The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-06-21
CoaxressiOnal Proceedings ana OtIasr
Items Of Note.

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Congressional PROCEEDINGS and Otheu
Isems Of Mote.
nsENATE.
WAsHINGToN, June 14.-The JOINT
resolution granting leave of absence
to government employees who
participated In the battle of Get
tysbure to attend the reunion there
the third Of July was passed. The bill
making appropriation for the depart
ment of agriculture was then taken up
and after q number of amendments
had been agreed to the bill was passed.
The postof1ce appropriation bill was
then taken up. After a number of
amendments had been added, that bill
was also passed.
The senate then proceeded to the
consideration of executive business.
When the doors were reOpened at $50,
legislative business was resumed.
Allison, from the committee on an
preparations, reported bill appropri-
ating S40, 900 TO enable the several
executive departments of the govern
ment to participate in the Columbus,
Ohio, centennial celebration next
September and October. Calendar.
Adjourned until Monday.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, June 14.-Townsend,
of Illinois, offered a resolution pro-
viding for the consideration of bills by
unanimous consent for half an hour
every morning. Referred to the COM
mittee on rules.
Under the call of committees, the fol-
lowing bills were reported.
By Townsend, of Illinois, from the
committee on military affairs. provid-
ing for an assistant secretary of war.
BY Hooker, of Mississippi, from the
same committee, to retire Gen. Alfred
PleasantOn.
The house then went into committee
Of the whole on the tariff bill.
After some badinage had taken
place, Buchanan, of New Jersey, offer
ed an amendment to strike out the
coated with mixture of lead and TIM
He said this course would encourage
the importation of adulterated tin
which was used for fruit cans. After
some discussion the amendment was
rejected as was one offered by DalZell,
of Pennsylvania, to limit the free plate
to sizes not larger than four feet and
thicker than twenty-six gauge and an
other to strike out the entire tin plate
paragraph.
When the paragraph relating to glue
and glasin were reached, Weber, of
New York, moved to strike out, thus
forestalling the committee admend-
ment to the same purpose.
Raynor, of Maryland, in the course
of the several tits of the day. took oc-
casion to tWit J. D. Taylor, of Ohio,
with working for his own protection,
he being member of the national iron
roofing association. He also gave
Reed, of Maine, a going over for his re-
mark made several days ago to the eff
feet that it was not worth while to
keep on tying on the tariff, and finally
he declared that there was criminal
combination between the republican
leaders and the manufacturers.
The republicans greeted this with a
burst of derisive applause.
Webber's motion to strike glue and
glasin from the free list prevailed
without discussion.
A motion to strike out crude glycer-
inc failed, but by a common amend
see, fish glue or isinglass was restored
toythe existing rate of duty.
Phosphorus soap stocks, soap and
sheep dyes were all passed over.
On Extract of Hemlock, "there was
considerable debate. A motion to
strike out the paragraph was defeated.
Mcmillan moved to strike out licOrice
juice from the free list. Adopted.
Other articles we're then passed over
without debate or objections as follows:
Indigo, Iodine, Croton oil, Hempseed
and Rape seed oil, Cotton seed oil and
Petroleum.
O'Neil, of Pennsylvania, and Far
quarhe, of New York, pleaded for a
maintenance of the duties on
alum compounds, but without
avail. Morrow and Lander, of
California were about equally
unsuccessful in an effort to save the
duties on boracice acid and borax.
Nitrate of soda was placed on the free
list.
A caucus amendment and the COM
mittee rose on point of no quorum
made by Foran, of Ohio, having re-
viewed forty five lines of the bill to-
day, or more than had previously been
covered during the entire debate I'M
der the five minutes rule.
The understanding is that the tariff
bill will now be laid aside for time
and the army appropriation bill taken
up tomorrow.