Word: sessional
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...first day's session of the American Land League took place in Washington yesterday. Gen. P. A. Collins was elected president. Thirty-two States were represented by delegates. Resolutions were passed demanding the recall of Minister Lowell ; and a-letter condemnatory of Lowell's course was read from Wendell Phillips. Representative W. E. Robinson of New York made a demagogical speech whose chief tenor was the condition of the American eagle, "with its beak filled with Lowell garbage." "But the American eagle had been aroused from her ignoble slumber, and the British lion must quail before her" - and further edifying...
...National Educational Convention, in session at Washington, has made an appeal for educational provision for the inhabitants of Alaska...
...National Association of General Passenger Agents ended its session in New York yesterday...
...During a session of the common council at Troy, N. Y., last evening, pistols were drawn and general confusion occurred...
...Senate has voted in favor of the franking privilege. The post-office bill was considered yesterday. It is thought there will be no reduction of whiskey and tobacco taxes during this session of Congress...