Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-13
acid" Without voting on the motion

acid" Without voting on the motion
the Senate adjourned
| WEDNESDAY, Aug. 6.-The Senate dis
posed Of little unimportant routine
business, this morning, and proceeded
to the consideration Of the tariff bill, the
| pending question being on Mr.. Nor
gan's amendmentto paragraph 127, page
25, in regard to iron ore. Mr. German
resumed his argument. Mr.. Morgan
withdrew his amendmentin order to al
low MIR. German to offer one; and Mr..
German thereupon moved to amend
by reducing the uuty on iron ore trom
10 to 90 cents per ton. Mr.. Plumb
moved to amend the amendment by
making the rate 60 cents per ton Nj.
! German accepted the amendment and
| the amended amendment was rejected
yeas, 81 nays, %. The rest Of para
graph 127 was agreed to as reported by
the finance committee. Mr.. Vance
moved to reduce the duty on pig iron
paragraph 1881 from $40 of cent
per pound to So & ton Without dispos-
ing of the amendment the Senate adj
journed.
THURSDAY, Aug THE iron schedule
Of the tariff bill occupied the Senate to-
day, and no changes were made, the
amendments reducing the rates of duty
! The pending question was on Mr..
! Vance,s amendment to reduce the duty
On pig iron paragraph 1881 from $40 of
cent per pound to 20 per ton. Mr.. AL
lison presented the conference report on
the sundry civil appropriation bill. The
bill, he said, as it passed the House.
had carried sos 100000, and has
been increased by the Senate about
IS, 600, 600 The net reductions agreed
to in the conference committee amount
ed to So FOG ,0OO SO that the bill carried
under the conference report S29, So2,-
900. The changes made in conference
related first to public buildings. The
appropriation for that at Alexandria,
Beaver Falls, Pa, $1,000, and .Salina,
Kan, $1,000. The appropriation for
repairs of the Chicago custom house
had been cut down from 100000 to
S45, 600. The amendment as to Latin
American memorial library had been
stricken out; also the provision for the
expenses of two additional land offices.
! The appropriation of $50, 600 for military
posts had been reduced to $4,000; and
the provision for the acquisition of adj
ditional ground in the Crown Hill Gene
terry, at Indianapolis, had been stricken
out. All the Senate amendments relat-
\
| Guiding that appointing managers), had
been also strlcknn out. (The matter
! will now 90 to the military committees
of the two houses). The provisions in
relation to irrigation surveys had been
postponed for further conference. The
conference report went over till tO-mOr-
row without action; also the conference
report on the Notifications bill Mr.
! Frye gave notice that he would not ask
| the Senate to take up the river and har-
Dor bill until Friday of next week.
FRIDAY, Aug. S.-The Senate agreed
to the conference report on the fortif-
cation bill, after which the conference
report on the sundry civil appropria-
ton bill was taken up. Finally, after
debate, the conference report was
agreed to-yeas %, nays Is. A
further conference was ordered
on irrigation items, which had been
postponed, and Messrs. Allison, Hale
and German were re-appointed confer
ees on the part of the Senate. The
tariff bill was then taken up, but went
over without action on the cotton tie
amendment. A joint resolution was
campment of the Grand Army of the
Republic statue and pedestal of the
late Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, to be erected
in the Capitol.
SATURDAY, Aug. 9.-In the Senate Mr..
I!oar offered resolution, which was re-
ferred to the committee on rules, pro-
viding that the rules of the Senate be
amended so as to limit the debate in
that body The tariff bill was then
taken up, the question being on Mr..
Buffers amendment to paragraph 1874,
page q, to reduce the duty on cotton
ties to 80 per cent. ad valorem. After
long discussion, the amendment was re-
jected by a strict party vote-yeas, Is;
NAYS, q