The Forrest City times., 1896-04-10
NEWS IN BRIEF
Compiled from Various Sources. LlV. CONGRESS.
First Session.)

IS the senate. on the 2d. Mir George (Miss.) concluded his speech against the report of the committee on privileges and elections declar- ing that MT. Dupont was duly and legally elec- ted as a senator from the state of Delaware. The remainder Of the days session was taken up In discussion of an amendment to the post onice appropriation bill .....I In the house. in committee Of the whole, after Q three hours debate, an amendment .o the District of Col umoia bill giving Howard university in Wash ington s2e.0OO, was agreed to--129 to l05-after which the bill was reported to the house and adopted.
 HE senate was not in session on the 3d. ..... In the house consideration of the conference report recommending the adoption of the sen ate resolutions relating to Cuba was begun. Mir Hit speaking for and Mir. Boutelle against the adoption of the resolutions. Thirty-eight pri- vate pension bills. which had been previously favoraoly acted upon, were passed. Mir. Hooker reported the river and harbor appro- priation bill. 10 be called up on the 9th. A bill authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi river at St Louis was passed. An evening session was held for the considera. tion of private pension bills.
 THE senate was not in session on the 4th ..... In the house a bill to pension John NJ Thayer. of Nebraska, formerly major-general in the volunteer service. at the rate of slo0 month, was passed. The report of elections committee
 
 son. from the Third Alabama district. in favor of Harrison, the sitting member. was presented and agreed to- When the Cuban resolutions were taken up so many members desired to speak that IL was arranged to hold night ses- sion in order to give them all a chance to be heard. and to take vote immediately after the reading of the journal on the 9th.
 IN the senate. on the 9th. the entire session was taken up with consideration of the post offce appropriation bill-republcans generally ehampioning the administration oi the post offce department and democrats condemning IL IL was agreed that a vote on the bill should be taken at ?. n. on the 7th In the house the conference committees report on the Cuban resolutions was agreed to-2i5 to 27 . The river and harbor bill was taken up and after further consideration passed under sus- pen>ion of the rules-2Ie to 10 A letter from Secretary of Agriculture Morton was read, promising compliance with the wishes Of con- gressmen in the distribution of seeds. The filled cheese bill was reported and notice given that 1t would be called up on the sth.
 IN the senate, on the 7th, after another en- tire day devoted to the post office appropria- ton bill, the measure was passed. An amend ment restricting the consolidation system to the limits of corporate towns and cities was agreed to; as was also committee amendment appropriating Ss0,o00 additional compensa- tion to the Oceanic Steamship Co. for ocean mail service In the house the bill reported from the committe coinage. weights and measures to adopt the metric system in gov ernment business January l. 1894, and to make it the legal standard of the country January |. 1901, was taken up, but the house refused to order the bill to it's engrossment and third reading.