Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-05-16
NEWS And NOTES.
"A Summary Of Important Events.
LIv. CONGRESS.
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In the senate. on the 5th the time was d.
vided between routine business; q resolution
asking the president to request OF the Spanish
authorities fair treatment for American citi-
Gems captured on tho schooner Competitor; the
river and harbor bill and speeches by Messrs.
Hill IN, " and Pcttigrew Is. d. against and
In advocacy Of the PETER bond-inquiry resou-
tion, and pension and other bills .....I In the
house the first business was the adoption OF a
resolution setting apart the 9th and 18th inst.
for the consideration OF private pension bills.
The house refused to agree to the Senate
amendment to the naval appropriation bill re-
ducing the number Of batteships provided for
from four to Two
In the senate, on the 9th. after an hour given
to the river and harbor bill. the PETER bond
resolution was taken upand Mr.. Hill IN. W
continued his argument against It, He sus-
pended his remarks to allow q message from
the house announcing the passage OF concur
rent resolution for Anal adjournment on May
ls, and yielded later to permit Mr. Gull (Fla-l
70 make ahpeeoh N favor Of tho rcsolutionA<.- y
ip the house. IN 1onimfttee Of tho whole, pri-
yate pension bills were considered aud n Of
them were passed. A concurrent resolution
providing for the final adjournment OF the
session on the 18th was passed without dl-
vision.
IN the senate ion the 7th the bond-investiga-
Ing previously amended by the substitution
Of finance committee" for special commit
tee'), was passed by the practically unani-
nous vote Of 81 yeas to nays. After the bond
resolution had been disposed OF the river and
harbor bill was taken up, and its considcra-
tion occupied the timo until adjournment at
62b p. m.... In the house Mr.. Piclsler (rep.
S. d., who was defeated, on the 9th, in his
fight for longer session for the consideration
OF private pension bills, retaliated by diiatory
tactics, wherever possible. until nearly ell
the session had becn frittered away. some un-
important business Only being transacted
Just prior to adjournment
IN the senate, on the 9th, a bill was passed
without opposition permitting the erection In
washington OF monument In honor OF Sam
uel Hahnemann, the founder OF the medical
school OF homeopathy, and appropriating a.
0C0 to defray the cost Of the foundation.
dozen other bills unobjected to were passed.
Consideration OF the river and harbor bill was
concluded with the exception OF the question
OF the location OF decp-water harbor in South
ern California 49,. In the house. by vote Of 1870
to l0e, bill was passed providing members
with clerks the year round instead OF for the
session OF congress only. An evening session
was held for the consideration OF private PEN
sion bills. at the close OF which the house ad-
journed until the 1lth.
IN the senate, on the 9th the greater part Of
the days session was taken up in the discus
sion OF the river and harbor bill with refer
ence to the relative advantages OF Santa
Monica and San Pedro as a location for a
deep-water harbor. After the river and har-
Dor bill was laid aside, 80 bills, uuobjected 10
on the calendar, were taken up and passed.
Joint resolution was offered by Mr.. Dubois
Qdaho) providing that no government bonds
shall be issued under any existing law until
nraCtdQnf eo ovnt1 nfaat tod tor
gress In a message the facts showing the me-
cessity for such issue and until congress
shall authorize it,. The house was not In ses-
sion on the 9th