Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-01-24
FIFTIETH CONGRESS.

IN the Senate, on the 18th, Mr.. Gray's amend
ment placing upon the free list nearly all the
materials used in the construction Of ships.
was after long debate, rejected by strict
! party vote of "a to D. Several other amend
ments were offered and rejected The free
salt discussion was resumed and occupied
some time, after which the bill was laid aside
without action on the pending amendment
49,. In the House, the rule providing for ad.
1ournment at five o'clock each day, was, after
a long debate, rescinded. revenue bill OF
Importance was referred to the appropriations
committee, and number of measures per
tanning to the District of Columbia, were
passed
In theSenate, on the 18th. consideration of
the Tariff bill was resumed, the pending Ques-
ton being Mr.. Vests amendment putting salt
on the free list. During a long discussion
which ensued, Mr.. Vest said that the President
had gone too far in saying that every cent of
the duty is added to the cost to the consumer
but he thought the imposition of a tariff duty
affected the cost to the consumer always mod
flied by the amount OF production in the United
States. The bill was finally laid aside and the
Senate went into executive session In the
House, the bill establishing a light-ship with
fog-signal at Sandy Hook, at cost of g6O co.,
was passed, and the remainder of the session
was devoted to discussion of the bill for the
admission OF South Dakota. and the organiza-
ton of the Territory of North Dakota.
IN the Senate, on the I6th petitions from the
Woman's National Christian Temperance
Union and other bodies in the various States in
favor OF legislation for Sabbath observance
were presented. rs were also additional petit
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 Ie-
lected without further debate. The amend
ment increasing the duty on cross-cut saws " as
adopted In the House, a resolution was
adnnfpd calling nn Sarrafnry nf nd
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 for
the admission OF Territories TO Statehood.
IL the Senate, on the 18th, Mr.. Hoar reported
favorably without amendment, the resolution
providing for joint meeting of the two houses
ON February IL TO count the electoral vote.
The Tariff bill was then taken up. and Mr.. Alli-
son, in answer to a 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 tinp plate schedule-was con-
tinued by Senators Allison and Vest 49, In the
House, the resignation of Representative
Hovey, of Indiana, was received The bill re-
leasing Lieutenaut-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 $751;
BIS, $40. and that the estimated annual amount
of the proposed bounty ito be paid out of the
revenue derived from the duty on sugar. would
be ID, 100000. The amendment was agreed to.
~ In the House, consideration of the Senate
Omnlbus-AdmissiOn bill was resumed and
cupied the entire day, being passed finally with
amendments An evening session was held,
during which thirty private pension bills were
passed