The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-08-14
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned BY Telegraph and Mail.
CONGRESS.


SOON after dlsposing of unimportant
routine business the Senate on the 9TH re J..
| sumed the Tariff bill, the pending question
being Senator Vests amen Iment to reduce
the duty on a certain line of chlnawarc.
After debate the amendment was rejected,
Senators ingalls,, Maudersoa and Plumb
voting with the Democrats in the a1llrma.
tive. On several other motions OF a like
nature Mr.. Plumb voted with the Demo
Gratis. During the debate he stated that II
was better not to pass any tariff bill than to
pass. one not right Adjourned. The
House, In Committee of the Whole, consid-
cred the General Deficiency bill, but the de
| bate drifted more into an attack upon and
| defense Of the Speaker than any thing per-
| tainng to the bill under discussion. Ad-
iourned.
The Senate devoted the entire session on
the 5th to consideration of the Tariff bill. -.
There was quite an animated discussion in
the House on the resolution offered by Mr..
Cummings (N. " for an investigation into
| the acts of the secretary of the Navy in or
derlng extra work to be done at the Kittery
navy yard lin Speaker Reeds district) just
before the election, substitute having been
reported from the Committee on Rules ask :
ing the Secretary for his reasons for so do
ing. The substitute was adopted. The Com
| mittee on Elections mado a report on tn"
Brecklnridgo- Clayton case from Arkansas,
declaring tho seat held by Mt Breckinridge
vacant, and the deficiency bill was further
debated, but not completed.
AFTER some routine business the Senate
on the 9th proceeded to consider the Tariff
bill. the iron ore section being under con.
sderation. a long discussion was had on
MIR. Gorraan's IN, tion to reduce the duty on
iron ore from IS to so cents per ton. A mo
tion by Mr.. Plumb to amend by making it go
cents was accepted by Mr.. German, but 1t
was defeated by 20 to 21, Aessrs. Dawes,
IDDalia Paddock nd PIN NH in W IN
the Democrats. Pending further considcra.
tion tho Senate adjourned. The House
agreed to the conference report on the Orig
inal Package bill by l20 yeas to 9j nays. The
bill provides that all Intoxicating liquors
| transported into any state and remaining
therein for consumption or storage shall,
upon arriving In such State. be subject to
the laws of the same and shall not be ex-
empt by reason of being In original pack
ages. The Deficiency bill was then consid
cred until adjournment.
AFTER preliminary morning business the
Senate resumed the Tariff bill on the 7ih, the
iron schedule being under consideration
The bill was laid aside to receive the con-
ference report on the Sundry Civil bill,
which was ord red printed. Senator Hoar
from the Elections Committee, reported a
substitute for the House Federal Election
bill. Paced on the calendar, and after re-
csiving the conference report on the Forti
House in Committee of the Whole about
completed the General Deficiency bill, and
n bill was passed applying the Inter state
Commerce law to unincorporated express
companies, and the House adjourned.
THE Senate on the eth agreed to Senator
Plumb's concurrent resolution for the re-
moval If General Grants remains to the
Arlington National cemetery, IL agreeable to
Mrs. Grant The conference report on the
Fortiicatiops bill was agreed to. The con
ference report on the Sundry Civil bin was
agrt ell to and new conference ordt red on
tho items on which there had been no agree
ment The Tariff bin was further dis
cussed and a resolution passed accepting
from the National Encampment Of the G. A.
r. statue and pedestal of General Grant to
be erected 10 the capitol. he House took
up the General Deficiency bill and after
some discussion passed 1t. The House then
got into tangle on report from the Com
mlttee on Rules to Immediately disagree to
Senate amendments to the Indian Appro-
priation bill. The fact soon appeared that
no quorum was present and the House ad-
iourned.