Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-15
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Proceedings in the National
Halls of Legislation.
THE SAMOAN IABROGLIO
The Formal Recognition Of the
President and yice-President-
The Sugar Industry.
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WASHINGTON, January 14.-The Senate
regular Committe on Public Lands re-
ported the Senate bill authorizing the
entry of a certain tract of land-320 acres
for township purposes, for the town OF
Flagstaff, Ariz. Passed.
Hoar introduced a concurrent resolu-
ton for counting votes for President and
Vice. President. Referred to Committee
on Privileges and Elections.
1t was agreed that the previous two
Houses of Congress assemble in the hall
of Representatives Wednesday, February
18th, at O'Clock in the afternoon, and
that the Pretide Of the Senate be pre-
siding officer; that two persons be ap-
pointed tellers on the part of the Senate,
the two on the part OF the House to make
a list of votes and report the result to the
President of the Senate, who is to an
nounce the state of the vote and the
persons elected, and that shall be
deemed declaration of the persons
elected President and Vice-President Of
the United States, and shall be entered
on the journals OF the two Houses.
The Senate then proceeded to the con-
sideration of the Tariff bill. Allison, on
the part of the Finance Committee, re-
ported two new sections which he pro-
posed to offer as amendments. They
relate to the bounty on sugar, provided
that until April, 1900, there be paid tc
the producer of sugar testing not less
than 80 degrees by polariscope from beets
or sorghum or sugar cane, grown within
the United States, bounty of one cent
per pound, under such rules and regula
tions as the Commissioner of Interna
Revenue, with the approval of the Sec
retary of the Treasury. whoshall pre-
scribe, said bounty to be paid annually
from the duties collected on imported
sugars.
Pending the question on the amend
ment offered by Gray Saturday to Section
2,51O as to the admission of material fret
of duty necessary for the construction anC
equipment of vessels built in the UniteC
States, the amendment being to strike
out of the section the words "angles
beams and bolts and copper and compo
sition metal which may be necessary
for construction and equipment OF the
vessels" and insert in lieu thereof the
words, "sheets, angles, beams anc
bolts, deck and bulb beams, together
with all structural shapes of iron Of
steel and copper and composition metals
forgings of iron or steel, cast
ings Of iron, steel or composition
fues and tubes of iron, steel OF
composition, machinery and parts o
mac lines and all other articles of foreign
production necessary for the construction
and equipment of steamers or other yes
sels."
Gray submitted additional remarks il
favor of the amendment.
Hoar. introduced concurrent resolr
ton for counting the votes for Presiden
and Vice-President. which was referred
to the Committee on Privileges and Elec
tions. 1t provides that the two Houses
of Congress assemble in the Hall of Rep
resentatives Wednesday, the 18th oi
February, at o'clock in the afternoon
that the President of the Senate be the
presiding officer; that two persons be ap.
pointed as tellers on the part of the Sen
ate and two on the part of the House, to
make list of votes and report the result
to the President of the Senate, who is te
announce the state of the vote and the
person elected that it shall be deemed 8
declar ration of the persons elected Presi
dent and Vice. President of the United
States and shall be entered on the jour.
mails of both Houses.