Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-09-04
Congressional.

Monday, Aug. 25,-The Senate res
olution fixing date for voting on tn,
Tariff bill went over on account of Mr.
Plumb's objection; the silver-lead or,
paragraph was debated.
The House The conference report OF
the Sundry Civil bill was agreed to-
| Tuesday The Senate Mr. Aldrich,
memorandum, limiting debate on III,
Tariff bill, and fixing a date for beginning
the voting, was agreed TO; much progress
was made with the text of the bill; the
conference report on the Sundry Civil bill
was agreed to.
The House The day was wasted In dis
GUESSING the question whether or not the
| Conger Lard bill should he taken up and IN
debate upon Mr.. Cannon's resolution con
corning members leaving the hall to make
q quorum impossible.
| "Wednesday Senate: The Tobacco
schedule and part OF the Agricultural
schedule of the Tariff bill were disposed
| of: the House rates on barley and barley
malt were restored; Mr. Davis made
/ speech.
/ pInmb instr,Icting the committee on rules
10 issue such orders as will wholly pre,.n,
the sale OF spurious. vinous and mai,
.s,u.oEsrtr todciDe the condieofe capitol
man, and remembering his late en-, |
g,iagem.e n -. ,' Senate wing Sfes. Harley
was takenup
An amendment was offered hy Mr.
Blair to add the words land their use As a
beverage Mr. Blair said the real evil
was the consumption of liquor By Senators
in their committee rooms.
MIR Teller said he had no sympathy
~,tt, ~, a, !.
ed drop Of intoxicating liquor in his life
He thought 1t might be assumed and ought
10 be assumed that every member of the
body was selfrespected gentleman.
Mr. Sherman concurred in the views eN-
pressed ny Mr.. Teller aud moved tina, the
resolution be referred to the committee
on rules
Mr.. Frye favored that motion. His
reputation as a temperance mau would
justify him 10 doing so The newspapers
had been in the habit Of saying that the
Senator from New Hampshire, Mr.. Blair.
and he himself were the only teetotslers
IN the United States Senate but that was
not correct There were within the reach
of his voice scores of senators who were
tcetotalers. He could SEE. one on the Demo
cratic side. Laughter in fact he could
see more ihan one. which ws~ rather 10
matkalie. Renewed laUg liter
MIR Shcrmau's motion was agreed 10 aud
the resolution and amendments were ~
f.rred Ia the committee on rules.
The House; Mrssr~ Beckwith. Of New
Jersey. and " ilson ~ Washington came
70 blows IN a discussion Oh the Cannon
resolution much excitement was caused
by a remark make by Mr.. Cannon concern
ing Mr.. McAdoo the Lard bill was not
reached.
Thursday, The Senate The Finance
Committee gave notice OF Two proposed
amendments 10 the Tariff hill IA the direc-
tjon II reciprocity; considerable progress
was made with the text ~ the bill
The House The Lard bill and the Eight
hour bill were passed
Friday The Senate The remaining
paragraphs of The Agricultural schedule ~
the Tariff bis and the Wine and Spirits
schedule were disposed o. ami the Wool
schedule was taken up; Mir Edmuuds
offered a resolution for recess Of Con
gre-s from September 70 Ia November 10.
The House Several bills On th- private
calendar were passed among them the
omnibus" Sonihcrn War Claim, measure.
Saturday. --Cougrcss Both branches in
session
The Senate The wool schedule II the
Tarif bill wa, discussed MIR Csrlsles
amendment. placing wool on the free list,
was IL, fra'cd,
The Hnus. The b!ll amending the
Alien Contract Labor law AMI three other
labor measures were passed
Iae President -iEuci the Meat In>prc-
tlon bii aud the Agricultural College
bill