Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-02-21
F.ETiETH CONGRESS.

! IN the Senate. on the 18th, after u short exec
/ ut.ve sess the Naval Appropriation Dill was
: taken up, and several amendments were agreed
/. to- An amendment to strike cut of the para
F.: graph for the construction of one arnored steel
cruising monitor, the words ''of the type, ana
| 10 be constructed according to plans and speci-
| fcations to be furnished to the Navy Depart
| rnent by Hon. John R. Thomas OF Illinois, TO
| be approved by the Secretary of the Navy,
| caused some discussion. and the Senate ad-
iourned without action on the amendment.----.
| In the House n conference on the Direct-T *
bill was ordered. Several minor bills were
passed and the Smalls-Eiliott contested cleo
| zion case was taken up pending debate on
| which the House adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 18th, after brief ex-
ecutive session. consideration of the Naval APP
preparation bill was resumed, the pending Ques-
ton being Mr.. Chandeliers amendment to strike
put the words requiring the new cruising
monitor to be constructed of the type
and under the plans and specifications of
Mr.. Thomas. of Illinois. After some discussion,
the clause amended as to eliminate
all reference to Mr.. Thomas. In the iur-
Their discussion of the bill, Mr.. Hale predict
ed that in five years the United States would
have the best navy IN the world. After further
Slight amendments the bill was passed mo-
ton by Mr. Evarts introduced the discussion Of
the question of election outrages at the South,
which occupied the remainder of the session..
In the House the principle business was the
contest. which was unfinished at The hour Of
adjournment
IL the Senate, on the 18th, Mr.. Hale present
ed the conference report on the Diplomatic and
Consular bill, which was agreed to- At 1850 p
m. the Senators proceeded to the hall of the
House of Representatives to take part in the
joint session to count the electoral vote, and
later in the day resumed consideration of the
Washington County (Tex.) election outrages,
Mr.. Evarts delivering long speech on the SUBJ
ject.... :. In the House, after the transaction of
some unimportant business. at one o'clock the
joint session to count the electoral vote was
begun. 1t lasted until 2:20 p. m, and at its con-
cluSion the House resumed consideration of the
Smalls Elliott contested-election case. which,
after long discussion, resulted in the adoption
of the majority report seating Elliott, the con-
testee.
iS tue Senate, on the 18th, after several mat
tiers of minor importance mad been disposed of.
the resolution in relation to tie election in
Washington County, Tex, was taken up, and
Mr.. Coke, proceeded to speak in opposition to
the measure, saying that the report of the in
vestigating committee was unjust, One-sided
and partisan, and that the testimony that was
damaging had been included in it, and the ex-
culpatory testimony had been carefully exclud-
ed. Without concluding his speech, Mr.. Coke
gave way for other business, and after 4 brief
secret session the Senate adjourned. In the
House, the Senate amendments to the Legisla-
tive, Executive and Judicial Appropria ton bill
were non-concurred in, and MeSsrs. Ferney
Randall and Cannon we're appointed conferees.
The conference report or the Senate bill for
the admission of the State of South Dakota
called up. The report, which reports i to-
tai disagreement, was concurred in Mr..
Springer moved that the House insist on its
amendments, and ask for another conference.
This motion was agreed to.
IN the Senate, on the 18TH number of bills,
including several individual pension bills, were
passed-fOrty-one Of the latter being enacted
in twelve minutes Consideration of the Texas
election outrages resolution was then resumed,
Mr.. Coke continuing his speech in opposition to
its adoption. The Speaker again yielded the
floor for the introduction of resolutions OF sor-
row on the death of the late Representative
Robertson, of Louisiana. In the House.
Mr.. Mills (Tex.). from the committee on ways
and means, reported back the Mills Tariff bill
with Senate amendments, and by direction OF
the Speaker 1t was referred to the committee of
the whole. At 1925 p. the special order, to
consider the resolution instructing the House
conferees the Territorial bill as to the meth
cd they should pursue IN arriving at an agree
ment, taken up. night session was held,
at which thifty-threc pension bills were passed.