The Forrest City times., 1901-02-22
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Varicls Sourcea
FiETY.SixTH CONGRESS-.
TSecond Session.l


 Tn the senate. or the 18th, the greater l part of the day was passed, in executive session. in counting the electoral votes for ana n ,Ss Gl ihe doors were opened and consideration ot the agricultural appropriation bill was resumed. At night session the District of Columbia code bill was read. ....., In he house. excepting m hour and half con sumed in counting the electoral vote anu promulgsting the result of the presiden- tial election, the entire day was devoted to the gundry civil appropriation nill. General debate upon the measure was completed, hut little progress was made with the bill
 Tn the senate. on the 1ith, practically the entire day was devoted to further consideration of the agricultural appro, priation bill. Messrs. Hale (Me.) ana Lodge (Mass) raade speeches of warning against the enormous appropriatons py The present congress A brief night ses- sion was held for further reading of tha District of Columbia code bill ..... In the house. the sundry civil appropriation olil being under consideration, lively debate the sale of the old New York custom house to the National City bank. The motion giving rise to the debate was de- feated by n strict party vote. Forty-three of the l37 pages of the bill were com pleted
 In the senate. on the 18th, the agricul- tural appropriation ldll was passed after having been under discussion nearly four days. The remainder of the session was devoted to discussion of the ship sutsidy bill. during which 1t was made apparent that the opponents of the measure were determined by all means to prevent vote on the bill at this session of congress.... In the house the entire session was vast ed in an endeivor by MT. Cannon. chair man of the appropria tions committee, 10 force consideration of the sundry civil ap- propriation bill. and an effort by the mi nority to devote the day to consideration of private claims bills. The fight was kept up all day, ending at last by the point or no quorum.
 In the senate on the 16th, the shipping bill was displaced as unfinished business. by a practically unanimous vote, the oleo- margarine bill being placed In that order After an hours consideration the latter measure was laid aside and unobject ed bills from the calendar were taken up. private pension bills, were passed during the day .... fin the house the sundry civil appropriation bill occupied the time, wiih- out making much progress, until fSu pended to allow the members to pay trib- ute to tho. memory of the late Repre- sentative Hoffecker. of Delaware. In the senate, on the 18th, nearly the whole session was devoted to corsidera- ton of the post office appropriaticn bill disposed of except that appropriating $500 600 for an extension of the pneumatic tube service, which went over. Just be- fore adjournment the military academy appropriation bill was laid before the sen ate......In the house the bill to authorize the holding of the international exposl- ton in celebration. of the centennial an- niversary of the Louisiana purchase at St. Louis in 1903. and appropriating & opo = t00 therefor, was passed, under suspension of the rul es by d vote of l9l to Al. The sundry civil appropriation bill was taken up late in the day.