The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-02-19
THE HALLS or Z CONGRESS-

The Houss passed the Diplomatic and Cons
sular Appropriation bill without discussi ION. z
The House chaplain, Rev. Henry u. eou-
dem. makes prayers that are 30 pointed e
often to make sensation. ~ 81
The House passed the resolution calling
on the President to transmit to Congre@ as
once the report OF the Nicaragua Canal oonf
mission. ~ 10 fst2
General Flapler has recommended the for
tifcatIon Of twenty-eight seapors OF the
United States at cost Of e59, 9,OO0.0cu ana
the bill is now pending before the conereess
sional committees ts$T
The House COMMITTEES on Patents has un- J
der consideration bill auth or1zing tne 10Y
ernment to purchase at It's option ior plice
not to exceed 800, ,00c any Invention tnak
may be offered for patent and oher the sane
to the free use Of the people. i
The Reed rule OF counting o quorum,
somewhat modified. has been adopted Dy the
House. Hprovdes for the arrest and bringf
ingi In OF absent members by the Sergeant-ds-
Arms, to secure the requisite number
Congressman Skinner has proposed Q gen
eral reduction Of the salaries Of all persons
the passage Of a free coinage or silver law.
Should the Senate decide to admit Mr..
~
aware in the upper house II will he possible
for that body to comply with the consttu-
ional Injunction to divide evenly into three
classes for the first time in over hve years
Secretary Morton Informed the Senate
Committee on Agriculture that he did
not send out seeds as usual last year be-
cause the bids for seeds we're too Hight, and
that he did not re-advertise for seeds, as he :
was not required to, although he had au-
thority to do so. t4t{
Mr.. Voorhees, has introduced In the Senate
q bill appropristing $4,000 to purchase .
life-size oil painting Of the late Abraham :
Lincoln (painted by g. W. 2. Travis), to be
hung in the United States Capitol ~
The House COMMITTEES on Pacific Railroads
decided to begin hearings preparatory TO
framing plan for the adjustment OF the
debts of the Central and Union Pacific to the
Government. "a Ga
The Cherokee delegation presented to Con-
gress a memorial protesting against tne
changes recommended by the Dawes Com
mission; and making q plea for indefnite
continuance oftheir present form OF govern !
ment. X rs I z ~
Mr.. Low has introduced in the House
bill to maintain and admit veterans OF the
Union Army and Navy to positions IN the
public service, and exempting them nom
examinations under the civil service reguia-
tions therefor, and repeating certain con-
ficting laws. ~
President Cleveland sent to the House all
the correspondence in possession OF the State
Department regarding the Alabama colored
people who were colonized In OoahuaHlo,
Mexico, and repeated his former recommen-
dation that an appropriation be made Tor
their return to the United States.
Mr.. Mccall, from House Elections Com-
mittee No. 8. reported its unanimous finding
that David B. Culberson Oemocrat) was en-
titled to his seat as representative from
the. Fourth Texas District, ]. q. Davis hRv-
ing abandoned the contest, OF which he gave
notice to the Clerk. and q resolution to thai
effect was agreed to. .ts "!
The Secretary Of the Treasury, In letter
to the House, asks the passage Of resolu-
tion authorizing him to appoint, temporar-
ily, force of expert money counters In the
Redemption Division to bring the WORK,
which Is 81, 100000 behind, up to date.
Secretary Lamont sent to the HOUSE the
report Of the Engineer Corps on the surrey
Of the Allegheny River, Pennsylvania, Tor
the construction Of certain locks and dams
Slack.water navigation, the reports says.
can be secured by the construction. OF two
locks and dams-one at Slx-Mile Island
and the other at Springdale-t cost Of
4500 600. '- ~. - -fi, 49,. ~ 80