The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1896-05-21
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
LIv. CONGRESS-


(First ScseiOn.l
In the senate, on the 9tn, 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 location for q
deep-water harbor. After the river and har-
bor bill was laid aside 80 bills, unobjected TO
on the calendar, were taken up and passed A
Joint resolution was offered by Mr.. Dubois
UdahoA providing that government bonds
shall be issued under any existing law until
the president shall have communicated to COM
gress IN . message the facts showing the me-
cesSity for such issue and until congress
shall authorize It.. Tho house was not In ses-
sion on the 9th.
In the senate, on the nth, the river and har-
bor bill being still under consideration, the
amendment offered by the chairman of the
committee, Mr. Frye (Me.), designating Santa
Monica as the place for deep-sea harbor.
was discussed at length by several senators.
the debate not being concluded when the bill
was laid aside for the day. So. In the house q
number OF miscellaneous bills were passed,
and a preliminary report upon the Indian ap-
propriatioA bill was agreed to and further
conference ordered Mr.. Maddox (dem.) was
trict Of Georgia, contested by w. p. FELTON,
6usion). The rest of the day was devoted to
consideration Of District Of Columbia busi-
ness :
In the senate, on the 12th, the Question OF
locating breakwater and deep-sea harbor in
southern California was disposed Of by q COM
promise providing for o commission to exam
tne the rival harbors of San Pedro and Santa
Monica, their report to be final, and contracts
to be made in accordance Herewith by the
secretary Of war. %. In the house an hour and
half was occupied In discussing the right OF o
member to insert matter in the Record for
which no permission had been given. The
matter was finally ordered to be excluded
The rest OF the day was spent in discussing the
conteSted-elecIfOnc case OF Rinaker VS.. Down.
ing. from the Sixteenth Illinois district, with
out arriving at decision up to the hour Of ad-
journment. @
In the senate. on 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 it passed the house, tho
bill appropriated 4i0.5947l8. AS reported to
the senate from committed 1t carried s12,614.-
$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 Rfnaker-Downing contested
election case, which was recommitted to COM
mittee on elections No. 1, with instructions to
rec ount the parts OF the vote deemed neces-
sary.
IN the senate, on the 14th, two speeches were
made on the bill to restrict immigration by
the flliteracy test, after which the bill
crease Of duty on sugar was briefly consid-
cred. The question OF Mr.. Dupont's right to
q seat in the senate from Delaware was taken
up, Mr.. Platt (Conn.) speaking in favor OF Mr..
Duponts right. Sixty pension bills were
taken from the calendar and passed ..... In
mittee of the whole. considering private pen
sion bills, 53 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 decided in favor OF Wood