Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-12-13
NEWS AND NOTES.
4 Summary Of Important Events.
FiFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
ISecond SESSION.


IL the senate. on the Sd. after the opening
fOrmalitieS and routine business the preSi-
dents message was received and read, its read
ing occupying two hours and five minutes.
After the reading resolutions on various SUBJ
jects were offered among them on the alleged
Armenian outrages and the election of United
States senators By the people. In the house
business was taken up with no more formal
lty than on ordinary meeting days. The preSi-
dents message was read, after which the death
of Representative Wright, of Pennsylvania.
was announced and the house adjourned a
mark of respect to his memory.
In the senate. on the 4th- Mr.. PETER intro
duced some half-doZen projects of legislation,
and Mr.. Blanchard (dem.. La.) offered q reSo-
luton looking to the payment of the bounty on
the sugar crop of 1894 under the terms of the
Mckinney tarih act. Other resolutions were
offered, and the senate adjourned out of re-
spect to the memory of the late Representative
Wright OF Pennsylvania. In the house sew
eral bills were passed. among them one appro-
priating $4,000 for the purchase of 5000 acres
of land on which the battle OF Shiloh was
fought, and to begin the construction Of a ma
tional park thereon.
In the senate. on the 5th, Mr.. Vest dem,
MOI spoke in support of the cloture reSolu-
ton offered the day previous by him, confess
ing to a change of opinion on the subject OF
Structing the judiciary committee to report as
to the legality of the recent issue of United
States bonds was agreed to. In the house
a bill to prevent the free use of timber on the
public lands and to revoke all permits hereto
fore granted in certain states was passed The
conference report on the bill to regulate the
printing and distribution of public documents
was agreed to- and the bill to permit railroad
companies to pool their business under regula-
lions to be established by the interstate COM
mcrce commission was taken up
IN the senate, on the 9Th four bills were
passed, one appropriating sI7,4S6 to reimburse
the Washington and Lee university at Lexing-
ton. Va. for injuries done by United States
troops during the war, and another appropria-
and Chattanooga national park, on the two bat
tlefields. September 10 and 20, 1895. Mr.. Tur-
pie Qnd.) spoke in favor of making senators
elective by the people of each state instead of
by the legislatures ....- In the house Speaker
Crisp announced number of committee re-
movalS and assignments. The pension and
Notifications appropriation bills were reported,
after which debate the bill to amend the
interstate commerce law to permit of pool
ing by railroads was resumed and occupied the
remainder of the session.
= THE senate was not in session on the eth
In the house the greater portion of the session
was taken up with the continued discussion of
the bill to amend the interstate commerce
act as to permit railroad companies to pool
their earnings A resolution was passed dis
tributing the presidents message among the
several appropriate committees. A bill to pro-
tect the public forest reservations was dis
cussed for an hour, but no conclusion was
reached