Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-05-29
AND NOTES,
A Summary Of Important Events.
FlFTY.FlRST CONGRESS

IN the Senate, on the 18th, consideration
of the Silver bill was resumed Mr. Dolph
speaking at great length against the bill
and Messrs Teller and Mitchell speaking in
its fayor-....-In the House concilfatory
speeches closed up the breach which the
Bynum episode had created. and good feel
ing was restored The Tariff bill was then
taken up, and several amendments offered
by its opponents were rejected and several
offered by Mr. Mckinley were adopted.
IN the Senate, on the goth, after routine
business, the bill reported from the ju-
dietary committee suDjecting imported
liquors to the provisions of the laws of the
several States, was taken up. ana MeSsrs.
Wilson, ingalls,, Hoar and Edmunds spoke
in favor of, and Messrs. Vest. Gray, Reagan
and others against it. Remarks in eulogy
of the character and public services of Mr..
Kelley were made by Senators Cameron,
Morrill,, Reagan, sherman. Hampton, Haw
ley and Daniel, after which, a further
mark of respect, the Senate adjourned......
In the House the Tariff bill was taken up in
committee of the whole, and occupied the
time OF the entire session, many amend
ments offered by the opponents of the bill
being rejected and several offered by MIR.
Mckinley adopted.
IN the Senate, on the 21st, after the trans
action of unimportant matters, effort
was made to resume consideration of the
Liquor bill, but it failed and Mr. Stewart
proceeded to speak on the Silver bill.
Notices of several amendments to be offered
were given. The Silver bill was then laid
aside informally and the Liquor bill was
taken up and briefly discussed but without
action. In the House the discussion of the
Tariff bill ended by limitation, and Mr.. Nc
kinlcy demanded the previous question and
moved the third reading and egrossment Of
the bill. \ resolution obereu by Mr.. Car
Isle instructing the ways and means COM
mttee to submit substitute for the bill
was voted down and the bill was then
passed: Yeas, l64; nays, I42
IN the Senate on the 22d. the credentials
of Senator elect Calvin :. Brice We're pre-
scented. The silver bill was then taken up
and discussed by Messrs. Daniel. Sherman
and Stewart. The Naval Appropriation bill
was briefly discussed, but laid aside with
out action, and after Il short executive scs
sion the senate adjourned. In the House
the bill amendatory of the Census act, pre-
scribfng penalties upon giver or receiver of
brides to supervisors or enumeratOrs, was
passed bill was passed appropriating
$4,000 to supply deficiency in the appro-
priation for public printing and binding.
The House then went into committee of the
whole on the River and Harbor Appropria-
ton bill.
IN the Senate, on the 22d, after business of
minor Importance had been transacted, con-
sideration of the Naval Appropriation bill
was resumed and several amendments were
discussed and rejected. The Tariff bill was
received from the House and referred to the
committee on finance. The bill providing
for loans by the Government upon agricult-
ural lands was discussed and rcferred......
In the House, after routine business the
River and Harbor Appropriation bill was
taken up in committee of the whole. Mo-
tons to increase the appropriations for
local and unimpOrtaut improvements were
voted down. except in the case of the para
graph appropridting 100000 for the con-
strC-ctiOn of the Hennepin Canal. pending
consideration of which the committee arose.