Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-20
IN ADJoURxMENT PRoBAsLs.
What Congress Did Yesterd.y-The No
Quorum Matter.


Quorum Matter.
WAsHINsToN, October 1S.-Gray, in the
absence OF the Connecticut Senators, pre-
sented memorial signed by five hundred
citizens OF Connecticut, workingmen and
manufacturers, to have raw materials,
{particularly wool, salt, lumber, tin-plate,
etc., admitted free OF duty. 1t was laid
on the table.
The resolution for q recess from SatuR
day to the 18th of November was taken
up. Paddock moved for an amendmsntb by
making recess begin the 26th and end No
vember 18th.
Brown of Georgia offered resolution
for the final adjournment Of this session at
1 O'Clock next Saturday. He said he did
not believe the passage OF the tarih bill
would be facilitated by q prolongation OF
the session. II the Democrats are success
full at the coming political election, some
thing Like the Mills bill would be passed. II
the Republicans are successful, something
like the Senate bill will be passed. The
popular opinion on the subject
WILL BE KNOWN AFTER ELECTION.
A discussion followed. Allison accepted
Browns resolution, and ON vote q ma
jority OF Democrats voted in the af3rmas
tiye, and majority Of Republicans in the
negative.
There was no demand for division, and
the chair, after a longer pause than usual,
declared the concurrent resolution adopted.
Teller offered q resolution instructing the
committee on Indian affairs to inquire as
to the truth of the report that the Secrs-
tary Of the Interior had purchased large
number of wagons for the Indian service
manufactured with prison labor OF Ten
nessee. He made some remarks on the
subject, intimating that there was COM
plaint really against the late commissioner
OF Indian affairs. After a lively debate be.
tween Teller, Bate and Cockrell the resolu-
ton vent over on objection by. Cockrell.
The Senate then took recess OF half an
the President.
The Senate then resumed consideration.
THE TARIFF BILL
was addressed by Aldrich. He fAldrich)
asserted that the table concerning..the tar.
iff rates in the House and Senate bills, FUR
nished by the bureau OF statistics, and pro-
duced some days ago, by Vest, was full OF
and errors and entirely in
accu1at and misleading, and that the
bureau of officials, if they knew any thing
about the subject, must have known that it
was
The discussion was continued by Sena-
tors Frye, Evarts and Seller. Cockrell re-
piled to Afdrich' 3 criticism of the tables OF
the bureau, and said that they were per-
fectly correct an3 had been made out un-
der the headings prepared by himself, and
by Keppenstein, the Prussian employe OF
that bureau who had been in the depart
ment at least since 1879, and who had no
interest directly or indirectly in any mis-
Allison offered Il resolution authorizing
the finance committee to continue it's in
vestigation into tariff matters. Laid over
till tomorrow, and the Senate adjourned.
The House.
WASHINGTON, October 1S.-Cox in the
ctair at the opening. Farquhar Of New
York, complained of the absence OF the
speaker, and inveighed against keeping
skeleton" house in session, while the
political game was going on" Richard
son OF Tennessee, called for the regular Or
order. Faraquhar made point OF no
quorum. The chair ruled that he could
not officially decide no quorum, as
Gne mouse udU uOU Uccu OoAAeOAs
The journal was then read, and the
chair asked il it should be approved.
Taylor OF Ohio objected. and raised the
point Of no quorum. The speaker said
that on examination he found it was the
duty OF the speaker, not OF the House. to
approve the journal" The journal"
was then approved.
TIE bill granting the right OF way to q
water company to cross the Indian reser-
vation in Arizona was called up, and the
Senate amendment was rejected.
Mcmillan OF Tennessee briefly reviewed
the work OF what he termed the present
extra ordinary session OF Congress" devot-
ing himself especially to the consideration
OF it's action on the tariff. What seemed
to be an interminabe discussion followed,
and was participated in by Bayne,
Turner, Breckenridge of Kentucky, E. B:
Taylor, and others. The main feature OF
the debate was on the question OF whether
M. Havemeyer's visit to Washington and
his alleged appearance before the ways
and means committee had anything to do
with increasing the duties on sugar in the
Mills bill, Democrats denying the PROPOSE
ton and Republican affirming it.
The Senate resolution for final adjourn
ment was then concurred in. and the House
odjourned.