The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-09
DOINGS OF CONGRESS
Whatour National Lawmakers
Have Been Doing the
Past Week.
SENATE

SENATE.
The conference report on the rariff bill was
presented to the house, and it now rem aims !.
% pe seen whether the agreement between
the house md the senate conferrees will be
accepted by the respective bodies Binding
twine iR not to be free. but to pay dutv az
seven mills per pound.
Some anxiety is felt about the attitude OF
the Western senators toward the binding
1wine amendment. Senator Paddock is
much put out by the action ofthe conferrces.
and he has stated that he will vote against
the conferences report. 1t is not known how
many OF the recacitrant senators will stand
with him. but the contarrees do not think
there will b. enough to defeat the report
House.
Mr.. Mckinley gave notice that immediate
" after the reading of the journal, he would
call up the report for consideration and final
disposition.
The members of the house who were inter-
ested in the passage of the repeal of the tim
Der culture law have lost faith in the passags-
OF tne Dill at the present session of congress
SENATE
The senate passed the house bill to repeal
part OF the act Of 1882 dividing Iowa into.
two judicial districts.
The house joint resolution to appropriate
million to be used in armor plate, was also
passed.
The senate recommitted to the private
land claims committee the land court bill.
HOUSE.
The conference report on the tariff bill IL
adopted by the the house by vote of152 to
81. Two Republican members and one In
dependent joined the Democratic may"
The conference report on the tariff bill was,
| ADOPTED by the senate-33 to 27-Messrg.
rlunl' Paddock and PettiG rev, Republicans.
Young IN the negative. Six Republicans and
eighteen democrats were absent t, and the rest
were paired and did not vote, Including SEN
/ ators Davis and Washburn.
HOUSE.
hepresentativs Clifford, who has been
struggling for the past six months with the
slsseton and Wahpeton bill. which was de-
1eated by the objections of a Southerner last
evening. says that he has done all he could
to get the bill through, and that now it Is
lost ior this session, will pass next winter
The business of congress is prac tically
done and an adjournment will follow.
SENATE.
| The conferrees' report on the deficiency an
preparation bill was adopted in both houses
to-day. The bill as it passed the house ap-
propriated S. 1905 The senate incre ased,
this appropriation by 81, 644, 956. making
the amount carried by the bill as it passed
Une senate Sl,S(o,4 49,. @
The Northwestern senators to-day won q
distinctive victory in the fight for an irriga-
ton appropriation for artesian purposes.
The senate decided that the senator's from
the new states should draw salaries from the
time the states were admitted into the
Union by the proclamation of the president
The conference report on the bill for the
relief OF settlers in the Northern Pacific rail-
road Indemnity lands was presented and
agreed to.
! Representative Burrows ofMichigan to-day
| in the house introduced for reference bill
! appropriating 100000 to repair and
build the levees of the lower Mississippi from
the head of the passes to Cairo
/; The senate bill was passed extending for
one year the time for the payment BY settlers
on public lands in cases OF drouth.
bile was passed to pre- vent the desecra-
ton OF the United States flag by the print
ing thereon of any painting advertisements
SENATE.
Mr.. Sherman Tin company with Mr., Harris)e
reported that the committee of the two houses
had waited on the President and had inform
ed him that the two houses had concluded
their business and were prepared to adjourn
1t he had no further communication to make
to them; and that the president had answer
ed that he had no further communication to
make
message was received from the mouse an
nouncing it's concurrence with the resolution
as to negotiations with Great Britain and
Mexico to prevent Chinese entering the United
States.
Mr.. Morton then arose and announced that
! the senate should adjourn.
HOUSE.
The report of the wheat investigating COM
mittee were accompanied by resolution de-
claring the Office OF postmaster OF the house
n
| form the duties of postmaster until a post
master shall have been elected and duly quail.
lifted.
Alter winding up little unimportaut bus
mess the House adjourned, and SO the first
session of the Fifty first Congress expired.