Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-03-29
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
FIFrY.sEvENTH coNeREss.


II the senate, on the 18th, the bill pro-
Sluihg Tor the protection of the presi-
uent OF the United States was under con-
slderation during the entire session. II
was argued on one side that the govern
nlent mad an absolute and inherent right
70 protect itself and its officers from as
sault; and on the other that an assault
might be made upon the president as q
person ana not as an official of the gov
eminent which ought to be punished pre-
clsely as an assault upon any other citi-
zen. 800. In the house fair progress was
made with the river and harbor bill, q of
me 10 pages Of the bill being disposed OF.
no amendments were adopted and the
general debate was featureless.
In the senate, on the 10th, the day was
devoted to consideration of the bill for
protection of the president of the United
STATES, numerous speeches being made
Tor and against the measure. Few new
points were raised The principal argr-
ment made against the bili was that fed
eral officers ought to be treated in the
courts precisely as are other citizens ....
In the house very slow progress was made
with the river and harbor bill. The COM
mittee again succeeded in defeating every
amendment offered,
In the senate, on the 21st, the bill to re-
duce the war revenue taxes was passed
without division, and after only one short
speech had been made. The bill to pro-
vide for the protection of the president
ohNNl DSiil6 ulSCuSSlOH lne greater
portion of the day, was passed by a vote
OF 52 to 10, all amendments having been
rejected. -. In the house the river and
harbor bill, which had been under discus
sion for week, was passed, the amount
OF the appropriation being precisely as II
came from the senate-$6O, ,6S8, ,267. including
authorizations
The senate was not in session on the
22d....In the house consideration of
the the ease rs;sa Of Moss VS. S4,dt Rhea from ON
gun. In this case the committee
on elections divided on party lines, the
majority sustaining the view that Mr..
Rhea, the democrat, was entitled to re-
Mr.. Rhea had 1856 plurality, According to
the contention of the majority certain
votes rejected under the Goebel election
law would transform this plurality for
Rhea into plurality for Moss of II. An
agreement was made whereby the vote
should be taken next Tuesday The unan.
tmous report of the committee in the case
Of Spears VS. Burnett from the Seventh
Alabama district confirming the title Of
the sitting member of his seat was adopt
eds Several bills of minor Importance
were passed.
In the senate, on the 9th, few bills
Of minor importance were passed ss,5
1a Iaen @ the oleomargar'1ie Oil was taken 1p
MI Proctor. Chairman of the committed
" agriculture, made the opening state
ment in support. Of the measure, which
he said will protect an honest product
from fraud The bill places tax of ten
cents a pound on oleomargarine colored
in imitation of butter, and reduces the
present tax of two cents per pound on
oleomargarine in it's uncoiored state to
one-quarter of one cent per pound. In
the house, during the discussion of the
Moss-Rhea contested-election case, Mr.
Boreing injected an attack on the
Goebel election law into the discus
sion, but Mr. Rhea declined to be drawn
into debate on an issue not directly In
volved in the case.