The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1896-02-27
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
L,v. CONGRESS.
Tirst session.)


THE senate was not In session on the 18th.
In tho house. the agricultural appropriation
bill being under consideration, several MEM
bers, chiefly democrats, made scathfng at
tackS upon Secretary Morton OF the agricul-
tural department. for his refusal to execute the
purpose Of congress to distribute seed among
the farmers of the country Several Of the
speakers included Comptroller Bowler In their
denunciatfons, and demanded that the lines
defining the duties Of the executive DEPART
ment of. the government be more closely
drawn. Senate amendments to several house
bills were concurred In.
In the senate. on the 18th, the committee on
privileges and elections reported in favor of
Mf. Dupont, OF Delaware. Mr.. Hoar offered q
memorial making the 24th OF June q national
OF the North American coast by John and Se-
bastian Cabot in 1897. Mr.. Davis spoke for an
hour and Q half In support OF the Monroe doc
trine. The military appropriation bill was
then taken up In the house consideration
of the agricultural bill and the attack upon
Secretary Morton were resumed. Several
amendments were agreed to. and when the
house adjourned the pending question was an
amendment to the bill providing for the pur-
chase and distrib-tion of seed.
In the senate. on the 18th, the military acad-
emy bill was considered three hours and
passed. The pension appropriation bill was
also taken up and passed. In the house the
agricultural appropriation bill was, after q
three days debate. finally disposed of. Amend
ments Incorporated in the bill make it manda-
tory upon the secretary to purchase and dis
tribute seed, and the appropriation for seed
was increased from $4,000 to $l5O,O00 The
Indian appropriation bill was reported from
committee, and the executive. legislative and
judicial appropriation bill was ordered fled
with the clerk
In the senate, on the 18th, the diplomatic and
consular appropriation bill was passed and the
conference report on the urgent deficiency bill
was agreed to. The remainder Of the session
was spent In the passage OF private pension
bills. In the house the bill to extend for
four years the time within which the govern
,ment may institute suits to annul land grants
Illegally or erroneously issued was passed.
The agreement of the conferees on the urgent
deficiency bill was reported and concurred In.
The unanimous report of the committee on
ways and means against the passage Of the
bill to regulate the issue OF liquor licenses was
submitted and ordered printed and the army
appropriation bill was passed,
In the senate, on the Goth, the session was
occupied with discussion Of the resolution
for recognition Of the belligrent rights Of the
Cuban insurgents and the alternative resolu-
tfo7 for the recognition OF Cuban indepen-
dence. The feeling developed on the floor and
In the galleries was enthusiastically In favor
OF the more stringent action, even with its pos
stble result Of war with Spain In the house
the consideration Of the provisions of the In
dian appropriation bill occupied most OF the
session. The general pension appropriation
bill was sent to conference on the disagreeing
votes Of the two houses, and the senate amend-
ments to the diplomatic and consular bill were
agreed to.