Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-04-16
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary of Important Events.
Llv. CONGRESS.

In the senate on the 9th. the entire session
was taken up with CONS liberation Of the post
ofice appropriation bill-repub1icans general
" championlng the administration OF the post
ONCE department. and democrats condemning
It. 1t was agreed that a vote on the bill should
be taken at p m. On the 9TH. In the house
the conference committees report on the Gu
ban resolutions was agreed to-A5 to q. The
river and harbor bill was taken up and after
further consideration passed under suspension
Of the rufes-216 to 10 A letter from Secretary
Of Agriculture Morton was read, promising
compliance with the wishes OF congressman.
in relation to the DISTRIBUTION Of seeds. The
filledcheese bill was reported and notice given
that IL would be called up on the 9Th
In the senate. on the 7th, after another en-
tire day devoted to the post ONCE appropria-
ton bill. the measure was passed An amend
ment restricting the consolidation system to
the limits Of corporate towns and cities was
agreed to; as was also committee amendment
appropriating go, 900 as additional compensa-
ton to the Oceanic Steamship Co. for ocean
mail service. In the house the bill reported
from the committee on coinage, weights and
measures to adopt the metric system In gov
eminent business January 1, 1907 and to make
It the legal standard Of the country January 1,
1901, was taken up. but the house refused to Or
der the bill to its engrossment and third read
ing.
In the senate, on the sth, Mr.. Turpie fdem.
INDY spoke for an hour and half in support
proposing Intervention in the war now being
prosecuted in Cuba, making a sarcastic attack
upon MesSrs. Sherman and Lodge. The reso-
luton went over without action. and the re
mainder of the session was devoted to the In
dian appropriation bill, without action upon 1t
being reached. I'm the house, after two
hours spent on the metric system bill. the
measure was finally recommitted to the COM
mittee coinage, weights and measures
The bill to repeal the compulsory pilotage sys-
TOW, f1v-a o-1 lofn &f,na <r,fa nm
report on the agricultural appropriation bill
was presented and agreed to.
IN the senate on the 9th, Mr.. Mantel, of
Montana, delivered a prepared speech in justi-
fcation of those silver senators who voted
against the house tariff bill, and Mr.. Butler
OF North Carolina, spoke in support of the bill
introduced by him for the establishment OF
postal telegraph system The Indian appro-
priation bill made some progress, and 75
private pension bills were passed ......In
the house the resolution to repeal the compul-
sorry pilotage bill was defeated. The amended
District of Columbia appropriation bill was
passed-yeas, 1874: nays, 81. Conference was
ordered on the senate amendments to the post
office appropriation bill. The filled cheese bill
was taken up
IL the senate, on the 10TH Mr.. Call Ella, in
troduced a joint resolution on the subject Of
the Imprisonment of Mrs. Maybrick in En-
gland. which was referred to the committee on
the judiciary. bill giving the aid Of the
government to the Trans-Mtssissippi and In
ternational exposition at Omaha, Neb., in 1893
was passed. The most of the session was de-
voted to consideration of the Indian apprcprt-
alton bill In the house general debate on
the filled cheese" bill was concluded The
Notifications and coast defense appropriation
bill for the year ending June 30, 1897, was re-
ported from committee and placed on the cal
endar. An evening session was held for the
consideration OF private pension bills