Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1894 — DOINGS OF CONGRESS. [ARTICLE]

DOINGS OF CONGRESS.

MEASURES CONSIDERED AND ACTED UPON. At the Nation's Capital —What Is Being Done by the Senate and Ilonse—Old Matters Disposed Of and New Ones Considered. The Senate and House. The Semite is tuakint up ior lost time, and is now dtapusitijr ot the appropriation bills at a rapid rale. The record for Wednesday is three—tho diplomatic and consular, the invalid pension and the military academy appropriation bills. In the House the Mcßae land grant forfeiture bill was passed, ’the bill unVJiKJs the act of September 29. 1890, which in substance declared the forfeiture to the Uulted Slates of lands theretofore granted to States and c irporations to aid in the construction of railways to the extent only of lands opposite to and cotermlnoas with the portions of such rat!-' ways as were not rompleted and operated at that time* The bill passed Wednesday extends the forfeiture to the portions of the several railways to aid in toe construction of which the grants were made which were uncompleted when the time expired within .which the roads were respectively required to be completed by the several/ laws making ike grants. The Senate bill granting a right of way through the White Etrth and Fond du Lae Indian reservation to the St. Paul, Minneapolis ana Manitoba Railway was passod; also a bill to authorize the Biloxi and Backbay Bridge Company to construct a bridge over the Bay of Biloxi in Mississippi. Thursday two more Important appropriation bills were passed by the Senate, the army and the fortifications appropriation hills, while some progress was made on the river and harbor bill. The only interesting discussions ot the day occurred during the conslderai ion of the army bill Several bi(ls of minor importance were passed, ahd cohferrees were appointed on the military academy and diplomatic and connular appro) rlation bills- The House agreed to the Fouato amendments to the bill for ihe admission of Utah as a State, and, after discussing a bill for retiring officers of this revenue cutteh servicte, under the special order adopted Wednesday, it proceeded with the consideration Of hills reported from tho Foreign Affairs Committee. Eleven bills were passed, none of na* tional importance.

In the Senate the river and harbdr bill was passed Friday without debate and otherimportant bills taken up The House agreed to the retort of tho eonferrees on the pension appropriation hill. It makes hut slow progress with the tariff. The remainder of ihe day was devoted to the consideration of private bills. Although several were debated none were passed. At 5 o’clock the House took a recess until 8. The evening session was devoted to the consideration of private pension bills. Two more appropriation bills—tho legislative, executive aud judicial and the District of Columbia—were disposed of .by the Senate Monday. This leavos but four more appropriation hills, to be considered —t'ne Indian, agricultural, sundry civil and deficiency—and of these only the first has come from the committee. 'J be conference roporton the military academy appropriation bill was agreed to. Tho House, by a vote ot 125 to 27. adopted a resolution offered by Mr. McCreary, of Kentucky, indorsing the action of the President and the administration in suppressing lawlessness iu connection with the strike. Tho remainder of the yras spent in an effort to press' tho Bailey'lsankrupi cy bill, bn*, although it. was engrossed, and read a third time, the quorum failed- op tho final vote. In the Senate Tuesday, the following House bills were passedg JXo~ authorize the construction of a bridge over the Mississippi at Duhuqwe, Iowa; providing for the resurvoy of Grant and Hooker Counties, Nebraska. Consideration of the agricultural appropriation bill Was then resumed, and Mr. Hansbrough offered an amendment appropriating 81,000,000 for the destruction of the Russian thistle upon tho bill as a “rider.” A point of order "as made against it by Mr. Cockrell. but 1 y a vo’.e of 20 to 22 the Senate decided the amendment to be in order, and it was adopted. 27 to 24. '1 he House passed the Bailey voluntary bankruptcy bill by a vote of 127 to 81 and devoted the remainder of the day to business reported from the Judiciary Committee. Only two bills, however, were disposed of—one to create an additional Circuit Judge for the Eighth Judicial Circuit and the othermaking United States railroad corporations, for the purpose of jurisdiction, citizens of the States through which they pass or into w-fiich they go.