The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-17
THE NATIONAL SOLONS.
WORK OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES,

Our National Lawmakers and What They
Are Doing for the Good of the Country
Various Measures Proposed, Discussed
and Acted On.
The discussion of the Edmunds Panama res
olution occupied the principal part of the day
in the Senate on the 7th inst, and it was finally
adopted by vote of yeas, 49, nays, g. after be-
ing modified as follows Resolved, By the Sem
ate and House of Representatives of the,
United States of America in Congress-
assembled, that the Governm ent of the,
United States will look with serious concern
and disapproval upon any connection of any
European Government with the construction or
control of any ship canal across the Isthmus of
Daren or across Central America and must re-
gard any such connection or control as injurious
to the just rights and interests of the United.
States, and menace to their welfare q
Tat the President be and he is hereby re-
quested to communicate this expression of the,
views of the Government of the United States,
to the Government of the countries of Europe
Blackburn, Hampton, and Vance voted nav
On motion of Mr. Allison, the existing order as
to the vote on the tariff bill was extended
for one day in consequence of the days session,
having been occupied by the BONANZA Canal
resolution, SO that the vote on the tariff bill is
to be taken on Jan. % The obstructive tactics
against the proposed change in the rules were,
continued in the House, the time being con-
sumed by roll calls and voting on simple mo-
lions to adjourn and to adjourn till Wedne sday
and Thursday until O'Clock, when the session.
ended by limitation. The Republicans soted
solldly for the new rules and against adjourn
ment, while the Democrats showed q diyideds
'front.'
BUT little progress made on the tariff bill
in the Senate the sth inst. The festure of
the days discussion was the tax on bagging for
cotton A resolution passed the Senate calling
on the Secretary of the Treasury for Special
O1ncer Byrnes report on the evasion Of
sugar duties i'll New York. Senator Sherman
introduced bill to regulate Congressional cleo
lions. 1t authorizes the President to appoint
with the approval of the Senate, five
as the Board of State Canvassers and
three voters in each Congressional district to-
serve as an electoral board, the appointees to-
hold office during good behavior. The Electoral
Board OF each congressional district shall APP
point registrar and three judges, not all of the
same political party, for each cleo ion district or
precinct, to hold office for six years, subject
however, to removal for misconduct. The bill
defines the power of the board, ETC. No action
was taken. The House deadlock on the resolu-
tlon 60 change the rules, which has lasted for
Tour days, was broken. The previous question
was ordered on the resolution by O. vote of yeas
lS7; nays, 20. Then Mr.. Holman (Ind moved
to recommlt the resolution, and upon that mo-
tion demanded the previous question After
some flibustering the motion to recommit was
carried. The sundry civil bill was reported to
the House.
IHE House amendments to the Nicaragua.
canal bill were non concurred in by the Senate, on
and Morgan were appointed conferrees The
Senate then resumed consideration of the tariff
bill, the ending question being on Mr. Vance's
amendment that the duty on no article in
scnedule y FLAX, hemp ana jute) shall exceed so
per cent. ad valorem. The amendment was re-
1ected-yeas Is, nays Is, Mr.. Brown voting with
the Democrats in the a6irmatiyA. To put,
DlIunl1nous coal on the free 1isG as rejected
yeas II, nays 81 That Mr. Weaver Iowa) is
earnest in his intention to do all in MS power to
prevent the House from accomplishing any
hoe +aI
Oklahoma bill demonstrated. lmmedi-
ateIy after the prayer Mr. Weaver called the
Speakers attention to the rule which directs
that on1cer, after calling the House to order, to-
cause, upon the appearance of a quor I'M the
reading OF the journal of the last days sittiug.
he raised the point of order that the journal
could not be read until it was apparent that a,
quorum was in attendance. The Speaker sus-
tanned the point and directed the Clerk to call
the roll. The flibustering continued until 3 30
p. M, when the House adjourned.
ABOUT twelve pages of the tariff bill were
disposed of on the 10th inst. On motion of Mr.
Allison, paragraph AIS, taxing manufactures of
alabaster, amber, ETC., rs per cent. ad valoren1,
cork bark" and adding 10 it the words "osier
or willow prepared for basket-makers' use."
Paragraph 416, taking manufactures of
ed by adding to it cork or cork bark" Mr.. AL
lison moved to amend paragraph 425 by reducing
the duty on pearls from 70 to 10 per cent ad
lows, those voting i'll the negative being: Bate
Berry Blackburn, Brown, Coke, Colquitt,
George, Gibson, Jones ark, Plumb, pugh,
Voorhees,, Walthall, Wilson (Nfd.)-2O. Mr..
Brown moved to amend paragraph 44O taxing
watches and watch cases % per cent. ad
Valofem, by adding to it gold watches and
gold watch cases 40 per cent ad valorem."
Agreed to-yeas, %; nays, 20. The Republicans.
Mho voted AYE e o were Chandler Frye Hale
and Teller. The Democratic Senators who voted
no We're: Gibson, Gray, salisbury, Vance, and
Vest. Various other amendments were voted
on, after which the Senate adjourned. The dead
lock in the House continued. Mr.. Weaver occu-
pied the time with motions to adjourn, ETC.,
winch there wers numerous rOll-cails until
l 40, when the House, recognizing it's hopeless
helplessness:" as one member put it, adjourned.
During the proceedings a resolution was intro
duced but ruled out by the Speaker, seeking d
conference with Weaver to the end that legisla-
ton might be proceeded with.
THE Senate completed the consideration of the
free-1ist section of the tariff bill Oh the 18th
inst. The following items were stricken from
the free list: Fresh fish made subject to @
duty of = cent q pound, leather scraps mica
and mica waste, and osier or willow. The ses-
sion of the House was again devoted to roll
calls and points of order. Mr.. Weaver, how
ever, did not have things all his own way, as
the Speaker decided several points against him.
One of these was that a conference report took
precedence over motion to adjourn, and under
this ruling the conference reports on the Mil
waukee Wis., and Omaha (Neb.) public building
bills We're agreed to-. The frst-named bill as
agreed to appropriates 81, 200 600 and the other
$60O,000 During the debate on the Milwaukee
bill Mr.. Weaver managed to get in O speech in
favor of the Oklahoma measure, during which
he said that the will of the House and the
wishes of the country had been disregarded
and trampled in the dust by small minority
which opposed to the bill. He was finally
shut off by Mr.. Mason. who raised the point of
order that he was not speaking to the subject
before the House. After further dilatory mo-
tions on motion of Mr.. Weaver the House took
a recess, the evening session to be for the con-
sideration of private ension bills. Mr.. Weav-
er was not present during the evening session,
but his place occupied by Mr.. Kigore
(Tex) who announced that SO long as one
man could prevent the transaction of public
business i'll the House. no private bills
should be passed He successful in block
ing business until 8:30 when the House adj
journed.
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