The Dickinson press., 1889-01-12
WORK OF CONGRESS.
The. Senate.

The Senate.
WASHINGTON, Jan. ga resolution
was agreed to calling on the president
corning occurrences at Hayti.
At the conclusion of the morning hour
the consideration of the tariff bill was
resumed.
On motion of MIR. .Aldrich the senate
rules were so amended as to include
among the persons entitled to the privi-
leges of the floor the president elect and
the vice president-elect.
Mr.. Coke introduced Il joint resolution
for the appointment of three engineer
officers to make Il careful and critical eX-
animation of the northwest coast of the
Gulf of Mexico excluding the mouth of
the BRACES river for a deeper water har-
hor for naval and commercial vessels.
Referred to the committee on COM
mcrce.
After a brief executive session the SEN
ate at ) o'clock adjourned.
WASHINGTON. Jan. In the senate
resolutions were agreed to calling on the
president for information as to the Ven
ez,lelan wards and what steps had been
taken to collect the monthly quotas of
the Caracas customs receipts. The Pan
ANA canal resolution of Mr.. Edmunds
was then taken up and discussed at
length.
WASHINGTON. Jan. s.-Thc senate
spent most of the day in secret session
on the resolution of Mr.. Edmunds in ref,
crence t the Panama canal. At the
conclusion of regular morning business
the resolution reported from the commit
tee on foreign relations i'll reference to
the Panama canal was taken up. and Mr..
Gray rose to make some remarks, but
was interrupted by a motion by Mr.. Ed
munds. seconded by Mr.. Hoar, that the
subject be considered in secret session,
which was agreed to. and at 1885 the
doors were closed. After considerable
debate the resolution was adopted by a
vote of 40 to g.. The secret session o n
cluded at $40, when, by unanimous con-
the date for the vote on the tariff bill
was made Jan. 90. instead of Jan. II.
The senate then adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-The senate, at
the conclusion Of the morning hour, re-
sumed consideration of the tariff bill.
The senate passed. without amend
ment, the bill which recently passed the
house directing the immediate delivery
Of letters bearing a special delivery
stamp, even though the regular postage
on them be lacking or underpaid.
agreed to. calling on the secretary of the
treasury for the report of Special Treas
urv Officer Byrne, made i'll November,
1889, in regard to the evasion of sugar
duties in New York.
The house joint resolution to loan flags
to the inaugural committee was passed,
and the senat at $50 adjourned.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 10.-The senate
sideration of the tariff measure. \ few
amendments, principally increasing du-
tics, were agreed to.
WASHINGTON. Jan. ). - The house
shortly after assembling resumed the
wrangle over the proposed change in the
rules. No quorum being present, call
of the house was ordered.
The house did nothing but filibuster
until ESQ, when it adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Jan. S.--Immediately
after the reading of the journal the con.
renewed. The old-timc di!atury motions,
to adjourn to Wednesday, no quorum,
votes by t~ellcrs, etc., We're resorted to.
until 5 o'clock, when the session ended
by limitation. and the house, without
action or the pending measure adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-The resolution
to change the rules in the house has
been recommitted. thus breaking the
deadlock. The vote was: Yeas, 100:
nays, III.
Several measures for printing govern
ment documents. reports, ETC., were
passed.
AT the conclusion of the hour devoted
to the printing committee the Oklahoma
bill, the river and harbor bill and the
:omall-Elliott election case were brought
into a~ntagonism. The election case was
taken up, but a motion by Mr.. Springer
to make an order for a final vote on the
Oklahoma bill at 3 p. IN. to-day, being
objected to. Mr.. Weaver, of Iowa, re.
sorted to filibustering tactis in the inter-
est of the Oklahoma measure.
Seeing that there was no hope of ac-
ton, MI. Crisp moved to adjourn, and at
$3.50 the house adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.-The house
spent the day in tilibustering. At the
conclusion of the chaplain's prayer, MI.
Weaver, of Iowa, called the speakers
attention to the rule directing the
reading of the journal ''upon the ap-
pearance of a quorum. He raised the
point that the journal could not he read
until it was apparent that a quorum was
in attendance. A roll call was ordered.
At its conclusion MIR. Weaver introduced
dilatory motions until $40, when he per-
mitted the reading of the journal. At
the conclusion Of the reading Mr..
Springer, of Illinois, asked an order for
a final vote on the Oklahoma bill, at 4 p.
M, Jan. IA. Mr.. Brumm, of Pennsyl-
vania. objected to granting Mr.. Spring
er's request, and objection was also made
to his request that the matter be referred
to the committee on rules. After further
filibustering the house at $3.50 adjourned.