The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-15
CONGRESSIONAL.
Condensed Report OF the Past Weeks Pre-
nRmhinrm.

IL the senate on the 5th Mr.. Hill N " con.
tinued his speech against Me-. PETERS resolu.
| ton for Investigating the bond issues. Mr.
Pettigrew Is d. supported the resolution.
I some progress was made ON the river and har.
Dor bill and number Of pension bills ere
passed, Mr.. Can tFla.) introduced a resolu
A ton, which was adopted, requesting the presi-
| dent TO protest against the execution Of Amer
lean citizens captured on board the schooner
Competitor by Spanish gunboat -. The house
refused TO accept the senate amendment to the
naval appropriation bill reducing the number
OF bait ships from four to two and further
conference with the senate was ordered.
/ An agreement to vote the next day upon Mr..
Pener's resolution to investigate the recent
bond issues was arrived at i'm the senate on
the 9th Mr.. Lodge got an amendment adopted
that the investigation should be conducted by
tho regular finance committee. difference
OF opinion developed between the two Florida
senator's rs 10 the resolution asking the presi-
dent TO protest against the execution OF Amer
lean citizens taken on board the hlibustering
schooner Competitor by Spanish gunboat
Btr Call thought the senate should act at once
and Mr. Pasco said that Secretary OIney was
doing everything possible in those kind OF
cases The resolution was referred m The
house spent most OF the day in passing private
pension bills. ~ being favorably acted upon in
0h hours. A resolution was passed amid an
outburst OF applause from both sides OF the
house for final adjournment on May 1s.
IN lne ueDab6 on MI PeuefS resolution Tor
investigating the recent bond issues Mr. Palmer
on the 9TH referred TO the in adequacics Of the
platform declarations OF 1892 on the financial
question, and referred to the conventions held
last year at Pertle Springs, Mo-. and Spring.
held. I'LL, at which the democratic party was
committed TO silver. as ''snap" conventions.
This brought Mr.. Vest to his feet and he de-
nounced Office holders for attempting to stihe
and prevent the expression OF the will OF the
people. and limited that IL the Chicago conven-
ton declared for sound money he would not
feel bound to abide by Its action The bond
resolution was then adopted by the decisive
vote Of 81 to 8. Mr.. PETER presented petition
from Indiana asking for the passage of a bill
he recently introduced forbidding the federal
government to issue liquor license TO any
one who had not secured a state license 49,. The
net result OF a 81 hours session OF the house
was the passage of a bill to amend the act Gre
ating the court OF appeals so as to allow ap-
peals from the supreme courts of the terri
tories 70 the court OF appeals.
THE river and harbor bill was completed in
the senate on the sth with the exception of the
item for deep sea harbor on the Pacific
coast the proposal for appropriating s3.O9S.OO
for harbor at Santa Monica bay exciting con-
siderable opposition from the California sena-
tors, who think it is Southern Pacific rail-
road job. The members OF the house voted
themselves SlC0 month each for clerk hire
during the recess by a vote OF I3) to 10a Sew
eral pension bills were passed, the evening
session being devoted to private ones