Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-08-08

ally rejected by the usual party vote and
the committee amendment was agreed to.
Mr.. Mcpherson wanted the duty on castor
oil reduced from so to 25 cents per gallon.
but Mr.. Plumb asked that il be increased
to 50 cents (present duty and this was
agreed to. The paragraph relating to
opium was amended as recommended bv
the finance committee to make it read
twelve instead of ten dollars per pound.
Paragraph 48 as to barytes was amended
on recommendation of the finance commit
tee making the duty on the manufactured
article 81 per ton, instead of 3. as in the
house bill, and on the manufactured, Il
cent per pound instead of 81 per ton. Mr.
Mcpherson continued to offer amendments
to several other paragraphs, but all were
| voted down. Some other committee
amendments were agreee to and four pages
of the bill having been disposed of, the
senate adjourned.
Ro1tse.-In the house today Mr.. Oates.
| of Alabama, rising to a question of prvi-
| ilegeS, offered a resolution for the inves-
| tigatiOn of the charges of corruption
against members of the house, contained
| IN a recent editorial in the National
Economist. Mr.. Cannon Illinois. contin-
ued that the resolution did not present a
| question of privilege The charge made
/ Z.
! Grosvenor, of Ohio, thought that if the
! house were to take cognizance of this
charge, although practically it was no
charge, the resolution should be first sent
| to a committee. Mr.. Rogers of Arkansas.
said it was generally understood that the
I speaker passed all the bills in the house.
! therefore the charge was an inferential
| one against the speaker. After further
| discussion the speaker ruled that the res
| OlutiOn was not a privileged one In do
| ing so, he said that the newspaper editor
| Ial was the vaguest character 1t made no
! assertion except by inference. 1t made no
statement upon which anybody could be ex-
| pected to predicate belief or conviction.
| The house sustained the decision of the
| chair, an appeal having been taken by Mr.
| Oates. The house then went into COM
mittee of the whole on the senate amend
ments to the sundry civil appropriation
| bill. The Senate irrigation amendment
was finally non-cOncurred in.
FRIDAY, Aug l.
Senate.-The senate roll call today show
| ed there were forty-seven senators inattend-
ance. The journal of yesterday having
been read, Mr. Edmurds moved to amend
| and correct the journal by making it state
| the names of the thirty-twO senators who
were present yesterday moring when the
| roll was first called, There was general
| opposition to this motion, which was de-
teated. The senate then proceeded to the
consideration of the tariff bill, resuming it
at paragraph 81, page 10, under the head
of Lead products
H0use-On motion of Mr.. TAYLOR. of
Illinois, a resolution was adopted calling
on the secretay of war for copies of the re-
nf +ba ,E+
of improvements in Galveston harbor. The
house then resumed consideration of the
senate amendments to the sundry civil ap-
preparation bill.
SATURDAY, Aug. 2.
SeHate-In the senate today Mr.. Nor
rill was granted an unlimited leave of
absence on account of the condition
of his health The day was mainly
consumed in discussing the tariff
bill, but nothing of Importance was accom-
Pushed.
Hoase-The house proceeded to the
further consideration of the senate amend
ments to the sundry civil appropriation
bill. The pending amendment was that
appropriating 375, 600 for lightship on
the North Carolina coast. The amend
ment was non -concurred in. Yeas, 1856;
bers were announced as paired on this
vote.
MONDAY, Aug. 4.
SeHate.-ln the senate today Mr.. Davis
offered a resolution calling on the secretary
of war for information on the subject
of the accident last Friday to the lock of
the Sault Ste. Marie canal. He spoke of it
as a most serious calamity to the commerce
of the nation. costing as he had been in
formed by telegraph, S500,0 900 day. He
also mentioned, incidentally, the failure of
the house to act on the bill passed by the
senate some months ago, providing for a
second and larger dock Mr.. Cannon
hoped that the house would be induced to
take up the measure and pass it. If not,
it would be well enough for the senate to
take up the river and barber bill at an
earlier day than had been agreed upon,
rs to have the appropriation secured for
that very important work. The resolution
offered on Saturday last 10y Mr.. Plumb as
to the reinterment of the remains of Gen.
Grant in the Arlington National cemetery
was at the suggestion of Mr.. Plumb, al
lowed to remain on the table, to be called
up at some other time. The tariff bill
was then taken up.
HOHse.-ln the house today the apprO-
son (Iowa) explained that the Pacific rail-
road claims were not provided for in the
bill. Mr.. Rogers attacked the speaker and
his rulings The code of rules, he said,
under which the house proceeded, gave the
speaker power to stife debate, gag the
house. force the passage of bills, avoid ex-
pOsure. outrage and mistreat the minority,
| and buIdoze the majority. Mr.. Henderson
(Iowa) defended the speaker against the
attack made upon him by Mr.. Rogers. He
! referred to him as the mighty man from
Maine, and declared that he stood today
as a towering, historic, grand figure of
this legislative victory and reform Mr..
Breckenridge Ark then rose and made
an eloquent appeal against the action of
the republican party in the south. He
stood before the house, God and the peo-
pie of this country as an honest man and
said the republicans had no cause for being
suspicious of the south The south de-
manded cooperation from the north to
build up their languid industries, etc.
| Mr.. Breckenridge was constantly inter
rupted by hearty cheers.