The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-02-21
CURRENT TOPICS,
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
LIv. CONGRESS.
lrIrst sc.,icn.l

THE senate was not IN session 81 tNc s.A IL.
IN tho house Mr. Townc. q ncw member from
! Mime sofa spoke for nearly iwO hours IA ~
Nerof free coinage. ana brought new a~xu-
ntht~ - me aid X HI coniention presented
7 M nr eloquent IA amer thai >ertlret fh- d N
when Ae ceased speaking. IN oyat.o. that has
nol been esrailei Ia the holse ,or a len- tif,.s.
Nlr S'ro>senor tvep.. p.s sraeta general polite
| ca speech and the senate frrc-cl.ra.-c suss>tl-
tute MAS discussed until Sis p r. 0hra u re-
cess wa> taken Latil eight oc.o.S III ITO
same hiil occupying the hours 81 the cscu ls.e
session.
Is the senate. on the .n.h. NJ Saita IL Il
madea long speech cn the Monroe Z. c,rsr.. n
WHICH Pc took issue with extreme v.eN> Ga
hoth sides * the question ard declared there
Wa> no recg>>iiF far actit n %. ans kinl0u the
SUBJECT The remainder q the Gay was spent
ia discussing the joint resolution directing the
secretary 3: agriculture u purchase. ana dis
tribute seeds FOR The year is9L N the house
me pond-free-cotnare bin was enrtter dis
cu>>ei until the announcement q. The Geath ~
Repre- sentative Grain. OF Texas. o,;t OF res pest
u whose memory the houss adjourned
INthe senate. on the iith the bin ,o- tie
pprs has. and disfrlnr;ioa - Sc Is for he wear
is~ Vas passed. Tie urgent deficiency tM
was tal.cr up. and il. discussion o-cen.af .ha
Fc.Itnaer o. the session -.... In the ho4. the
calender wl cseare 9. measures rer,-t- : vs.
tAe District u Columbia committee. c51lr.i.-
M 9 large number az bills. The ron,A adler of
tHt session was devoted 20 the surt1cr disc.s-
SD, Of the oend-~!lrcr-co. uegc bill
II the senate on the 18TH Nc H1nsb-oa-1-s
Dill making Li-cpln's hir;hsay Februars q Z. .
national legal holiday WIS just on she point
q passage by unanimous consent when Mr.
HaNleF Comm intcrposed an Oh ,cc;i0a. on
the ground that there was danger az running
% an extreme in the matter 3. plbiic holi- I
DAYS. and the matter was dropped A ttli for
memorial bridge across the Potomac sro--. the (
naval observatory grounds Warrington ne the I
Arlington estate Wa passed Tie urgent de- \
rr.clcr Oil va> tncn taken up . in the house 4
senate joint resolution aprro 1riatln1 s75e.l 10 4
p1y the lOiAt sper>-~ q. the survey % TIE
boundary line between -Aia,k an tlt. Brush f
~ session. was passed. TIE remainder ~ the 4
session are the ulght session was devoted 70
the ei>r-~sion ~ the selates free coinage
amendment % the house sOll bill.
rs me senate. on the l3th tie u-r.nt def
e.ecry hiii carrv.n- gun-onr.a-ioa. 70 the
anopat ~ sif-''9s1 was passed and Ia. mill
lrs appropriation bin was taken up ana be-
a're the unfinished business The Pa inc
roOem was further cons l,is red Win.
ol' material action. The resolutions GA che
subject ~ Cuba we're takcn up. bur bv consent
went over for the day. In the house IA COM
nittee % the whole. noncoIeurrenc. Ia The
senate free coinage amendment u the house
BOND bill was recommended 10 - ~ sew
FRA proposed amendments we're voted dasxn
ne report - the committees on elections No. !
! upon the contest 81 Van Horn " Tarsney
rom the Fifth Missouri district IA favor az
lr. Van Horn. was presented BY the chair
nan.