The Forrest City times., 1901-02-08
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
FICTY.SixTH CONGRESS-.
TSecond Session.l

In the senate. on the 3Oth, an unsuccess. ful attempt was made to secure agree ment to the conference report on the army reorgaEiza ton bill. The shipping bill occupied most of the day, but no appre- ciable progress was made, most of the l time being occupied in speeches in opposi- tion to the measure. The formal reading of the bill was completed. but considera- ton Of the experiments was not entered upon. In the house the agricultural ap- propriation bill was further considered and passed after the insertion of an addi-
 tionai appropriation Of s5o o0o for farm CTS" bulletins. There was considerable discussion Of the irrigation of arid lands in connection with the paragraph provid-
 ing for an investigation of that subject. In the senate, on the 31st, the shipping
 bill gave way to the report of the confer ence committee on the army reorganiZa- tion Till, which was agreed to by a vote of $ to %, and sent to the president for
 his signature. The shipping bill was then taken up and some progress made on the amendments. In the house the fortifi- cations appropriation bill was passed, and fair progress was made with the post of hce appropriation bill. All amendments to
 the latter in the interest of various claims Of post ottiee employees going down before points of order raised by Mir. Loud. In the senate, on the 1st, the shipping bill being under consideration. Mir. Clay tGa-) preoipitated q spirited discussion by offering an amendment proposing to link the shipping bill with the Nicaragua canal
 niil, The , ,amsndment was strongly an Morgan who demanded that each bin should be allowed to stand upon it's own merits. In the house the omnibus bill, Carrying 19l claims for stores and SUD- plies taken by the Union army during the war of the rebellion, was passed. The claims, which had been passed on by the court of claims. aggregated $344. 4s0, prac- tically all the beDeficiaries residing at the south. The bill to amend the Chinese ex- claims, which had been passed on by the clusion act, and some other bills of minor importance, were passed.
 In the senate, on the 2d, with the ex- ception of an hour and half at the be- ginning of the session. the entire day was devoted to discussion of the ship subsidy bill. MT. Turner and MT. Mallory made speeches in opposition to the passage of the measure, the latter basing his opposi- tion on constitutional grounds. In the house the day, until three o'clock. was spent in consideration of the post office appropriation bill. but little progress was made. At three o'clock business was sus- pended to permit the members to pay tribute to the memory of the late Senator Davis of Minnesota
 In the senate on the 4th. after much of
 the session had been occupied in a speech
 by Mir. Bacon (Ga.) on the right of the senate to demand information on file in
 the departments. the shipping subsidy bill
 was laid aside, by consent, to give place to action on the appropriation bills, the shipping bill still holding its place as un- finished business. In the house a bill to extend the charters of national banks for another 20 years from 1902, when the present extension expires, was passed commission to adjCdicate claims against spain, was amended so as to refer the
 claims to the court of claims instead of
 commission and, as so amended, passed