The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-08-07
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Legislation and Politics.
The Week la Congress
TIE SENATE.

The Week Ia Congress
TIE SENATE.
| Under the new order for the dispatch
| of business the Senate meets now at 10
| i. VI. There arr. however. iduu more
than lo Senators present during the
| prayer, and ii il almost IL o'clock before
| n qu"ruIn Ii secured. ed.-Amendments
were made 10 thc tariff bill The con-
sfdcrat.on of the tariff bill was continued
| ali the week. ek.-Amendments offered by
the finance committee were adopted.
Those proposed by the Democrats were
rejected. Toward the close Senators
Plumb and Paddock began voting with
the Democrats. Senator Plumb made
q long speech against the duties asked by
| the manufacturers, to which Senator
| Sherman repiied.-A resolution was
| offered 10 direct the committee on rules
| to report some method of limiting de-
| bate ltwas Iaidove The President
appointed, and the Senate confirmed,
khaddeus S Sharretts, of Maryland, to
| be general appraiser Of merchandise to
complete the board created by the ad-
| ministrative customs bill 1.-The tariff
bill viii be discussed in the Senate until
Friday. when it will give way to other
measures The conference in the
original package bill decided to report in
| favor of the passage of the Senate meas
urcs.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
The report of the ma aiority of the COM
| mittee on elections on the murder Of
Clayton and declaring Breckinridge's
seat from the Second district of Arkan-
| sas vacant, i; made public. Repre-
sentative Sanford, of New York, offered
| resolutions TO leave all legislation affect
ing the duties on sugar and molasses
alone till next Congress, and requesting
| the President meanwhile to negotiate
with the sugar producing countries for
reciprocity. The conference report on
the District of Columbia appropriation
bill was agreed to-The Senate amend
ments to the sundry civil bill were
further discussed.-The Speaker APP
pointed the committee to investigate
the charges against Pension Com
missioner Raum. - Fifteen requests
for leave of absence were refused.-
On Friday no business could be transacted
on account of the absence of a quorum.
A heated controversy took place between
the Speaker and Representative Rogers,
of Arkansas. over the formers refusal
to recognize the latter as entitled to the
floor. The conferrces on the fortifica-
ton appropriation bill were unable to
agree and SO reported to their respective
houses. Tile committee on post offices
and post roads authorized Chairman
Bingham to report favorably, without
amendment. tho Frye postal sui.sidy bill.
National Capital Notes.
The reduction OF t,c public debt dur
ing July amounted - 1895, ,255. 81.
President Harrison is spending week
with his family at Cape May point.
The President mas approved the joint
resolution providing temporarily for the
expenditures OF the government.
The conferrcs of the two houses of
Congress have finally agreed upon the
passage of the Senate original package"
bill.
The Presidenthas appointed the follow
ing cadet to West Point: Clyde E. Haw-
kins, Twenth- fourth district, Pennsyl-
vania.
The Director OF the Mint has been in
formed that gold bars to the value of
50, 900 We're shipped from New York
to Europe last week.
President Harrison has written Gov
| ernor Bracket, of Massachusetts,, that he
will be in Boston on August 10, to at
tend the G. a. r. parade.
The Lodge elections bill is undergoing
considerable changes at the hands of the
Senate committee, and an attempt will
undoubtedly be made to pass it at this
session.
The absent Republican members of
the elections committee have been tele-
graphed to return to Washington, in
order to make a quorum and secure &C
ton Oh the MISUNDERSTANDING con-
| test case from Arkansas. Breckenridge
will be unseated.
| The Postmaster General has awarded
the contract for furnishing stamped
envelopes and newspaper wrappers for
the four years beginning October /, 1890,
| to the Piimpton Manufacturing Com
pany, and Morgan Envelope Company,
| of Hartford, Conn.
| A circular has been issued by Secre-
tary Tracy designed to carry into effect
the provisions of the naval appropria-
| ton bill for common store for the en-
tire Navy, instead, as heretofore has
been the case, of a separate store for each
| bureau.