The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-02-20
CONGRESSIONAL
SENATE AND HOUSE

| In the Senate Thursday bill
| appropriating s5OoOOO for a public pss,sei |
at Portland, Oregon. After furtbe-V .u.'ilng |
business the Senate proceeded In ousehe
tn bill providing temporary goyerp,nlet
| for Oklahoma. S'nihent
| In the Hou.e, as usual, the Democrat, d,
| jected TO the approval of the iourns, oo-
usual n roll call vas needed, as ns,,"i as
Democrats refrained from votipg s,', 'he
usual. the Speaker counted a ouosr,s 'u az
declared the journal approved by a W. aug
| yeas l4l, nays on. Buckalewl On Os ,,, d
Of MIR. Hit. of Illinois, the Senate 'Ji'on i'5,ni
resolution was PAS ell unanimously cor,,!Il,nt !oint
lating the people ot the United Ststes nf pIlu-
zil on the adoption of a republican f,,a'a.
| government. The cons deratiou ~ ,t.'uiW W
was then proceeded with. N'es
In the senate Friday the house bill s,. a..
relief of the sufferers by the wreck ~ We
| United States steamers Trenton and Voyle yle
liza and the stranding of the Unitc4 S,',a'
steamer Nipsic at Apiu Samoan island. ~,
passed. The following bills on the c,icrSSaSs SS
were passed. Providing for an sssI.,.sa..
secretary of war with n salary OF Sjnnt. W.
the relief of soldiers or sailors who enfis.I
or served under assumed names. Ia rof,,,i'
the State of West Virginia the morov ,',.3
to officers of the One Hundred and Tbi,,,.N
| third regiment of " est Virginia milir, ~
services rendered during the raLciii 'v'
7
revenue cutter for services on the p,I.es
coast with headquarters at As,oria o.a
| concurrent resolution to invite iutoruefio,.,
| arbitration as To differences between r9,;-,.''
! The bill to declare unlawful trusts and c,.,
bnations In restraint Oftrade and predpa,i,a
! having been reached, il was laid s.il. r..
| the present. Mr.. Ingalls, stated that tbrss,
ator from Louisiana (Mr Gibson and li,a.
self had agreed upon an amenimortt =, X,
adopted To the bill in relation 10 the T.,'
lana State University aud Agricultural CT
lege, and, at his request, the bill was iak.,
up and passed, with an amendment su.y,,'
ell by Mr.. ingalls,. Altogether there we-an
bills passed.
The House adopted the new code of -.l.,
! The vote taken Friday resulted in lGl for s,j
lii against the rules, the Democrats y...@.
when their names were called.
Mr.. Cultivate, of Ohio, offered an amend.
ment striking out the clause constitut.u, lo
members quorum in Committee of ho
Whole He ealso off red an anendmeu, \,
the clause ofrulc % which provides thlt ,,I
motions or propositions originatiug ,.'Eo-is
| the House or Senate involving a tax .,
| charge upon the people shall bc first C,u.I.
cred in Committee OF the Who.c.'
Mr.. Outhwaite's first amendment re,a,iva
| to a quorum, was lost-Iess, 1876 NAYS. Isl
Mr.. Crisp, of Georgia novel to ,'fikcoT
the clause comforting upon the Speaker the
| power to count quorum. The ameuJment
was lost-Icas. l9j; nays, 81
Mr.. dills, of Texas, moved to st-ikeo,
the clause that nodilatory motion shall been.
| tertaincd by the Speaker The motion MA,
| lOst-Yeas, l4l; nays, l5j.
Mr.. Lawler. of Illinois. offered an amend.
ment, providing that no member shall speis
more than ten minutes upon any subject
! until all members who may wish 10 spt.s
have spoken. Lost
The hour Of 5 o'clock having arrived The
/ c.. l.. a
was ordered on the adoption Of THE rules.
| Mr.. Springer of Illinois, inquired vhrthe-a
motion to recOmmt with instruction, va,
| In order, and received negative rep.v The
rules were then adopted by strict ary
vote-yeas, IL ; nays, liy-and the House
adjourned.
The bill providing for the asceranme1,
of the mortgage Indebtedness of the country
was taken up in the house SATURDAY. and
amended so Us To provide pains and penal
| ties for any person or corporation wuo r.
fused TO aaswer any questions prop0uD!sl
| The bill as amended was pa ssed Eraas
| to the memory of the late Hon. Rlht1
! Townshend of Illinois were then Eyeuel
| 10.
In the Senate Monday Mr. Dawes r-asrr,d
! over 240 petitions from Massachuseit. "a.
| ing that more than 500. 600 gallons ~, intn.
| eating liquors are annually exported from
| the United States To Africa, demuula1g
| the people of Africa and detrimental. 20 al
| legitimate commerce with that people ai
I praying that under that section Of The Cow
| stitution which authorizes Congress 70 rrll.
/ late commerce with foreign nations. lhi.
sort of thing be stopped. He a,kei that
| petitions be referred To the Committee 90
Education and Labor, and invoked 'le
careful consideration of that committee 90
| the subject, So referred. Mr Dhlule.
II r.1 :,
complaining of the suppression oi the Re-
! publican vote in that state aAi
representing that the so'c1.d
Legislature Of Mississippi had recently
enacted a law for establishing a usw cJa'1
tuition for the stare on the 18th ui August
! ls9', the same not To be suum ttci tUj.c
people for ratification aud Iha. j. was Oh,
ayowed purpose of Democrats o. employ
fraudulent methods 10 deprive many INTEL"
| gent citizens of their franchise Eciwreiu
the Committee on Privileges and Elections
Mr.. Blair presented "a petition, signed hrAt
900 citizens, praying for tha pcn,ioaned
army nurses Mr.. Frye. from th S'eG
| tomtaittee on Pacific Railroads, reported
back adversely the Pacific Railroad refund
ing bills referred tn It, and N lieu OF ileA
| reported an original bill on the subject lbs
| bill contained the terms at an ailg' mtIt
with both companies-the Union Pa.Ht aHl
the Central Pacific.
~ tilc HOUSE MONDAY, ul'I lH' '''"7
| of the journal, Mr.. CuriiS,e roe aui @l
that since the 18th of January hi, ,de o,ile
House had been protesting every morning
against the approval of the journal on 'ls
ground that Il contained an entry made W
the direction of the Sp Hker. showing 'hs
names of certain members present anu "N
voting, last Friday the House had aiF
ed "a code of rules providing w
such practice. Against this the Democas
had protested, and would protest, a, an ln
constitutional practice; but il was que''oA
which could not be dec .ed in tn, hoH~
and whenever the proper case aro,' 70 W''h
go 10 some other forum. 1t was the piTF"~
of his side of he House 10 see that thl' oCi
! sion should he made in such suape a. "'Ai
permit il tO be finally and deciseiy piN'l
! upon. therefore, he now saw no reason WY
the journal, the form OF which the h'lS
had u right to prescribe should not 0eAF
| proved.