Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-08-10
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.

siSENATE. go l9lst day. - The main question
before the Senate was the sundry civil bill
which was discussed nearly all day but was not
acted upon. The House bill TO exempt the
articles Of foreign exhibitors at the Interstate
fair at Tacoma, Wash, from tariff duties. WAS
passed The report OF the conference commit
tee on the agricultural bill in which the Senate
conferees agreed TO recede from the amend
ment appropriatng 81 ZOO, 900 for the cxterrnn-
alton OF the Russian thistle was agreed To.
HCusE.-The House spent the whole day de-
batting the Moore Funston contested election
case OF the Second district OF Kansas but no
decision was reached.
SENATE.-l02d day.--But one more appropria-
tion bill-the dehciency-remains to be acted
on by the Senate, the sundry civil bill having
been passed after three days discussion. The
most important amendments adopted were
the increase OF the quarantine fund from
SrI 0OJ to 81 900 900. and donating 1000 900 acres
Of desert lands to the states TO which the desert
land laws apply as well as TO Nebraska, Kan
sas, Utah Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma.
Among the petitions presented was one from
members OF the United states industrial!
army now encamped near Washington, which
Mr.. PETER presented. IL was referred TO the
committee on immigration and labor. The re-
port OF the conferees on the District OF Column
bia appropriation bill was agreed To. The
Hatch anticipation bill was reported to the Sen
ate by Mr.. Washburn from the committee on
agriculture and placed on the calendar. Mr.
George oh ccted to the bill because he consid-
| cred IL inadequate TO accomplish the desired
reform. HOUsE.-There was not much OF gem
eral interest in the House The conference re-
| port on the District OF Columbia appropriation
| bill was agreed to. Mr.. Brown, from the COM
! mittee on elections then called up the con-
| tested election case OF Moore vs.. Funston, and
! a resolution was adopted declaring Mr.. Moore
| DEM Pop) entitled TO the seat. Mr.. Holman
| tDcm IndD, chairman OF the committee on
| Indian affairs, then called up the conference
| report on the Indian appropriation bill. The
| report was agreed to and another conference
was ordered on the remaining points OF Differ
| ence between the two houses.
| SENATE.-103d day.-The last OF the appro-
| priation bills was disposed Of when the def
| cheney bill was passed. No other business OF
particular importance. HOUSE.-A large por-
ton OF the day was spent IN discussing two bills,
/ one for the Reconstruction OF the railway mail
clerks and one for the classification OF clerks
| in the first and second-class postOficCS but
neither was acted upon. The conference report
on the river and harbor bill was agreed TO with
| out division.
| SENATE-194th day.-A short session. The
conference report on the river and harbor bill
! for the consideration OF which the Senate met,
| having been temporarily Withdrawn private
| pension bills we're considered and 81 were
| passed, including one granting pension TO the
widow OF the Arctic explorer, Lieut.. Frederick
! Schwatka. Several other bills were passed
| the two prominent being a Senate bill TO amend
| the quarantine regulations so far as they apply
| TO vessels plying between United States port,
on or near the frontier, and House bill 10 sub
! ject TO state taxation national bank notes and
/ United States treasury notes. The bill for the
! exclusion and deportation of anarchists was
| taken up and discussed and then went over.
! HOUSE.-NO business OF particular general i'm
! portancc