The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-07-13
FIFTIETH CONGRESS.
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SENATE,
Senator Hoar's speech on the fisheries
treaty, is likely to be the severest arraingE-
ment of Secretary Bayafd and the adminis-
tration that has been heard during the pres
ent session.
The senate adjourned until Monday with
out waiting TO have the resolution extending
the appropriations of the last fiscal year ap-I
proved by the presiding officer OF the senate.
The enrolling force Of the house was unac-
countahly slow in its work, and the senate,
after waiting for some time for the house and
taking a recess to enable the resolution TO be
submitted, adjourned.
HOUSE.
IN the house Mr.. Holman called up the SEN
ate land grant forfeiture bin, with amend
fnents made by the house COMMITTEES. As thus
amended the bill which, as it came from the
senate, proposed to forfeit grants applying to
thanksgiving ppositeportion ofthe aidedroads
not now completed, declares q forfeiture Of
the lands lying opposite the portions of the
roads not completed at the time specified IN
the granting acts. After some discussion, the
commuters substitute was then adopted,
and the question recurring on the passage OF
the bin as adopted, the veto resulted, yeas
l4l, nays 12-no quorum. The bill remaing
as unfinished business.
SENATE.
A member Of the senate committee on APP
preparations. in specializing upon the final
adjournment, remarked: There is about
four weeks work on general appropriation
bills yet to be transacted.
HOUSE.
The speaker pro tenn. laid beforethe house
a message from the president, returning with
out his approval ths 5ifi granting a pension
TO Julia Welsh,
Mr.. Haten, or Missouri, presented the re-
port Of the conierees on the agricultural bill,
to the effect that they had reached an agree.
ment upon all points Of difference except the
| senate amendment appropriating 100000
for sorghum sugar experiments.
The regular order was then demanded, being
an aye and no vote on the passage of the
land grant forfeiture bill, and the vote was
taken, resulting, ayes III, noes 8 so the bill
was passed.
The house then went into COMMITTEES Of the
wholeon the tariff bill, the pending paragraph
being that relating to iron or steel railway
fish plates or splice bars.
Mr.. Bunchanan's motion to strike out
the paragraph was rejected.
The. reading Of the bill then progressed ra9s
idly, motions made on the republican side to
strike out many of the paragraphs being re-
jeeted. generally without division and With
little debate.
ENATE
A delegation of about thirty workingmen
engaged in making window glass was heard
by the senate tariff subcommittee. They
snSsuitted q schedule, which they said just
covered the difference between wages here
and those abroad, and declared that itwould
be impossible for them TO continue to receive
their present compensation If duties were put
down below the figures they submitted.
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The house passed the senate bill providing
for the sale ofthe site of Fort Omaha, Neb.,
and appropriating 100000 forthe purchase
Of q new site and the construction Of suitable
buildings thereon.
A joint resolution was passed selecting
Leonard III. Harris of Ohio, John A.. Martin
Of Kansas, and John e. Hartranft OF Penn
~sylyania, to fill yacancies on the board OF
managers Of national homes for disabled
soldiers.
The House passed 80 private pension bills.
One for the relief of Mrs. Delilah Whips was
introduced by Mr.. Macdonald, another by
Mr.. Rice granting q pensian to Martin N.
Kellogg Mrs. Whips is q; her husband
served IN the war Of 1912. Kellogg is d vet
eran Of the Mexican war. The pension grant
Cd him is So a month.
The conterees on the river and harbor bin
arrived at an agreement on all items except
three, which relate to harbors on the Pacific
coast.
SENATE.
The senate considered the senate bill to
amend the interstate commerce act. Mr..
Reagen offered an amendment, which was
agreed to, giving to the United States cir
cult and district courts jurisdiction OF viola
tione ofthe act upon the relation Of any per-
son or firm, withipower to issue a premptory
m~andamus.
Mr.. Reagan intimated that the commission
had shown too much Of a vaciliating DISPOSE
ton in dealing With the railroad companies.
MF. Wilson Of Iowa also criticised the com
mission for coustruingso some provisions Of the
law to the advantaseaf the railroad COM
panies. The bill passed. Its principle OBJ
iect is to prevent evasion o. the law by under
billing, cts,
The House discussed the tariff bill. Mr..
Walkinson, Of Louisiann denied that the si.
gar industry Of Louisiana was a languishing
industry.
Mr.. Fuller, ofIowa, offered an amendment
placing all sugar and molasses on the free
list. He criticised the committee on ways
and means for having retained on the pro-
tected list an article the production of
shieh In this country was 80 insignificant
for ths purpose Of retaining Louisiana ia the
Democratic column, and lie denounced the
bin as being illogically aud badly constructed,
and as having for its chief characteristic its
extreme seetionalism. Mr.. Fuller's amend
ment was rejected. -
Mr.. Dingley, Of Maine, offered an amend
ment fixing the rate Of duty on sugar not
above No. lib dutch standard testing. not
above rs degrees, at 70-1O0 81 q cent per
pound, with an additional duty OF 2-IO0 cent
per pound for each additional degree or frac-
tion Of d degree. He stated that the ratepro-
posed by him was exactly one-half Of the
existing rates, and If his proposition were
adopted he would follow it with amendments
making similar reductions in the other
grades. He did not propose to set aside the
protective duty in regard to sugar, but be
proposed to retain il on the dntiable list,
with a duty higher than that which was the
average and vaiorem4 equivalent on manu-
factured goods. The amendment was lost,
SO to los.
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