The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-10-04
1O.5. SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN, RDAY, OCTOBER
purchased shall be eouitabIy distributed

puIcudSeu Sudii De elultdDlN dlstilDutCu
among the contractors of nickel steel
armor plating. After an extended de-
bate the resolution went over till to-
morrow.
SATURDAY, Sept. 27.-In the Senate
to-day the House bill to re-
peal part of the act of 1882, divid-
ing the state of Iowa into two judi
clal districts, was passed. The House
joint resolution authorizing the secre-
tary Of the navy to purchase nickel ore
or nickel matte for use in the manutac-
ture OF steel arlnor was discussed, bat
went over without action. The Senate
resumed consideration of the House
bill to amend ''an act to prohibit
the importation and migration
of foreigners and aliens under
contract or agreement TO perform labor
in the United States" the pending
question being on Mr. Plumb's amend
ment providing that the act shall not
or orchestras. The amendment was
agreed to; also an amendment that the
law shall not apply to teachers. The
bill went over without action. The
Senate bill to establish United States
land court was recommtted to the com
mittee on private land claims.
MONDAY, Sept. 29.-The conference
report on the tariff bill was presented
to the Senate to-day and read at length
After an extended debate it was la; d
aside informally without action. The
conference report on the bill for the re-
lief of settlers III the Northern Pacific
railroad indemnity lands was agreed to;
also the conference report on the bill
opening for settlement portion of the
Fort Randall military reservation in
South Dakota was presented. Mr.. Hoar,
from the committee on privileges and
elections, reported a resolution (Which
WAS adopted) declaring that the
Senators from North and South Da-
kota Montana and Wyoming are enti-
tied to their compensation from the date
of the admission of those states. The
concurrent resolution for the final adj
iournment tomorrow was presented
and referred to the finance committee.
The House bill defining the duties Of the
sergcant-at- arms of the House was
passed. A conference was ordered on
tie House biz to provide for the dispo-
sition Of the abandoned Fort Ellis mill
tarv reservation. Montana, under the
homestead law. The individual pension
bills on the calendar were then taken up
and forty-iour passed in twenty i've
minutes. Senate bill granting right Of
way across the Fort Assiniboine military
reservation to the Great Northern Rail
way, WAS passed. After Il short cXecu-
tive session the Senate adjourned, Mr..
Aldrich stating that he would not ask
for an evening session, as he was salts
fled that Il vote on the tariff con-
ference report would be reached to-
morrow.
TUESDAY, Sept. 30.-After debating
the tariff bill all day and oil night, the
Senate, al A. NJ, proceeded to vote,
by yeas and nays, on the conference
report. The first break in the party
ranks was made when Mr.. Paddock s
name was called. He said that lie was
paired with Mr.. Eustis; but as Mr..
Eustis would have voted no, he
came Immediately after, when
Mr.. Pettgrew's name was
called. He said that he was paired with
Mr.. Call, but as Mr. Call would have
voted no, he would have voted no. The
third and last break was when Mr..
Plum voted no. The final vote was an
nounced rs, yeas, 33; nays, p; as fol-
lows: Icas-Messrs. A!drich, Allen.
Allison, Blair. Cameron, Casey, Chand-
Ter, Cullum, Dawes, Dixon, Ed
munds, Eyarts, FRYE, Hale, Iiaw-
ley, Ioar, ingalls,, Jones New,
Mcmillan, Henderson, Mitchell,
Moody, Pierce, Platt, Power,
Sanders, Sawyer, Sherman, Spooner,
Stewart, StOckbridge, Wilson Ia }, VOL
cott-3333 Nays-Mesers. Barbour, Bate,
Blackburn, Blodgett, Butler, Carlisle,
Cockrell, Coke, Colquitt. Daniel, Cor
man. Gray, Hampton, Harris, Hearst,
kenna, Morgan, Paddock, Pasco, Petit
grew, Plumb, Pugh, Ransom, Reagan,
Voorhees,, Walthall. Wilson (Md.l-27
The following pairs were announced:
Teller and Berry, Dolph and Brown,
Farwell and Payne, Quay and Faulkner,
Morrill, and Vance, Davis and Gibson.
IIiscock and Jones ark Higgins and
McPherfon, Squire and George, Turpie
and Washburn. Vest and Stanford; IN
addition to the above pairs Mr.. Call and
Mr. Eustis were paired with Mr.. Petit
grew and Mr. Paddock, who voted in
the negative. The concurrent rcsolu-
ton. with the amendment Of
fered TO it, To correct the en-
rollmcnt of the tariff bill, was
agreed to. The House bill to promote
the administration of Justice in the army
was passed with verbal amendment.
4 resolution continuing the select com
mittec on irrigation and reclamation 'f
arid lands during Tie present congress
WAS agreed to. Also a resolution con
tnuing the pay Of session committee
clerks and clerks to senators dur
ing the recess. The deficiency
bill of Sl0,3l6 for compensation
of members and delegates was passed.
Conference reports were presented and
agreed to on the sigma service bill and
on the hill authorizing the secretary OF
war 10 grant licenses to use q portion OF
a pier on Lake MICHIGAN. The House
bill TO enable the postmaster-general to
test, in small towns and villages. the
practiCahilily of the free delivery sys-
tenn was passed Tie House bill to set
apart certain tract of land in Cali
iornia as forest reservation was
passed.