Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-09-17
FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.


MONDAY, Sept. Sin the House, to-
day, bill was passed to create port of
entry at Eagle Pass, Tex, instead of In
dianola, Tex, and Joint resolution was
passed granting the use of portion of
the United States military reese Mation at
Chattanooga, Tenn, for public park.
The floor was then accorded to the COM
mittee on the District of Columbia, the
pending question being one to recon-
NIT the Atkinson bill, with instructions
to report it back with an amendment
requiring the Baltimore & Potomac
Railway to remove it's depot
in Washington to the intersection
of Maryland and Virginia Avenues.
After debate the motion to re-commit
the bill was lost-yeas. ~; nays, 113-the
clerk noting a quorum. Under the
rules this vote, without further action
re-committed the bill to the committee
of the whole, and Mr.. Atkinson there-
upon moved that the House go into such
committee. The motion was agreed to.
The entire afternoon was consumed in
the consideration of the measure; but
when the committee rose and reported
the bill to the House with favorable
recommendation quorum had van
ished and the House adjourned.
TUESDAY,, Sept. 9.-Mr. Haugen wis.,
Langston against Venable. Mr.. OFFER
rail- (va.) raised the question of consid-
Grafton. The vote showed that there
was not a quorum present, and a motion
to adjourn was made. The sergeant-at-
arms sent out skirmishers and brought
i'll q quorum. The motion to adjourn
was lost, but on the question of cOnsld
Grafton the quorum again disappeared.
Mr.. Haugen then moved that the House
adjourn. The motion was agreed to.
THURSDAY, Sept. Like that Of
yesterday, to-day session of the House
was productive of nothing. After the
opening formalities, the speaker, with
out taking note of the point, stated that
the question was on ordering the pre-
vious question, on approving the jour
rected the clerk to call the roll On
ordering the previous question the vote
stood-yeas II, nays 44-no quorum;
and on motion of Mr.. Mckinley, CO.,,
amid Democratic applause, the House
at '2:35 adjourned.
FRIDAY, Sept. 12.-During the roll call
in the House to-day message was re-
ceived from the Senate announcing the
passage of the tariff bill with amend
ments, and by direction of the Speaker
it was referred to the committee on
ways and means. On the question Of
ordering the previous question on the
approval of the journal of Tuesdays
proceedings lis members responded to
their names, but on the approval of the
journal these had dwindled to 143-no
quorum, and the House adjourned.
SATURDAY, Sept. 13.-Representative
Mckinley to-day introduced the fol-
lowing resolution, preparatory TO the
consideration of the tariff bill: Re-
solved, "That after the passage of this
resolution the committee of the whole
House on the state of the union shall
be discharged from the further con-
sideration of House bill 9,416 (the tariff
bill) with Senate amendments thereto,
and the same shall DO considered IN the
House; that after hours of debate it
shall be in order in the House to move
to non-concur in the Senate amend
ments to said bill in gross and agree to
committee on conference asked by
the Senate on the disagreeing votes of
the two houses, and the House shall
without further delay proceed to vote
upon said notion" The resolution was
referred to he committee on rules.