Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1891 — THE NATIONAL SOLONS. [ARTICLE]

THE NATIONAL SOLONS.

SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Onr National Lawmakers and What They Are Doing for the Good of the Country Various Measures Proposed, Discussed, and Acted Upon. On the morning of the 4th, both houses rushed business. In the House the conference report on the legislative appropriation bill was agreed to. Senate bill was. passed authorizing Gen. Thomas F. Casey to accept from the French republic thedecoration of the Legion of Honor; alsoSenate bill to incorporate the National Conservatory of Music of America; alsoSenate bill for the* erection of a public building at Clarksville, Tenn., with an. amendment fixing the limit of cost at $35,090. The conference report, on the agricultural appropriation bill was presented and agreed to; also the conferencereport on the bill for a public building at Saginaw, Mich., reducing the cost to $150,000. Mr. Burrows, of Michigan, having taken the chair, Mr. McKinley offered the following resolution: “That, the thanks of this House are presented toThomas B. Keed for the able, impartial and dignified manner in which he has presided over the deliberations and performed thearduous and important duty of the Chair.” Mr. Mills demanded the yeas and nays. The resolution was agreed to by a strict party vote—yeas 152, nays 116. The House adjourned promptly at 12 o’clock with a wild hurrah on the floor and in the galleries. The Republican members sang: “Marching Through Georgia.” the Democrats attempted “Dixie” and the occupants of the reporters’ gallery sang the long meter doxology. In the Senate, the House amendment to the bill for a public building at Clarksville, Tenn., reducing the amount from $50,000 to $35,000, was concurred in; also the conference report on the general deficiency bill; House bill for the protection of the lives of miners in the Territories was passed. The Senate adjourned at 12:15, Father Bassett having thrice performed his annual task of turning back the hands of the clock.