Huntsville gazette., 1883-02-10

SION With Its present boundaries. A resolution
was oHered to suspend the coinage of silver
uoliars, winch was referred A resolution al.
Iecting the Committee on Education and
LABOR TO inquire into the expediency of pro
v!ding by law against the employment of con.
M snet lanor ON pubiicworks was adopted. The
cIeuentlaiS OF Riddleberger, Senator elect
from Virginia, were filed. at the close of the
morning business the Tariff bill was taken M,
anu anu long debate took place the sugar
schedule. In the House a tacit agreement
1 was entered into that the House should sit
mntil six o'clock p. every dav that the
narlH D'll was under consideration. The
HOuse then, in Committee of the Whole, re-
sumed consideration of the Tar # BILL and a
little progress was made on the chemical
| schedule.
FEBRUARY 2.-In the Senate, Mr.. Hoa1
presented petition of President Eliot and
other professors of Harvard, asking that no
one but professional astronomer of expert
ence shall hereafter be eligible for the posi-
ton of Superintendent of the United States
Naval observatory. The Tariff bill was then
taken up and the duty on potato and com
starch was fixed at two cents per pound and
on other StarcheS at two and a half cents and
the Senate then passed to the consideration
OF the cotton and cotton goods schedule, the
ueDate thereon occupying the rest of the ses
SION. -...In the House, memorial OF the
chamber OF Commerce of New York, urging
congress to pass bill limiting the coinage of
silver dollars to the requirements of the peo-
pie, was presented. Petitions were also pre-
| sented protesting against the transfer of the
Revenue Marine Life Saving and Coast Sur
vey services to the Navy Department. After
the appointment of confereeS on the Post
office Appropriation bill the House went into
Committee of of the Whole the Tariff the
chemical schedule was concluded, and earth
enware and glassware was considered. When
the committee rose, Mr.. Cannon, from the
Committee on Appropriations, reported the
Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appro-
priation bill. Referred to Committee of the
Whole.
EI-rD INV t., 4
tials of the reelection of Mr.. Coke (Tex) J
were read and filed. Memorials from Mis-
souri, Changers, asking for the passage of a
bill creating the office of Secretary OF Agricu-
ture, were presented. At the closing of the
morning business the Senate went into exc
cutive session, and when the doors were re-
opened the Tariff bill was taken up and de-
bated until resolutions were received from
| the House in relation to the death of Repre-
sentative Lowe. In the House, the bin to
encOurage the holding OF a Worlds Industrial
and Cotton Exposition in 1884 was passed.
The bill to reimburse the depositors of
the Freedmen's Savings and Trust
Company was referred to the Com
mittee on Education and Labor. A resolution
directing the Naval Committee to inquire into
the condition of affairs at the Naval Academy
and report the cause of the trouble between
| the students and Superintendent; also,
whether there had been oppressive and
| tyrannica1 management, was referred. The
! House then went into Committee of the
Whole on the Tariff bill. and a long discus
sion ensued touching nearly. everything on
! the general subject of protection. When the
| committee rose. public business was sus-
| pended and the House proceeded to consider
| atioE of resolutions on the death of Repre-
sentative w. NJ. Lowe, of Alabama.
| FEBRUARY 5.-In the Senate, Mr.. Sher-
man presented memorial of the Ohio Leg
islature, asking the passage of the bill for In
creased pensions for one armed and one
legged soldiers. Mr.. Hill presented memo :
rial of the General Assembly of Colorado,
asking certain legislation concerning the To-
cation of supposed mineral lands in that
State. After an executive session the Tariff
bill was taken up, and slight reductions were
made on cotton knit goods, corsets. embroid
| cries, laces and brads. In the House,
a bill was introduced to promote com.
mercial relations with Central and
South America. A motion to suspend
the rules and pass the bill establishing the
Territory of North Dakota provoked a tilt
between Messrs. Randall and Burrows, and
the motion was lost-yeas, ISL nays, ll0-not
the necessary two thirds. Similar motions
on several other bills were also defeated,
among them the Legislative Appropriation
bill. motion to suspend the lules and pass
a bill TO quiet the title of settlers on DeS
Moines River lands was agreed to.