Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-08-20
CONGRESSIONAL.
IN THE SENATE.

IN The SENATE.
WASHINGTON, August l9th-The presiding
officer this morning laid before the Senate the
resolution submitted yesterday by Quay for q
change of the rules so as to have vote on the
tariff bill taken GA the 30th of August, and to
postpone until next session all other legislative
business except the several classes OF bills as
specified therein.
Hoar said he desired to address the Senate on
the subject, but would prefer TO do SO to morrow.
The resolution went over till to morrow.
+. The resolution offered yesterday by Plumb. in
structing the Committee on Rules to issue orders
that will prevent the sale or drinking OF spirit
uous or malt liquors in the Senate wing OF the
Capitol. was taken up. and after some discus
sion. went over till tomorrow.
The Senate bill granting the right Of way
through certain lands of the United States in
Utah, and the House bill to authorize the Secre-
tary of the Interior to procure and submit to
Congress proposals for the sale to the United
States of the Western part OF the Crow Reserva-
ton in Montana, were taken up and passed..
The tariff bill was taken up, the pending
question being Plumb's amendment reducing
the duty on tin plate from 2-l0 cents to cent
pound, and allowing bounty or l cent per
pound on American tin plate. After discussion,
1t was Withdrawn, with the privilege of reintro.
duction.
Mcpherson offered an amendment, the effect
of which would be to place tin pate on the free
list. Rejected
Spooner offered an amendment providing that
after the LIST of October, 1896, tin plates lighter
in weight than 63 pounds per 100 square feet
shall be admitted Free unless it shall appear to
the President that the aggregate quantity of
such plates produced In the United states dur
ing any of the i've years preceding has equaled
one-third of the quantity imported and entered
for consumption in that year.
The paragraph as to cutlery having been
reached Mcpherson moved an amendment to
strike out the classification by value and spe-
ciic rates, and that the market duty on pen
knives and pocket-knives be As per cent adj
valOrem.
Cullom made strong speech in favor of the
protective tariff measure.
At the conclusion of Cullom's speech the cut
1ery amendment went over without action, and
the bill was laid ASIDE.
Hoar gave notice of two amendments which
he would offer tomorrow to the Quay resolu-
ton. One was resolution for a change in the
rules which be had offered on the 9th inst, pro-
viding that when bill or resolution shall have
been considered reasonable time it shall be in
order for any Senator to demand that debate
thereon be closed. The other was to include in
the legislative business to be taken up this ses-
sion the Federal election bill, and to provide
that Immediately after the tariff bill be dis
posed of the election bill will be taken up for
consideration and shall remain before the an
ate every day for three days, after reading the
journal, to the exclusion of all other business
and that September 5th, at o'c ock. voting
thereon and pending amendments shall begin
and shall continue from day to day to the ex-
clusion of all otter business until they are dis
posed Of
Adjourned.
IN The HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, August 19th-In the House to-
day Thomas of Wisconsin moved to lay upon
the table the motion made some days ago by
Hayes of Iowa to reconsider the motion by
which the House passed the Nat Mckay bill.
Agreed to-Yeas 90, nays 49, This finally passes
the bill.
The Speaker stated that the unfinished bust
ness in the morning hour was the bill to amend
the lien land law.
Carter of Montana explained that the bill had
in view rpOaal of the alien lQpd N n
far as that law referred to the ownership of
mines in the Territories. He said that an alien
land bill had been passed by the House in July,
1856, after very slight consideration. He in-
sisted that the ownership of mines of gold,
silver, lead, tin, cinnabar and copper in the Ter.
ritories was not intended to be affected by the
bill He had no quarrel to make with the ex-
isting law, in so far as 1t related to agricultural
aud timber lands. He did insist foreign capital
should not be discouraged or prohibited from
engaging in the precarious enterprise of devel-
oping the mines in this country.
Pending further debate the morning hour ex-
PRED, and the bill went over.
Cannon of Illinois, from the Committee on
Rules, reported resolution setting apart to-day
Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Wednes-
day of next week for the consideration OF bills
reported from the Committee ON Agriculture.
The first bill to be taken up is the Senate bill,
and 10 assist agricultural colleges, the pre-
after two tours debate. The next to be taken
up is tire bill providing for the inspection of
meats for expectation, and it also shall be voted
upon after two hours debate. Then the hill de-
filming lard will be taken up and the previous
question ordered at 4 O. o'clock on Saturday. On
Tuesday of next week the bill defining options
shall be taken up and the previous question is
to be considered as ordered at three o'clock on
Wednesday.
Mcmillan said it must be admitted that the
proposed order put the river and harbor bill in
perilous position. The business already had
been outlined that would occupy the time of
the House until September, leaving unconsid-
cred the river and harbor bill with its S24 000,-
900 of appropriations.
Cannon sad the order would not interfere in
the slightest degree with the river and harbor
bill. That measure could be called up during
the morning hour on Friday or Monday.
The resolution was then adopted and the
House accordingly proceeded TO the considers
ton of the Senate Agricultural College bill.
]. D. Taylor of Ohio spoke in favor of the pro-
posed amendment providing that the appropri
alton be applied only to instruction in agri-
culture, mechanic arts, English language and
the various branches of mathematical, physi-
cal. nautical and economic science with special
reference to their application in industrious
life and the facilit es for such instruction.
After long debate the amendment was
agreed to. and the bill as amended passed
without division.
Adjourned.