The Globe-republican., 1890-08-06
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
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| TIE Senate on the 18th passed q bill pen.
| sionin1 ali the surviving men and officers OF
| Powelrs battalion of Missouri mounted vol.
| unteers during the Mexican war. The bill
| to transfer the revenue marine to the Navy
Department YVES con sidered until two O'clock
| when the Tariff bill was taken up and Senator
| Vest spoke at length against it motion
| was made to recommit the bill, which was
| lost Senator Plumb offered a resolution,
| which was agreed to, calling for information
as to the manner of admitting soldiers to
| the homes, and the Senate adjourned be-
1 cause of the absence of aquorum. The day
| in the House was occupied in considering
| Senate amendments to the Sundry civil Dill.
WIFE, the Senate met on the 18th Senator
Morgan presented resolutions adopted at q
public meeting Of Republicans of Birming-
! ham, Ala. against the passage OF the Fed
| eral Election bill. The Tariff bill was then
| discussed until adjournment. The House
srent the day in Committee of the whole
considering the Senate amendments to the
Sundry Civil bill and practically completed
| it, but reached no final vote.
WHEN the Senate met on the S0th the res
olution introduced for meetings OF the SEN
ate at ten O'Clock in the morning was taken
up and Senator Cockrell made q vigorous
speech in which he compared the work done
by the Senate with that of the House under
the rules which the latter worked and showed
that the Senate disposed OF far more bust
ness than the House. The motion was
adopted and the Tariff bill again taken up
and considered until adjournment. The
day was dull one in the House. The con-
ference report on the District OF Columbia
bill was agreed to and the House further
considered the sundry Civil bill No vote
was reached.
THE Senate met at ten O'Clock on the Sl0t,
in accordance with the new rule, but only
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mishng quorum was secured. The con.
ference report on the District of Columbia
bill was discussed for over an hour and
agreed to, and the Tariff bill was tten con.
sidcred until adjournment. In the House
Mr.. Oates (Ala-). rising to a question OF
privilege, offered a resolution for the inves-
tigation OF the charges of corruption against
members of the House contained in q recent
article in the National Economist, but after
great deal of talk the speaker decided 1t
did not present a question of privilege. The
House sustained the decision, and further
considered the amendments to the Sundry
Civil bill Adjourned.
SOON after the Senate met on August l
Mr.. Blair offered a resolution that the Com
mittee on Ruit be instructed to report with
In four days a rule providing for the limit
ing OF debate, and asked for it's immediate
consider alton. Objection being made the
resolution went over. The Tariff bill then
came up. Many amendments offered by
Democrats were voted down. When the
schedule relating to glass and crOckery ware
was reached, Senator Mcpherson
moved to reduce certain duties,
and upon this Senator Plumb
made the first break in the party line by
voting with the Democrats. On n molten to
reduce the duty on common brown earthen-
ware Senator Paddock voted with the Demo
Gratis. At this point Senator Plumb took
part in the debate and vehemently opposed
the idea of protection for the benefit Of
Eastern manufacturers as against Western
agriculturists- The Senate, he said, owed
some duty to the American people as we'll
as to the manufaci urers. The House re-
sumed the amendments to the Sundry Civil
bill, but no quorum could be obtained and
All ad ournment was had