The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-08-07
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TIE Senate on the 18th passed bill pen
slonlng all the surviving men and officers of
Powelfs battalion of Missouri mounted vol
unteers during the Mexican war. The bill
to transfer the revenue marine to the Navy
Department was con sidered until two o'clock
when tho Tariff bill was taken up and Senator
Vest spoke Mt length against it. A motion
was made to rocommit the bill, which was
lost. Senator Plumb offered a resolution,
which was agreed to, calling for in formation
as TO the manner Of admitting soldiers to
the homes, and the Senate adjourned be-
cause of the absence Of aquorum. The day
In the House was occupied in considering
Senate amendments to the Sundry Civil bill.
WHEN the Senate met on the 29th Senator
Morgan presented resolutions adopted at a
public meeting of Republicans Cf Birming-
ham, Ala, against the passage of the Fed
cral Election bill. The Tariff bill was then
discussed until adjournment The House
spent the day in Committee of the Whole
considering the Senate amendments to the
sundry Civil bill and practically completed
1t, but reached no final vote.
WHEN the Senate met on the 30tb the res
olution introduced for meetings of the SEN
ate at ten o'clock In the morning was taken
up and Senator Cockrell made a vigorous
speech In which he compared tho work done
by the eenate with that of the House under
the ruloswhich the latter worked and showed
that the Senate disposed OF far more busi
ness than tho House. The motion was
adopted and the Tariff bill again taken up
and considered until adjournment. :. The
day was a dull one in the House The con-
ference report on the District OF Columbia
bill was agreed to and the House further
considered the sundry Civil bill. No vote
was reached.
THE Senate met at ten o'clock on the 3lst,
In acc Srdance with the new rule, but only
ten members were present After some skir.
mishing quorum was secured. The con-
ference report on the District of Columbi a
bill was discussed for over an hour and
agreed to, and the Tariff bill was then con
sidered until adjournment. In the House
Mr. Oates (Ala), rising to a question of
privilege, offered a resolution for the lnves-
tigatlon of the charges of corruption again st
members of the House contain ed in a recent
article In the National Economist but after
q great deal OF talk the speaker decided 1t
did not present question of privilege. The
House sustained the decision, and further
considered the amendments to the Sundry
Civil bill. Adjourned.
SooN after the Senate met on August !
Mr.. Blair offered n resolution that the Com
mittec on Rule be instructed to report with
In four days rule providing for the limit
ing of debate, and asked for its immediate
consideration. Objection being made the
resolution went over. The Tariff bill then
came up. Many amendments offered by
Democrats were voted down. When the
schedule relating to glass and crockery ware
was reached, Senator McPhcrson
moved to reduce certain duties,
and upon this Senator Plumb
made the first break in the party line by
voting with the Democrats. On motion to
reduce the duty on common brown earthen-
ware Senator Paddock voted with the Demo
Gratis. At this point Senator Plumb took
part in the debate and vehemently opposed
the idea of protection for the benefit OF
Eastern manufacturers as against Western
agrlculturlsts. The Senate, he said, owed
some duty to the American people as well
as to the manufacturers. The House re-
sumed the amendments to the Sundry Civil
bill but no quorum could be obtained and
an ad tournment was had.