Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-12-15
WORK IN CONGRESS.
a Memorial Presented by Spooner OF
DEMONSTRATIONS Doincs

Wisconsin-House Doinss
| WASHINGTON CITY, Dec 15-The Morril
tariff resolution was laid over in the senat
Monday after Dawes concluded his speed
and the bill repeating the tenure of office act
taken up, but pending consideration the an
nouacement of the death of Representatiy,
Dowdney of New York was received from
the house snd the senate adjourned.
Tuesday Spooner presented a memorial
from the German aid society, of Wisconsin
| expressing the ideas that there was no fur
Their necessity for stimulating immigration
to this country, and that no satisfactory rea.
son can be assigned for allowing foreigner,
to vote and hold Office after one years resi-
| dence and before they are naturalized, and
| suggesting the enactment of laws making
naturalization and suffrage conform to a uni
| form standard; referred.
Morrill, from finance, reported back ia
| vorahly the bill for the retirement and re,
coinage of the trade dollar, aud the bill to
prevent frauds on American manufacturers
! calendar
The following bills were introduced and
referred: By Harrison, to increase pensions
Of those whose disabilities are equivalent to
the loss of a hand or foot; by Ingalls,, for the
support of the Washington Inebriate
asylum; to authorize the district commits
sloners to permit the temporary occupation
of streets for railway transportation of ma
terial to fill about The base of the Washing
ton monument; also resolution instructing
committee on Indian affairs to inquire into
the question of fees charged the Choctaw In
dams for certain collections; adopted.
The senate on motion of Hoar non-con-
CURED in the house amendment to the cleo
toral count bill and conference was asked
Hoar, El'nunds, and Pugh, were appointed
conferres on the part of the senate. The SEN
ate then proceeded to consider the bill re-
ported by ingalls,, prohibiting the
Use of streets in the city
of Washington for other than ordinary
purposes, without the consent of congress
Debate on the measure took a wide range and
during the course OF remarks the subject of
union depot for the respective railroads en-
tering the city was alluded to, and the pres
ent arrangements of the depots severely crit
icized. Finally the bill was passed and the
senate took up the bill repeating the tenure
Of office law.
District of Columbia business was taken no
after the call of states in the house Tuesday,
tut one of the propositions developed oppo-
sltion that resulted in tlibustermg. and the
house al journed without action.
The book of estimates for the fiscal wear
ISIS, submittid by the secretary of the treas
ury was laid before the house Tuesday Her
bert of Alabama offered resolution direct
ing the reference TO the committee on naval
affairs, so much of the book of estimates as
referred to naval yards, stations and new
naval observatories
Morrison notified the house that on Sat
urday next he will move that the house 90
INTO committee of the whole 10 consider rev
enue bills
Belmont of New York, from the commit
tee on foreign affairs, reported back the
resolution calling on the secretary of the
treasury fer information as to what inter
probation is given by the treasury depart
ment TO the tariff laws of 1883, which in one
section declares that fish fresh for immedj.
ate consumption shall be free of tax ON ar
rival at our sea and lake ports, and in an
other section declares that foreign-caught
fish imported fresh shall be taxed at the
rate Of 80 cents per 100 pounds. Also re-
que-ting him to transmit copies Of all off
cial correspondence on the subject, to-
gether with statement of duties collected
each year since 1865 on the several descrip.
tions.of fish caught in the lakes of Canada
or tributaries thereof or in the north At
lautic. adopted.