Iron County register., 1888-10-25
FlFTiETH CONGRESS.

In the Senate. on the 18th. the chief feature
of the days proceedings was the speech of Mr..
Blair on the Presidents pension vetoes. A
message of the President vetoing the bill to
pension William S. Bradshaw. on the ground
that his disability was not contracted in the
service. was laid on the table Messrs. Yes,
and Allison addressed the Senate on the tariff
question. In the House, a preamble and
resolutions denouncing the Senate Tariff bill
as document framed in the interest of trusts
was read and referred to the committee on
rules. Mr.. Oates. of Albania, offered resolu.
tion adjourning Congress sine die on wednes-
day, October Ii. which went over.
IN the Senate, on the 18th, the entire day was
devoted to the discussion of the tariff question,
Mr. Cockreli, of Missouri. championing the
Mills bill, and Messrs. Allison, Spooner and
others speaking in defense OF the Senate sub
stitute- The House amendment TO the Join,
resolution 70 protect the Washington tunnel
was eoncurred in, aud the Senate went into ex
ecutiye session ......I In the House, the only
feature of the days proceedings was the failure
Congress. The joint resolution for printing
$4,000 copies OF the report of the Bureau OF
Animal Industry and making appropriation
therefor was passed
In the Senate, on the 18th, the committee OF
foreign relations was ordered to sit during the
recess In the investigation of the Weil-La Abra
claims. House bill granting right OF way
through the Sioux Reservation, in Dakota, to
the Aberdeen, Bismarck & Northwestern Rail-
way Company was passed, and the remainder
OF the day was devoted to consideration of the
Tariff bill Mr.. Allison offered q concurrent
resolution for @ recess Of Congress from the
2Oth inst. to November 10, but objection being
made, the resolution went over under the rule
...-.. In the House. thirteen messages vetolnR
private pension bills were received from the
President Mr.. Cox rose to a question of priv.
fege. and made q long explanation of an ed
al in he Ty-i6a char n i'm
with sending unfrankable matter through the
mails under his frank. Mr.. Kilgore's resolu
ton, providing for final adjournment of Con-
gress on the Goth instant, was referred to the
committee on ways and means
Is the Senate, on the 18th, the most import
ant item of business transscted was the pass
age OF joint resolution for adjournment OF
Congress sine die on the 20th. A resolution OF
inquiry was offered, and discussion ensued on
the charge that the Secretary OF the Interior
had furnished the Indian service with wagons
made by convict labor in Tennessee, and that
the Secretary of War had bought English
blankets for the army at a rate too low for
American competition. Several resolutions of
minor Importance were passed among them one
for the printing of 100000 copies of the agricul-
tural report. In the House. after the tran
saction of minor business the Speaker submit
ted the adjournment resolution of the Senate,
when q general review of the work of the ses-
sion on tariff legislation was participated in by
several members, dnrlng whlch heated COLO
guy occurred between Messrs. Tayler and
Breckenridge, of Kentucky. ending in the latter
apologizing for having made charges against
the former which the records did not justify.
The resolution on adjournment was passed.
IN the Senate. on the 19th no business OF
Importance was transacted during the short
session. There were but four Senators present
during the morning hour. At its conclusion
the resolution authorizing the finance commit
tee to continue its hearings on the tariff was
adopted, and the committee on Indian affairs
was authorized to continue during the recess
the examination ordered by the last Congress
as to the condition of the Indian tribes on the
reservations in Minnesota. Dakota and Mon
tana. Several messages from the President
were received, and the Senate went into execu-
tive session, and, at sos p. m, adjourned.
In the House, no business was transacted. The
journal for two days was approved, and the
House adjourned.