Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-21
CONGRESSIONAL.
Quay's Resolution Providing for Early
Adjournment Not Acted On.
The Senate Meat Inspection Bill Passed by
the House-The Bill Defining Lard
Under Consideration.
SENATE


resolution fixing the time for voting on
the tariff bill and other legislative bust
ness to be taken up at this session was
laid before the senate.
Mr.. Hoar demanded the yeas and
nays on agreeing to the resolution and
then offered as q substitute for Mr..
Quay's resolution his own proposition
making it in order, when any
bill or resolution shall have
been under consideration for a
reasonable time, for any senator
to demand that the debate thereon be
closed. He also moved to amend Quay's
resolution by adding to it provision to
include in the business to be taken up
the Federal election bill and to have a
vote taken on it on the 4th of Septem-
Der.
Mr.. Quay gave notice he would ask
separate votes on his own resolution and
on Mr.. Hoar's amendment.
Spoouer moved to refer the Quay reso-
luton to the committee on rules.
Mr.. Frye made an address TO the Re-
publican senators against that motion and
in favor of an amendment to the
rules, providing for the adoption of
the previous question. He said if forty
10 o CLOCK till every day, and all night
if necessary, the rules could be changed
in three days, the tariff bill passed in ten
days afterwards, and the election bill
ten days after that; but cow
ardiee, he said, had never won
battle and never retained q friend.
Hiscock took the same view and OPP
posed the reference of Quay's resolution
as leading to delay.
Edmunds replied to Frye's remarks
and declared his opposition to the
muzzling process.
While Mr.. Edmunds was speaking the
clerk IS clock struck ~ and the tariff bill
was laid before the senate as the I'M
finished business.
Mr.. Aldrich was asked to let the tariff
bill be laid aside temporarily, but he de-
clined to and so the senate proceeded
with its consideration the pending ques-
ton being on Mcpherson amendment
to strike out of paragraph 1853, page 50,
referring to penkuives, raZors and eras-
ers, compound duties, and to substitute
the uniform rate of 45 per cent. ad valo-
rem. The amendment was. rejected,
yeas, %; rays, SO. Paddock was the
only Republican voting yea. Messrs.
Henderson and Plumb voted no. Ingalls,
did not vote.
Mr.. Plumb moved to reduce the addi-
tional ad valorem rate on penknives,
pocketknives and erasers from 90 per
cent. to 80 per cent. Rejected.
The bill was laid aside with but one
page disposed of to-day.
The house amendments to the agricult-
ural college and to the meat inspection
bills were laid before the senate an con-
Cured in. These bills now go to the
president for signature.
The senate bill authorizing the con-
struction of bridge over the Tennessee
river at or near Knoxville was taken
fromsthe calendar and passed.
Adjourned.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.-The bill to
exempt mining land from alien land was
laid on the table by a vote of 80 to
81.
The bill for the adjustment of the ac-
counts of workmen and mechanics under
the eight-hour law was taken up, but
went over on the expiration of the morn
ing hour.
resolution calling for information as
to Russis's prescription of the Jews was
reported and adopted.
Consideration of the senate meat in
speotion bill was begun. Mr.. Funston
of Kansas, chairman of the committee
on agriculture, said that it was proposed
by this measure to open foreign ports to
American meats. By opening these
ports millions and millions of
foreign gold would be brought
into this country and would relieve the
embarrassed condition of all classes of
industry.
HIT of Illinois said this bill would re-
move the pretense upon which foreign
governments excluded our hog pro-
ducts. He objected to unjust
discrimination being made against Amer
lean pork under the pretense that it was
unwholesome. Provision for inspection
would remove any cause for pretense.
This was a measure in favor of the
farmer, and it was time such legislation
should be enacted.
Morgan of Mississippi offered an
amendment bringing lard within the
operation of the bill. Lost. Yeas. n;
nays, l2I.
Ssyers of Texas offered an amendment
providing that Texas fever shall not be
considered as q contagious or infectious
disease. Lost; 81 10 81.
The bill then passed.
The house then proceeded under special
order 10 the consideration of the bill de-
filming lard. without disposing of the
measure the house adjourned.
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