Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-08-07
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.

IN the Senate, on the 18th, an order was
agreed upon for meeting hereafter at IL a.
M, and adjourning at p IN. The bill to
transfer the revenue marine to the naval
service was discussed until two O'Clock
when the Tariff bill was taken mn After
discussion, a motion to recommit was de-
feated-l9 to 29-and the readiag of the bill
was begun. In the House the regular
business (relating to the District of Colum.
bIa) was laid asde-l34 to 4S-and the SIM
dry civil bill with Senate amendments was
taken up, but the House adjourned without
disposing of the bill.
IN the Senate, on the 29th, resolution
was presented and laid over providing that
the Senate meet hereafter at ten O'Clock.
Motions to reduce the rates on acetic and
boracic acid were defeated by strict party
votes. General debate on the tariff cues
ton ensued. The Senate passed Joint
resolution to extend current appropriations
to August IA. -. In the House the joint res
olution extending present appropriations to
August II, was adopted. The consideration
of amendments to the Sundry Civil bill was
continued. Speaking to one of them Mr..
MIR. Struble attacked the course of the
Speaker in regard to public building bills.
All of the other amendments being dis
posed of, it was agreed that the irrigation
amendment should be consid cred on the
3Oth, debate i to be limited to four
hours.
IN the Senate, on the both, the resolution
to meet hereafter 1t 10 a. IN. was agreed to.
The Tariff bill was taken up, and the duty
on chlOroform was reduced from forty cents
to twent; five cents, but a number of other
proposed reductions were rejected. The
conference report on the Dis trict of Column
bia Appropriation bill was discussed but
not disposed of. In the House fifteen re-
quests for leave of absence were passed
over. The conference report the Dis
trict of Columbia Appropriation bill was
agreed to. The Senate irrigation amend
ment to the Sundry Civil APP preparation bill
was discussed without action. A commit
tee was appointed to investigate the Pen.
sion Office.
IN the Senate, on the 3lst after some time
lost in waiting for quorum, the confer
ence report on the District of Columbia APP
preparation bill! was agreed to. Daring
the afternoon four pages of the Tariff bill
were finished, all of the committee amend
ments being agreed to......1 In the House a
resolution providing for an investigation of
the charge that money was spent in lobby
ing the Silver bill through Congress was
ruled out as not embodying a question of
privilege. The Senate's irrigation AMEND
ment to the Sundry Civil Appropriations
bill was non concurred in but without
conference being ordered.
IN the Senate, on the 1st, Mr.. Blair of
fered resolution. which went over. to in
struct the committee on rules to provide a
rule for ordering the previous question.
The Tariff bill was discussed further, and
sponges and sulphate of potash were put on
the free list, and the rate sulphate of
soda was made one-tenth of cent per
pound. instead of twenty per cent. ad va
loren. In the House a resolution was
adopted calling on the Secretary of War for
the report of the engineers on the Calves
ton harbor Improvements The Sundry Civil
Appropriations bill was taken up and dis
cussed for some time when the previous
question was ordered. but the remainder of
the afternoon was wasted in efforts to Sc
q quorum. An evening session, de-
voted to private nenSiOn bills. was held