Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-09-19
CONGRESSIONAL.
TUESDAY. Sept. 9.


H0uso-In the house, Mr.. Buchanan,
of N. j., rose to correct the record of yes
terday. Mr.. Cummings had asked that
the Maine deega ion be excused on ac-
count of political Illness In view of
the fact that the Maine delegation. especi-
ally the speaker, was in robust health, he
thought some mistake had been made.
Laughter. Mr.. Haugen, of Wisconsin,
called up the Virginia election case of
Langston against Venabe. Mr. AveriIl
raised the question of considerations and
the vote resulted-veas, 80; nays, l4-no
quorum. A cali of the house was ordered.
\ bare quorum was disclosed and the
consideration, pending which Mr.. 0 'Feral.
moved an adjournment. No quorum APP
pearing Mr.. Haugen offered resolution
directing the sergeant-at- arms to summon
the abaentees Mr. Breckenridge (ky.)
moved to lay Mr.. Haugen's resolution on
the table Lost. yeas. 46; nays, 80. Mr..
Haugen SAID that it was evident that the
news from Maine had so demoralized his
democratic friends as to render them in
capable of doing any BUSINESS todayl
He therefore moved that the house ad-
journ Agreed to.
Senate.-The tariff bill was today taken
up again in the senate. Chairman Ingalls,
ruled that the prohibition cutting off de-
bate today would prevent the senators
from asking or answering questions. Mr..
Carlisle moved to strike out of the sugar
section all paragraphs relating to bounty.
This was rejected-yeas, %; nays, "a. a
party vote.
WEDNESDAY. Sept 10.
Senate.-ln the senate. today, Mr..
Morgan offered resolution, which
went over, calling on the secretary
of the interior for a statement concerning
the land claims of the Northern Pacific;
also a resolution embody ing instructions
TO the senate conferences on the land for.
feitare bill in relation to lands of the
Nor.h hern Pacific and other companies. II
was laid on the table for future action.
The tariff bill was taken up, the .ques-
tion being on its passage, SIX hours being
allowed to close discussion, after which 8
vote will be taken Mr. Hoar, referring
to the reciprocity proposition, said ht
had voted for it yesterday with some
hesitation and should not have done so i
he thought the scheme contained in the
amendment was all that was likely to come
out of the policy. MIR Hoar was followed
by Messrs. Hiscock, Turpie Gibson
Vest. Vance and Jones New A vot,
was then taken and the bill passed--yeaS
40: navs. 20. as follows: Yeas-Messrs
Aldrich. Allen, Allison. Blair. Cameron
| Casey, Chandler, CuIlom, Davis, DAVIS
Dixon. Evarts, Frye, Hawley, Higgins
Hi>cock, Hoar, ingalls,. Jones New
Mcmillan, Manderson, Mitchell Moody
! Paddock, Pierce, Platt. Plumb. Power
I Quay, Sanders, Sawyer, Sherman
| Spooner, Squire, Stewart, Stockbridge
! Teller Washburn, Wilson (Iowa)
! W,.cutt-4t. Nays-MeSSrs. Barbour
Bate, Berry, Blackburn. BIodgett, But
Ter, Carlisle. Cockrell Coke. CoIquitt
! Daniel, Faulkner, German, Gray, Harris
Hearst, Jones (Ark). kenna. Morgan
/ Pascoe, Pugh, Ransom, Reagan. Turpie
/ Vance. Voorhees,. Walthall. and Wilson
! (Md.l-29. The following pairs wer
! announced, the first named in each pal
( being in favor of the bill: MeSSrs
! Dolpn and Brown, Edmunds and George
/ Farwell and Payne, Hale and Nc
! PherSon; Morrill, and Hampton, Stanfor
/ and Gibson, Pettigrew and Call. Nh
| Aldrich moved that the senate in
! sist on its amendments to the house bill
and ask for conference. The motio
was agreed TO, and Messrs. Aldrich
Sherman, Allison, HiScock, Mcpherson
/ Vance and Carlisle were appointed con
/ ferees on the part of the senate Th
senate then adjourned.
HouSe-The house was called to orde
/ by Speaker pro. tenn. burrows, an
PRAYER was offered by the chaplain, afte
| which Mr.. O'Ferrall. of Virginia, raise
the point that there was no quorum
! present. The speaker pro TEN. bein
unable to count quorum, MIR. HaugeI
/ of Wisconsin, moved a call of the house
A cali was ordered-yeas, IS; nays, A
/ but failed to disclose quorum
THURSDAY, Sept. IL
sSenate.-Tthe house bill for the sal
of certain lands for school purposes In th
town of Pelican, Wis, was placed on th
calendar. A resolution offered yesterda
by Mr., Morgan calling on the secretary {
the interior for information as to the lanc
of the Northern Pacific railrCad and otht
confranies whose roads are not complete
within the period fixed by the the gran
ing act was agreed to. TIE eonfecrent
report on the railroad land forfiture hi
was taken up. The main proposition
contained in the first section forfeiting
the United States all the lands heretofol
granted any state or corporation to aid
the construction of a railroad opposite
| and counterminous with portion of al
such railroad not now completed and