Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-01-17


duced concurrent resolution for thu
counting Of votes for President and
Vice President, which was referred
to the Committee on Privileges and
Elections. After some time spent on
the tariff bill, II was laid aside, and a
bill was reported by the Committee on
Public Land and passed, making cleri-
zeal correction in the law Of last session
as to water lands In Wisconsin.
Chandler introduced u bill reviving the
grade of Lieutenant General Of tho
Army and authorizing the President TO
appoint any Major General to the posi-
lion. Adjourned.
HOUSE.
Under the call OF States the bill EN-,
bodying the internal revenue features
of the Mills bill was introduced and u
motion for It's reference to tho Com
mittee on Appropriation made. The
members of the Ways and Means Com
mittoe opposed the motion. The motion
to refer the internal revenue bill to
the Committee on Appropriations was
agreed to. Yeas, l29; mays 81. Brewers
motion was lost---yoas l02, nays III.
and tho bill was referred to tho Ways
and Means Committee. The House
thon proceeded TO the consideration OF
business Of tho District Of Columbia,
Several bills were passed and the House
adjourned. Among tho bills introduced
and referred In the House to-day wore
the following. by Townsend of Illinois
for the establishment OF Il national
military aud naval museum In Wash
ington; by Plumb of Illinois, to refund
the interest bearing debt OF the United
States; by Adams of Illinois, for the
construction OF u lighthouse and steam
fog signal on the outer breakwater at
Chicago
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. I2.--After the
usual routine of business IL o Senate
resumed consideration Of tho tariff
bill mt section 2i9l, tho first OF the I'D
ministrutivo sections. In tho course
of the reading Morgan sont to the
clerks desk an amendment which he
proposed TO offer TO the bill Mt the
proper time. II reads: "All laws or
parts of laws which exempt from pay
mcnt OF dutios any article of commerce
upon which duties arc imposed In tho
act, when In transit through tho United
States to or from tho Dominion OF
Canada or any province thereof. are
hereby declared imperative" There
were few changes (and these only as
to phTseology) made In the admins
trativo sections, and the reading OF tho
bill was finished ut las. Allison went
back TO section 8 (as TO mothylated
spirits for use In arts) and had several
changes made In tho phraseology 30 as
TO include other substances for methy-
lating spirits besides wood naptha. A
short debate followed, and then tho
Senate went into executive session,
and soon after adjourned.
HOUSE.
The journal having been read. the
Speaker presented various executive
documents for appropriate reference.
The Speaker appointed Clark Of Maine,
and Rainor OF Missouri as conferences
on the Nicaragua canal bill. Weaver
came forward with n flag of truce In
the shape OF u declaration that he
would refrain from making dilatory
until he heard from tho Com
mittee on Rules. The pension bill was
then passed. Dibblo OF South Caro-
lima submitted the conference report
on tho bill increasing the limit OF the
cost OF purchase Of a site for public
building ut San Francisco (ixed by the
ut $800,000). The House
then went into Committee OF the Whole
on tho general appropriation bills.
After some time the committee rose
and two appropriation bills passed.
The committee resumed It's session for
the consideration Of the fertilization
bill, which appropriates
$780, 900. Townsend, OF Illinois,
raised the point OF order against
MI items of the bill appropriating
300, 900 for tho repair OF Notifications
that they were outside of tho jurisdic-
lion of the Committee on Military
Affairs. Pending u decision the com
mittce rose and the House adjourned.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1i.--After wait
ing some time for quorum to appear
he Senate resumed the consideration
II tho tariff bill, tho pending question
being the amendment offered by Plumb,
20 strike out OF paragraph 557 the |
Except when frozen or packed in leo |
Or otherwise prepared by any process
or preservation" so us 10 let the par
,graph read simply ''fresh fish," (frec.
rhc end OF the free list having been
reached at paragraph 795, Allison said
ne supposed that the Senate would fin
sh reading the bill early tomorrow |
the administrative sections of it). He |
would propose, he said, to spend the |
remainder OF the day on the ommitted |
in the free list, after which |
10 would propose to take up the para |
graph as TO guns, cutlery and few |
items Of that character. |
Early next week he wished to proceed |
With the wool and wooden schedule,
which had not yet been touched. Adj
burned.
HOUSE.
Hardly had the chaplain closed his
petition with "amen" when Weaver,
If Iowa, came forward with motion
hat when the House adjourned to-day
4 be to meet on Monday. Crisp and
Weaver were appointed tellers and the
cunt proceeded slowly. After the
cunt had proceeded for half an hour
without quorum making its appear
lncc, Randall wanted the yeas and
lays, and they were ordered. The
notion having been defeated--yeas 2,
lays 228-Weaver, who had voted in
he negative, moved to reconsider.
This was ruled out of order. Weaver
hen moved to take a recess until 1:30,
which was also ruled out Of order. The
ournal was then read, and at its con-
fusion Weaver began once moro his
Iilatory motions. Weaver took nd
'antage or the nalr-nour debate allow
d on the Milwaukee bill, to deliver a
peech in favor Of the measure in be-
lalf OF which he has been making a
fight for some days past.
The will OF the House and wishes of