Huntsville gazette., 1894-08-11
NEWS ;. f. BRIEF
: Compiled from Various sousoes.
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SroSeREssrssAL &c rRocEEp1tesl

In the senate. on the 1st most Or the day As
occupied in the consideration OF amendments
offered hy senators to the sundry civil bill
the question OF railway stations and depots in
Oklahoma territory was taken up and the SEN
ate amendment Favorable To the railroads)
was receeded from. The conference report on
the agricultural appropriation bill (the senate
conferees receding from the 81 100000 Russian
thistle arnendment) was agreed to 80. In the
house the conference report on the agricultural
appropriation bill was agreed to- and the con-
tested-election tase of Moore VS.. Funston was
taken up. and the resolutions offered by the
minority, that Moore was not elected and that
Funston was, were defeated by party vote,
after which the house adjourned.
IN the senate on the I'd, Mr. Chandler spoke
an hour and a half in favor OF the adoption OF
his resolution for an investigation of the his
tory of the Dominion Coal Co. OF Nova Scotia.
The resolution was sent to the calendar. The
sundry civil appropriations bill was amended
and passed Senator PETER offered resolu-
tion looking to the employment by the United
States of all unemployed citizens at the min
1mum wages of two dollars per day. bill for
the exclusion of anarchists was reported from
the committee on immigration and placed on
the calendar. ...... In the house very little busi-
hess of Importance was transacted. The con-
ference reports on the Indian and District of
Columbia appropriation bills were agreed to,
and Mr. Moore (dem.) was seated in place of
Mr.. Funston (rep.), from the Second district OF
Kansas,
IN the senate on the Sd, the general def
cheney appropriation bill was passed and sent
to conference. House bill for the admission of
the territories of New Mexico and Arizona
was reported and placed on the calender The
conference report on the river and harbor bill
was presented and went over -. In the house,
after the passage of couple of private relief
bills, the conference report on the river and
harbor bill was agreed to, and q conference was
ordered on the sundry civil appropriation bill;
also upon the bill regulating the printing and
publication Of public documents
IN the senate, on the 4th, thirty-seven private
pepsion bills were taken from the calendar and
passed Several other bills were passed, the
most important of which was house bill to sub
ject to state taxation national bank notes and
United States treasury notes. The bill declares
the notes named and gold and silver and other
coin subject to taxation as money on hand or
under deposit under the laws of any state or
territory. The house was not in session on
the 4tn.
In the senate, on the 9th. Mr.. Chandler's
resolution to investigate the Dominion Coal
Co. of Nova Scotia, and the substitute offered
ny Mr. Hill, were the subjects of a lively de-
bate during the morning hour, but went over
without action. House bill providing for the
inspection of immigrants by United States
consuls. with the substitute reported from the
committee on immigration for the exclusion
and deportation of anarchists, was taken up.
After lengthy debate, the substitute was
agreed to, with amendments. the bill passed
and q conference asked 80. In the house most
of the day was spent in discussing the confer
ence report on the Indian appropriation bill.
Without conclusive action, however, the house
adjourned.