Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-12-03
51ST CONGRESS.
Tue FORCE BILL TAKEN UP IN The
SENATE.
Tho ssn,,e substitute-Mr. Wheeler VAIN
tain. that the Ta-in Act Is Nu'
iity-The Copyright Bill.
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also. the annual report of the Secretary 4
OF the Treasury.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
Among the bills introduced end re- !
ferred two we're free coinage DIS 10y |
Messrs. Teller and Plumb one by Mr..
Daniel IN allow rebate or drawback on |
tobacco and snuff held in stock January |
/ 1891 and one by Mr.. ingalls, author
ling the Secretary OF agriculture 10 CTS,
tribute seed to citizens OF Kansas ana
| Nebroaka who have suffered from |
drought during the present year.
sTAuEToS's PUBLIC BUILDING.
The calendar was taken up and several
hills were uassed. among them the Sen
ate bill appropriating S'o,OOO lor pun
lie building at Stanton, va. =,
Mr.. Hoar moved to proceed 10 the
consideration of the House OIL 10
amend and supplement the election laws
of the United States and to provide Tor |
more efficient enforcement OF such laws;
Mr.. German demanded the yeas and
navs ON that motion. The yeas ana |
navs were taken aud the vote, strictly |
marty one. resulted-yeas, Al nays, 80. |
20 the elections bill was taken up and |
the Clerk began to read It, -,
Mr.. Hoar suggested that instead OF the |
original House bill being read the sub |
stitute reported by the Senate Commit !
tee on Privileges and Elections be read. !
DEMOCRATIC DISSENT.
| Soverol Democratic senators expressed |
dissent to that proposition and Mr.;
Harris said "No. Let the original
House bill be read" So the Clerk pro
ceeded with the reading of the original
House bill.
TIE EIGHTHoUR-LAw BILL.
The reading went on mOnotonously
md TO empty chairs up to 2 o'clock,
when. under the rules of the Senate, the
unfinished business from last session
came up. being the House bill providing
for the adjustment of the accounts OF
laborers, wOrkmen, and mechan'cs
arising under the eight-hour law.
THE FORCE BILL, AGAIN.
Mr.. Hoar moved to proceed with the
consideration of the elections law and
! Mr.. German rose to argue against that
motion. Mr.. Hoar raised the point
that his motion was not debatable
The opposition to it, however, went on.
Mr.. Butler inquired what the effect OF
Mr.. Hoar's motion IF agreed to) would
be on unfinished business.
The Presiding Officer The effect OF it
would be to bring the elections bill be-
fore the Senate, and unfinished bust
ness" would not be taken up at any
time afterwards except by vote OF the
Senate.
DEMOCRATIC PROTESTS.
Messrs. Morgan, Harris, Blackburn,
Spooner, aud Blair joined in the argu-
ment. the Democratic contention being
that if now displaced the elght-hour bill
would he practically defeated, and the
Republicans asserting that this need not
be 80 except because of unreasonable
delay of the election bill. The Demo
cratic senators took exception to the
phrase unreasonable delay.
HoAR's MOTION AGREED To.
Finally Mr.. Hoar's motion to proceed
with the elections bill was agreed TO bya
strict party vote-yeas, 36; nays, 80.
The Clerk resumed the reading OF the
bill at page q, and had proceeded as far
AS page 80 (the whole number OF pages
covered by the House bill being 76),
when Mr.. Hour suggested for the con-
yenience of senators that the reading
of the remainder of the House bill be
dispensed with, and that the Senate sub
stitute be read debate not TO be entered
on this afternoon. There being no OBJ
lection that course was followed, and the
Clerk began the reading OF the Senate
substitute, which covers SO printed pages.
The reading Of the bill was finished at
$3.50, and the Senate then adjourned.
House of Representatives
The Speaker laid before the House the
Senate bill referring to the Court OF
Claims the claim of the Chesapeake Fe-
male College for property destroyed du-
ring the war; In the discussion OF
the bill Mr.. Wheeler, of Alabama,
/ taking advantage of recognition, pro-
ceeded to argue that the omission OF sec
ton 30 of the tariff bill from the enrolled
copy rendered the entire bill nullity.
I ozAR REED THwARTED.
In vain did the Speaker endeavor to
ccnfine Mr.. Wheeler's remarks to the
bill under discussion, MIR. Wheeler con-
! tending that his remarks were pertinent,
u in so far ms the pending measure involved
the expenditure of money-money which
was TO be raised by the tariff act. The
D Speaker suggested that the measure in
n volved no expenditure of money; but
MIR. Wheeler controverted this point.
THE TARIFF BILL A NULLTY.
= Finally ten minutes were yielded to
b Mr.. Wheeler, who proceeded with his
IS argument that the whole tariff bill was a
& nulhty.
/ The pending bill was then passed
n yeas, III nays, 80.
/, The COPYRIGHT BILL.
% In the morning hour Mr. Simonds, OF
). Connecticut, from the Committee on
Patents, called up for consideration the
copyright bill.
Mr.. Payson raised the question OF
Il consideration.
The House decded-yeas 1872, nays
al ito consider the bill but Mr.. Blount
le having changed his vote for that pur-
s. pose, moved reconsideration.
20 The motion to reconsider was lost
d yeas. II NAYS, 10.
d The Speaker then recognized Mr..
% Simonds TO move an amendment pro-
re vidiDg that the act shall so into effect
N July l, 1891, notwithstanding an effort
s. of Mr.. Kerr, of Iowa, to secure recogni-
ii ton for motion to adjourn.
:, THE PREVIOUS QUEST OK.
Or Mr.. Simonds demanded the previous
n question on the bill and amendment,
,e pending which Mr.. Kerr moved an ad-
is tournament.
10 The motion to adjourn was lost
of yeas 50, nays l23-and the question re-
Of CURED on the demand for the previous
IN question, pending which Mr.. Hopkins,
"A of Illinois moyed To law the hill on the