Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-01-18
WEDNE-DAY, Jan. 9.

vi the ihilu Jill was uCb
resumed, the pending qaestiCn being on
Sen. Vance's amenGmeuE that the dury on
| no article IN schedu j., (h4x, hemp and
jate), shall exceed so per cent. sdvalor-
em. The amendment was rejected.
HoUsE.-That Mr.. Weaver, OF Iowa, is
| earnest IL his intention TO do all IN his
power TO prevent the house from accom-
pIishing any business until it has fiually
acted upon the Oklahoma bi was demon
strated this morning. immediately after
prase1 Mr.. Weaver called the speak er's at
tention to the irst rule which directs that
the eff ser after calling the house to
order Is TO cause, upon the appearance
of q quorum, the reading of the ,urnal
of the last days sitting. He raised the
point of order that the journal could not
be read Until it wa9 apparent that q
quorum was IN attendance. The speaker
sustained the point and directed the
clerk to call the roll. The tilbustering
continued until $50 p. M. wnen th
mouse adjourned.
THURSDAY, jan. 10.
SENATE.-AmOng the bills reported
from the cummittt es and placed on the
calendar, was the senate oil TO author ze
the construction of bridye across he
Missouri river at L-avenwUrJh. Ou
motion of Sen. Allison, it was ordered
that the senate meet tomorrow at II
O'Clock a. m. The senate then resumed
the consideration of the tariff bill.
HoUsE.-Mr. Weaver, of iowa, raised ne
o6iectlOn to the reading of the journal,
but the clerk having concluded that task,
Mr.. Weaver brought forward his delatory
motion to adjourn, and that when the
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Ballots aud roll calls were then in order
until 1:40, when the h.use recognized its
helplessneSs and adjourned.
FRIDAY, Jan. IL.
SENATE.-The senate after waiting
some time for quorum TO appear re-
sumed consideration of the tariff bill, the
pending question being the amendment
offered 0s Sen. Plumb to strike out of
paragraph 557 the words Except when
frozen or packed in ice or otherwise pre-
pared by any process for Preserv stiop,"
SO as to let the paragraph read sim ply,
fresh fish" Sen. Plumb spoke in sup
port of his amendment, which vas also
favored by Sen. Reagan, but opposed by
Sen. Hoar.
HoUsE.-OwiDg to Weaver's dead lock
nothing was accomplished III the house
during the days session.
SATURDAY, Jan. y.
SENATE-In the senate to-day, at the
conclusion of the morning business, the
consideration of the tariff bill was re-
sumed. At the frstof the administrat tive
sections, Mr.. Morgan sent to the clerks
desk and had read an amendment winch
he will propose at the proper time
follows: 'All laws and parts of laws
which exempt from the payment of
duties any articles of commerce upon
which duties are posed in this act when
in transit through the United States to
or from the Dominion of Canada or any
province thereof, are hereby declared to
be imperative"
HoUsE.-In the hOuse to-day no Objec-
tiOn was made to the reading of the jJur-
nal; in fact Mr.. Weaver suspended his
obstructive tactics altogether and allowed
the business of the house to proceed
without interruption. Among other
things laid before the house by the speak
er was d house bill with senate amend
ments authorizing the secretary of the
interior 70 distribute one sci of official
reports of the decisions of the United
States supreme court to each of the
places where circuit aud district courts
are regularly held. The speaker appoint
ed committee of conferees on the Nc
aragua bill. MIR r 4ndt4li off -red a reso-
In IA abolishiEg the rule providing for
Adjournment at O'Clock. Under objec-
tiou 1t went to the committee on rules.
Mr.. Weaver gave notice that be would not
obs'ruct business further until the COM
mittee on rules had reported.
Monday, an, IA.
SENATE.--S Sen. Hoar introduced a con
current resolution for the counting of
the votes for president and vice-presi-
dent, which was referred to the Commit
tee on privileges and elections. 1t pro
vides that the two houses of congress
shall asse nble in the hall of tie house of
representatives. Wednesday, February Ii,
at p. M; that the president of the sen
ate shall be the presiding officer; that
two persons shall be appointed tellers on
the part of the senare and two on the
part of the house to make list of the
votes and to report the result to the
president of the senate, who is to an
nOunCe the state of the vote and the per
sons elected, and that shall be deemed q
declaration of the persons elected presi-
dent and vice president of :he United
States and shall be entered on the jUurn
ais of both honses. The senate then PRO
oeed1d to the confederation of the tariff
bill.
HoUsE.-Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania
from the committee on rules, reported g
resolution resembling the rule requiring q
daily adjournment a. 3 O'Clock. The
proposition gave rise to an interesting
debate, in which Messrs. Cannon and Reed
took the ground that 1t should be agreed
to as strengthening the rights and pow
ers of the majority against ali clustering
minority. Mr.. Payson strenuoasly op-
posed it declaring that it was the out
come of a bargain between MIR. Weaver
aud the democratic members of the CON-
mittee on rules, and incidentally de-
nouuced the Oklahoma bill, pointing out
as the milk in the cOcOanut of the resO-
luton the bill permitting any legally or
ganiz-d corporation to locate town sites
on the payment of a pittance into the
treasury. This was repeating, as far IS
Oklahoma is concerned, the law of 1864
providing that the proceeds arising out
of the location of towns shall be used for
the benefit OF the inhabitants of the
towns.