Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-08

declared that Mills was out OF order
whereupon he responded, Il am in order
and Mr.. Speaker is more out of order
than the gentleman from Texas The
ruling Is simply an outrage" The
matter was then dropped. A senate res
olutlon was concurred in concerning
the irrigation of arid lands of the valley
of the Rio Grande
WEDNESDAY, April 80.
SeHGte.-Mr. Dolph from the committee
on Foreign Relations, reported concur
rent resolution requesting the President to
negotiate with the Government of Great
Britain and Mexico, with a view of secur-
ing treaty stlpulations for the prevention of
entry into United States of Chinese from
Canada and Mexico. and he asked for its
immediate consideration Mr.. Ingalls,
Let 1t go over and be printed. The concur
rent resolution went over till tomorrow
and the senate resumed consideration of
the customs administrative bill.
HOuse.-After the reading of the journal
the house proceeded to vote upon the pas
sage of the bill for the classification of
worsted cloths as wooden cloths. The bill
was passed-yeas, 1873; nays, O-Speaker
counting quorum. The text of the bill
is as follows: That the Secretary of the
Treasury be. and he hereby is. authorized
and directed to classify as WOODEN cloths all
imports of worsted cloth, whether known
under the names of worsted or diagonals.
or otherwise"
THURSDAY, May l.
Senate. Senator Vest, from the select
committee On meat products. made report
and accompanied it with an explanation
He said the committee had investigated
the subject very fully and now
reported four measures for the senate.
The first was a concurrent resolution
asking the president to inaugurate a dip
lomatic correspondence with the authori-
ties of Great Britain to bring about a
repeal Oh modification of the existing
quarantine relations with the United King
dom. The next measure was one providing
for national inspection law and requiring
all live cattle to be Inspected for exporta-
ton and also cattle intended for exporta-
ton or the meat of which is intended for
expectation. The next measure is intend
ed to prohibit the monopoly now practiced
as to storage capacity of steamships carry
ing cattle to foreign countries The evil
dence had shown that in New York the
practice had obtained among steamship
companies belonging to foreign nations
there being no American lines)
of leasing or contracting some
times a single vessel some times all yes
sells in the line for number of months in
advance, to one person. The result was
other shippers had no opportunity of put
ting cattle in the foreign market at all.
Another of the bills was the one in
tended to prevent the discrimination
which now existed in all railroads be-
longing to the trunk lines association,
under which no mileage is given to any
of the imported cars carrying live stock
from west to east, while the refrigerator
cars do get the mileage. No definite
action was taken and the senate adjurned
House.-The committee on rules re-
ported a resolution for the immediate
consideration of bills reported from
the judiciary committee in the fol-
lowing order: Senate bill relating to
trusts, house bill relating to copyrights,
house bill relating to bankruptcy and such
other bills as the committee may call up.
This order to be in force today and to-
morrow. The resolution was adopted and
the house proceeded to consider the senate
bill to protect trade and commerce against
unlawful restraints and monopolies
This measure, known as the ANTI
trust bill'' was amended by Bland, MAX
ing unlawful any contract or agreement
to prevent competition in the sale or pur-
chase of any commodity transported from
one state to another, was adopted and the
bill passed with only single negative
vote. Mr.. Adams Oll.) called up the
international copyright bill and explained
its provisions. Without action the house
adjourned.
FRIDAY, May 2.
Senate A ftnr q lot uninnortant husi- !