Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-02-22
FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.

FEBRUARY 1G.-In the Senate the creden-
tials of Mr.. Kenna, elected Senator from West
Virginia, were read and filed. Several peti.
tiOnsfrOm Southern States asking national aid
for common schools, and petition from citi-
Zens OF Wisconsin asking the passage of an
inter state commerce bill, were presented. A
bill was introduced to legalize the incorpora.
ZION OF naGlonal trades unions. The Senate
resumed consideration of the Tariff bill, and
after dispOsing of amendments made by
Committee of the Whole to the internal reve-
discussed. Some slight changes were
made in the iron schedule. The action
OF the committee in placing lumber on the
free list was disagreed to and the rates re-
stored. A motion was made to reduce the adj
ditional duty on sugars, but action was post
poned. go. In the House numerous bills were
introduced, one being to prohibit the sending
OF lottery Advertisements through the mails.
The Tariff discussion was resumed in COM
m1ttee. Some reduction was made in the
duty on chains, and several changes were
made in the wire schedule. At the evening
session the Legislative Appropriation bin was
taken up and an effort made to change the
number OF collection districts.
FEBRUARY 13.-The Senate passed the
joint resolution admitting free of duty mon
umenU to General Washington. to be import
ed by the Society of Cincinnati, Philadelphia.
The credentials of MI. Mcpherson re- elected
Senator from New Jersey, were read and filed
The President laid before the Senate resolu-
tions of the Nebraska Legislature asking for
the admission of Canadian lumber free of
duty and thanking Mr.. Van Wick for his eff
forts TO put lumber on the free list; also, FeSO
lutions of the Commercial Exchange of Chi
cago requesting the passage of bankrupt law.
Two bills were introduced to improve the
navigation or the mississippi. The Tariff bill
was taken up and the sugar schedule was dis
posed of, large reductions being made in all
grades. Considerable progress was made on
the bill. 49,. In the House the bill authorizing
the Freedmen'S Trust Company to paw diVi-
dends on accounts was passed. The River
and HarbOr bill was ordered printed. The
appropriation recommended is 81 1887 900. The
Tariff bill was considered in committee and
the metal schedule concluded, excepting one
section.
FEBRUARY IA bill was introduced in
the Senate to prohibit the employment of con.
Victs on public works. A resolution of in
quiry as to the authority of the Treasury De-
partmenU in auditing and allowing the &C
Department of Justice was ordered printed
and to lie over until tomorrow. Considera-
ton of the Tariff Dill was resumed and the
amendment relating to books was so modified
that 1t applies only to such are printed in
the English language, the duty remaining
fifteen per cent. ad ValOrem. The House
disposed of the shipping clause of the Tariff
bill and took up the schedule of wOou and
wOOdenWare. \ motion to put lumber on the
free list was defeated, and all effort to change
the wood schedule failed.
FEBRUARY 15.-In the Senate petitions
of Missouri Changers for the creation of
Secretary of Agriculture; also, one from seY-
eral educational institutions of Missouri for
the appointment of practical astronomer as
for the construction of an observatory under
scientific supervision, were presented. A re-
monstrance against any reduction of the tariff
on books below twenty five per cent, signed
by Oliver Wendell Holmes T. B. AIdrich and
John q. Whittier, was also presented. After
short executive session the Senate again re-
sumed consideration of the Tariff bill. In
the House, the conference report on the jap
anese Indemnity bill was agreed 70, and the
sugar schedule of the Tariff bill was discuss
ed in committee. The evening session was
occupied with discussion of the Legislative
Ammunition hill in cOmP0ittaR
FEBRUARY 16.-In the Senate the confer.
ence report on the Japanese Indemnity bill
was presented and adopted. Discussion of
the iron schedule of the Tariff bill was re-
sumed, and an advance of three dollars per
ton was made on charcoal iron advanced in
manufacture further than pigs. The duty on
iute was changed to ad va1orum basis.
Efforts to reduce the whisky tax
consumed much time but obtained little
support 800. In the House the Legislative APP
preparation bill was considered in committee
and an amendment relating to hours of work
in the Executive Departments was agreed to.
The bill after some further amendments was
passed, and the Tariff discussion was re.
cd