St. Landry democrat., 1883-02-17
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CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

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CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
FEBRUARY BIN the Senate, the creden.
tials of the re- election of MI. Coke (Tex.l
were read and filed. Memorials from Mis-
souri, Changers. asking for the passage of a
bill creating the office of Secretary of Agricul-
ture, were presented. AT the close of the
morning business the Senate went into exc
cutiye 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 bill to
encourage the holding OF Worlds Indus
trial and Cotton Exposition in 1854 was
positors OF the Freedmens Savings and
Trust Company was referred to the Com
mittee on Education and Labor. "A resolution
to the condition of affairs at the Naval Acad-
envy and report the cause of the trouble be-
tween the students and Superintendent;
also. whether there had been oppressive and
tyrannical management, was referred. The
House then went into Committee of the
Whole on the Tariff bill, and long discus
sion ensued touching nearly everything on
committee rose, public business was sns-
pended and the House proceeded to consider
alton Of resolutions on the death of Repre-
FEBRUARY 5.-In the Senate, Mr.. Sher-
man presented a memorial of the Ohio Legis-
latnre. asking the passage Of the bill for in
creased pensions tor one armed and one
legged soldiers. Mr. Hill presented a 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
cries, laces and braidS. the House. a
bill was introduced TO promote com.
mercial relations with Central and
rules and pass the bill establishing the Ter
ritory of North Dakota provoked a tilt be-
tween Messrs. Randall and Burrows, and the
necessary two thirds. similar motions on
several other bills were also defeated, among
them the Legislative Appropriation bill: A
motion to suspend the rules and pass q bill to
quiet the title of settlers on Des Moines River
lands was agreed to. s4 65s85 5
FEBRUARY 6.-The President laid before
the Senate memorial of the Wisconsin Leg
islatnre Stating the piers of the railroad
bridges across the Mississippi River were dan
gerous to navigation, and asking the con-
struction of shear booms as soon as possible
A resolution of inquiry as to reported Nk
tortion by Washington pension agents Us
adopted. After short executive session all
effort was made to take up the Posttroute
bill, but failed and the Senate resumed the
Tariff discussion. The ten cent duty on woods
cents or less. some changes were made i'll
the rates on wooden shawls. blankets, etc.
Resolutions in relation to the death of the late
Representatives. Updegratf and Hawk were
adopted. After the transaction of some un-s
important business, the House wentin Com
1nittee on the Tariff bill. s In considering
the glass schedule several amendments We're
voted down. Wien the committee rose pub
lie business was suspended and the usual
resolutions relative to the death of Represent
tatiyes Updegraf, of Ohio, and Hawk, of Lii
nOis, were offered.
FEBRUARY AT the close OF the morn
fng business the Senate held brief executive
session, and when the doors were reopened
the Tariff bill was taken up. The paragraph
embracing women's and chiIdren's dress
goods. clothing. carpets and endless belts or
felts, was at Ell some discussion passed over
to give the Committee on Finance an eppor-
tunity to consfderit further. The silk schedule
was adopted rs reported from the committee.
the free list. The motion to put pulp for
makingpaper on the free list was lost. The
sundries schedule was next taken up and some
changes made......The House, during the
remainder OF the session. will take a recess
from $40 to 1880 p. m. The Tariff bill was
taken up in Committee ofthe Whole. A mo-
ton to adopt the metal scheduleias agreed
upon by the Senate was ruled out of order.
The paragraph on iron ore was adopted az
reported When the committee rose bill
was introduced for the appointment Of u COM
luiSslOH I'D Inquire 1nCOs Ll09 HCGlOuS OF the
various telegraph companies.
FEBRUARY s--The President laid before
the Senate q, memorial Of the Legislature of
Kansas with reference to pleuro pneumonia
After a brief executive session the Tariff bill
was again taken up and consideration of the
free list was completed. A message was re-
ceived from the President transmitting a
communication from the Secretary OF the In
terror setting forth the necessity for there
preston OF evasions and violations of
laws relating to public lands. In the
House, q joint resolution to admit free
of duty a monument to George Wash.
ington, to be imported by a Cincinnati
society, was passed. The House then went
into Committee ofthe Whole on the Tariff
bill. The duty on steel rails was fixed at SIS
per ton, and charcoal iron was put down at
Se2 ton. Important changes were made in
the section relating to bar iron. Some debate
ensued on tile items of boiler and plate iron
and the committee rose. The Legislative Ap.
bill was taken up in committee,
and a motion to strike out the appropriation
for the Washington botanical garden was de-
feated. 8#s=5sf 5s s$.8$5 45e