The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-05-30

DOINGS IN CONGRESS.
SCENES OF. ExCrrEMENr IN TaE ma
TlONAL HOUSE.
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In the senate on the 18th Senator Hoar.
from the judiciary committee, reported
back to the senate the house amendment
to the senate anti.trust bill. The matter
vent over. The senate then proceeded to
the constellation OF the hill authorizing
tho issue Of treasury notes on deposits Of
silver bullion. Senator Jones', who re.
ported the bill from the committee on
finance. addressed the senate Il great
length, not finishing his speech. Adj
journed.
In the house on the 10th after the read
ing OF the journal, MIR. Mckinley moved
SS&s 6SAASA VS0so V0 tu0 suliA Vktt V0
limited to one minute. Tho absence Of q
quorum rendered Q call Of the house nee.
essary. A quorum appearing, tho motion
was agreed to, and the house went iuto com.
mittee Of the whole. MIR. Payson, of I'LL
nois, In the chair on tina tariff bill. No
one desiring to occupy one minute the
clerk proceeded to read the bill by para.
graph for amendments. The debate ON
some OF the amendments offered became
desultory In character-sometimes anus.
ing, sometimes political and sometimes
bordering on personal. When the hour
for adjournment arrived the committee
rose and the house adjourned.
In the senate ON the 18th among the
petitions presented was one by Senator
Quay from the business men OF Philadel-
p.hia demonstrating against the increase Of
the duty on dress goods made wholly
Wis, from the committee on PEN
sions, reported back the house substi-
tute for the senate dependent pension bill,
with a written report, and moved that the
house substitute be non-concurred in and
a conference asked. Agreed to and confer.
res appointed. The senate then resumed
consideration of the silver bill, and Sem
ator Jones, Of Nevada, continued the
speech begun by him the day before. Con-
eid6ration OF tho bill consumed the entire
day, and the same went over. After ex.
ecutive session the senate adjourned.
In the house on the 18th, after the trans.
action OF routine business, that body went
into committee Of the whole, with Mr..
Payson, OF Illinois. in the chair, ON the
tariff bill. Mr.. Butterworth, of Ohio, adj
dressed the house at length; Various
amendments were offered, but all we're re-
jected, and after considering thirteen Of
the 1856 pages of the bill, the committee
rose and the house adjourned.
In the senate on the l4th the GO late bill
was passed appropriating 100000 for a
public building at Rock Island. Among
the bills presented and placed on the calen-
dar we're the senate bills subjecting i'm.
ported liquor to the provisions Of the laws
OF the several states. In connection with
the latter bill. Senator Wilson, of lowe,
who repOtted it from the judiciary commit.
tee, said he would ask the senate to take it
up for consideration at an early day. Sen.
ator Hoar, q member of the judiciary com.
mittee, explained that the bill was ron.
dered necessary by the late decision of the
supreme court. Senator Edmunds intro.
duced a bill to establish q university Of
the United States, and had II referred to a
select committee. The silver bill was
eAO "a w AN SSA0tO4 AS44SI VI
dressed the senate until the hour for ex.
ecutive session. When the doors Of the
senate re-opened, adjourned.
In the house ON the 14th, on motion of
Mr.. Merrill, Of Kansas, the house insisted
upon it's amendment to the senate depend
emit pension bill and O conference was or
dered. The house then went into com.
mlttee Of the whole on the tariff bill,
Various amendments looking to the reduc.
ton OF the duty on earthen china
and glassware were made on the demo.
cratic side, but met with no success. After
considering sixteen more pages of the bill
the committee rose and the house ad.
journed.
Inthe senate on the 18th, among the bills
reported from the committees and placed
on the calendar. were the following:
To amend the laws relative to shipping
commissioners, and the house bill grant.
ing q pension to Mrs. Della Parnell.
The senate then, at 1910 resumed
consideration OF the silver bill, and Senator
Teller continued his argument in criticism
of it. Senator Coke also addressed the
senate in favor Of free and unlimited coin.
age. The bill went over and after executive
session adjourned.
In the house on the 18th Mckinley, of
Ohio, from the committee on rules, reported
Q resolution providing that hereafter the
house shall meet ct IL o'clock; that
after the reading Of the journal
and the disposal Of conference reports
the house shall 90 into committee Of the
whole on the tariff; that the bill shall be
read through, commencing with paragraph
Ill, and shall be open to amendment
paragraph ito, and that on the 2lst inst,
at noon, the bill, with the pending
amendments, shall be reported to the
house. Mr.. Blount, of Georgia, criticised
the majority Of the committee on rules
sharply for reporting this resolution. He
protested against the resolution as un-
American, unwise and violent to parl,a.
mentary procedure. MI. Mckinley de-
MED that the resolution had any pur-
pose to stifle debate. It was in-
tended to concentrate debate on the para
graphs and provisions of the bill.
Mr.. McMillin asked what would become
Of the amendments offered in committee Of
the whole and not disposed of ut noon of
the 21st. Mr.. McKinley-They will fall.
After further debate the rcsolu-
ton was adopted-129 to SO.
Messrs. Morrill,, Sayre and Goder were
appointed conferrees on the senate depend.
emit pension bill. The hounse then went
bill. The reading of the bill consumed
the r~emainderof the day, and at its con-
cluslon the committee rose and the house
took recess. The house at the evening
session PASSED 1879 private pension bills
and at 1890 adjourned.
In the senate on the 18th the house bill
for the establishment Of new harbor lines
In Portage lake. Houghton county, Mich,
passed. On motion OF Senator Wilson,
Of Iowa, the act for Q public building Of