

CONDENSED Proceedings of Che Senate and
House for the Past Week.
THE senate continued debate on the income
tax feature Of the tariR bill on the ed, but
made no progress 81 the time was occupied by
Senator Hil1 and others La speeches in opposf-
ton The senate adl0urned at o'clock -. The
house held an uninteresting and brief session.
the time being mostly occupied in sQuabblina
WHEN the senate met on she 18th Senator
Morgan. chairman OF the committee on foreign
relations. offered resolutions Of sympathy and
sorrow on the bereavement that had fallen upon
France in the assassination Of President
carnot, which xhe senate adopted and immedi-
ateay adIoKaned =. When the house met mes
sage from the presidert was received giving
o1acsA1ly the fact Of the assassination OF the
French president. Resolutions OF sympathy
were offered By Mr.. MCCreary. and after
journed.
THE senate entered upon the thirteenth week
OF the tariff drag on the 26th- Mr.. Hill contln-
ued his opposition to the income tax by Offer
ing various amendments. Several COMMITTEES
amendments we're accepted but Mr.. Hill's were
rejected. Ae6sf0 o'clock The senate adseaTrcd.
-. The house passed the bill making labor day
a legal holiday and the elections COMMITTEES
made two reports on the Moore-Funston con-
test from the Second Kansas district The
majority report favors the seating OF Moore.
The minority report, signed only by repubn-
cans, favored Funston. The house then fur
ther considered the deficiency bill and ad-
journed at $40 o'clock.
The senate continued to grind on the income
tax provision of the tariff bill on tho 27th. The
debate was uninteresting and continued until
500 o'clock -. The house got into a squabble
on the New Mexico admission bill and did not
finally dispose OF it. A cablegram from the
French government acknowledging the action
of congress on the death Of President Carnot
was received and two or three unimportana
local matters disposed Of.
Mr. HoAR did some hlihustering when the
senate met on the 28th, but at the regular hour
the tariff bill was taken up and rapid progress
made. A motion by Senator Hill to strike out
the income tax provision was defeated by "a to
40. Three democrats voted for it and six repub-
hcans against striking out. The last section
of the bill was reached at o'clock when the
senate adjourned After the disposal OF
routine business and passing several local bills
the house took up and passed the bill for the
admission OF New Mexico as a state. Pending
consideration of District OF Columbia bill a
quorum disappeared and the house adjourned
WHEN the senate met on the 29th the joint
resolution appointing Charles M. Anderson Of
Ohio, Sidney J. Cook, OF Kansas, and A. T.
Pearson, OF Pennsylvania, members OF the
board OF managers of the national home for dis
abIed volunteers passed. The joint resolution
continuing the annual appropriations thirty
days after June 30 also passed. The tariff bill
was then taken mp and completed ig committee
of the whole. 1t was formally reported to the
senate and after an, executive session the sem
ate adjourned until Monday The house en-
gagged in llibustering over the Watson-Blaek
contested case from Georgia, but finally adopt
ed the report OF the elections committee which
declared Black elected A few minor bills
passed and pension bills were considered at the
evening session.