The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1896-05-23

CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
LTV. CONGRESS.
First SESSION.

IN the senate. on the llth. the river and har-
b1r bill he.aE still under consideration. the
| amendment offered by the chairman OF the
CO nmittee. Mr. FRYE (Me,l designating Santa
Monica the place for a deep-sea harnor,
wa, discussed ;.t length ny several senators,
| the debate not hefng concluded when the bill
| was laid aside for the day In the house
nuuter OF miscellaneous bills we're passed
and rrel'TH'.1rT toG; upun the indian ap-
propr atioH bill agreed To and further
| conference ordered M Maddox tdeTn was
| confirme I'd in his seat from the seventh dis
| trict Of Georgia, contested by W. i. FELTON,
| GUsioub. The rest of the day was devoted TO
| cons liberation Of District u Columbia busi-
ness
Is The seLare. on the I2th. the question Of
| locating a hgeakwstcr and deep->ea harhor In
southern California was disposed o. hy com
promise providing for II commission TO exam
iue the rival harb1rs OF san Pedro ami santa
Monica. their report To- he flnal. and contracts
to be made in accordance herewith hv the
secretary Of war SOC. In the house an hour and
a half was occupied in discussing the right Of
member to insert matter N the RsH-.".' -
which no permission had been given The
matter was finally ordered To he excluded
The rest Of the day was Spentin discussing the
contested-election case Of Rinaker Down
ing, from the Sixteenth Illinois district. with
out arriving at a decision up TO the hour OF ad-
lournment-
Is the senate. or the 18th. the river and har-
Dor appropriation bill was passed. leaving only
three OF the annual appropriation bills yet to
be disposed OF. As il passed the house. the
bill appropriated slO,59i,1 1ls. As reported TO
the senate from committee it carried Sl26li,-
$50 to which before passage. was added various
items. including the provision for the deep-sea
harbor in southern California .... In the house
almost the entire session was occupied in the
discussion OF the RinaKer-Downlng contested
election case. which was recommitted to COM
mittee on elections No l, with instructions to
rec cunt the parts of the vote deemed neces-
sary.
IN the senate, on the 18th. two speeches were
made on the bill to restrict immigration by
the illitesacy test. after which the bill
was laid aside. A bill providing for an in
crease of duty on sugar was briefly cOnsid-
cred. The question OF Mr. Duponts right to
a seat in the senate from Delaware was taken
up, Mr. PlatI Comm speaking in favor OF Mr.
Dupont's right. Sixty pension bills were
taken from the calendar and passed I'm
the house the days session was spent, in COM
mittee OF the whole. considering private PEN
sion bills. 81 OF which were acted upon favOra-
bly, and reported to the house for passage.
The conteSted-election case OF Cheatam
against WoOdard, from the Second district Of
North Carolina, was decidedin favor OF Wood
ard.
IN the senate on the 18th, by 4 vote of 81 to
30 the claim of Henry a. Dupont to the vacant
seat in the senate from Delaware. was re-
jected. Mr.. Gallinger (N. H. offered reSOlu-
tion declaring a revision of the tariff law to be
imperatively demanded. Mr.. Bacon (Ga-)
made q long speech advocating the repeal Of
the act OF 1873 (the resumption acO under
which authority TO issue bonds is claimed by
the president and secretary OF the treasury.
$500. In the house 101 private pension bills.
previously favOrably reported from commit
tee OF the whole. were passed. and "a others
were laid aside to await engroSsnent before
final action. The Hogue-Otey conteSted-eieC-
tion case from the sixth district of Virginia
Was decided in favor of Mr.. Otey, the sitting