Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-07-31
CONGRESSIONAL,
IN THE SENATE

WASHINGTON July Slth.-In the Senate Sher-
man offered an amendment TO the deficiency
appropriation bill, which was referred to the
Committee on Appropriations apprapriating
$4,000 for making boundary line between the
unitedStates and Mexico and called atTeut ion
to its urgency.
liking the daily hour of meeting at 10 A. NJ wss
taken up.
Cockrell said that he would support the reso.
luion, and wanted To give few reasons why.
some tduntS had been made recently by the
Senators of Rhode Island and Maine (Aldrich
and Frye) about the delay on the part of the
Democratic minority. He wanted those Sena-
tors 10 see the relative amount of work done in
the two Houses The Senate hau mn to he 2Sth
OF July, passed 9i6 bills, and 499 other bills had
peen acted on by committees and had been in
oehuitely postponed making the whole num-
Der of Senate bills actually disposed Of i45
That was considerably more than one-thiTd of
all the bills introduced in the Senate No such
record had ever been made before in the House.
Out of over 10000 bills introduced there, SOS
had been passed, mere fraction of the whole
The resolution was then agreed 10.
Inc tarih Bill was taken up and Morrill, ad-
dressed the Senate
Morrill, said the ill-natured denunciations Of
American manufactures by oratorical free
traders indicated that they preferred the pros
perlty OF the foreign manufacturer to that of
their own countrymen, and that they would
compel the latter to manufacture as cheaply as
the foreigners, The real purpose was finally TO
break down and degrade the present scale of
question of agricultural depression Morrill,
said there was glut of miSinformation dissem-
mated on that subject, and concealment of
the TACT that the prices of farm products are
depressed throughout the world The only
possible remedy within the reach of the Ameri-
can farmer was positive protection against
foreign competition and such encouragement to
other ayocations as would increase the consum-
ers of their products.
AT the close OF MorriIrs speech consideration
OF the bill by paragraphs was contiaued.
mn f7r1N.aN tnN4a,
son was rejected.
McPherson continued to offer amendments
for the reduction OF rates on articles in the
chemical schedule, but they were mercilessly
rejected by party vote. The only change
made in the schedule was the reduction ION
motion OF Aldrieh) OF the duty on chioroiorm
from 40 to % C nts per pound.
Vest moved to reduce the duty on iodotorn
from u so TO 81 per pound Rejected
The tariff bill was then laid aside and the
conference report on the District of Columbia
appropriation bill presented.
No action was taken, and after an exectltire
session the Senate adjourned
IN THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, July 30th-In the House Nc
Comas called up conference report on the
District OF Columbia appropriation bill, Cannon
sundry civil BILL for the reason that sickness in
McComas family necessitated his speedy return
home
Mutchler of PENNSYLVANIA opposed the report
on the ground that il the bill was passed there
would be deficit OF s275, ,Oo0 to 100000.
After debate the conference report was agreed;
to, and the House went into Committee of the
Whole on the Senate amendments to the sundry
civil bill.
Cummings made an attack upon the Director
OF the Geological Survey, and favored the SEN
ate irrigation amendment
Cannon replied briefly.
Pending action the committee rose, and the
Speaker announced the appointment of the fol-
lowing members on the committee to inyesti-
gate the charges against Commissioner Raum:
Morrill,, Sawyer, smyser, Goodnight and Martin
OF Indiana
Adjourned