The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-02-23
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
FIFTY-sIxTH CONGRESS.

II: the senate. on the 18th. the final
week : discussion of the financial bill was
| entered upon, Mr.. Elkins rep, w. va j.
acNocating the passage of the measure
| Mr. WOlcott (rep., CoE), favoring bl
metallism, and Mr.. Butler pop, y q,
urging the adoption of his ament-
ment providing for an issue of paper cur
rency by the gOvernment......In the house
a bill was passed TO make universally ap-
plicable the law that now permits Ire
transit of goods in bond through certain
ports of the United States. The bill also
rereals the Law. prohibiting the Shipment
OF goods in bond to the Mexican free zone.
Private pension bills and District or %
luHibla business occupied the remainder
the session.
In the senate, on the 18th, the financial
bill being under discussion Mr.. Allison
(la.), the ranking member of the finance
committee, delivered a great speech in "a
vo" of the measure, answering the vart-
Gus points raised by the opponents OF t1e
bill Mr.. Jones New made the stronge It
speech yet delivered against the bill dis
philosophical point of view. In ne
house, among the bills introduced was one
by MIR. Levy On. ", to construct an m
terC ceanic canal, connecting the Atlantic
ana Pacific, and one by Mr.. Gilbert (ky.)
Tor a national military park at PerryVllle'
KY.
II the senate. on the 14th the discussion
o. tho financial bill under the ten-minGIe
rule occupied the session, at times becom-
ing spirited and interesting. The amend
meitI brought in by the finance committee
declaring that the provisions of the bill
arc not intended to place obstacles In the
way of international bimetallism, was the
most important. involved in the DEBATE,
and no vote upon ii was reached. IN
the house the legislative, executive ana
judicial appropriation bill occupied the at
tenuon of members during the session,
the debate taking a wide range, merging,
finally. into q somewhat cauStic contro-
NerSy between members from MlSSoIrl
upon the Nesbit law and election meJhodS
in Missouri
In the senate. on the 18th, the senate
passed by the decisive majority Of: Ayes.
4j; nays, %. OF the amendments offered
the only two adopted were: One, Onered
BY the finance committee, keeping the
door open to international bimeIall1Sm,
AID one by Mr. Nelson (Minn) providing
for national banks with $25, 900 capital in
towns of more than 1000 inhabitants. As
passed the bill makes the dollar of p SIT
grains of gold, nine-tenths fine, the
standard of value all forms of United
States money to be maintained at a pari-
~ with it......ln the house consideration
of the legislative, executive and judicial
appropriations bill was continued.
In the senate, on the 10th, discussion o.
the Philippines question was resumed, MI
McEnery Ua.) opposing the permanent ac-
QUESTION of the islands, and Mr.. Stewart
New advocating the admission of the
OF the United States free. The bill pro-
Viding a form of government for Alaska
was read......In the house most of the
time of the session beyond that occupied
in the discussion of the civil service bill
was devoted to attacks upon a speech
made by Mr.. Sims (dem., TENN. on the
l4tls on the question of pensions. The
currency bill was then received from the
senate, its amendments disagreed to anC
conferees appointed.