Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-03-01

Department of Justice was ordered printed
and to lie over until tomorrow. Cons1dera-
ton of the Tariff Dill was resumed and the
amendment relating to books was so modified
that 1T applies only to such as are printed in
the English the duty 6 emanlns
disposed of the shipping clause of the Tariff
bin and took up the schedule of woou and
woodenware. motion to put lumber on the
free list was defeated, and all effort to change
the wood schedule failed.
FEBRUARY 15.-In the Senate petitions
| of Missouri Changers for the creation of a
! Secretary of Agriculture; also, one from sew
eral educational institutions of Missouri for
| the appointment OF a practical astronomer as
| Superintendent of the Naval observatory and
| for the construction of an observatory under
| scientific supervision were presented. re-
! monstrance against any reduction of the tariff
| on books below TWENTY-FIVE per cent, signed
| by Oliver Wendell Holmes, r. Is. Aldrich and
John G. Whittier, was also presented. After a
| short executive session the Senate again re-
sumed consideration of the Tariff bill. -. In
| the House. the conference report on the Jap
! anese Indemnity bill was agreed TO, and the
sugar schedule of the Tariff bill was discuss
| occupied with discussion of the Legislative
Aspiration bill in committee
| FEBRUARY 16.-In the Senate the confer
! ence report on the Japanese Indemnity bill
| was presented and adopted. Discussion of
! the iron schedule of the Tariff bill was
| sumed, and an advance of three dollars per
| ton was made on charcoal iron advanced in
manufacture further than pigs. The duty on
jute was changed to an ad valorum basis.
Efforts to reduce the whisky tax
| consumed much time but obtained little
| support . In the House the Legislative APP
preparation bill was considered in committee
| and an amendment relating to hours of work
| in the Executive Departments was agreed to.
| The bill after some further amendments was
| passed, and the Tariff discussion was re-
| sumed-
| FEBRUARY lin the Senate. Mr.. Vest
| offered resolution for a committee of five
| Senators to investigate the whole subject of
| the Yellowstone Park lease, and requesting
| the Secretary of the Interior to take no action
in the matter until the committee reports
| Laid over until Monday. A resolution in
| structing the Judiciary Committee to inquire
whether the Legislature of New Hampshire,
| United States senator was offered, but after a
| long debate was Withdrawn, and the Tariff
was taken up and debated until the House
resolution in relation to the death OF Repre-
| sentative Shackelford was received. The
usual resolutions were adopted and address
| submitted the conference report on the
bill granting the Fremont Elkhorn Il Mis-
across er d the Siobrara Military ReserVation
| Nebr., which was agreed to. The Committee
Of n the
| the contestant entitled to the seat. The re.
port was laid over and the House ms; discussed
| his remarks, declared there was no earthly
hope of passing the bill and the House dis
honored itself in pressing the debate further
Mr. Kasson replied by trying to throw the re-
| sponsibility on the Democrats the charge be-
| ing repealed by Messrs. Morrison, Carlisle and
| House was agreed to, and an effort was made
| to cut off further debate. This caused a
] wrangle over point of order, which was in
| terrupted by the speaker, who announced the
hour for the eulogies on the late Mr.. shaokel-
| ford had arrived The eulo2tes were then
| proceeded with, and speeches were made by
Messrs. Latham, Morrow, Leedom, Randall
and Vance.
! FEBRUARY 19.-In the Senate, Mr.. Jack.
| son presented the credentials OF his colleague,
Mr.. Harris. Read and filed. The President
| laid before the Senate a memorial of the Iro
| quois Club of Chicago ILL.,, praying Congress
| to accept the Illinois and Michigan Canal with
| a view of making it the national waterway to
| the Mississippi River. The bill granting
pension to Major General WI rren was agreed
to. The Senate will hereafter meet Mt ten
O'Clock a. m. Mr.. Vest announced that he
would ask consideration of the resolution for
! n committee to investigate the Yellowstone
Park matter a. soon as the Tariff bill was dis
posed Of After an executive session, discus
sion of the Tariff bill consumed the remain
| der of the session. In the House the sun
| Committee of the Whole. The report in the
contested case of Cook vs.. Cults, of
Iowa, declaring the contestant entitled to the
| seat was submitted and laid over. Among
| the bills introduced was one to reduce duties
| on articles imported into the United states
| fifteen per cent. after Jnlyl. Resolutions were
offered calling for correspondence relating to
the Hawaiian sugar treaty, the treatment OF
Jews in Russia, the distribution of the surplus
| money in the Treasury among the several
States for the maintenance of schools and the
payment of debts, and the Signal Service. I'm
| der the call of committees for motions to sus
pend the rules Mr.. Kelley, from the Commit
tee on Ways and Means moved to pass the
| bill to reduce internal revenue taxation.
After debate the motion failed yeas, l63 !;
| nays, 97-not the requisite two-thirds in the
affirmative.