Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-01-30
THE SENATE ANDHOUSE.
NATIONAL LAWMAKERS AND WHAT
THEY ARE DOING.

ProcsedIngs OF the senate and House. Of
representative - Important Measures
Discussed and Acted On-Gist oG the
Business.
IL the Senate on the aIst inst Mr.. Blair prs-
sented number Of petitions praying for ths
passage Of the Blair educational bill Mr.. ousy
introduced bill to present to tho Gettysbux
Hemortal Association specimens Of the arms
aud equipments used by the Union army dur
ing the war Mr.. Berry made a few remarks In
favor Of the bflI 10 instruet the Census Commits.
aioner 10 ascertain what percentage Of farms in
the United States are under mortgage or free
1q I1n Ineutlprhnoe some aiseusA1on OF tine olh
followed Mr.. BerryB remarks and then calen-
dar business was tAken up and the fol-
loving bills were passed: The Senate bill to
create the oftices OF Surveyor General for
Dakota: the Senate bill granting to the State Of
California per cent. of the net proceeds Of the
cash sales Of public lands in the State the
senate bull creating three additional land Offices
m Colorado; the Senate joint resolution grant
ing authority for the removal OF the Apacha
indian prisoners and their families from Ala
bama to Fort sill, Indian Territory. The Sem
ate then went into executive session and
adjourned soon after. In the House
hot discussion arose over the absence
VI rules. A demand was made for q division on
the pending question when the right to such o
demand in the absence of rules was questioned.
This led To general discussion over the absence
VI IulOh III WHICH mtbbf8. Mills,
others on the Democratic sdo denounced the de-
lay OF the Committee on Rules and the majority
side OF the House for the delay in Offering and
adopting rules. Mr. Carlisle also spoke, urging
that tho rules of the last Congress be considered
precedent upon which the enforcement of COM
mon parliamentary law should be based, but
also urging that definite rules bs adopted. On
tho Republican side Messrs. Cannon, Payne,
and Boutelle spoke. The Speaker ruled that
under common parliamentary law the right to
demand tellers docs not exist Mr.. Mills ap-
alA1fr ftReA AsaFuf aud aud 90
vote wus ordered on motion TO table Mills ap-
peal. The motion was carried by q strict party
vote. The House spent the afternoon on tile
Oklahoma bill and adjourned at 80.
In tho Senate on the 22d Senator Chandler
presented concurrent resolution directing the
House and Senate committees on immigration.
TO investigate the immigration laws and asked
its immediate consideration. Laid over. Dis
cussion OF the resolution relative to ascertain
ing the percentage of farms under mortgage
through the census bureau followed. Mr. Teller
moved that it be recommitted TO the Census
Committee Adopted-yeas, %; nays, 20
Calendar business WAS then taken up and
q number Of bills passed, among them the
bill to present badges to the officers and men
of the Greedy Relief Expedition. The Senate
then went into executive session and shortly
afterward adjourned In the House Mr.. Grosve-l
nor Of Ohio, from the Committee on Rivers and
Harbors reported back the Senate joint resolu-
tion appropriating $3.50 600 for the removal OF
snags and other obstructiona from the Missourfi
River between st. Joseph and its mouth. The
committee proposed substitute reducing the
appropriation TO S75,000 and appropriating
S75 900 for the removal of snags from the Column
bia River, Oregon. On motion of Mr.. Hermann
of Oregon the substitute was amended SO that
the appropriation for the Columbia River may
be expended for continuing the jetty work.
The substitute was agreed to and the 10lnp1
resolution as amended passed. The OklahomHf
town-site bill, after some unimportant amend
ments, was passed. The bill as passed provides
for the appointment of five boards of commis-
sioners, each board to consist OF three members,
to make entry Of town sites in Oklahoma and
examine the claims of occupants to lots which
they claim to have entered, and to make tirleS'
to those whose proof is sufficient and proper.
The members Of these boards are to be ap-
pointed by the Secretary OF the Interior, and
may be selected from any part OF the countryst
and shall receive as compensation $lO per day
during their term of service.
In the Senate on the 2Sd Mr.. Vest presented
the credentials of w. M. Clark and Martin Ma
ginnis, as Senators-elect from the State Of Mon
tana. They were read and referred ION Mr.
Vests notion to the Committee on Privileges
and Elections. On his motion, also, the four
gentlemen claiming to be Senators-elect were
admitted (pending the cOnteBt) to the privileges
| OF the floor A number of bills were then re-
ported and placed on the calendar, after which O.
bill approprating $500, 900 for work at the mouth
| OF the Columbia River was passed, as were also
the following ;sAppropraIing S6l ,OOO for the re-
| moval of a dangerous obstruction at the en-
| trance OF Milwaukee harbor; establishing o
| light station at Gladstone, Mich. $50 000li to,
/ place Gen. George Stoneman on tho retired list
| as Colonel of infantry; and tile Chandler joint
resolution for the investigation Of immigration
| matters. Senator Ingalls, then spoke on the
| Southern race question, and the Senate adj
| iourned to the 9th. In the House the bill
appropriating $4,000 for the removal
OF distractions from the mouth OF
| the harbor at Milwaukee was
passed; The House then took up the bill from
the Ways and Means Committee making
| changes in the laws affecting the collection OF
| customs, and defining the methods to be pur-
| sued by custom house officials. An adjourn-
| ment was taken without voDe upon the bill,
| which Is very long, and will require severalt
| days for considera ion. The report of the
| Committee on Elections in the Smith, jackson.
case was submitted to tho House and recom-.
| mitted.
THE House on the Gath went into COMMITTEES,
Of the whole (AIr. Burrows, Of Michigan, in the
chair for the further consideration of the GUS.
toms administrative bill. The pending amend
msnt was that offered by Mr.. Bayne. of Penn
sy1vania to section 15, providing for the holding
| of merchandise by the Government during the
| pending of any controversy or litigation about
the amount of duty to be paid. Mr.. La Follette,
Wisconsin, offered an amendment to the
amendment providing that psrishable goods
may be withdrawn pending litigation.
This was agreed to, but the Bayne
amendment as amended, was defeated Mr.
Carlisle offered q substitute for tho whole seq
tion, the chief effect of which is to allow the
courts to determine the question OF fact as well
as of law. The substitute WAS lost-l12 to IA.
This leaves the fifteenth section as originally
reported On motion OF Mr.. Breckinridge, OF KEN
tucky, an amendment was adopted--1W to
104- providing that this section shall not ap-
ply to merchandise imported in cartons,
cases, crates, boxes, sacks. and other covering.
which iH subject to q rate of duty equal to or
greater than 60 per cent. The COMMITTEES then
rose. On motion Of Mr.. Perkins. of Kansas, q
joint resolution Was passed appropriating $75r
900 for the purchase Of food and clothing for In
dians at the La Pointe Agency. Mr.. Peters, OF
Kansas, introduced bill to promote the inter-
ests of agriculture by irrigation. Referred Adj
iourned. The Senate was not in session,