The Forrest City times., 1901-01-25
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources
FirTY-SIxTH CONGRESS-.
TSecond Session.1

In the senate. on the lsth. consideration of the army reorganization bill was contin- ued. the feature of the debate being de- nuneiation of the practice of hazing at the West Point military academy. It was agreed to take final vote upon the meas- ure on the 18th at four o'clock-.....In the house the river and harbor appropriation bill, which had been under consideration for more than a week. was passed. prac- tieally as IL came from the conmittee, all amendments not accepted by the commit tee being rejected. The bill carries slight " less than sixty millions. of which s23 oOo.oo is fin direct appropriations.
 In the senate, ON ihe l7th, the army re- organization bill was discussed at length by Msssrs. Money tdem., Miss.l, McComas lreD., Md.) and Bate (dem., Tenn.), the frst mentioned deyoting some attention which he bitterly denounced. The demon stratiOn attending the advent of Matthew Stanley Quay. as senator from Pennsy.- vania, was the most marked Of any simi- lar event in the history of the senate. Hundreds of admirers, with carloads of flowers, were present from the senator's state......1n the house most of the ses- sion was devoted to consideration of the bill to revise and codify the postal laws, 9S pages of which were completed before adjournment
 In the senate, on the 18th. the army re- organization bill was disposed of by con- currencc in house amendments to the bill, which sends 1t directly to the conference committees appointed by the two houses. The vote-43 10 23-was along party lines, except that four democrats voted with the republicans in favor of adoption. ..... In the house the entire day was devoted to consideration of the bill to refer to the court of claims the claims of the Will jam Cramp & Sons Shipbuildng Co, for alleged damag ges due to failure of ths government to furnish armor plate for ships being built. The previous question was ordered upon the bill.
 In the senate, on the 18th, the greater portion of the session was devoted, under special order. to the delivery of eulogies upon the late Senator John H. Gear. Of Iowa. who died last July. In the houso the naval appropriation bill was reported with an elaborate statement of its pro. visions, by Chairman Foss, of the naval committee. The bill carries $77Gl6, 635, the largest ever reported to the house from the committee on naval affairs. This is sl1se5.1lS above the bill of last year. and SIG, 229, 3s5 below the estimates submitted by the navy department. The bill au- thorizing the construction of a bridge passed by unanimous consent.
 In the senate. on the 21st, no business of importance was transacted in open ses- sion. In executive session the legislative executive and judicial appropriation bill pleted before adjournment ...In the house some time was devoted to District or Columbia business, after which, under suspension of the rules, several bills were passed, among them: To provide a home for aged and infirm colored people; to es- tablish a soldiers home in Tennessee, and to increase the salary of the commission CT of education of Porto Rico from 8 00c to Si 900.