Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-17

| Is earnest In his intention to do all in
his power to prevent the house from,
accom- plishing any business until it
has finally acted upon the Oklahoma bill
was demonstrated this morning. Imme-
diately after prayer Mr.. Weaver called the
speakers attention to the first rule which
directs that she offic or after calling the
house TO order is to cause, upon the APP
pearance of quorum, the reading of the
| Journal of the last days sitting. He
raised the point of order that the journal
could not be read until it was apparent
! that a quorum is in attendance. The
| speaker sustained the point and directed
he clerk to call the roll. The fl1buster-
ng continued until $50 p. m, when tie
house adjourned.
THURSDAY, an. 10.
SENATE.--Amopg the bills reported
from the committees and placed on the
calendar, was the senate bill to au hor-
ize the construction of bridge across
the Missouri river at LeavenWorth
| On motion Of Sen. Allison, it was
ordered that the senate meet tomorrow
at II O'Clock a. m. The senate then re-
sumed the consideration of the tariff bill.
HoUsE.-Mr. Weaver, of Iowa, raised
no objection to the reading of the
! journal, but the clerk having con-
| cluded that task Mr.. Weaver brought for
ward his delatory motion to adjourn, and
that when the house adj )urn it be to
meel Sa urday. Ballots and roll calls
were then in order until lao, when the
house recognized its helplessness and
adjourned.
FRIDAY, Jan. IL.
| SENATE.-The senate after waiting
some time for quorum TO appear
resumed consideration of the tariff
| bill, the pending question being the
amendment offered by Sen. Plumb to
strike out of paragraph 557 the words
''except when frozen or packed In ice or
otherwise prepared by any process for
preservation" so as to let the paragra ph
read sin ply, "fresh fish," Sen. Plumb
spoke in support of his amendment,
which was also favored by Sen. Reaga an,
but opposed By Sen. Hoar.
| HOUSEKEEPING to Viewers dead lock
nothing was accom- plished in the house
during the days session.
SATURDAY, Jan. u.
SENATE.-In the senate to-day, at
|
ness, the consideration of the tariff
bill was resumed. At the first Of the ad-
ministrative sections, Mr.. Morgan sent to
the clerks desk and had read an amend
meRt which he will propose at the proper
time as follows: ''All laws and parts of
laws which exempt from the payment of
duties any articles of commerce upon
wbi3h duties are imposed in this act when
I -.E RI. TrTr Stot +T,n
from the Dominion of Canada or any
province thereof, are hereby declared to
| be iroperative."
| HoUsE.-In the house to day no
objection was made to the reading
of the journal; in fact Mr.. Weaver
sus pended his obstructive tactics alto
gether and allowed the business of the
house to proceed without interru ption.
Among other things laid before the
house by the speaker was house bill
with senate amendments authorizing ne
secretary of the interior to distribute one
set of official reports of the decisions of
the United States supreme count TO each
of the places where circuit and district
courts are regularly held. The speaker
appointed a committee of conferees on
the Nicaragua bill. Mr.. Randall offered a
|
for adjournment at O'Clock. Under OBJ
| lection it went to the committee on rules.
Mr.. Weaver gave notice that he would
not obstruct business further until the
con- mittea on rules had reported.
MONDAY, Jan. IA.
| HOUSE MIR. Randall, of Pennsy lvania,
| from the committee on rules, re
ported resolution resembling the
rule requiring a daily adjournment
at five O'Clock. The proposition gave
rise to an interesting debate, in which
Messrs. Cannon and Reed took the ground
that it should be agreed to as strengthen
| ing the rights and powers of the majority
| against a flbustering minority. Mr..
Payson strenuously opposed it declar-
| ing that it was tho outcome of
a bargain between Mr.. Weaver
! and the democratic members of
the committee on rules, and incidentally
denounced the Oklahoma bill, pointing
ont as the milk in the cocoanut of the
resolution the bill permitting any legally
organized corporation to locate town
sites on the payment of pittancs into
| the treasury. This was repeating, as far
as 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.
| SENATE. Sen. Hoar introduced
a concurrent resolution for the
counting of the votes for president and
vice president, which was referred to the
comraittee on privileges and elections.
1t provides that the two houses of CON
gress shall assemble in the hall of the
house of representatives Wednesday,
February Is, at p. M; that the presi-
dent of the senate shall be the presiding
officer; that two persons shall be ap-
| pointed te'lers on the part of the senate
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 announce the state of the vote
and the persons elected, and that shall
be deemed a declaration OF the persons
elected president and vice. president of
| the United States and shall be entered on
| the journ ala of the two houses. The SEN
ate then prooe ed to the consideration
of the tariff bill.