Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-12-20
rlF7IErn CONGRESS

IL the Senate. on the 10th, certificates Of
election of presidential electors In Alabama
New Jersey, Missouri and Louisiana. were re
ceived- Mr. Frye presented resolution IN
sfructing The committee on foreign relations to
INQUIRE into the condition of affairs at Samoa
and report to the Senate what steps have been
taken TO maintain the neutrality OF the island
and what action, IL any. is demanded. The re
mainder of the session was occupied in the dis
cusslon of the Senate Tariff blli...-. In the
House. number OF new bills were introduced
and several different measures were censid
cred, but no decisive action was taken upon
them.
INthe Senate. on the nth, a resolution was
adopted. calling on the Secretary OF War for an
account of the expenditures by General Han
cock in entertaining the French officers on the
oc .asion CT the Yorktown celebration, and
whether any of this money had ebeen refunded
to him or to his estate. Mr.. Fryes resolution
for the investigation of the Samoan question
was reported and agreed to, and the Senate re
sumed consideration OF the Tariff bill, the
pending amendment being that to reduce the
duty on beams. girders. etc. The rate was
fixed at one cent per pound, reduction OF
1-lJth per cent In the House, the Direct
Tax bill and the cotton-tax amendment occu.
pied the entire day, without action being
reached.
IN the Senate, on the 18th. the Tariff bill was
taken UP. the pending question being the
amendment to admit hoop and band IRON
COTTON ties, etc., free of duty, instead OF taxing
1t 2l0th per cent. per pound additional, but after
the entire day was spent in the discussion, the
Senate adjourned without action on the pro-
posed amendment In the House, the River
and Harbor bill was reported and referred to
the committee OF the whole House. The Sen
ate amendments to the Department of Agricul-
ture bill were nen-concurred in, and confer
ence was ordered. The House then went into
committee of the whole on the Dlrect-Tax bill,
which, after several amendments had been Of
fered and rejected, the committee rose and re-
yeas, 11S; nays, 90.
In the Senate on the 18th, the day was chief
" devoted to consideration of the Tariff bill.
The discussion was enllveued by passage be-
tween Mr.. Riddleberger and the presiding OFF,
Ger, in which the Virginia Senator was threat
ened with arrest for disorderly conduct After
q lengthy discussion of the Tariff bill, no action
being reached, the Senate went into executive
session, and soon after adjourned until the
18th In the House, in his opening prayer,
the Chaplain said: Instruct the young men OF
the universities and colleges that the Lord hath
no delight in the legs of q man, but in sound
head, a wise heart, pure life and noble
character" Several new bills were reported
and placed on the calendar. The Oklahoma
bill was then taken up, and occupied the re-
mainder of the session
The Senate was not in session on the 18th
In the House, Mr.. Hooker. of Massachu-
sets. introduced a concurrent resolution pro-
viding for u holiday recess from Friday, Decem-
Der 81, until Monday, January ., which was re-
ferred to the committee on ways and means.
The Nicaraguan Canal bill was then taken up,
but after an hour and a half spent in vain Ell
fort to secure quorum upon a proposition to
limit debate, the House took recess until
half-past seven o'clock, when brief session
was held without results.