The Forrest City times., 1897-01-29
NATIONAL LAWMAKERS
CondeHsed Proceedings from Day to nay
 or the House and Senate.

 of the House and senate.
 Senator Turpie nud.l continued his speech in opposition Co tho Niuawgua canal bill in the senate on The s0th. The legislative. executive and judicial appropriation bill was passed. senator PcttiErcW (S. DD severely criticised the government for concluding the Venezuclan | boundary agreement. eharactcrizing it as a complete surrender of Venezuela to Great Brit ain Unanimous consent was secured for talk Ing up on the 26th the bill for an international monetary conference. The house resolution d. recting the attorney-general to print in his re- port all correspondence relating to the Chicago strike was adopted Senator Perkins (Cal) of- Tered resolution for establishing bureau of mines. which was referred Senator Peficr tkan) presented favorable report from tho committee on pensions on bin to grant the widow of the late Senator Bishop w. Perkins (kan) pension of s20 a month The house spent most of the day debating the Yost- Tucker contested election case from Virginia without concluding it. The conference report on the army appropriation bill was agreed to-
 SENATOR TUaPiE Qnd) concluded his bitter invective against the Nicaragua canal bin in the senate or the 21St The house bin was passed detaehing Audrain county, Mo. from the Western district and attaching it to the Eastern district of the state. Senator Hin (N. Y,) called up his bill establishing 8 term of four years for postmasters. It was about to pass when Senator Sherman (O) objected and
 
 contested election case of Yost versus Tucker from the Tenth Virginia district ny denying the seat to Mir. Yost and confirming Mir. Tuck CTS title thereto. The republicans were badly divided, A of them joining with the democrats and supporting the claims of the democratic coutcStce
 THERE were three sensational incidents in the senate on the ed The first was when a letter was read from Minister Roderiguez the representative of the Greater Republic of Cen tral America, protesting against the execution Of the Nicaragua canal project, which created consternation among the friends of the meas ure The next sensation was the senate dis covering itself publicly discussing the Anglo American treaty when the discussion should nave been restricted to executive session. The third furry was over the reported agree ment between Secretary Olney and Senator sherman by which no action was to be taken as to Cuba before March I, Senator Sherman em- phatically denying that any such agreement had been made, Senator Turpie Qnd) gave mo- tice of a speech on the Cameron Cuban rcso- lution on the 18th. In the house the bill to provide for holding terms of the United States court for the Eastern district of Texas at the town of Beaumont was passed over the presi- dents veto by vote of IA to 68 The rest of the day was given to small private bills
 THE senate on the 23d passed over 100 pension bills and cleared the calendar A bin for the erection of statue to President Lincoln at Gettysburg, Pa. and one for reelassifying the railway postal service was also passed. Two resolutions, one asking the president for all correspondence about the Nicaragua canal since 1887 and the other asking the attorney general for information about the reported Pa- eific railroad settlement were agreed to. e.. The house was not in session.
 IN the senate on the ,25th Senator Turpie Qnd) made speech of two hours length on the Cameron Cuban resolutions He bitterly denounced Capt-Gen. Weyler, eharaeterizing him as the "Herod of Havana" and paid a glowing tribute to the insurgent government and its leaders. Eulogies were then delivered on the late Speaker Crisp and memorial was presented from the presidential electors of Delaware, asking for congressional investiga- tion Of alleged election frauds in that state .. After consuming most of the day in District of Columbia business the house took up the h. dian appropriation bill. MT. Curtis (Kan.) got an amendment adopted permitting merchants to go into the Kickapoo reservation to collect their accounts. The conference report on the immigration bill was presented and Mir John son Qnd.) made speech in favor of the early reform of the banking and currency laws.