Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-12-14

10. 20, "a, and 20 per cent.
Tue debate was. continued oy nessrs'
Jones OF Arkansas, Dawes, vest, hiseocs,
Teller. aud Harris. Flnallr, Soie was
taken on Mr.. Coks's amendment, snd II was
rejected by party yote-yeas ~ nays ID
Sir RlddleberEer not voting.
MFR. Vest moved 10 reduce the rate on
horse.sboe nails, hob aaIls, aud other rails
not srccislly enumerated in the act. from
four cents per pound 10 two aud n bali cents.
Reiected-2f 10 "a.
Sir. Vance moved 10 amend paragraph ~
a. 10 railway bars, &c. by making duty OF
one dollar per ton instead OF seven teDths Oh
s.centpsr pound. Rejected rs to 81.
Mr.. Mcpherson moved TO make the rate
six teuths OF cent per pound. helected--
10 TO 81.
Paragraph IA, - 70 sheets Of iron or steel
Common or block having been reached,
SIR. Vsncs moved 10 reduce the rate on the
size thinner than No. % wire gauge from
one and Eve tcntbs cents per pound 10 30 per
cent dd ralorem. Reiected-lIto q.
Paragraphs rs. q. 10 sheets OF ron OF
steel corrugated or crimpedl, aud III, as 70
taggeTF iron, were, az the suggestion OF MT.
Allison. passed over Informally.
Mr. Vance moved 10 anend paragraph
14G by striking out the proyiso, which i'm.
lNAfa on i1kkfTt itpN VI rttFi ~ N'H'NASHN'
rate NJ one cent per pound. Rejected.
The bill was laid aside, about four pages
having been disposed OF this week.
Mr.. Riddeberger offered the following
resolution, which, under the rule, went over
I'll tomorrow:
Resolred. That this senate will proceed 70
REORGANIZATION by the election ~ ie officers
on the fret dav Of the session after the lst day
OF January, 1850.
Mr. Gray moved that when the Senate ad'
i0urn to-day II be to meet on Monday.
Agreed toe to %.
The Republican senators who voted with
the Democrats In the affirmative were Bowen,
Cameron, and Davis.
Mr. Edmunds offered = resolution, which
was agreed 10, directing the Secretary Of the
Senate 10 send by malt TO the Governor Of
each State printed copies OF the acts OF Feb
Tuary 3. 1887, and October 10. 1883, resnect-
Ing meetings Of presidential electors aud the
transmission and counting OF the electoral
votes for President Of the United states. lie
stated that he bad been informed by more than
one member OF the House and by one or two
senators that they learned from their re-
spectiye States that the proper authorizes
bad not yet been advised OF these recent
laws. lie desired that there should be no
mistake in the mstitr
Mr.. Mitchell introduced bill, which was
referred 10 the Committee on Territories,
for the admission OF Idaho a. a State.
The senate proceeded 10 executive bu'l-
ness, and at i:9j o'clock adjourned TIL Mon
day.
House OF Representatives.
After the transaction Of some routine busi-
ness the House proceeded TO the considera-
f.t n fiouuWlif Of the
Whole.
Mr. Hooker, OF Mississippi, offered an
amendment providing that the unOccupicd
lands west Of the ninsty-siXth degree OF west
longitude shall be open to settlement only by
consent Of the Cherokee Indians or any other
tribe or tribes having an interest therein,
which shall first be obtained by commission
10 be appointed toy toe President.
After long discussion, and after an hour
consumed in an effort TO secure quorum.
the amendment was reiected-3S 20 1919.
Mr. Payson, Of Illinois, offered an amend
meuf providing that the rights OF bOn0raD'y
discharged Union soldiers to make homes on
the public lands under the existing home
stead laws shall not in any degree be impair
ed by the bill: and that their rights under
those laws shall extend 10 lauds open 10 sci
Element under It's provisions. This amend
ment provoked another long, and, a. times,
heated debate. In its course Mr. Pays
made the prediction that II yea-and-uay
vote were taken on the amendment Che gem
temsn irom Illinois orr Springer would
not dare vote against IT..
MIR. Springer: vii vote AGAINST II here
and on \ vea,and-naY vote. ! never heard a
proposition more demagogical and inconsis-
tent than YOUR proposition is. and you
10 hrA 81 - ~ arnnafufanra ifl the
wishes Of the old soldiers OF the country.
and he bad never heard sIequest from them
that such an amendment should be pat Ia
the bill. b. believed that the men who
fought TIE battles ~ the country simply
atked justice at the hands OF Congress.
They were not here a. hcgclrs, and mo hoped
10 God they never would be. lAppause on
the Democratic side
Mr.. Weaver, on Iowa, Yielded 10 no men,
her 10 bis devotion b the men who carried
the fac I'm the late war. but this amendment
was proposition TO stab the bin In the name
of the Union soldier. lle had never heard
u Union soldiers asking for such on
amendment, aud il was not offered in their
interest. lie protested against dIshonor
upon the soldiers by placing them IN the attl-
tude OF mendicauts and begg3rs.
Mr. Warner. 81 Missouri, said that II the
lands WerO pubic llnds be WOuld he m "a
vor OF tie amendment, but they were not.
The proposition was 10 purchase them.
Mr. Peters, Of Kansas, said that be bad n
larger soldier constituency than any other
member Of the House aud he had never
heard a request from any soldier that such
An amendment should be placed on The bili.
The amendment was advocated by Aessrs.
Cutche0n OF Michigan, Henderson OF II.
inois. Mansur Of Missouri and Houk Of
Tennessee.
Without action on the amendment the
committee rose. and SIR. Dockery, the re-
firing chairman. called upon bir. Butter
worth. OF ohio. to preside a. Speaker. THIS
was signal for round OF applause from
both sides Of the chamber, which was re-
newed when Mr.. Dockery, in making bi' re-
port. addressed Mr Buiterworth rs " Mr..
Speaker"
The House then. ats O'Clock, adjourned,
and Democratic caucus MAS announced for
tonight, Mr.. Brecsnrdge. Of Kentucky,
loosely remarkinE to Sir. Butterworth tbat
~ soon as he was in the chair the Democrats
.l,I 70 far. If.