The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-03-16
ICURRE NT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
FIFTY-THlRD CONGRESS-

TUE senate WAS no, Ia session on the Ri ,,....
In the house several private pension bills were
passed rs unanimous consent. aud the house 40
\ r. 70 went into committee OF the whole on the
pension appropriation bill. MIR. Cultivate IN
the chair. Al 3. 10 O'Clock the committee rose,
and. after passing bill To pension Hannah l..
Lille. daughter OF u revolutionary soldier the
house adjourned
DIN tho senate. on the 5th the scigniorage
bin was received from the house and laid on
the table. 4 resolution was adopted calling
on the secretary OF The treasury for state
ment a. 20 repayment by states OF interest
paid hy the government on state bonds for the
Cherokee fund. MIR. Voorhees, reported from
the finance committee a compilation OF the
coinage laws OF the government from isE' 10
1894. which was ordered printed. In the
house the session was opened with prayer ~
Evangelist Dwight l. Moody The day was
taken up in discussion OF the policy OF the
administration In pension matters
IN the senate. on the 9th. Mr.. Hin offered 4
resolution calling on the finance committee TO
amend the tariff bill so As TO increase the rev
enue 10 cover the current deficit OF sss 5000 900.
and 10 omit the proposed internal revenue and
direct-tax features. Mr. Stewart spoke on the
seienioragc bill Several senator's arose to -
question OF personal privilege. denying that
they had o. structcd the work in committee on
the tariff bill to secure protection 10 local IN
tercsts. as charged in a New York paper AZ
ter an executive session the senate adjourned.
LIN the house. after unimportant morn
ing business. resolution yacating several
appointments 10 the naval academy AT Annap-
oils. Md. made by the secretary OF the navy
in violation OF the rights OF congressman. was
passed The house went into committee OF the
whole on the pension appropriation bill, and
soon after adjourned
II the senate on the eth. a bill for the re-
claiming 81 the corvette Kearsarge aud her
equipment was passed Some unimportant
bills ana resolutions were passed ana the sen
ate took ,p the seisniorage BILL which was
pushed through its various STAGES until a
vote was pending on It's final passage,
when. upon the earnest protest OF senator
Sherman against undue haste in passing a
hill Of such importance the bill WAS allowed to
20 over for one day. After a short executive
session the senate adjourned. In the house
the pension appropriation biz was taken up
in committee OF the whole ana discussed I'M
der the fiye-minufc rule. several amendments
were rejected anu whca tho commit tee rose
the bin was reported 10 the house ana passed
Is the senate. on the s.h large number OF
rrivate pension ana other bills were passed.
after which the Bland seigniorago bill was
taken up and Ncssrs. sherman. Henderson
Allison and others spoke IN favor OF the
motion to reconsider the vote OF the day pre-
yiou> ordering the engros,ment and third
reading 81 the ILL Mes~rs Faulkner Harris
and others spoke against the motion After
short executive session the senate adjourned
In the house several minor Bills were
passed. and the District ~ Columbia appro-
priation bill was discussed for two hours and
went over