The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-10-09
DOINGS OF CON GRESS
Whatour National Lawmakers
Have Been Doing the
Past Week.
SENATE.

SENATE.
The conference report on thetariff bill was
presented to the house, and 1t now remains
to be seen whether the agreement between
the house and the senate conterrees will be
accepted by the respective bodies. Binding
twine is not to be free, but to pay duty OF
seven mills per pound.
Some anxiety is felt about the attitude of
the Western senators toward the binding
Irvine amendment. Senator Paddock is
much put out by the action ofthe conferrees,
and he has stated that he will vote against
the conference report. 1t is not known how
many of the recalcitrant senators will stand
with him, but the con,errees do not think
there will be enough to defeat the report.
House.
Mr. Mckinley gave notice that immediate
y after the reading OF the journal, he would
call up the report for consideration and final
disposition.
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
a 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 Is
81. Two Republican members and one In
dependent Joined the Democratic Nay"
SENATE
The conference report on the tariff bill was
adopted by the senate-33 to 27-Messrs.
Plum, Paddock and Pettigrew, Republicans,
voting in the negative. Six Republicans and
eighteen Democrats were absent, and the rest
we're paired and did not vote, including Sen
ators Davis and Washburn.
HOUSE.
Representative Clifford, who has been
! struggling for the past six months with the
! Sisseton and Wahpeton bill, which was de"
! teated 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 or this session, will pass next winter.
The business of congress is practically
| done and an adjournment will follow.
SENATE.
The conferrpes' report on the deficiency APP
preparation bill was adopted in both houses
! today. The bill as it passed the house APP
| prOpriated 81 ,230, $50. The senat increased
| this appropriation by SAGA $50. making
! the amount carried by the bill as it passed
| the senate $1,ST0,4 1872.
The Northwestern senators to-day won a
! distinctive victory in the fight for an irriga-
! ton appropriation for artesian purposes.
| The senate decided that the senators from
| the new states should draw salaries from the
| time the states were admitted into the
| Union by the proclamation of the president.
The con erpnce report on the bill for the
! relief settlers in the Northern Pacific rail-
road Indemnity lands was presented and
agreed to.
HOUSE.
REPRESENTATIVE Burrows OF Michigan to-day
! in the house introduced for reference bill
appropriating 100000 to repair and
| build the levpes 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 o; drouth.
| A bill 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 lin company with Mr.. Harris)
reported that the committee ofthe 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
! il he had no further communion ton to make
to them; and that the president had answer.
ed that he had no lurther communication to
make,
A message was received from the house an
nouncing it's concurrence with the resolution
! as to negotiations with Great Britain and
! MaXico to prevent Chinese entering the United
! States.
| Mr.. Morton then arose and announced that
| the senate should ad journ.
| HOUSE.
The report OF the wheat investigating COM
mittee were accompanied by resolution de-
caring the Office of postmaster OF the house
vacant, and directs the postmaster to per-
form the duties of postmaster until a post.
master shall have been elected and duly quail.
| lifted.
! A ter winding mp a little unimport ant bus.
mess the House adjourned, and SO the first
session OF the Fifty-frst Congress expired.