The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-08-11
FROM WASHINGTON.
Work Of Legislators In the Fifty.
Third Congress.
8ius Of importance Discussed In the
Senate and H0use-The Proceed
ings Day by Day
ea Briefly Told.
THE sKNArE.

WARRINGTON, Aug. ga bill was In
troduced in the senate yesterday by
Senator Hill providing that no alien
anarchists shall he permitted to land
at any port of the United States; also
providing for the expectation of any un-
naturalized foreign-born person who,
upon trial in any court, shall appear
to the judge Of the court before which
he is tried to be an anarchist The
house Hatch anti-option bill was re-
ported.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.-The last Of
theoappropriation bills, the deficiency,
was passed in the senate yesterday,
and the bills for the admission of New
Mexico and Arizona to statehood were
reported and placed On the calendar.
WASHINGTON, Arg. Elm the senate
on Saturday bills were passed to amend
the Quarantine regulations so far as
they apply to vessels plying between
United States ports and foreign ports
on or near the frontier and to subject
to state taxation national bank notes
and United States treasury notes.
Thirty-seven pension bills were also
passed, including one increasing to
500 a month the pension paid the
widow of Gen. Abner Doubleday and
another granting pension to the
widow of the arctic explorer, Lieut..
Frederick Schwatka.
WASHINGTON, Aug. THE bill, for
restricting immigration and for the de-
portation of anarchists was passed in
the senate yesterday. A resolution
affirming that taxes can only be right
fully imposed to raise revenue for sup
port of the government Was offered by
Senator Mills.
WASHINGTON, Aug. s.-Only a short
session of the senate was held yester-
day, the most important event being
the passage of resolution directing
the president to take steps for the re-
lease of American citizens confined In
the island of Cuba for participation In
the recent rebellions.
The House.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.--In the house
yesterday the army officer at Omaha
who ordered target practice on Sunday
was scored by Mr.. Grosvenor, of Ohio.
The contested. election case of Moore
VS.. Funston was decided in favor of
Moore An hour was spent in the dis
cussion of bill to authorize the secre-
tary of the navy to establish and main
tain free public schools for children
under II years of age at Worthington,
on the naval reserve of the Pensacola
bay, Fla, but no action was taken.
WASHINGTON, Aug. "A resolution
was introduced in the house yesterday
by Mr.. Bland (Mo.) to place all sugars
on the free list and to raise $780, 0O,
900 revenue by an income tax. A bill
was introduced by Mr.. Baker (Kan.)
to establish reservoirs for the storage
of rainwater for the tillable lands
west of the Goth meridian, and Mr..
Blair IN. H. offered a resolution for
the investigation of lynchings in this
country in the past ten years. Ad-
journed to the 9Th.
WASHINGTON, Aug. TN the house
yesterday Mr.. Richards CO., introduced
a bill providing that every session of
the Legislative body of the national
congress shall be open to the public.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.-A report was
made in the house yesterday from the
Judiciary committee against the adj
mission of Japanese to citizenship. In
the democratic caucus resolutions urg-
ing speedy action by the conferrees on
the tariff bill were presented, but
finally withdrawn