Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-09-20
TiET,ETH CONGRESS.

IL the Senate, on the 18th, discussion OF the
Cainese Exclusion bill occupied most OF the
time and led to o pass age OF bitter personal
tiles between Senators Morgan and Mitchell.
The Senate adjourned without action on the
bill leaving It lust where it WAS at the time Of
adjournment on the 7th-passed, but with
motion pending to reconsider the vote by
which it was passed.. In the House, the CON-
ference reports on the Fertilization and Army
Appropriation bills were adopted, and eoRsid-
GRAFTON OF the conference report on the Sundry
Civil bill was resumed, the pending Senate
amendment being the appropriation OF s25G00o
for the purpose of investigating the extent to
which the arid regions of the United States can
be redeemed by irrigation.
In the Senate, on the 18th, the proceedings
were marked by the passage Of the House bill
known as the Fourth OF July Claims" bill
intended to reimburse those who suffered dam
age in small amounts during the war. The bill
covers 6S6 claims, aggregating an amount
Exclusion bill was resumed, but no
action thereon resulted...........In the
House. the Sundry Civil Appropriations
bill was taken up. and several hours of unim-
portant debate was had upon the pending
amendment relating to the reclamation of arid
lands. The amount of the proposed appropria-
ton was reduced from S250,0o to $4,000. The
vote on subsequent motions showed no quorum
present. and the House adjourned
In the Senate, on the 18th. Mr.. George offered
an amendment to the Sherman bill prohibiting
trusts, the most important point of which was
making IL the duty Of the President, in his
discretion, to issue proclamation suspending
the import duties on articles raised in price in
consequence Of combinations. Mr.. Hoar spoke
to the amendment, charging Democrats and
the Democratic party with responsibility for
existing trusts. Mr.. Payne denied all con-
rection with the Standard Oil Company. The
amendment was ordered to be printed -. In
the House, consideration of the Sundry Civil
Appropriations bill was resumed. The Senate
amendments were concurred in, with an
amendment. The Senate bill was passed pro-
iding that appointments to the Marine Hos
pital service shall be made by the President.
In the Senate, on the 18th, the feature of the
proceedings was Senator Jones speech on the
Chinese Exclusion bill. Mr.. Allison announced
the receipt Of letter from Mr.. Beck, saying
that he was improving slowly. Mr.. Platt in
troduced resolution Of inquiry as to whether
q foreign syndicate was controlling the price Of
copper in this country. In the House, the
event of the day was the passage of the Senate
bill amending the Interstate Commerce law.
joint resolution was passed extending the
existing appropriations for the sandry civil ex-
penseS Of the Government until October /.
In the Senate, on the 18th. the features Of the
work were: An animated discussion on the
delay of the report Of the Senate Tariff bill: a
bitter personal debate between Senator Hoar
and Senator Payne, and the vote on the mo-
ton to reconsider the passage Of the Chinese
Expulsion bill, the motion being again post
poned for want of a quorum voting. LIN the
House, telegram from the Surgeon General
to Mr.. Dougherty Fla.) on the yellow fever
situation was read, and the Senate joint reso-
luton appropriating s2Oo, coo to suppress infec-
ton in the Interstate commerce of the United
States was taken up and passed.