The Forrest City times., 1897-01-22
NATIONAL LAWMAxr,
Condensed Proceeding. ,r
 of the Hona. Day ta ,


 THE opening session Of the sana. was much curtailed by an evao''.'n aa'e on ths t, lasting two hours. After this ,h. sessss the day was given to Senator Raco. oealanee spoke or the power of congress I'd iSal sS. governments In the house pHoa hs minor measures were passed and ,ha-noe' to make oleomargarine. butterinaS the tn limitations of dairy products s,,h;eo. aao O,is, laws was debated, but the house .s30 10 ss. fore the bill was disposed of ''0urned !.
 DELEGATE FLYNNs free horas ,,.
 the senate on the 14th by A yote o, :. oul paas the western senators, except West .s Il sa (Mo) voting for it. Senator Cpllo-~ eS'oockssG cured the adoption of resolution uiL s. the civil service commission for insos.ling a regard to its reports. The senate .sah Journea untii the 18th The house srsa rsa s. most the entire day debating the bin ,o'a1at 1at oieomargarine and other imitation rssSeu ucts to the laws of the states into saiy ,~niy prod are taken. The measure was NnaI, nneh ihsy a vote of I26 to 96 The president,s passed hy bill to create new judicial distrc. tsoa ss a ihs was laid before the house and referroa iexas olution was adopted looking toward th. Afes- vation of the old frigate Constituton ~. ,,ese'- ington as naval museum and tho ho'.' !" asa- adjourned. aSe taen
 THE senate was not in session on tho,.., The proceedings in the house were ,,,,s.''.. ,..'n''.. ing the day being devoted to private ss,, ,eles'- resolution was adopted calling on tho so.1s. s.N of the interior to issue patents to larss the Union Pacific in Utah. The pido's se soe y Gibbon was granted pension of sloo oa '. ..'l sea The free homestead bill was referred ,lOasa a" speaker to the public lands compi,,oa% ~ U, as Spencer (Aiiss.) introduced a bill autho.,.'l ~ the secretary of state to offer Spain ssos s,s for Cuba and appropriating s1O OOD far ,ss pehses oi the negotiations. The evening sss sion was devoted to pension Legislation "
 THE senate was not in session on tho ,s,, In the house the principal feature of ,hs s1. A. was the eulogies upon ex-Speaker cbara. s, Crisp (Ga) who died in the recess of con.s.lH s ' Mir. Turner (Ga.) offered the usual reso,n'sS and spoke upon it. Mir. Sherman IN. " ny duced bill to regulate the sale of ra,I..s. tickets in the form of an amendment to ,na V terstate commerce law. A'
 THE senate on the 18th confirmed the anr.o,u. ment Of Mr. Francis as secretary of tba ,r,' rior. The Nicaragua canal bill was taba, V and debated and test vote foresbaaowas " v passage. Senator Pettigrew (S. D1 orsros , resolution calling on the secretary of sta,s s., statement as to the status Of the yeney,slss question, which was laid on the table Ts. military academy appropriation was placed or 1hc calehuar anu lhe army appropriation bin carrying Se3. i29,3ii, was passed without any de bate, just as it came from the commlttee The house passed bill to prohibit the sale p intoxicating liquors to any Indian to whom al lotment of land has not been made. Two oths, bills were passed to amend existing patent law in conformity with the recommendation Of in American Bar association and to provide fo the use by the government of patents secure, by naval officers Several bills affec.ino ,h District of Columbia were also disposed of.