The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1896-05-20
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Gathered from All Quarters.
CONGRESSIONAL.

SENATE May 12 = The long controversy
between the advocates Of the harbor OF
San Pedro and those OF the harbor Of Santa
Monica, as to which Of those two ports shall be
selected for the expenditure Of S3,00O 900 In the
construction Of breakwater and the making
Of deep sea harbor in southern California,
was brought to close by the passage OF an
amendment providing for board consisting of
an oflcer OF the navy, an oficer OF the coast
and geodetic survey and three civil engineers
10 examine the two harbors; the report OF the
majority to be final
HoUsE.-The contested election case OF Rim
aker vs. Downing, from the Sixteenth district
Of Illinois, occupied the entire time Of the ses-
sion. The majority Of the elections committee
No. recommended the unseating OF Downing
(dem.) No decision was arrived at when the
house adjourned.
SENATE, May 13-Only three OF the annual
appropriation bills now remain to be acted
upon, the river and harbor bill having passed
The amendment which had been offered to the
bill by Mr.. German, limiting expenditures
under the bill to S0,000,0)0 year was laid on
the table, The final vote was yeas u, nays o.
HoUSE.-Consideration Of the Rinaker-Down-
ing contested election case occupied most Of
the time of the session The debate continued
until night, when the house recommitted the
case to the committee on elections No. l. with
instruction to recount such parts Of the vote
deemed proper.
SENATE May 14-Mr Nelson, of Minnesota,
made speech in favor Of the bill to restrict
immigration by the application Of the iliteraoy
test, and Mr. Gibson, of Maryland, opposed the
bill The discussion of Mr.. Dupont's title to a
seat in the senate from Delaware again came
to the surface and Mr.. Platt OF Connecticut,
made an argument In favor of Mr. Dupont's
tight Sixty pension bills were passed.
HoUsEA large part of the day was spent
in committee Of the whole on private pension
bills Fifty-three such bills were reported for
passage. The river and harbor bill was re-
turned from the senate, amendments made by
that body disagreed to and u conference Or
dered
SENATE, May 15.-The claim Of Henry A.
Dupont for the vacant seat in the senate from
the state of Delaware was decided adversely to
him by majority OF one. The republican
senators voted solidly in his favor; the demo-
Gratis voted just as unanimously against him
and the populsts allied themselves on the
democratic side, making the vote on the
amendment which declared that Mr.. Dupont
was not entitled to the seat 81 to 30.
HoUsE.-The day was spent In passing pri-
vate pension bills favorably reported from the
committee of the whole. One hundred and one
bills passed and 81 others had been laid aside
to await formal engrossment before final
action when the house adjourned until the 18th.
SENATE. May l6.-A long speech was deliv-
cred by Senator Morgan, OF Alabama, on the
subject of the war in Cuba and favoring the
passage of joint resolution recognizing Cuban
oelligerency. so as to give the president an OPP
portunity of coinciding with or vetoing the
action of congress. At the close Of the speech
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