Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-02-20
EVS AND NOTES.
| Summary Of Important Events
|e1y.FoURTH CONGRESS.
s.copd Session.

:. ssnnte, on the 9th, concurrent reso'
s,,hdrnwing from the president o bill
, Wv ho,b houses In rotation to the tim
,",s law was passed. A JOINT resolu'
NV. y" orered and referred looking TO the
y, =, ''I a, some $4,000 TO employees OF the
a' .n,r, nrluting Office for leave OF absence
% ,hov ala not have since 1887. Most ol
,.slon % was taken up In executive session
'Isaro,Ion OF the arbitration treaty.. .....
Sonse two pension bills to soldiers
), ~ho had remarked and lost thoir Sec
"sbonds were passed over the presidents
Tno conference report on the tmmigra-
MI was agreed to-el7 to 7 Several
bills were passed.
a. senate, on the 10th, Mr.. Tillman's bill
,,,vina and classifying" the existing law
.hs rISht Of state authorities TO seize In
I,lnr LIQUORS brought into the state was
,sred @ 1t was stronuously opposed and
cyer vi,hGSoa,. ae,.oii. he senate s'is. Is &
ruharew TO meet IN the house Of repre-
,,sss to witness the counting Of the
"a, vote. Aitcrward the Nicaragua ca
\ N Some Nh aud was withdrawn. The ag-
nral Mn was taken up and passed. ...... In
Tus, the tortlfcations and the post office
r,iatlon bills wero reported and placed
calendar The house then Joined with
nste in witnessing tho count Of the eleo-
votstor president and vico-presldent Of
Frl,ed States for tho term beginning
4 lsO1 and after the announcement Of
sult adjourned
M senate, on the llth, the diplomatic and
iSr appropriation BILL oarryingan aggre-
uW,, sos, was passed. An agreement
achcd 10 have tho vote on the conference
on tho immigration bill taken up at 4 p.
ma lTtb The arbitration treaty was fur
onsldsred in executive session. -. In tho
tho bill providing for the refunding Of
bpdsd indebtedness OF the several torri-
gas amended and passed. The sundry
kpproprIatlons bill was reported from
eo Me- and placed on tho calendar. The
use report on tho contested election
rom the Tenth Georgia district ip favor
black. was made, and the post offlce ap-
alton bill was taken up In committee OF
hole and discussed for On hour without
!. senate, on the lath, q joint resolution
knoiuced declaring tho Clayton -Bulwer
abrogated A joint resolution appro-
br 40 for the expenses OF the senate
Inauguration ceremony was passed, as
resolution, offered by Mr.. Hill, directing
erelary Of state to use bis good ofIiccs
be Spanish government TO have Syl-
Scovel, the American newspaper oorre-
ent recently arrested In Cuba. removed
una for hts better protection by the
States sconsul-gcneral. The arbitration
vas taken up in executive session -. In
puse the post office appropriation bill
Sed and the sundry civil appropria-
Vii Vas taken up and Its first reading
asena,c on the 18th, joint resolution
assed to have naval vessel placed at
spOsal Of the San Francisco chamber OF
srre to transport wheat and corn con-
dby western states for the relief Of the
Stricken poor Of India. A resolution
greed to directing inquiry into the Per-
lud grant In Florida. Tho senate then
no executive session on tho arbitration
.ln the house the session was con-
hsdiscusslon Of the sundry civil ap-
Paons bll,and in.crItlcism OF the supreme
m its decision on the income tax feature
Wilson tariff bill, and the failure OF the
strstlon to respond to the sentiment of
btrv nm Tho Cuhan ppoetion