Morning journal and courier., 1890-09-17
THE FIFTY-FIRsr CONGRESS-.


 The Conference Report on the Rail. road Land Forfeiture Hill Agreed to- Passage Of the House Anti. Lottery Bfll-Several Calendar Hills Passed-The House Appoints Con- ferees on the Tariff Hill. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 16.-The sen. ate met at Il a. m. with Vice President Morton in the chair.
 MT. Hiscock introduced bill to author ize the construction of tunnel under the waters of the Bay of New York between Middletown, Staten Island, and New Utrecht, L. I. Referred to the committee on commerce.
 The first bill on the calendar was the senate bill authorizing the librarian of congress to purchase at not exceeding s3O,- coo, Townsend's library of national, state and individual records concerning the origin, progress and consequences of the late civil war. After long discussion the bill was passed-yeas 27, nays IF.
 Several other bills on the calendar were also discussed and passed, after which the conference report on the railroad land for felture bill was resumed, and after @ brief discussion the vote was taken and the conference report was agreed to-yeas 30, nays 13.
 The house anti-lottery bill was then talk en from the calendar and passed without discussion
 On motion of Mr. Plumb the senate pro- ceeded to the consideration of the house bill to repeal timber culture laws.
 MT. Plumb, who reported the bill back kha l. moved an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
 After several amendments had been add ed the substitute was then agreed to and the bill passed.
 A conference was asked on the disagree ing votes and Messrs. Plumb, Pettigrew and Walthal were appointed conferees on the part of the senate.
 The senate, on motion of Mir. Edmunds, took up from the calendar the senate bill to establish United States land court and to provide for the settlement of private land claims in certain states and territo- ries. The bill, having been read, was laid aside until tomorrow. The senate at 4:45 p. m. adjourned.
 HOUSE.
 On motion of MT. Rockwell of Massachu- setts senate bill was passed constituting Springfield, Mass, port of delivery.
 The house then proceeded to the con sideration of the Enloe resolution relative to the Kennedy speech.
 The resolution is as follows:
 Resolved, That the clerk of the house be and he Is hereby directed to communicate to the senate the fact that the house reprobates and condemns the unparliamentary language of Hon. Robert Ohio, published in the Congressional Record of September II, 1890, purporting to be q speech 1S90 in which revised and amended speech he re. peats his impeachment of the honesty of senators individually and of the senate as body.
 The pending question was on the point of order against the resolution raised by Mir. Grosvenor of Ohio.
 The chair having overruled the point of order, MT. Bayne of Pennsylvania offered a resolution referring the Enloe resolution, committee on judiciary, with instructions to that committee to examine the speech and the rules and practice regulating de- bate, and report its findings to the house within three days.
 A long debate followed, after which MT. Enloe demanded the previous question upon his resolution, which was so modi- fled as to be an expression on the part of the house that it ''disapproves and con demns" MT. Kennedy's speech and directs the public printer to expunge it from the permanent Congressional Record.
 The house refused-yeas S3, nays IA to order the previous question.
 Mir. Bayne again offered his resolution referring the whole matter to the judiciary committee.
 The clause requiring the committee to report within three days was stricken out on a point of order raised by MT. Enloe The previous question on MT. Bayne's res olution was ordered-yeas 122, nays GA.
 The new resolution was adopted-yeas 124, nays Sand accordingly the matter was referred to the committee on the ju dietary.
 Mir. Boutelle of Maine, from the com mittee on naval affairs, reported a resolu tion calling on the secretary of the navy for information as to whether the Bethle hem Iron company is using for manufac turing steel gun forgings for the United States navy, ores imported from Cuba ol any other foreign country; also whether ores suitable for such manufacture could be produced in the United States. Adopted
 The speaker announced the appointment of the following conferees on the tariff bill: Messrs. Mckinley, Burrows, Dingley Mills, McMillin and Flower. The house a 5:1O adjourned.