The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-03-01
SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
ISynopsis Of Proceedings Ia the Senate and
House Of REPRESENTATIVES.
HOUSE. In the house on the 10th
Mcmillan, of Tennessee, from the COM
mittee on ways and means, reported n
bill to reduce taxation and simplify the
laws in relation to the internal revenue.
Breckenridge, of Kentucky, from the
same committee, reported O bill to re-
duce taxation and for other purposes.
The effect of the report of these two
measures is to place them upon the cal
endar ahead of the internal revenue
bill, to be reported from the committee
on appropriations. and to give them the
right of way unless the friends OF the
Cowles bill can muster sufficient force
to set them aside. The house then
went into committee of the whole on
the postofice appropriation bill. The
pending amendment increasing the ap-
propriation for the compensation of
postoffice clerks by $500, 600 was de-
feated by n vote Of eiglty-six to eighty
seven. Holman offered an amendment
providing that the aggregate salaries of
postofice clerks, as fixed by the new
classification, shall not exceed the sum
appropriated by the bill. So. $50. 900.
SENATE. In the senate on the 18th
the bill to place Maj. James Belger on
the retired list rs colonel in the regular
army was passed. Coke yielded the
floor to permit Sherman to present the
conference report on the direct tax bill.
The house provision in regard to lots
and lands at Beaufort, S. g., is amend
ed so as to appropriate $500, 600 to pay
for town lots in Beaufort at the rate Of
half the value assessed thereon for taxes
by the United States tax commissioner
for South Carolina, and the amount Of
So per acre for lands. The report was
agreed to.
SENATE.-In the senate on the 18th
Mr.. Cullom, from the committee on ter
ritories, reported back the house bill to
organize the territory of Oklahoma, and
it was placed on the calendar by Mr..
Cullom giving notice that he would call
it up for action as sOon as possible. The
house bill to provide for taking the
eleventh and subsequent censuses was
passed. Mr.. Palmer, in accordance
with previous notice, offered concurrent
resolutions returning the thanks OF con-
gress to the governor and people of the
state of Michigan for the statue of
Lewis Cass, accepting the same in the
name of the nation and assigning it to a
place in the old hall of the house of
representatives. He then proceeded to
deliver an address eulogistic of the life
of General Cass. The senate then re-
sumed consideration of the Texas out
RACES resolution and Mr.. Coke began
his fourth days argument against it.
HoUsE.-In the house on the 18th Mr..
Hatch, of Missouri, called the attention
of the house to the fact that in July last
MI. Conger, of Iowa, from the commit
tee on agriculture, had presented a sub
stitute for the bill regulating the sale Of
compound lard, and that it had been
placed upon the house calendar. This,
he maintained, had been an improper
reference, and that the bill should be
referred to the committee of the whole
and secure a place on the calendar of
that committee. After some opposition
the motion prevailed. Mr.. Crisp then
called up the Sullivan-Welto Califor-
MIA election case. Mr.. McKenna, of
California, raised a question of consid-
Grafton. On a rising vote the. republic
ans outvoted the democrats by 70 to
"a, and the yeas and nays were ordered.
Then the body of republicans RETAINED
from voting and left the house without
a quorum, the vote upon taking up the
election case standing yeas 100. nays IL.
SENATE.-In the senate on the 10Th
Mr.. Hoar, from the committee on priv
ileges and elections, to which was re-
ferred the resolutions offered by Messrs.
Chandler and Gibson for an investiga-
ton of the recent elections in Louisiana
ard other states, and memorials as to
political associations, reported them all
back to be laid on the table. After
some routine business the senate pro-
Ceeded to consideration of Mr.. Vests
motion to reconsider the vote by which
the conference report on the direct tax
bill was agreed to las. Saturday. After
considerable debate the motion to re-
consider was rejected-yeas s, nays 4S.
The conference report now goes to the
house for it's action. The senate amend
ment to pay Mrs. Waite So, TAO, the bal
ance of II years salary of the late
Chief Justice Waite, encountered con-
siderable opposition, but was finally
agreed to. The amendment appropri-
atlng $40, 600 each to the statues of Gen
eral Philip FL. Sheridan and General
John A. Logan, in Washington, was
agreed to, and Mr.. Daniel gave notice
that after all the committee amend
ments were disposed of he would offer q
similar amendment for the statue of
General Hancock.
HoUsE.-In the house on the 10Th Mr..
Butterworth, of Ohio, introduced for
reference a joint resolution authorizing
the president to invite several members
of the Canadian parliament and the
premiers and cabinets of the several
provinces to visit the United States on
May /, 1889, and be the guests of the
people of this country. An a%ppropria-
ton of $3.50, 900 is made to carry out the
provisions of the resolution, and a Joint
committee of the house and senate is
provided for to receive and entertain
the guests. The house went into COM
mittee of the whole on the postofice APP
preparation bill. The pending motion
offered by Mr.. Cannon, of Illinois, to
strike out the paragraph regulating the
salaries of assistant postmasters was
defeated. No further progress was
made on the bill and the committee
rose, and the house took a recess, the
evening session to be for consideration
of business reported by the committee
on military affairs.
SENATE.-In the senate on the Goth
the committee on public lands re-
the bill for the relief of
in Hettinger county, Da-
kota, which was explained and passed.
The bill authorizes the exchange of
ION which homestead settlements
were made by mistake) for other public