The Russellville Democrat., 1890-08-07
NEWS AND NOTES.
4 Summary of Important Events.
FlFTY-FlRsT CONGRESS.

.S the Senate, on the 2Sth. an order was agreed upon for meeting hereafter at Il a- m., and adjourIfing at D. m. The bill to transfer tho revenue marine to the naval service was discussed until two o'clock. when the Tariff bill was taken up, After discussion, a motion to recommit was de. feated--l9 to 29--and the reRding of the bill was begun. ......In the House the regular business (relating to the District of Column bia) was laid asde--l34 to 43--and the Sun dry Civil blll with senate amendmentts was taken up, but the House adjourned without disposIng of the bill
 IN the Senate, on the 29th, resolution was presented and laid over, providing that
 the Senate meet hereafter at ten o'clock. Motions to reduce the rates on acetic and boracic acid were defeated by strict party votes. General debate on the tariff ques-. ton ensued. The Senate passed joint resolution to extend current appropriations to August H.. ;. In the House the joint res oution extending present appropriations to August IL, was adopted. The consideration of amendments to the Sundry Civil bill was continued. Speaking to ono of them Mir. Mir Struble attacked the course of tho Speaker in regard to public building bills. All of the other amendments being dis posed of, 1t was agreed that the irrigation amendment shoaid be considered on tho s0th, debate on 1t to be limited to four hours.
 IN the Senate. on tho 3oth. tho resolution to meet hereafter at 10 a. m. was agreed to. The Tariff bill was taken up and the duty on chloroform was reduced from forty cents to twenty five cents, but number of other proposed reductions were rejected. The conferences report on the Dis trict of Colum- bia Appropriation bill was discussed but not disposed of. In the House fifteen quests for leave of absence were passed over. The conference report on the Dis fN.xl l.tl1 agreed to. The Senate irrigation amend ment to the sundry Civil Alp propratIon bill was discussed without action. A commit tee was appointed to investigate the Pen- sion office.
 IN the Senate. on the slst, after some time lost in waiting for quorum, the confer ence report on the District Of Columbia Ap- propriation bill was agreed to. During the afternoon four pages of the Tarin bill were finished, all of the committee amend ments being agreed to. s.. In the House resolution providing for an investigation of the charge that money was spcnt in lobby ing the Silver bill through Congress was ruled out as not embodying question of privilege. The senate's irrigation amend ment to tho Sundry Civil Appropriations bill was non concurred in but without conference being ordered
 IN the Senate, on the 1st, Mir. Blair of fered a resolution, which went over, to in struct the committee on rules to provide rule for ordering the previous question. The Tariff bill was discussed further, and sponaes and sulphatc of potash were put on the free list, and tho rate on sulphatc of soda was made one-tenth Of cent per pound, instead of twenty per cont. ad va iorem In the House q resolution was adopted calling on the Secretary of War for the report of the engineers on the Calves ton harbor improvement The Sundry Civil Appropriations bill was taken up and dis cussed for some time when the previous question was ordered, but the remainder of the afternoon was wasted in efforts to &C., cure a quorum An evening session. de- voted to private pension bills, was held