The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-02-14
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
A General Summary Of Events at Home
and Abroad.
Compiled from Daily Reports up to the
Hour of Going to Press.
CONGRESS-.


The Senate at the close of the morn
ing business on the 7th held brief executive
session. and when the doors were re-
opened the Tariff bill was taken up
and discussed until adjournment.
The House went into executive ses-
ment ofered hy Mr. Kelley Increasing the duty
on iron ore, which he Withdrew, and Mr..
in sfser the hesdIlne e' of tse seheSnie, @ SE%e
consisting OF the metal schedule, as agreed
was iniended % 70 pass any tapiT Sii this s ses. =
sion Il could only be done by meeting the me
ue II tsa. were done the S conntsy % would idne eet
journed.
PRESIDENT DAVIS laid before the Sem
ate on the Sth q memorial from the Legislature
of Kansas In reference to the pleuro-pneu-
sion the doors were re-opened and the Tariff
bin came up and the free list was considered.
was was osrried By y ~ vote % Of ~ 3 se yeas yeas ns to
s nays: Several @ other amepdmsnts end
House q bill was passed 70 admit free
Of duty q monument to George Washington to
enna Tse House tSen vent Sso Soc Gd
OF the Whole on the Tariff bin, the pending
smspdmsnss s being those no % offered by. oy Tucker i
doiis4s sss ton 3 rsspscsiS.ly: which va: ss:. car
ments proposed. the House adjourned.
The Committee on Foreign Affairs
reported q resolution in the Senate on the 9th,
directing the President to give notice during
July to the Queen of Great Britain that it is
the wish of the United States to terminate
the articles OF the Treaty of Washington"
relating to the fishery question A remon-
STRANGE was presented against placing lumber
is is invested @ led and nd 100000 employed in the
lumber business in this country. The
bill. to rellsvs shlRs o, and sa. other vessels els
favoraSiy. The Fsrif bin was then
taken up and Mr.. Bayards amendment
paragraph of the free list read: mineral
waters, all not artificial. together with bottles
or jugs in which the same are Imported" Mr..
Morrill, reported amendments reducing ad
wool schedule except "hemp or jute carpeting,
wise herein specified" from thirty-1ve to
sss 0sn snd The The dGs 0n
and Ts arsss sSsSos tasep
tee ON Coinage, Weights and Measures. re-
ported resolutions declaring IL Inexpedient to
existing law, and recommending the Commit
tee on Appropriation to report a provision for
Mississippi Valley; referred. Mr.. Kasson of.
fered q resolution that during the remainder
of the session IL shall be the order on
suspend the rules 80 as to consider in the
House any regular appropriation or rev.
a committee and may then be in Committee OF
the Whole, or which may then be on the
Speakers table, and such motion shall be de-
chairman of the Committee on war Chains re,
ported back the bill for the payment of GER
by the accounting officers Of the Treasury; laid
over. The conference report on the Mill
Mr peepnS S on tSe S
authorizing the Mississippi. Albuquerque &
1nter-Ocean Railway Company, to construct a
lions; laid on the table The House then went
into Committee of the Whole on the Tariff bill.
AN 81 nerson wss ned S. at ans Tsen ss
granting condemned cannon for monumental
purposes were passed. Adjourned.
The Senate held brief executive ses-
sion on the 10Th After the doors were re-
opened Mr.. Ingalls, presented the credentials
which were filed. Mr.. Plumb presented me
MORALS from the Legislature OF Kansas, one
and another for legislation to prevent the
spread of pneumonia In presenting the latter
Dir. Plumb said the necessity for action on the
remonstrance from citizens Of Wisconsin
against putting lumber ON the free list Mr..
citation TO trespassers on Indian lands. MT.
Mcmillan Introduced a bill to provide for an
Court of Dakota Mr.. Logan called up the
Pension Appropriation bill, which was
passed with the additional section pre-
tifcates in any way: The Tariff hi bill
Tas = tnen tnKen up ,sao hnG od1mp,ese1' ds ,n1s pe
the adjournment of the Senate until the
l2th =. In the House Mr.. Randall introduced
atoint resolution, which was passed. to pro
vide for the admission free OF duty OF articles
| intended for the special exhibition of
| the generation and the application OF
electricity TO be held at Philadelphia
by the Franklin Institute. Mr.. Page
Chairman of the Committee on Commerce,
reported back the resolution requesting the
| Secretary of War to examine into and report
upon the Dubois system for improving the
| navigation OF the Allegheny River. Mr.
Lynch asked consent to put on its passage
| a bill placing the heirs OF colored sol
| diers on the same footing as to bounty ~
the heirs OF white soldiers; objection beinf
raised it went over. The House then wen
| into Committee OF the Whole on the Tariff bill
and after several amendments being proposed
and voted down the House adjourned until
the 1eth.