Huntsville gazette., 1889-01-26
FIFTIETH CONGRESS.

petiIlOQS
Womans National Christian Temperance
Union and other bodies in the various States in
favor OF legislation for Sabbath observance
were presented. as were also additional peti
lions from citizens OF Orangeburg, S. c., asking
that their rights of suffrage be protected. Upon
resumption OF consideration OF the Tariff bill
the motion to put salt on the free list was re.
1ected without further debate The amend
ment increasing the duty on cross-cut saws was
adopted. In the House, q resolution was
adopted calling on the Secretary OF War and
the Secretary of the Treasury for correspond
ence relating to the use of an Engl sh steam
ship in excavating the main ship channel in
New York harbor. The remainder OF the ses
sion was taken up in debate on various bills 70,
the admission OF Territories to Statehood.
IN the Senate, on the 18th, Mr.. Hoar reported
favorably without amendment, the resolution
providing for a joint meeting of the two houses
on February l3, to count the electoral vote
The Tariff bill was then taken up. and Mr. ALI
son, in answer to question, said that the i'm
portant matters yet to be acted on were the
wooden, sugar and wool and wooden schedules.
The discussion OF the pending questionable
amendment to the tin-plate schedule-was con
tinued by Senators Allison and Vest 80 In the
House, the resignation OF Representative
Hovey, of Indiana, was received The bill re-
leasing Lieutenant-Colonel E. A Eyre from liza
bility on account OF receipts and disbursements
OF funds as acting Quartermaster, was passed
and the Territorial bills were taken up and oc
cupied the remainder of the session.
IN the Senate on the 18th, the credentials OF
Mr.. Frye, OF Maine, for the Senatorial term
beginning March 4, next, were presented and
filed. The Tariff bill was then again taken up.
the pending question being the sugar bounty
amendment, during the discussion OF which it
developed that the revenue collected fro
sugar between 1851 and 1887 amounted to 1861
1888 and that the estimated annual amount
of the proposed bounty (to be paid out of the
revenue derived from the duty on sugar. would
be s35OO,0OO. The amendment was agreed to.
..... In the House, consideration OF the Senate
Omnlbus-Adm bill was resumed and oc-
cuped the entire day being passed finally with
amendments. An evening session was held,
during which thirty private pension bills were
passed.
In the Senate. on the 10Th, the credentials OF
Mr. Hoar, OF Massachusetts, were presented
and filed. The certificate of election as Ser
ator from Delaware of Anthony Higgins was
presented. and referred to the committee on
privileges and elections on account of non-con-
formity to the requirements of law. Consid
GRAFTON of the Tariff bill was then resumed
The sugar schedule was laid aside temporarily
and the amendment to the paragraph relating
to pen-knives and razors was taken up, and
after much discussion, passed. The gun para
graph was amended and passed. Several minor
amendments were considered and disposed OF,
and the Senate went into executive session.
In the House, the Senate bill providing for sun
dry circuit courts was passed The conference
report on the bill TO protect young girls (mak-
ing the age OF consent in the District of Column
bia sixteen years, and providing penalty OF
fifteen years or less for the first ofrense. and
thirty years for each subsequent ofTensc) was
agreed to. The Fortitications bill was taken
up amended and passed, soon after which the
House. rs q mark Of respect to Representative
E. W. Robertson, Of Louisiana, deceased, ad-
journed
IN the Senate, on the 21st, the Tariff bill was
taken up Immediately on the conclusion OF the
n lrning hour Mr.. Allisons request that the
debate be limited under the ten-minute rule
after three O'clock, objected to by MI
Vance on the ground that there was too little
time left for the consideration of the bill Ii
was subsequently agreed that the ten-minutt
rule should obtain after five o'clock, and the
Gay was devoted to the discussion OF the rice
and wool schedules. In the House, hlibus
tering was resumed, but afterward, by agree
mcnt with friends of other measures the ad
ness to proceed. resolution providing for {
final vote on the Oklahoma bill at four o clocl
Thursday, was agreed to, and the House passed
the bill authorizing the leasing OF Indian lands
for mining purposes.