The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-02-24

was nude to include all valued at thirty two
cents or less. Some changes we're made in
the rates on wooden shawls, blankets,
etc, solutions IN relation to the death
OF Representatives Updegraii and Hawk were
adopted ....After the trans action of some
unimportant bus ness, the House went into
considering the gla schedu q several amend
mcnts were voted dlwn. When the commit
tee rose public business was suspended and
the usual resolutions relative to the death of
Represent atives UpdeGrnH, of Ohio, and
Hawk, OF Illinois, were offered.
FEBRUARY AT the close OF the morn.
ing business the Senate held a brief executive
session. and when the doors were reopened
the Tariff bill was taken up. The paragraph
embracing womenS and children's dress
goods, clothing carpets and endless belts or
felts, WAS after some discussion passed over
to give the Committee on Finance an oppor-
tunity to consider it further. The silk sched-
ule was adopted rs reported from the COM
mittee. Books, pamphlets, maps, etc, were
placed on the f. g list. The motion to put
pup Tor making nj paper on the Tree
ule WAS next taken up and some
changes made. The House, during the
remainder of the session, Will take a recess
from from $50 to i:so p. m; The Tariff bill was
ton to adopt the metal schedule az agreed
upon BY the senate was ruled out of order.
The paragraph on iron ore was adopted as
was introduced for the appeintmentof com
mission to inquire to the methods Of the
various telegraph companies.
FEBRUARY The President laid before
the Senate Il memorial of the LEGISLATURE OF
Kansas with reference to pleuro pneumonia.
After bl lief executive session the Tariff bill
was again taken up and consideration of the
free list wa completed. A mess lge was re-
| ceiNed from the President transmitting q
communication from the Secretary of the In.
terror setting forth the neces ity Tor the re.
| preSs,on of evasiOns and violations of laws
relating TO pubic lands..... In the House,
| joint resolution to admit free OF
duty monument to George Wash.
in 3ton, to be imported by g Cincinnati
society, was passed. The House then went
! into Committee OF the Whole on the Tariff
| bill. The duty on steel rails was fixed at $50
| per ton, and charcoal iron was put down ut
So ton. Important changes were made in
the section re ating to bar iron. Some debate
ensued on the items of boiler and p ate iron
| and the committee rose. The Legislative Ap.
preparation bill WAS taken up in committee,
and a motion to strike out the appropriation
for the Washington botanical garden was de.
feated.
FEBRUARY 81 the Senate, a remon-
STRANGE against placing timber on the free
list was presented. The bill to relieve ships
from compu sorry pilot fecS was reported IA
vorably. The Foreign Affairs Committee
| recommended the ioption of the resolution
to terminate the fl heres trea Y. The TMii
bill WAS taken up aud the duty on wool car
pets was cut down five per cent. The Naval
bill was rep rted with ali general legislation
stricken out. 1t appropliates yl5 ~ ,iA, being
$5lS, $40 moe than rs it crme f ON the Hon e
Con liberation the Talif b II was resumed
and some changes made in the paragraph
relating to wo ems and childrrn's dress
goods. Salt was iii cus1ed, but finally
laid over informally. in the House, Mr..
| Belford, from the COMMITTEES on coin re
Weights aud Measures, reported resolutions
declaring It inexpedient to dsvon in re the
coinage of silver under existing laws, and
recommending rovisions or addi ional vault
rooms at some p) mt in the isSi pi Valley
The conicre 1cc epOrt on the NJ itary Acad
envy bill was alreed to- tn bill authorizi "
the construction of a rail Dad through the
Choctaw and hickasaw Nations was rep rted
ad ersely Til. House then went into com
mittee on the Tariff bill, and the shee iror
section was di-p 'sed o.. An effort to place
| tin plate on the tree list Called, but the duty
was reduced t. one cent p rpound. An even
ing session was held at winch large num-
Der of pension bill we're passed..
! FEBRUARY in,-iu ne Senate. after
brief executive session, the credentials of Mr.
Plumb, reelected senator rom Kansas, wert
read and filed. Memorials of the Legi~latur,
OF Kansas, one ASKING hat inber be pla eC
on the free lis and another for lie isl t,n L
prevent the spread of pleurO pneu mnnia
NClt l'i'NVut' y vi tiilEtl q
Wisconsin aghl ST putt < lumber on the fr,
list WIS also received A bill to amend tn,
lawin reiAt on to 81 cspassets on lndi'n land
was reported TIE Pension APPROX lat OF
bill was called up and pas ed. The Tariff BIZ
was then taAe, up and the amendment rrduc
ing the Internal revenue on nutt and tobacco
to eight cents per pouud was agreed to. Al
additional >ecGlon was adoptc regardin;
goods IN DO Il hen Uuat bill goes into effect
Con liberation OF t q bill in committee wa
completed and he com III tee reported tin,
Dill 10 the y nate......In the llO Sc, q JOIN
resolution to prpvid'' tor the adm >sion fire,
of duty OF articles inten lcd for the special eN
htbiton, to he held at hi ohel h a by II,
frankie ms tute wa passed Cons Iteration
OF tho Ia IN b. vas re uncd III commit ee
and the nj ton to Tx tie duty on co ton Ii,
at thirty. I'VE y cent vas fe ted.
lengthy discussion en~ued on a mo ion to re
duce the rate on cut mai 5, and the motion wa
lost.