The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-01-24

Considers River and Harbor Appropriations.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-AmOng the
various memorials presented was =
ludicrous one presented by Vest signed
by a number of dentists asking that a
bounty of dollar per tooth extracted
be allowed American dentists in order
to encourage honest industry, lower
costs to patients, and encourage immi-
grafton of dentists from other parts OF
the world, thereby making a better
market for agricultural and other pro-
ducts of this country.
The senate at 1870 resumed consid-
Grafton of the tariff bill.
Plumb offered an additional para
graph TO the silk schedule as follows:
Silk, raw, or as reeled from the cocoon,
but not doubled, twisted or advanced
in manufacture in any way; and silk
last % per cent advalorem. Rejected.
Plumb moved to insert an additional
paragraph creating and establishing in
the treasury department commission
to be known as the customs commits
sion. Agreed to without division.
1t provides for the appointment by
the president, by and with the advice
and consent of the senate, of i've COM
missioners to hold office, two, three,
four, five and six years respectively;
not more than three of them to be of
the same political party, the salary to
| be 81 500 per annum; the Office of the
commission is to be in Washington.
On motion of Mr.. Allison the date
| for the bill to go into effect, section II,
was changed from the first of February,
1899, to the first of July, 1889. There
being no further amendments offered,
the vote was taken, first on agreeing to
the substitute, and then on the passage
of the bill.
Riddleberger stated that he had voted
right along with the Republican party
and with the finance committee for the
bill, but there was nothing in the bill
which would have justified him In v0t-
| ing for it after the adoption of the
amendments of the senator from Kan
sas Plumb presumably the customs
| commission provision. Therefore II he
| had not been paired and had not found
an obligation to preserve that peace he
should not have voted for the bill. The
senate at p. m. adjourned.
HOUSE,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-When the
clerk finished the reading of the jour
nal, Crisp, of Georgia, called up, as a
PRIVILEGED matter the contested election
case of Smalls VS. Elliot.
Randall, of Pennsylvania, raised the
question of consideration. He thought
that the river and harbor and sundry
civil appropriation bills should have
precedence of consideration. The cleo
| tion case would not suffer from a few
days delay.
I Crisp took the contrary position
and commended that the delay would
not be of detriment to the appropriation
bills.
Hoke, of Tennessee, while proclaim
himself friend of the river and har-
Dor bill thought that as a matter OF
Justice to Elliot and Smalls the con-
tested election case should be given
precedence. The house refused, yeas
los, nays 100 to consider the election
case. {
After a delay of half an hour, caused
by administering tactics on the part Of
CheadIe, of Indiana, the house went
into committee of the whole, McMillen
of Tennessee, in the chair, on the
river and harbor appropriation bill
| The appropriation for continuing the
Improvement 1T Portage Lake. Michi-
gan, was Increased from &c., 900 to $40.
600. FilIibustering of a mild, but eff
fective nature was then INDUCED in by
Sowden, of Pennsylvania, and Cheadle
of Indiana. to improve the progress Of
the bill. First one and then the othel
of these gentlemen would offer Al
amendment for division, raise tht
point of mo quorum the appoint
ment OF tellers, and aided by the apathy
of the members who remained at theil
desks instead of hardening to the ap
peal of the chair many times repeated
to come forward promptly and vote
succeeded in throwing the house into
temporary deadlock. Pending further
action, the committee rose and the
house adjourned.