The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-08-27
YESTERDAY IN CONGRESS.

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difficulty which they encountered in dealing
with the subject. He reviewed briefly the
history Of irrigation survey and charged
that the house was responsible for engraft-
ing reservations in the arid land provision
of our sundry civil appropriation bill in
1888. thereby causing all the trouble. He
avowed it a. having been the intention Of
the senate conferees to have the whole irri-
CATION survey wiped ont of existence as far
az possible. But they had been confronted
by people who insisted that the survey
should 70 on and become a part Of the set
tied and permanent policy of the govern
mont; and the result has been that the pro-
vision now proposed to be inserted in the
sundry civil bill That provision was not
what he would have wished 1t to be. It was
not what the senate conferees wished. but it
was the best solution they could secure.
Reagan defended the past action of con-
Rress in the matter of reserving reservoir
sites from settlement, and said if it had not
been for that reservation those lands would
have been seized by speculators and syndi-
Gates. After some debate the conference
report was agreed to, and the tariff bill was
The tariff bill was then taken up. the
question being on the lead paragraph, to
which Coke had offered an amendment to
make lead extracted from silver ores free of
duty and Plumb had offered one reducing
cents to one-fourth of cent. Before proceed
ing with the paragraph, Plumb gave notice of
an amendment OF the bill which he would
offer at an appropriate time. The amend
ment is, with some notifications, the bill
for reciprocity with Canada, introduced by
Butterworth in the house. Plumb proposes
to restrict the operation of the reciprocal
IN m in of,Yrad a nrkiN1oc md
minerals. Plumb then spoke in favor of
his amendment. Sanders opposed the two
amendments. At the close of the discus
sion, Plumb's amendment was rejected.
Coke's amendment, making lead extracted
from silver ore free Of duty were then voted
ments were offered to the paragraph and
none to the next two paragraphs. lead in
pig cents FOUND, and led in sheets ~
cents q pound. The paragraph relating to
metallic mineral substances in crude
state and not specially provided for having
amendment reported by the finance COM
mittee, striking out the duty of IS per cent.
on mica. It went over without action.
The next paragraph, putting duty of 3
cents pound on crude nickel, was stricken
out on Recommendation of the finance COM
mittee. The next paragraph, relating to
nickel and nickel oxide, was agreed to under
report of the finance committee by
reducing the duty from IL to cents a
pound. The paragraph relating to zinc in
blocks or pigs was amended on recommen-
dation of the finance committee by reduc-
ing the duty from ~ to ~ cents per
podnd. The committee substitute for the
paragraph as to metal manufactures not
specially provided for, was agreed to.
Schedule d. wood and manufactures of
wood, having been reached, MCPHERSON
wished to offer substitute for the whole
schedule, but he reserved it until the COM
mittee amendments should be disposed Of.
The paragraph relating to sawed boards,
etc., was on Recommendation of the COM
mittee, amended by reducing the duty from
35 per cent to 10 per cont, and by adding
words imposing a duty of 20 per cent on
veneers not especially provided for.
Schedule =, relating to sugar, having
proposed to let that schedule be passed
over informally for the present, so schedule
F, relating to tobacco and its manufactures,
will be the first thing to come up to-
morrow.
In the house it was contended that the
first business was the Conger lard bill, the
vote upon the passage of which on Saturday
was not conclusive, ewing to the absence of
q quorum. Baker. of New York, argued
that other business on the speakers table
must first be disposed of. After consid-
cradle debate on the subject, Speaker Reed
decided that the question before the house
was the roll call on the passage of the lard
bill. Mason, of Illinois, appealed from the
decision. On sustaining the decision the
vote showed no quorum, and call of the
house was ordered.
One hundred and fifty mine members hav-
ing responded to their names, and nine
teen members having reported their pres
ence to the clerk, the speaker pro tenn an
nounced there was quorum present. Nor
gan moved an adjournment, saying he be-
lieved some agreement on the lard bill
could be reached. Motion lost. Cannon
then offered resolution directing the sar-
Reant-at-arms to notify absent members to
revoking, all leaves of absence, except those
granted on account of illness. The resolu-
tion recites that twice to-day legislative
proceedings were interrupted by want of
quorum; that certain members, (mention-
ing their names), answered their names un-
der calls, but did not respond on regular
roll call. Blount., Grain and others pro
it was an unjust arraignment of
every member mentioned in it and
its adoption would censure those
members. There was great confusion in
the house. Fully dozen members were on
their feet demanding recognition on ques-
to secure such recognition were heartily
seconded by their friends. Finally Grain
was recognized, and said: This is nothing
but petty species of bulldozing, the object
being to threaten us in order to compel us
to vote." Henderson, of Iowa, said nothing
in the resolution could be construed into
censure, and said the naming of the gentle
men in the resolution was but showing ex-
actly what the roll-call: Showed. Turner, of
New York, said the gentleman from Illinois
had been plaing to the press gallery. He
then criticized the resolution in speech
three-quarters OF an hour long. At the
conclusion of the speech the house ad-
journed.