The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-07-12


ment OF Secretary Bayari and the admins
trat1on 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 al,
proved by the presiding officer of tho senate.
The enrolling force of the house was unac-
countabiy slow in its work, and the senate
after waiting for some time for tho house and
taking recess to enable the resolution to b,
submitted. adjourned.
In the house Mr.. Holman called up the SEN
lte land grant forfeiture bill, with amend
ments made by the house committee. Asthus
amended the bill which, as it came from the
senate, proposed to forfeit grants applying to
lands ian lying oppositePortions ofthe aidedroads
not now completed, declares a 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
committees substitute was then adopted,
and the question recurring on the passage Of
the bill as adopted, the veto resulted, yeas
l4l, nays 12-no quorum. The bill remains
as unfinished business.
A member of the senate committee on ap-
preparations, in speculating upon the final
adjournment, remarked There is about
four weeks work on general appropriation
bills yet to be transacted.
HOUSE.
The speaker pro TEN. laid before the house
a message from the president, returning with
ONT ms approval the bill granting pension
to Julia Welsh
MT Haten of Missouri, presented the re-
port OF the conferees 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
tor sorghum sugar experiments.
Inc 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 1T, noes s. so the bill
was passed.
The house then went into committee of the
whole on 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 rap.
idly, motions made on the republican side to
strike out many of the paragraphs being re-
!ccted. generally without division and with
little debate.
A delegation of about thirty workingmen
engaged in making window glass was heard
by the senate tariff subcommittee They
submitted u schedule, which they said Just
covered the difference between wages here
and those abroad, and declared that it would
be impossible for them to continue to recei We
their present compensation il duties were put
down below the figures they submitted.
HOUSE.
The house passed the senate bill providing
for the sale of the site of Fort Omaha Neb
and appropriating 5000, 900 for the purchase
of q new site and the construction of suitable
buildings thereon.
A joint resolution was passed selecting
Leonard H. Harris of Ohio, John A. Martin
sylvania, to fill vacancies on the board OF
managers of national homes for disa bled
soldiers.
The House passed 80 private pension bills.
One for the relief of Mrs. Delilah Whips was
introduced by Mr.. Macdonald, another by
Nj Rice granting pensan to Martin N;
served in the war of1s12 Kellogg is vet
eran of the Mexican war. The pension grant
ed him is $72 month
The conterees on the river and harbor bill
arrived at an agreement on all items except
three, which relate to harbors on the Pacific
coast.
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
tons of the act upon the relation Of any per-
son or firm, with power to issue T. prei1ptory
nandamus.
Mr.. Reagan intimated that the commission
had shown too much OF vac;liuting DISPOSE
ton in dealing with the railroad companies
Mr. Wilson OF Iowa also criticised the COM
mission for constituting some provisions of the
law to the advantage Of the railroad COM
pan!es The bill passed. Its principle OBJ
lect Is to prevent evasion OF the law by under.
billing, etc.
The House discussed the tariff bill. Mr..
atkinson, of Louisiana, denied that the sl-
gar industry of Louisiana was a languishing
industry.
Mr.. Fuller, of Iowa, offered an 7cndment
placing all sugar and molasscs on the free
list. He criticised the committee on ways
and means for having retained on the pro-
tccted list an article the production OF
which in this country was 40 insignificant
for the purpose of retaining Louisiana in the
bill rs being illogically and badly constructed,
and as having for it's chief characteristic it's
extreme sectionolisln. Mr.. Fullcrs amend
ment was rejected.
Mr.. Dins'ey, OF Maine, offered an amend
ment fixing the rate of duty on sugar not
above No. 13 dutch standard testing, not
above rs degrees, at 7O-1OO of cent per
pound, with an additional duty of 2-1OO cent
per pound for each additional degree or frac-
ton of q degree. He stated that the rate pro-
posed by him was exactly one-haf 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 he
proposed to retain it on the dutiable list,
with duty higher than that which was the
| average and valorem equivalent on manu-
factured goods. the amendment was lost,
&c to los.