Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-07-21
NEWS AND NOTES
A Summary Of Important Events.
FlFTY.THlRD CONGRESS,

IN the senate, on the 10th the post ONCE APP
preparation bill was passed; also house bill for
the admission OF Utah as a state, the latter
not even requiring the calling OF the yeas and
nays. Most OF the session was taken up in
fruitleSs discussion OF Mr.. PETERS resolutions
Tor government control of railroads. coal
mines, etc..,...In the house q bill to amend
the MISUNDERSTANDING law OF September ~,
lS9o, greatly extending its operations and re-
storing about so 100000 acres of land to the pub.
lie domain, was discussed but not disposed Of.
In the consideration morning hour number OF
bills Of u more or less private or local nature
were passed. The contested-electio case OF
Thrasher VS.. Enloe. from the Eighth Tennes-
see district, was decided in favor of the latter.
In the senate, on the lith, the diplomatic and
consular, the invalid pension and the military
| academy appropriation bills were passed with
out opposition. The pension bill appropriates
xl50,WO0N The Daniel resolution indorsing
the action OF the president in his efforts to sup
press lawlessness In connection with the Pull
man boycott strike, was adopted without d.
vision. ......In the house the bill to amend the
| act Of September %. 1890, providing for the for
feiture Of certain land grants, increasing the
| scope Of the present law by including 81, 900. 900
acres OF land within its operations was passed.
IN the senate, on the 10th the army and the
Notifications appropriation bills were passed
without cncountering any opposition. The re-
| publican members of the conference commit
| tee on the tariff bill having been excluded from
the meetings Of the conferces, Mr.. Hale offered
| resolution directing the chairman to inform
| the senate whether a full and free conference
is being held The resolution went over under
the rules In the house an even dozen bills
| OF no general interest were passed. and senate
amendments to the bill to provide for the ad-
| mission of Utah into the union and the post
Office appropriation bill for the year ending
| June 20, 1895, were agreed to. Senate amend
| ments to the pension, military academy and
| diplomatic and consular appropriation bills
| were non n-concurred in and conferences ordered.
IN the senate, on the 18th, Senator Hale's
| resolution directing the chairman of the sem
ate conferees on the tariff bill to report why O
| free conference had not yet been held occupied
an hour and half,an was laid aside, Consider
| alton of the river and harbor bill was compet-
cd, and the bill was passed and conference
| asked The legislative. executive and judicial
appropriation bill was considered only the par
agraph providing for the reorganization of the
executive department being reserved, 49,, In
| the house, beyond adopting the report OF the
conferees on the pension appropriation bill, the
entire days session was spent in consideration
OF measures on the private calendar.
| IN the senate, on the i4th much discussion
was devoted to the plan Of Joint committee
| OF the two houses for a reorganization OF the
| executive departments Of the government, and
which was Incorporated in the legislative, ex-
ecutive and judicial appropriation bin, but the
bill did not reach its final passage ... In the
house bill for the construction of bridge
across the Mississippi river at Dubuque, Ia, by
| the Dubuque and Wisconsin Bridge Co. was