The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-05
DOING IS OF CONGRESS.
IMPORTA Mt MEASURES CONSIDERED,
AND ACTED UPON.

At the Nhtion's CapitoI-That Is Being
Done by the Senate and House = Old
Matters disposed OF and New Ones Con-
sidered.
The sessi lion of the Senate on the 9th in ST.
was occupie I'D principally in a discussion on Sem
ator Wilsoh as bill subiecting imported liquors
to the provisions of the laws OF the several
States. In the House Mr.. Mckiniey of Ohio
submitted the conference report upon the GUS
toms admin illustrative bill. The conference
port was adOpted-yeas, 127; nays, 10; the
Speaker pro tenn. counting quorum. The
Democrats Jas rule refrained from voting. The
House then went into committee Of the whole
(Mr. Allen of Michigan in the chair on the
river and harbor appropriation BILL
An amendment calling for So, 900 for i'm
provenent$ at Cedar Islands, Iowa, was
defeated, as was that of Mr. Stone, of Kentucky,
asking for I'm appropriation for Hickman, Ky.
This was followed by the defeat of amend
ment calling for 500, 900 for levees at Natchez,
Miss A lbng debate followed an amendment
offered by Mr.. boatner of Louisiana, as to the
improvements az the mouth of the Red and the
head of tho Atchafa laya Rivers, which was de-
feated. An amendment offered by the
Chairman of tie River aud Harbor Committee
providing THAT $50,0O0 of the amount allotted to
the Missouri River shall be expended between
Sioux City and South Dakota, aud $50,00J
above Sout ID Dakota. Agreed to. Mr.. McCreary
made point of order against the feature of
the bill which imposes fine for obstruction of
navigable waters or dumping into streams such
articles as may become an obstruction, holding
that the cPmmittee had no power TO inficL fine
and imprisonment. Pending discussion, the
committees rose aud the House adjourned.
IN the Sd nate on the 2Sth, the Senate bill SUBJ
jecting i'm ported liquors to the laws of the sew
eral States occupied the attention of the Sena--
tors all day. In the House Mr.. Vaux. Mr..
Randalls successor, presented his credentials
and WAS qualified as q Representative.
bill was passed RpprOpriating S125, 900 Tor
the estab1 shment of the national military
park at the battlefield at Chickamauga.
cOnf0reuc6
priation bill and then the House went
into comlI littee of the whole (Mr. Burrows of
Michigan in the chair on the river and harbor
bill. On motion of Mr.. Dunnell of Minnesota.
section g. providing that it shall not be lawful.
to build bridges navigable waterways
without first securing the approval OF the
Secretary of War to the proposed plans, and
providing b fine and imprisonment penalty
for violation of said act, was so amended
as to permit the cases TO be brought
before the Uniel Scates courts instead OF
the Secretary of War. On motion or Mr. Com
stock, of Mime sofa, all the paragraph calling
for the survey and the estimated cost of cutting
a new channel to the Bay of Superior opposite
the opening between Rces Point and ConnOrs
Point, wals stricken out. motion to recon-
NIT the bill with instructions to the committee
to cut out the paragraph making an appropria-
ton for beginning work upon the Hennepin
Canal, was defeated-nays. I2S yeas, 81 The
bill then PASSED, and the House adjourned.
In the S senate on the beth, most of the day
was spent in the consideration of the bill sub
jecting inh ported liquors to the provisions Of
the laws Of the several States, and after dis
cussion participated in by nearly all the sena-
tors presd int finally succeeded in securing vote
upon the bill, which resulted Yeas "a; nays,
TO- Those voting in the affirmative were: Allen,
Allison. Blair, Call, Casey, Colqultt, Cul-
Iom, Da Wis, Dawes, Dixon. Dolph Ed
munds, George, Hawley, Hiscock. Hoar,
Ingalls,, Jones of Nevada, AcMlllani
Mitchell, Moody, Morrill,, Paddock, Platts
Plumb, Power, Pugh. sawyer, Spooner,
Stewart, Stockbridge, Walthan Washburne,
Wilson of Iowa. Those voting in the negative
were Bate, Blodgett Cockrell, Coke, Harris,
Jones of Arkansas, Turpie, Vance Vest, and
Voorhees,. The title of the bill was then amend
ed to read "A bill to limit the effect OF the
regulation of commerce between the several
States and foreign countries IN certain cases"
The HOUSE spent the entire day in the con-
sideratio4 of bills making appropriations for
public buildings. At five clock the committee
of the W hole rose having passed in committee
bills providing for public buildings at thlrty'
five places, at q total cost OF -, 425,O0O.