The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-02-08
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.
Proceedings Of the National Lawmakers
la Both Houses.


la Both Houses.
WASHINGTON Feb 1.-The senate adopt.
ed comprehensive resolutions calling fo,
information OF all sort, US To the llnanci Il
condition OF tho country. 4, fer offered
a resolution To refer to u specla elect on
I'm October next the question of what "a
do financially. The balance of the day
was devoted to the District appropriation
bill. During the debate the Republicans
declared that the appropriate this SEES.
sion would run over 81, l,O)0.0G.
The house passed the bills e. regulate
navigation on inland waters and for ths
relief uf the FIRST State bank of Mound
City, Ills. The Pacific railways refund.
ing bill was then debated in committees OF
the whole.
WASHINGTON, Feb g The financial
question again came he Gre rhc senate nm
Teller maio u speech TO give the sugge..
tive warning that he would see 10 IL that
SO far as the present session of con gress
was concerned there should be NJ 'hasty
or weak" legislation on the plan of the
''rider." The most OF tho day vas de-
voted to the District appropriation bill
without conpletng 1t The conference
report on the navy bill was agreed TO-
The personal encoun,er b tween Drcck.
inridge of Kentucky ami Heard OF Mis-.
souri, overshndowed in importance all else
that occurred in the house II ard called
Breckenridge liar AM 1t was with d I'd.
Guilty That the two were kept apart. b..
fore adjournmenG peace was made an
they shook hands An hour wns devoted
to debate on the Pacific ralLroal bill.
resolution was adopted calling on til,
president for all info nation reg,rdint
the alleged aid furni>he Hiwason M.
tlves by representa- ives OF the BIRTHS
government and the remainder OF the dav
was consumed by the District of Columbia
committee.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 4-The senate spent
the day OH the District appropriation bill
and made COOL progress. Mcpherson viii
move today To discharge the finance com.
mittce from further con 81 erL5ion OF the
current financial gu 'stion, in order 10
bring the question d,recUly before tne SON
ate. An executive session was held
Tho house passed the bill To revive tho
rank of linutenant general in the army,
the object being To authorize the promo.
tion OF G1u Schofltld 90 that rank. Tbs
Pacific railways funding bill wai
amended SO ~ 10 make the intere'G on thu
debt due the government per cent. AMI
als5 SO Us tn prevent dividends to stocG.
holders until the governnen6 debt was
discharged Boatner then moved TO re.
cOmmiJ the bil, an on I'm aye ana naj
vote 1t WIS adopteI-l0 TO los Tni5
practically kills the bill
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5-Secretary Car.
Isle sent to the senate statement thaS
there would b. a SUI plus at the end of
this year OF ST.. $40 900 after paving of
last years dcn;i; The credentials Of
Senator Nelson, from Minnesota, wee
presented The house bill tor a military
park at Gettysburg was passed. also the
bill to regulate navigation on the lakes.
The District appropriation bill consumed
the balance of the day
The house adopted the conference re.
ports OH the Qualifications and army ap.
preparations. A special order was car
ried for debate on the currency bill to-
day, tomorrow and Thursday. The omn.
bus war claims bill was defeated, and tho
agricultural appropriation passed. Moro
Hawaiian correspondence was laid b.
fore the house. Hall of Missouri charLc
terized statement of Hatch as false.
hood and the sergeant -at-arns had to in
terfere TO prevent Il row.
WASHINGTON, Feb & Tho senate ses
sion opened with II very breezy personal
alteration between Mitchell of Oregon
and Harris OF Tennessee. Tho words "un
gentlemanly" and contemplate" vert
exchanged and for time it looked ~
though the senate chamber might witness
a repetition OF the beligerenG scene in tho
house last week. But the conflict as
sumcd u somewhat serio.comic aspect and
the senate soon relapsed into an unevcnt-
full consideration of routine business. Tho
DIS riot OF Columbia appropriation bill
was passed and discussion of the dipIo-
matte and consular bill was begun.
The house passed several bills, among
them one to pension the widow OF the late
Commodore Frank Avery, at the rate Of
SO per MONTH and one for the relief of
Kate EDerle IN Indian woman The bal
ance of the day was devoted to debate on
the administration currency bill, Reel
speaking IN Iavor Of his own measure To
tide over the difficult ties