The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1890-08-08
FIFTY-FIBST CONGRESS.
iIF.t session.

wAsuTxur'6 duly 70 SENATE After A.
call OF the r0lrn erder 10 procure the attend.
snce Of q quorum NJ Morgan presented reso-
lutions Adopted apublle meeting Of Repub-
ficans In Blrmnsfsm- Ala, against the passage
OF the election tilo NJ. Sawyer from the Post.
once CommitIt reported back the Senate
OH 70 esiss.-h sslited postal and telegraph
service. Place N the calendar Mr.. sher.
man offered reoluiior (waich went over TN
tomorrow fofts daily reeting Of the Senate
at 10 q N ealls Introduced q bin TO
establish dcprrment OF ccmmunication-and
said tnatu W 1pnpsred By and introduced at
the request he ge-worIsers' Alliance. The
tariff bin Vas tsien up and considered. and.
after bnf exeetiye session the Senate adj
HousS-M. Canon dl). from N. Commit.
tee on n S'--.As, reported q io,nt rcsoiu.
tion pro- ld'ug fenporarily until August ~ for
such OF 9e expetitures Of the Government as
have MOI bee1 ppvided for by the appropr,a.
tion biz VIC have already become lava
'N sn, wen. mt Mica S0% IN me-
chsirl, q ne sb>ste amendments TO the sundry
civil apH ,pf1s;m bill. All the amendments
we're no sdFress. Debate on the irriltlon
amending ysfmited to four hours, srN at
$50 D. q J, Ike ~esearned.
-w~-.s,-1zSsSS5My sc-ssssss--stl. rscas
presented rnsNprisl OF the North Carolina
Republican Assertion OF the District OF Co.
lumoia N iavor OF q. passage OF tue National
election bill Mr. VesN presented o memorial
Of the Wage workers Nance Of the District OF
Columbia denounclng thu bankrupt law. Mr..
sherman offered an amennent TO the defiei-
ency appropr alton bill-whh was referred to
che Committee on APPROPRIATIONS appropri.
ating go ODD for marking the boundary line be.
tween the United States and hxico ana call
ed attention TO its urgency. IN resolution Of
fered yesterday by Mr.. Siberian, fixing the
daily hour Of the meeting at 10 a. was taken
up and aneed 10. The tarir bill Nps taken up,
and debated until adjournment
HoUsE-The sundry civil appreciation bill
was laid aside for the conference retort on the
District appropriation bill. which rs agreed
TO. The irrigation amendment 10 ~ sundry
civil Appropriation bill was considetd until
adjournment.
WASHINGTON, July sl.-SENATE-A com.
municatloh from the Secretary OF the nteror
on irrigation was ordered printed. A Oil was
reported authorizing the Court OF Claims TO
take jurisdiction OF the McGarrahan claim. The
District Appropriation bill was passed, and the
,arifi bill was considered. -Four pages Of the
BIZ h&y:ss soeE disposed ~ TO-DAY. the Senate
adjourned after q statement by Mr. Blair that
would be disposed of at the present rate Of
progress By the goth OF next December.
HousE-A resolution to investigate certain
vague charges of corruption in the passage Of
the silver Dill was decided by the Speakernot to
be a egsstion OF privilege The irrigation
amendment to the sundry civil bill was non
concurred in, and the House at rs p. IN. ad-
ourned
WASHINGTON. Aug. l-SESATE-Mr Blair
offered resolution instructinG the Committee
on Rules 10 report within four days q rule for
the Incorporation OF the previous question or
some method OF limiting and closing debate in
the parliamentary procedure Of the Senate, and
asked for its Immediate conside ration. Obgec-
tioh was made and the resolution went over till
tomorrow The tariff bill WAS then discussed
until adjournment.
HOUSE The House took up the sundry civil
bin The question being on non concurrng
10 q minor Senate amendment The previous
question was ordered-Yess io3 nays %. ON
non-coueuning in the Senate amendment no
quorum voted A motion TO adjourn was voted
down and n call OF the Uo,ec was ordeed.
This disclosed a quorum, and further prcNeed'
ings under the call were dispensed with The
remainder OF the afternoon was consumed In =
vain attempt TO secure a quorum aus without
dsposng OF the bill the House took q rcco -
the evening session to be for the cinsdcraton
Of private pension bills ..
1rRs WTssrrzsS,Ss 81 ~ : T., gSs.,a =.
in the duiyon barley. The crcdontfafs ~ ~
d White Is successor to Mr. Eustis, Of Lou
isiana, were presented. A joint resolution was
passed 10 permit Leutcnant Colonel II. c.
Corbin 10 accept a civil position on the Worlds
Fair Commission M Blair's previous ques-
ton resolution was referred The tann de-
bate was resumed and continued until adjourn
ment
HougF-The Senate amendments TO the sun
dry civil appropriation bill were non-concurred
in. and the hill cent 10 conference. At2p. m.
the House adjourned.
WASHINGTON aug -sENArE-Mr. Davis
offered resolution calling on the Secretary OF
War for Information on the subject OF the acct
dent last Friday 10 the lock Of the Sault ste.
Marie canal The resolution offered on Saiur
day last BY Mr. Plumb, IS to the refinement OF
the remains Of Genera Grant in the Arlington
National Cemetery, was, at the suggestion OF
Mr. Plumb allowed to remain on the table TO
be called NJ at some other time. Tn" iarih bill
was taken up. the peHding question being on
Mr.. Vests amendment TO the chinaware para.
graph reducing the duty on decorated ware to
30 per cent Oh valorem. and on plain, undec-
GRATED ware 10 a per cent. instead Of 81 and 80,
as recommended by the Finance Committee,
and instead Of co apd IS In the House bill The
Amendment was then voted on and was reject
ed-yeas 10 uays IS
House NJ Morgan (NIiss), rising 10 Ques-
lion OF privilege, sent to the Clerks desk and
ad read All article IN a Southern newspaper
10 the afect that IN order to curry favor with
he Farmers Alliance he had had his license as
. lawyer annuled He denounced the state
nont as falsehood and a campaign lie. The
House then vent INTO committee OF the whole
Mr.. Payson 1l) in the ehair-on the general
deficiency Appropriation hill Before !; was re
,orted bach the House adjourned.