Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-03-26
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary of Important EvcntA
IIv. CONGRESS.


N tie senate on the 18Th. three spcerhes on
a. many different subjects werc made. Nv Mr..
Lodge tMassl ,. fnvurtnr such chsng- ia he
Immigration laws as will keep out iIifteratc
and ignorant foreigners. by Nr PuRh fAiai.
IN favor Of the coinage % silver with the same
rights as gold. and BY Nr Morgan tAial. in
fupport Of the conference report on the Cuban
belligerency resolution .. In the house II
being suspension day, n number OF bills of 40
special Importance we're passed under suspep-
sion Of the rules. The house agreed 10 take
hp. on the 18th. the report % the foreign Affairs
committee regarding the speeches delivered nv
Ambassador Bayarrl at Edinburgh aud Boston.
England.
IStae senate. on the 18th. Mr. Morgan CAia).
IN foGr-hourS' speech. closed hts defense OF
the action Of the committee on foreign reia-
tons In reporting the Cuban resolutions. Sem
ktor PuKh tAla-l also brought to close his
speech In favor Of the free coinage Of silver
In the house the entire session was de-
voted 10 the consideration. IN committee of the
whole. Of the bill reported from the csmmitte-
an ways and means. providing for a revision
n the customs administration act No sub
stantiaI amendment was made to the bill.
which was reported 10 the house and passed
without division.
In the senate. ou the 18th. during n short de-
bate upon Joint resolution directing the sec
ietary Of the interior to execute tn. law for
opening to settlement some two million acres
Of land in the eastern part 0f Utah. the secre-
tary was severely censured- By several speak
erS for his attempt 20 nuliify the act OF con-
grass- number Of bills unobjected to wera
passed. In the house a number Of private
bills we're passed. but only oue of public i'm
portanc--a senate Joint resolution instruct
Ing the secretary Of war TO transmit an esti-
mate Of the cost Of deepening the channel from
Hampton Roaais 70 the Norfolk navy yard.
The BRyartf eensure resolutions were taken
ap. and their passage advocated by Mr Csus-
ms and others. and opposed by Mr.. Mccreary
tdem-. Ey.l.
In the senate. On the 18th. the debate On IN e
report % the conference committee on the Gu
BAT resolution occupied nearly the entire SeS-
sioE- and vas participated In by many sen
stors. the majority expressing themselves in
favor Of prompt action by the United States in
nehaif Of the struggling patriots In tbs
house the debate on thr Bavard resolution Of
rcnsurc was continued. and toward the close
0f the session descended into an exchange of
personalities between Messrs Sulxer (fem-. "
~ and Gibson trepL. Tenn-) al the end
n which the former spologixed for offensive re-
iariss tndulged in In the heat Of debate.
IN the senate. On the aDth. the debate on the
Cuban question occupied most OF the day : ses-
zion A motion that when the senate adjourn
q be to the sd. was adopted by large major
ty-ss TO (which was taken To Indicate the
sentiment Of the senate on the question under
discussion In the house the three DAYS
battle over the resolutions censurinx Ambas-
sador Bayari for the use Of certain express
stous In public speeches In Scotland and En-
riand. ended In the adoption Of the resolutions
BY a vote Of Is0 to 4