The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-08-15
CURRENT TOPICS,
TIE NEWS IN BRIE1.
F'FTv-F'RsT CONGRESS.

/ IN tfc senate. on the Let Mr. nlalr or
tered a resolution. VII CHI went over 10 An.
/ ssruet the committee on rules 10 PROV ldc I
rule Tor ordering thc previous question.
The Iarin bill was discussed further. aud
! sponses and suiphatc ~ potash we're pns ON
she free list. and tho rate on sulphatc ~
! soda WAS made one-tenth of 4 cent pcr
/ pound instead Of twenty per cent al ~.
/ loren. In the House a esofutinn WINS
| adopted calling on tue Secretary az War for
the report 81 the engineers on the Calves
| eon harbor Improvement The Sunlry Owl
| Appropriations bill was taken M and dis-
cus>cd for some time when the prev ious
| question Was ordered. but the remainder Of
the afternoon VAS wasted In enorts 20 sc-
cure . quorum. An evening session. de-
voted % private pension bills. was held
| II the senate. on che "a. Mr.. Blalr's .pre
vious question" resolution Was referred TO
the committee on rules. and con sheraton
Of the rarin hin was then resumed The
general subject ~ TAXATION was discussed ~
several majors. but no progress " ~ NJ ade
With the bill. In the House consideration
Of the senate amendments ca the Civll sun
dry Appropriations bill vas completed
most Of them being rclsctsd-snd the bill
Vas sent ~ confcrcncaft
In the senate. on the 9Th. the presiding or
ncer MI. lngails) rebuked certain senator's
for = violation Of the fund Amental princi
Pies Of parliamentary Law In speaking In
eerms VI dispAraxsment Of che proceedings
81 the other house Of Congress The Tarin
Dill Was taken up. and 81 the large number
OF amendments offered = few were adopted.
between eighteen and nineteen pages or the
Dill being disposed 81. In the House. NJ
ter preliminary business. the General De :
nciency Appropriation bill was tax en- up IN
committee OF the whole. but no progress
vas maize with =. the entire day being
taken up with speech max ing. Mr. Rogers
made long speech critcising severely the
methods and manners and rulings OF Speak 4
or Reed. aud Mr.. Brcc kinridre critic ised the
rules and Legislation Of the Republican ma
lority. Messrs. Henderson and Boutelle de- /
Tended The speaker and the legislation Of |
The session
IL the senate. on the 5th. the y bin
was taken up and good progress made.
The glassware and stone schedule was nm
ished. Anumber Of amend ncnts propos-
ing 20 reduce the committee rates. offered
BY tho Democrats. we're rejected The
metal schedule wastaken up. and pending q
discussion Of an amendment offered BY Mr.
Morgan 70 admit steel ore free. the senate 4
adjourned I'm the House most OF the day
Vas spent debating the resolution reported
rom the committee on rule. ask ing the
secretary Of the Navy for the reasons Of the
Increase Of force Al the kittery Navy Yard,
= substitute for the Cumming Ks resolution
q inquiry Alter adopting the resolution !
Ind receiving the report OF the election
'ommittee in the Clayton Ereck nridge
'ase, which declared Mr.. Breckinridg
eat vacant. tile General Deficiency bill was
AIKEN up In committee OF the whole l.;
II the Senate, on the 9Th. con alteration OF
The Tarff bill was resumed. and Mr. Nor
rams proposed amendment to reduce the
isty on Bessemer iron ore was discussed. /
senator German made long speech In 4 /
av0r Of reducing the rate. A proposition |
20 reduce the rate from seventy nvc to sixty :
'cnts per ton was defeated. and without I'M y
shlng the Iron ore paragraph the Senate
adjourned In the House the conference
eport on the Original Package" bill was
dopted. after which consideration OF the :
General Deficiency bill was resumed In Q
ommittee OF the whole, but without dis Il
'osinx Of the measure.