The Iola register., 1890-08-08
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
summary of the Daily News
CONGRESSIONAL.

THE Senate on the 18th passed a bill pen
eioning all the surviving officers and men OF
Powell's battalion of Missouri mounted vol
sInteers during the Mexican war The bill
30 transfer the revenue marine to the Navy
Department was considered until two o'clock
when the Tariff bill was taken up and Senator
Vest spoke at length against It A motion
was made to recommIt the bill, which was
Cost Senator Plumb offered resolution,
which was agreed TO, calling for Information
as to the manner of admitting soldiers to
the homes, and the Senate adjourned be-
cause of the absence of a quorum. =. The day
In the House was occupied In considering
Senate amendments to the sundry Civil bill.
WHEN the Senate met on the 29th Senator
Morgan presented resolutions adopted at a
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
spent 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 30th the res
olution introduced for meetings of the SEN
ate at ten o'clock in the morning was taken
up and Senator Cockrell made a vigorous
speech in which he compared the work done
by the Senate with that of the House under
the ruleswhich the latter worked and showed
that the Senate disposed of far more busi-
ness than the House. The motion was
adopted and the Tariff bill again taken up
and considered until adjournment. The
day was a dull one in the House The con-
ference report on the District of Columbia
bill was agreed to aud the House further
considered the sundry Civil bill. No vote
was reached
THE Senate met at ten O'Clock on the 31st,
in accordance with the new rule, but only
ten members were present After some skir-
mishing a 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 then con-
sidered 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 a recent
article in the National Economist, but after
a great deal of talk the Speaker decided It
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 ]
Mr.. Blair offered a resolution that the Com
mittee on Rules be instructed to report
within four days a rule providing for the
limiting Of debate, and asked for its i'm
mediate consideration. 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 a motion 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
agricu1turists. The Senate, he said, owed
some duty to the American people as well
as to the manufacturer. The House re
sumed the amendments to the sundry Civil
bill, but no quorum could be obtained and
an adjournment was had.