The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-09-13
FIFTY-FIRS,T CONGRESS,
HOuse.


United States is about $4,000 .OOl
bushels, and that the quantity used last
year for mailing purposes was less than
5000. 600 bushels. Ten million bushels
had been imported from Canada-the
quality being superior FOR mailing pur
poses to that of the United States bar
ley. The Senate resumed consideration
of the sugar schedule of the tariff bill
Mr.. Edmunds addressing the Senate
Mr.. Morgan addressed the Senate in sup
port of the amendment heretofore pro.
posed by him as substitute for Mr.
Aldrich's reciprocity amendment. II
provides for duty of per cent. ad
yalorem on corn, wheat, rye, barley
oats, hay, straw, potatoes, cotton, live
domestic animals, and on asses, mules
and horses, and that when any of such
articles are exported premium of ]
per cent. shall he paid on their value to
the owner. There was but small at
tendance of senators at the evening ses-
sion, which was mainly occupied by Mr..
Pierce in a speech advocating the idea
of reciprocity.
THURSDAY, Sept. 4-Speaker Reed,
who is in Maine, and Representative
Cannon, were severely scored by Repre-
sentative Cummings, who rose to q
question of privilege. Mr.. Lacey ia
then called up the Breckenridge cleo
ton case, and gave notice that he would
call the previous question at l O'Clock
tomorrow. The Senate bill was passed
authorizing the secretary of the interior
to survey the seventh standard parallel
between the states of North and South
Dakota.
FRIDAY, Sept. 5.-The Clayton Breck-
inridge contested election case was
finally disposed of by the House to-day,
and Mr.. Breckinridge's seat was de-
clared vacant by vote of 103 to 81. Mr..
Breckinridge was accorded the floor
this morning, to argue IN his
own behalf. He was followed
by Mr.. Dalzell, of Pennsylvania,
and others. The debate having been
closed, Mr.. Crisp (Ga.) moved to recon-
nit the case with instructions to the
committee on elections to report VIII ich
of the gentlemen received a majority of
the votes of the Second District of Ar
kansas. Lost-yeas, So; nays, lOi. The
vote was then taken on the minority
resolution confirming Mr.. Breckin-
ridges right to the Seat. Lost-yeas,
81; nays, 103. The resolution declaring
the seat vacant was agreed to-yeas,
1O5; nays, 62.
SATURDAY, Sept 6.-Thc House, after
short debate, agreed to the conference
report on the river and harbor bill.
The House also passed a bill granting a
pension of 500 month to Gen. Harry
A. Barnum.
MONDAY, Sept. SIN the House, to-
dav, a bill was passed to create port OF
entry at Eagle Pass, Tex, instead of IN
diarola, Tex, and joint resolution was
passed granting tire urr of portion oi
the United States military reservation at
Chattanooga, Tenn, for public park
The floor was then accorded to the com
mttee on the District of Columbia, the
NIT the Atkinson bill, with instructions
to report it back with an amendment
requiring the Baltimore 4 Potomac
Railway to remove its depot
in Washington to the intersection
of MARYLAND and Virginia Avenues
After debate the motion to re-commit
the bill was lost-yeas. Y; nays, lls-the
clerk noting a quorum. Under the
rules this vote, without further action,
committed the bin to the committee
of the whole, and Mr.. Atkinson thera-
upon moved that the House go into such
committee The motion was agreed to.
The entire afternoon was consumed III
the consideration of the measure; but
when the committee rose and reported
the bill to the House with favorable
Recommendation quorum had van
ished and the House adjourned.
TuEsDAx, Sept. 9.-Alr. Haugen wis. }
called up the Virginia election case OF
Langston against Nenable. Mr.. O'Fer-
rail- (Va. raised the question of consld
Grafton. The vote showed that there
was not quorum present, and motion
to adjourn was made. The sergcant-at
arms sent out skirmishers and brought
in quorum. The motion to adjourn
was lost, but on the question of consld-
Grafton the quorum again disappeared.
Mr.. Haugen then moved that the House
adjourn. The motion was agreed to.
Senate.
"WEDNESDAY, Sept. 3.-Mr. Mansur
mo. reported a resolution authorizing
a subcommittee of the committee on
territories to proceed to Arizona and
New Mexico TO inquire into the social
educational, financial and moral condi
tons existing in those territories, and
to- report whether they are prepared
for statehood. Also TO visit tab
and inquire into the extent of celestial
marriages in that territory. The con
sideration of the Clayton-Breckinrldg
case was resumed in the House this
morning, and Mr.. Bergen On. j. re-
sumed his argument in favor OF the I'M
seating of Brcckinridge. Mr.. Kelley
(kas. spoke in favor of the majority re-
port. and Mr.. Kennedy co. drew from
the details of the Clayton Brcckinri,!ge
case the conclusion that d Federal eIec-
ton law should be enacted. At the
closing Of his speech the Breckenridge
case went over, and the House ad-
journed.
THURSDAY, Sept. 4. The Senate
promptly took up the tariff bill this
morning. Mr.. Gibson withdrew his
amendment recently offered to the
sugar schedule, and offered another
striking out the sugar schedule and sub
shutting the sugar provisions of the
Mills bill for it. After some discussion
the presiding officer (Mr. Ingalls, an
nounced that general debate on the
tariff bill had closed, with the
exception Of the reservation of the day
when the final vote is TO be taken, anc
when three hours time is to be allowed
to each side. The sugar schedule was
laid aside informally. and schedule
Cotton manufacturers was taken up
Amendments to reduce the rates II
various paragraphs of this schedule
were offered by Mr.. Mcpherson
Mr.. Carlisle and Mr.. Vance, and Were
uniformly rejected, without a Vet
and nav vote. The committee
amendments were agreed to-, The mex
amendment was that of the finance
committee to paragraph 34l. 1t was t.
reduce the duty on hackled flax from
| cents pound to $40 ton. 1t wa
agreed to-yeas, SO; nays, l6. Mr.. Nc
| Pherson moved to strike out paragraph
$50 trelating to stockings, hose and hal
hose) and to substitute for it on
making the rate of duty 40 per cent. az
valorem. Rejected Yeas, 20; nays, p
All the paragraphs in schedule l hsyin'
been disposed Of, schedule J was 5akeI
up, relating to flax. hemp, Jute and oth
er manufactures The finance commit
| tee had reported an amendment to par
agraph $40, reducing the rate on flax no
hacked or dressed from J cents
pound 10 $50 ton. The committee
amendment was agreed to-yeas, =
navs. II. On paragraph 3i2 the finance
committee had reported an amendmen
l.