Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-02-27
NE VS. AND NOTES,
A Summary Of Important Events.
FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
Second Session.

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In the senate, on the 10th, Mr.. Chandler
rep'' N H. delivered three hours speech
IN support OF his resolution declaring It to be
me sense OF the senate that the United States
shouia not permanently acQuicsce In the single
soio standard. The bankruptcy bill was then
.akon up out no action was had upon IT,
AZ ING mousse number Of bills granting pen.
sions, which had been amended In the senate
wore laid before the house and the amend.
ments agreed to. A bill was passed reaula.
ting and making uniform the Jurisdiction oi
circuit courts In cases OF infringement OF Let.
ters patent About 2j private pension bills
were passed.
In the senate. on the nth, after n four-hours
debate. the conference report on the hin N
amend the immigration laws was agreed To nv
| vote OF "a to 81 after which the senate bro.
ceeded to the consideration Of executive bust.
ness In the house the conference report on
the Legislative, executive and judicial appro.
prlation BILL was agreed TO. Tho bill proyid.
Ing that all reservoir sites shall be open to use
and occupation under tho rtgft-of-w way act al
March 3, 1891, was passed. The contested -elec
tion case from the Tenth Kentucky district
was taken up.
IN the senate, on the 18th, o bill entitled "A
BIZ to Extend tho Use OF tho Mails" was
passed, although admittedly conferrinR o mo-
nopoly. House bill for the free admission OF
necdlework imported by the New York Asso.
ciation OF Sewing Schools for exhibition pur-
poses was also passed, after which the senate
went Into executive session . In the house
the contested-election case Of Hopkins (rep.)
against Kendall (dem.), from the Tenth Ken
lucky district, was decided in favor OF the con.
testee, against the recommendation OF the
committee. The rest of the session was given
up to the passage Of bills by consent.
In the senate, on the l9th two conference re.
ports on pension bills were agreed to, giving
$50 month to tho widow Of Gen. Stoneman
and s7b month to Gen. Julius II. Stahl Sen.
ntor Daniel was designated ns reader of Wash
ington's Farewell Address on the 22d. A
bill to remove the political disabilities from
Col. d. 4. Sims, OF Kentucky was passed. Al
1880 the senate went into executive session
.....In the house the deficiency appropriation
bill was taken up and gave rise to a long dis
cusson. At o'clock the house took a recess
until 8 p. n, the evening session being for the
| consideration OF private pension bills.
In the senate, on the Goth, a resolution offered
| by Mr.. Cameron extending sympathy to the gov.
ernment Of Greece in It's Intervention to free the
people OF Crete from the tyranny Of foreign op
preston" was unanimously adopted. The ID.
dian appropriation bill was taken up A com.
mittee amendment making temporary provision
for contract or denominational schools, opened
up n discussion that occupied the remainder o.
| the session.. ... In the house, in committee o.
the whole, the deficiency appropriation bill we.
| disposed Of, excepting one paragraph providing
| for payment to the Southern Pacific Railroad
| Co. Most Of the session was devoted to q dis
cussion Of the domestic affairs of the house
which resulted In no Affirmative action