Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-08-09
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Gathered from All Quarters.
CONGRESS,

CONGRESS.
IN the Senate on the 30th ult. the resolution
offered by Mr. Sherman fixing the daily hour o
meeting at ten o. m. was taken up. Mr. Cocker
ell made statement as to the amount of bust
ness transacted by the Senate the present ses
sion, showing that public business had not beer
neglected or the time of the Senate wasted. The
whole number OF bills disposed of by the Senate
was 1,4i5 The House had passed S65 out OF
10000 bills introduced. OF the Senate bills
passed, the House had only passed 23l while oi
the House bills the Senate had passed 6l3. On
the House calendar OF bills pending in the
Committee of the Whole, there were 3Sl, oi
which 1903 were Senate bills. After further dis
cussion the resolution was agreed to. The
Tariff bill was taken up and Mr.. Morrill, ad
dressed the Senate in support of the measure.
When he had concluded, consideration OF
the bill by paragraphs was continued. A
number of amendments were rejected, and
the bill was laid aside The conference
report on the District of Columbia Appropria-
tion bill was discussed without action and the
Senate adjourned .. In the House the confer
ence report on the District of Columbia Appro-
priation bill was after discussion, agreed to.
The Senate irrigation amendment to the Sun.
dry Civil bill was discussed without action.
Messrs. Morrill,, Sawyer, Smyser Goodnight,
and Martin of Indiana, were appointed q com
mittee TO investigate the Pension ofice.
IN the Senate on the 3lst ult. the conference
report on the District Of Columbus Approprla.
tion bill was taken up, discussed for some time,
and agreed to. Consideration of the Tariff bill
was resumed -Four pages of the bill were dis
posed of, all the committee amendments being
agreed to- and the Senate adjourned after n
statement by Mr.. Blair that, according
to calculation he had made, the bill
would be disposed of Mt the present rate OF pro-
gress by the Goth of next December. .... In
the House Mr.. Oates, of Alabama as n ques.
tion of privilege, offered q reso luton for the
investigation of the charges of corruption in
connection with the passage of the Silver BILL
against the members of the House,
contained in recent editorial in the
National Economist The Speaker de.
cided that the motion was not q
privileged one, and an appeal being taken his
decision was sustained by vote of 95 to IL
The House then went into Committee Of the
Whole on the Senate amendments to the Sun
dry Civil Appropriation bill, and discussion of
the irrigation clause was renewed After n
long debate the Senate's irrigation amendment
was non. concurred in and the House adjourned.
In the Senate on the 1st Mr.. Blair offered
resolution (Which went over to provide u
method of ordering the previous question. The
Tariff bill was discussed further and, on motion
from the Finance Committee, sponges and sui
phate of potash were put on the free list, and
the rate on sulphate of soda was made one
tenth of cent per pound, instead of twenty
per cent. ad valorem. Many amendments
were offered by Messrs. Mcpherson and Plumb,
but they were voted down. Mr.. Plumb made
speech severely criticising the chinaware sched-
ule of the bill after which the Senate ad-
journed -. The House adopted n resolution
calling on the Secretary of War for the re.
port of the engineers on the Galveston
harbor improvement. The Sun dry Civil bill
with Senate amendments) was taken up.
The Speaker having recognized Mr.. Cannon to
move the previous question, Mr.. Rogers, of
Arkansas, charged him with discourtesy in re-
fusng to recognize him (Rogers). The previ-
GUS question was ordered, but the rest of the
afternoon was wasted in vain attempts to se-
cure the presence of quoru m. At $3.50 o'clock
the House took a recess, the evening session to
be devoted to private pension bills.
IN the Senate on the ed the credentials OF
Edward ID. White rs Senator from the State of
Louisiana for the full term beginning March 4,
1891 Ito succeed Mr.. Eustis) were presented.
Mr.. Morrill, was granted unlimited leave of alb
sence on account of the condition of his health.
The Tariff bill was taken up, the pending ques-
tion being upon Mr.. Vests amendment to
reduce the duty on decorated china to
80 per cent. ad valorem and on plain white un-
decorated china to 40 per cent instead of 70 and
55 per cent. in the House bill, and of 55 and SO
as proposed by the Finance Committee After
discussion vote was taken and the result was
yeas II, nays O-no quorum. Mr.. Plumb
offered q concurrent resolution, which
went over, as follows: "That the Con-
gress desires the removal of the remains
of the illustrious soldier and statesman
Ulysses S. Grant, and their interment in Ar
lington National Cemetery; and that the Presi-
dent be requested to convey to the widow OF
this eminent man such DESIRE rendering to her
on behalf of the Nation all necessary facil-
tiles for such removal and interment.
The Senate then adjourned. In the
House consideration of the Senate amendments
10 the Sundry Civfl Appropriation bill was re-
sumed The amendment appropriating S75, 900
for lighthouse on the North Carolina coast
was non.concurred in-yeas 1856, nays 81. One
hundred and forty members were announced as
paired on this vote. A resolution was adopted
revoting leaves of absence and the bill was
finally sent to a conference. Adjourned
THE Senate on the 18th spent the entire day
discussing the Tariff bill and considerable
progress was made in the glassware schedule.
were emphatic declarations from both
Senators Plumb and Teller on the Re-
publican side that they were opposed
TO hasty action on the bill, or to any
change of the rules for the purpose of hasten
ing the passage of the bill. -. The House, in
Committee of the Whole, discussed the General
Deficiency Appropriation bill. Mr.. Henderson,
of Iowa, explained that the bill carried an ap-
preparation of S5,l40,0O0. Mr.. Rogers,
of Arkansas made a bitter partisan speech,
denouncing the Speaker and his rulings
and critcising the conduct of the
Committee on Rules. Mr.. Henderson, of
Iowa, replied to Mr. Rogers, defending the
Speaker against Rogers attack. Mr.. Breek.
enridge, of Kentucky, made an earnest appeal
against the Federal Elections bill, and was re-
piled to by Mr.. Boutelle of Maine. Pending
action on the bill the committee rose and the
House adjourned