The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-02-15
WASHINGTON NEWS
1osdav. February 3.

osseaAO0O W 0uo S0eu TIC Seu0tS Ie0Ut0oU WOrk
on Tho tariff bill. Senators on both sides
pounded away on various items for hours.
The net result Of the afternoons work was
the reduction of the duties on cotton thread,
WOODEN hose, shirts and drawers, machine OF
hand-knit, Gotten laces, embroideries, velvet
and the like, 6per cent. Attempts made by
Mr.. Beck and others 10 secure greater reduo
lions failed.
In executive session the following nomi-
nations were confrmed:
United States consuls-Charles p. Will
liams, at Calais: 0rson v. Tousely, At Leip-
sic. Albert Rhodes, New York, at Eberfeld,
Germany; James F. Montgomery, New
York, at Trieste.
Registers Of Land Oflce-Albert X. o.
burn, Bayfield,, Wis; George w. Fay, Men,
asha. Wis.,; Edward L. Salisbury, Leadville
Colo.
Postmasters-S L. Miller. Alexandria
Mimi; NJ. w. NOR, Eldo-a Iowa; G. A..
Isle, Fort Madison, Iowa; James1W. Emery,
LeMars, Iowa; Alfred II. Lewis, Milbank,
Oak.
Housr.-Nr. Cobb introduced bill to
prevent the secretary ofths interior from
issuing patents to land grant railroads which
have not been completed within the speci-
fed time.
Mr.. Circuit moved to suspend the rules
aud pass the bill establishing the territory
OF North Dakota and providing Z temporary
sion In which Randall and Burrows Of
Michigan engaged in controversy, the mo-
ton OF Circuit was l0st-yeas Isl, NAYS no.
mot the necessary two-thirds in tho affirma-
tive.
On motion of Mr.. Carpenter. the rules
were suspended and the bill to quiet the IT,
tie Of Des 4oines river lands passed.
A motion to suspend the rules and con-
slider the Legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill was lost.
A motion to suspend the rules and make It
in order next Monday to report the tariff
bill to the house for action was lost.
Tuesday, February i.
eenate.-The senate devoted the day to
general discussion of the WOODEN schedule.
Ferry made significant remark to the eff.
fect that the senate might a. we'll consider
the pest route bill, since no tariff bill could
be passed ct this session. He thought this
was the opinion of the country as we'll as OF
himself. Other republican members of the
anahce committee dissented from this view.
Later In the Afternoon e,ilosies were. deliv-
cred on the late Represent tives Hawk and
UPdeEraff. The only change in the wooden
which made moderate reduction in the
rate Of duty.
HoUsE.-Another day has been FILTERED
away in the house, with no substantial re-
| suit beyond clearing the docket of a duty to
two dead congressman the late representa-
tives Updegraf of Ohio and Hawk of ILL.,
nois. 1t was perhaps Just as well a. devo.
ting the same time to anything else. It is
the live congressman VINO IS more In the
| way of necessary legislation.
All effort was made by Mr.. Haskell to
bring the latter down to business by reso.
luton providing for night sessions; but the
The tariff came up In the regular order, and
the four paragraphs remaining of schedule
| B were disposed Of These referred to glass,
locking glasses and glass wares, and were
| adopted without amendMent; not, however,
| without many efforts III that direction.
Every line was contested.
Over an hour was wasted upon the CUES.
ton as to whether tlve minutes or twenty
minutes should Re allowed for debate on
certain paragraph. The democtats asked
for twenty minutes. Judge Kelley was will
Ing to grant but five and gained his point.
At present but two schedules have been
agreed upon. These comprise but sixteen
pages of the bill.
Wednesiay, Eebr"d,vz 2.
SENATE:-The senators became so inextrio.
ably tangled in discussion of the proposed
duty on wooden goods and worsteds that It
was evident that the republicans could not
agree, and compromise was made by pass
ing the subject temporarily and referring it
back to the committee on finance.
The most sensational proceedings of the
6aV tho nlaniny of aolo ,,ror, ~ Co..
list.
A determined resistance Of the proposition
was offered by Mr.. Morrill, and other New
England members, but without avail The
amendment was carried by majority oftwo
-Messrs. ingalls, and Van Wyck OF the re-
publicans voting for the proposition and
Malone not voting. No troub'e was caused
BY the BLK schedule. An effort was made
failed. O
In executive session the following nom.
nations were confirmed: Commodore
Charles n. Baldwin, to be rear admiral:
Wyman Lincoln, Iowa, Indian agent at Fl.
Bclknap. Postmasters: Louis s. Fisher
Sparta Wis; Mrs. Maggie B. Aikens, Canton,
OAK; Charles w. Francis, Ackley, Iowa:
Fayette W. Crane, Magnaleton, lowe; Rob
ert Il. Spencer, Algona, Iowa; Justice II.
Rhodes, Jefferson, Iowa.
HousE.-Mr. Bingham. introduced a
bill in the house for the appoint
ment of commission to investigate an d
report what congressional legislation is
necessary to secure cheaper telegraph com.
munication.
When the house took recess an amend
ment was pending to reduce the duty on
steel ingots made by the Bessemer or any
other process, except the ucible process,
from 6 to 3 cents per p ound The evening
session was equally profiiles half al hour
being consumed in obtaining a quorum,
and 1t was after o'clock when the house
resolved itself into committee the pending
paragraph being relative 10 Bessemer steel.
Prior to the adontion OF the motion, Mr..
Ellis Of Louisiana stated that he would in.
s!st upon the presence OF quorum during
the night sessions, asthe business before tho
house was too important to allow members
to neglect It. Disorder teigned all the eve
ming, and Chairman Burrows was freuuent.
ly compelled to interfere Is speaker to re.
quest gentlemen cOnversing to leave tho hall
and retire to the cloak room.
Thursday, February s,
SENArE.-rhe senate spent the day over the
free list. The discussion was desultory and
not specially interesting. Books, pamph-
lets, ETC., were formerly put en- the free list,
having been taken ont Of the dutiable list
An attempt to put jute, which was like
wise taken of the dutiable list the other
day, also on the free list, failed, 80 irte was
left hanging in the air.
The president to-day sent to the senate
the following nominations Of postmasters:
8. D. How, Marshall, MIMI; Hattie E. Car
roll. Plainview, Mimi; William Egbert
Smith, Ruth City, Mont; l.. H. Werner,
Superior Wis.,; Charles w. Wood, Burling-
ton, Wis.
HousE.-steel railway bars, and railway
bars made In pat of steel. were reduced to
SIS per ton. This is q reduction Of $l3 per
ton from the present rates.
The motion to reduce was made BY Mr..
Tucker last night, and modified this morn
ing by Morrison by fixing the rate at exact
~ SIS per ton.
In the meantime the friends of the re-
duction were busy among u embers trying
tot secure enough votes to carry the amend.
ment; Conspicuous among the workers
were Messrs. Washburn and Strait. As the
question Of cheap rails is regarded as living