Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-05-24
FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
First Session.

petitions presented ard referred was one by
Mr. Quay from business men In Philadelphia
remons trating against the increase OF duty on
dress goods made wholly or partly from wool.
Among the bills reported and placed on the
calendar was the following: Senate bill appro-
priating $4,000 for q public building at Madi-
son, Ind. Mr. Davis from the Committee on
Pensions, reported back tho House substitute
for the Senate dependent pension bill with n
written report, and moved that the House SUBJ
stitute be non-concurred in and o conference
asked. Agreed to. Mr. Davis. Sawyer and
Blodgett were appointed conferees On the part
Of the Senate. The silver debate was re.
sumed, Jones, of Nevada, and Jones, Of Ar.
kansas speaking At p. m. the Senate ad.
journed
HousE-The tarif bill was considered Mr..
Butterworth was granted unlimited time for q
speech. Several amendments proposed there
after were voted down. At5:45 p. m. the House
adjourned. ~ se
wAsHirGToN, May IA SENATE Among the
bills reported and placed on tho calendar was a
Senate bill subjecting imported liquors to the
provisons.of the laws OF thc' several States
Mr.. Hoar "a member Of the judiciary Commit
tee) explained that the bill had been rendered
necessary by the late decision OF the Supreme
Court OF the United States holding that intoxi.
eating liquors manufactured In one State and
conveyed into another and there sold by the
manufacturer or his agent, can not be inter
fered with by States. The silver bill was dis
cussed by Mr. Teller until $3.50 y. m., when an
executive session was ordered. AT 3O5 D. IN.
the Senate laid aside the silver bill and took up
the calendar passing number OF bills, includ-
ing one for the relief of Paymaster Goodloe. AT
i:30 p m. the Senate adjourned N.
HOUSE The amendments IN tho denenden nj
pension bill were insisted upon, and confer.
ence ordered. The, House then went into com.
mittee OF the whole, Mr.. Grosvenor OF Ohio, in
the chair, on the tariff bill Various amend
ments looking to a reduction OF the duty on
earthen and glassware were made on the Dem
ocratic side, but met with no success. Mr.
Gambler Mass offered an amendment fixing
the rate OF duty on lamp chimneys at forty-flve
per cent ad vaO"em. Lost--5j TO n. Having
considered l6 OF the 1871 pages OF the BILL the
committee rose and the House adjourned.
WAsHINGTON Nay Is -SESATE-A number
Of bills were reported including the House
bill to pension Mrs. Parncll. Mr.. Teller resum-
ed his speech on the silver bill, and concluded
Mr.. Coke followed Senator Sherman to-day
submitted an amendment intended TO be pro.
posed by him TO the pending silver bill. II
provides that the balances standing TO the
credits OF National banks for deposits made to
redeem circulating notes shall be covered into
the Treasury as a miscellaneous receipt and tho
Treasury shall redeem the circulating notes Of
the banks which may come into its possession
subject to redempt on.
HousEMr, Mckinley, from the Committee
on Rules, reported q resolution providing that
hereafter the House shall meet al II o'clock
that after the reading OF the Journal and the
UiEpOsnl Of cOnfprpnrp tho half
go into Committee OF the Whole on the tariff
bill; that The bill shall be read through, com.
mencing with paragraph III, and shall be open
to amendment on any part Of The bill following
paragraph li0, and that on Wednesday next at
IL noon, the bill with pending amendments,
shall be reported to the House Adopted yeas
l2o nays 93. The bill was then read until 5 D.
n, when recess was taken until 1880 tho
night session being for private pension bills.
WASHINGTON May l6-SENATE - In the
Senate n conference was ordered on the anti.
trust bill; The silver bill was discussed; after
brof executive session the Senate adjourned :.
HoUsE.-Thc House went into committee
on the whole (Mr. Grosvenor In the Chair, on
the tariff bill A number Of verbal amendments
were, on motion Of Mr. Mckinley, made to the
bill. Mr., Mckinley offered an amnndrnH"'
apyvIaIy InUIuulng glass chimneys in the clause
NihllNN W AHiH baoNH B4tsn ~ huut9 VI w CtINs
per dozen and 40 per cent nd valorcm; an
amendment OF Mr. Henderson, OF Iowa, to re.
tain the present rate on lamp chimneys was de.
frated-lO7 to 1903; several verbal amendments
TO the wool schedule were agreed to; at . p. M,
the House took recess, the night session be
ing for private pension bills.
WASniHGTOS May II 7--SENArE Bills pass.
ed: To pay TO the assignees Of John Roach S3s .
$40 for extra work on the monitor Puritan and
so ga for the care Of the mont tor Roanoke; to
pay 900 to the daughters Of Joseph Henry,
late Secretary Of the Smithsonian Institute.
compensation OF his public services; for the re,
lief Of the sinking fund commissioners of Louis
vile, KY; approrriating 100000 for public
building at Paris Ky. ITO provide for the return OF
S cond class mail matter; bill releasing to IIar.
ward college and to the university Of California
the right OF the United States to forty acres OF
land for observatory purposcs); Senate bill ap.
propriating $500 600 for u bronze equestrian
statue OF General Ulysses s Grant, in the city
OF Washington, was passed.
HoUsE-A conference was ordered on III
Senate antitrust bill The tariff bill was con.
sidcred in sections and an ugly row occurred,
in which Bynum, Of Indiana, used~lnparlia,
mcntary language concerning Bayne OF Penn.
sylvania for which he received the censure Of
the House-ycas I2t nays l03 The session wal
protracted by this incident until 1880 p W.,
when the House adjourned.
WAsHiNGroN. May I9,-SESArE MFR Hale,
from The Committee on Appropriations, report.
I'd back the annual naval appropriation bill;
the silver bill was taken up, aad Mr.. Dolpb
addressed the Senate. followed by Mr. Mitchell
| On motion Of Mr.. Wilson Ia it was ordered
that the Senate bill subiecting imported liq.
nors TO the provisions of the law of the several