The Penn's Grove record., 1888-07-07

seats when the session was opened at
IL A. NJ. A conference report on the
Legislative Appropriation bill was pre-
scented and agreed to. The River and
Harbor bill was considered, and the
demand for "a separate vote on the
IIennepin Canal amendment was with
drawn by Mr.. Vest. Subsequently MI.
Sherman made a motion to reconsider.
The amendment abolishing the Mis-
souri, River Commission vas disagreed
to. Ad amendment was adopted appr0.
priating $780, 600 for the purchase of
the Portage Lake and Lake Superior
Ship Canals. at this point Mr.. SGer-
man said he would not insist upon his
motion to reconsider the vote agreeing
to the Hennepin Canal section. Some
other amendments of a minor charac-
ter were agreed to and the bill was
passed. Mr.. Turple spoke upon the
Presidents Message and in favor of
tariff reduction. After an executive
session the Senate adjourned.
In the L. s. House of Representa-
tives on the Sd, Mr.. Crisp, of Georgia,
occupied the chair. The Post-oiice
Appropriation bill was reported, with
the Senate amendments, and a confer
ence was ordered. The consideration
of the Tariff bill was then resumed in
Committee of the Whole. On motion
of Mr.. McMillln, of Tennessee. the
clause imposing a duty of $11 per ton
on slabs and billets of steel was
stricken out, and the present rate of 40
per cent. ad valorem restored. On
motion of Mr.. Breckenridge, OF Ar
kansas, a duty of fonr tenths of a cent
per pound was imposed on iron or
steel, fiat, with longitudinal ribs, for
the Manufacture of fencing. After
getting through four pages of the bill
the committee rose. A conference
committee was ordered on the River
and Harbor bill, and the House adj
iourneI.
HOUSE
In the House on the Both uit., the
"Fourth of July Claims bill" was
passed. The Tariff bill was consid-
cred in Committee of the Whole. The
duty on tiaxseed and lnseed OIL was
increased from 10 to Is cents per gal.
lon, and the duty on licorlce paste or
rolls from 4 to 8 cents per pound. Llco-
rice juice was placed at 35 per cent.
ad valorem. The china section was
passed over informally, to be hereafter
taken up. The duty On glazed or en-
amelled tiles was reduced from so to
As per cent. ad valoiem. The commit
ZEE then rose and Che House adjourned.
In the House on the I'd, several bills
and resolutions were introduced under
the call of States. A conference re-
port on the Legislative Appropriation
bill was adopted. Mr.. Clark, Of
Wisconsin, proposed that unanimous
consent be given for the present con-
sideration of the Nicaraguan Canal
bill, the situation otherwise to remain
unchanged. Mr.. Hayden. of Mas
sachusetts, objected, and the regular
order being demanded, the CLERK
finished the reading Of the Anderson
bill. Mr.. Anderson at once introduced
another bIll-a volume of 32l pages to
establish a municipal code for the
District of Columbia, and called for Its
reading. BY this time 2lS members
responded to their names, and MI.
Mills moved to adjourned. Lost
yeas, 81; nays, 104. He then demanded
the regular order, and the clerk pro-
ceeded to read the Municipal Code bil'.
This was too much, and, at 20. a
motion to adjourn made by MIR. Ha ch,
of Missouri, was agreed :"