Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-06-19
TIE SENATE ANDHOUSE.
NATIONAL LAw-MAKERs AND WHAT
THEY ARE DOING.

Proceedings Of the senate and House Of
Representative = Important Measures
Discussed and Acted on--Gist Of tho
Business
In the course Of the debats In the Senate on
thsl 10th inst, on the silver bin, Mr. Teller be-
came very much excited on the subject Of free
coinage which he said was imperatively do
manded by the people. Mr.. Morrill, presented
the conference report Of the two houses upon
the bill providing for the erection Of suitable
postofioe building In the city Of Washington,
and requested that the Senate agree to the con-
ference report, which, after some little discus
sion was done After the conference report had
been agreed to, on motion of Senator Edmundg
the Senate had q brief executive session and
adjourned. The appropriation bill for the ex-
penses OF the postofice department for the
coming fiscal year was passed By the House.
An act to amend an act for the relief OF settlers
on railroad lands was then taken up and pass
ed also an act for the relief OF settlers public
lands 10 protect them In actions brought by
land-grant companies, etc. also bill granting
the right Of way through the Fort Clarke Reser-
vation, Tex, to the Fort Clarke and Rio Grando
Railroad Company. Petitions were received aud
referred to the irrigation committee, asking for
appropriations for irrigation purposes. An act
to reorganfze the customs collection district at
Puget Sound and appropriating amounts for the
salaries OF collectors was then passed, and the
House adjourned.
Az eAO pchAhocr OA bhc 1lt1 luhp.t hIs NohbN
bill to prohibit monopoly in the transportation
OF cattle to foreign countries was passed, Mr..
Vest having consented to the heamendment offered
by Mr.. Hale inserting the words: Mot already
contracted for, in good faith, by persons or
parties having cattle for transportation at the
date or such contract sufficient to occupy such
storage room.' The Senate Joint resolution in
regard to the export trade in cattle was then
taken up and adopted. 1t requires the Presi-
dent OF the United States to cause
eOrre6n0ndenc4 and nap0tfatf0pa IN he had
with the authorities of Great Britain
for the purpose Of securing the abrogati0n or
modification OF the regulations now enforced
which require cattle imported into Great
Britain from the United States to be slaugh-
tered at the port Of entry. and prohibiting The
same from being carried alive to other places in
said Kingdom. The Senate bill Co provide for
the inspection Of live cattle and beef products
intended for export to foreign countries was
then taken up and passed. 1t requires the SEQ
d careful inspection Of all live cattle and beef
products intended for export to foreign cocn-
tries from the United States, with q view
to ascertain whether such cattle and beef
products are free from disease. The Senate bill
for the establishments of port Of delivery at
Rock Island, H., was passed The following
bills were also passed: Senate bill for q public
bidding at Racine, Wis, cost not to exceed
100000; House bill increasing from $150O0 to
$T5,000 the limit of cost for the public building
at Duluth, MINI. extending the criminal juris-
diction of the Circuit and District courts to the
great lakes and their connecting waters. Adj
verse reports were made from the Finance Com
mittee on Mr.. Stanfords bill for Government
loans on liens of real estate and ON the bill to-
ano1sh metal money, and the bills were indeh-
nitely postponed. In the House the.conference
report on the Senate dependent pension bill was
presented by Mr. Morrill,, of Kansas. Mr.. Nor
ril explained that the committee had struck out
the dependent feature of the Senate bill and
the service feature of the House bill The
what he would DESIRE but it was the best
that he could obtain. 1t would distribute
81, ,0OO, 600 among the poor soldiers Of the
nation. Mr.. Springer protested against the
manner in which the bill was brought before
the House, and he asked that it go over in order
that IL might be printed In The Record. Mr.
MOI, Morrin DIRECTED and the previous question was
The conference c6mmittee ON the sherman
trust Dill then reported. and after debate ex-
tending over two hours twas laid over. At 4 40
o'clock the House adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 18th INST Senator ALI
son reported the Legislative, executive and ju-
dicial appropriation bill, which, as 1t passed
the House, carried total of S2O, $40, AT. The
Senate committee added $s13, 49, making q
total OF S21 BIT The bill for the year 1885 30
appropriated $20,s5S,725, and the estimates for
the ensuing year were 81 GIT $50 The bill waa
placed on the calendar. The silver bill then
came, and speeches on the subject were made
by Senator'S Evarts, Vance and Morgan. Mr..
Evarts had a most attentive audience OF a
majority of the Senators throughout his
speech, Notwithstanding the fact that he spoke
for over two hours and the silver question had
claimed the attention of the Senate for so long.
Among the bills reported from committee and
placed on the calendar were two Senate bills
to amend the polygamy laws, and the House
legislative, executive. and judicial appropria-
G1on DILL The House bill for the establishments
OF new harbor lines in Portage Lake, Mich,
was reported and passed. In the House..
the conference report on the Sherman.
trust bill came up and after some discussion,
on motion of Mr.. Stewart of Vermont q new
conference was ordered with instructions to the
conferrees to strike out the bill and report the
measure as it came from the Senate. Mr..
Spoonsr, of Rhode Island, presented and the
House agreed to the conference report ON the
military academy appropriation bill. Mr. Hem
derson of Iowa, from the Committee on Appro-
priations, reported an urgent deficiency bill,
appropriating $3,70S,000 for the payment
OF pensions and y, ,0T5,000 for expenses of th(
eleventh census. Passed. Mr.. Morrow, Of
California, presented the conference report ON
the pension appropriation bill The report,
which is di disagreeing one, was adopted, and o.
further conference was ordered. The House
then went into committee OF the whole for the
consideration of the agricultural appropriation
bill. The committee soon rose and the bill
was passed. The House then took q recess,
and the evening session was devoted to the
consideration of bills reported from the COM
mittee on Commerce.
In the Senate, on the 18th inst, the resolution
offered the previous day by Mr.. Edmunds ap-
pointing Edward h. Valentine sergeant-at-arms
OF the Senate, was taken up and agreed to-an
amendment offered by Mr.. Harris, substituting
the name of Henry W. WALL of Tennessee hav-
ing been first voted down. The Senate silver
bill was then taken up and finally 1t was agreed
by unanimous consent, that the Senate bill
should be laid on the table; the House bill, as
amended by the Finance COMMITTEES, substituted
for 1t the general debate to extend till clock
on Monday. Mr.. Daniel next addressed the Sem
ate. Without concluding his speech, MIR. Daniel
yielded for motion to go into executive session
and after q brief scored session the Senate adj
lourned. The House went into committee
OF the whole on the sundry civil appropriation
bill Mr. Cannon said that the amount OF appro-
priation carried by the measure was In round
numbers, $35.000o00. The fourteen regular ap-
preparation bills, as reported to the House, ag-
greRated an expenditure OF 1906, ,000000 an excess
OF $35, 100000 over the appropriations for the
current year. The excess was nearly all ac-
counted Tor In three bills-pension, $lS 600, 600;
$12 00C, 900 and naval $2 100 000 The
other 81, 100000 resulted from the expansion in
cident to the growth of the country. Mr. Cam
non then gave statement OF the attitude of the
bills. The following amendments
We're adopted: Appropriating $4,000 for q pub
nc building at Cedar Rapids, Iowa; appropri-
ating 5000 for an elevator in the public build
ing o. Peoria, ILL.,. (; appropriating $4,000 for
q public building at Martinsburg, w. Vas
from $4,000 to $40, 600 the appropri-
alton for the public building at Winona, Mimi.
We Welcome Junn Rae0usa