Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-10-04
FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS-



! 2l9TH DAY-The conference report pre.
sented to the Senate yesterday on the bin to
/ establish the Rock Creek Park in the District
/ ofColumhia was taken up and agreed to. and
/ the bill now goes to the President for his an
proval. The House joint resolution appro.
/ priailng 81 10000 for the purchase Of nickel
4 ore aud nickel matte for naval purposes hay.
ing been received from the House was laid be.
I fore the Senate tat the request Of Mr.. Hale }
/ and Mr.. Cameron offered an amendment 10 IL
I providing that such nickel ore or nickel matte
so purchased shall be equitably distributed
among the contractors of nickel steel armor
I plating The discussion WIS continued for
some time and finally Mr., Hale consented 10
/ let the JOINT resolution go over ill tomorrow
saying that he would call IL up Immediately
alter the routine morning business. On mo-
/ ton of Mr. Blair the House bill 10 amend
An Act to prohibit the importation and mi
grasionot foreigners aud aliens under contract
or agreement to perform labor in the United
States, its territories and the District Of Col
umbia, wa taken from the calendar kfier
considerable discussion and after several
amendments had been agreed TO the bill went
over end the land court bill was taken up.
After long discussion Of no public interest
the bill went over without action.
220TH DAY.-The House joint resolution
authorizing the Secretary of the Navy topur-
/ ehise nickel ore or nickel motto foruse in the
manufacture of steel armor was taken up by
the Senate, aud Mr.. Camcronis amendment
offered yesterday, was disagreed to. aud the
resolution WIS passed The remainder of the
hour Unsigned TO the calendar was consumed
In the discussion of the bill restricting immi.
grafton. Several amendments we're adopted,
but a final vote was not reached. The land.
court bill was then taken up, and on motion
of Mr.. Frye it was recommitted 10 the com.
mttee on private land claims A labor bin
was then taken up aud discussed, but there
being no quorum no vote was taken.
22lsT DAY.-The conference report on the
tarth bill was presented and read at length.
After speeches by Mr. Morgan and Mr.. Pad.
dock the conference report was laid aside
informally without action. The conference
report on the deficiency bill was presented by
Mr. Hale and agreed to- The individual
pension bills on the calendar were then taken
up and passed-i4 in Is minutes.
222D DAY-The debate on the conference
report on the tariff bill was concluded. and
the report was adopted by a vote of SO 10 q.
Messrs Plumb, Paddock and Pettigrew. Re.
pnblicans voting in the negative. The bill
now needs only the signatures Of the presiding
officers of both Houses, and the Pres dent OF
the United States. The Senate then had
brief executive session aud after the doors
were reopened, the House bill to set apart a
certain tract of land in California as forest
reservation was reported and passed. The
Senate then. at ?. NJ. adjourned.
223D DAY.-The Senate went out even more
quietly than the House. They spent much of
the afternoon in recess or in the suspension
OF business by unanimous consent simply
waiting for the President to sign all bills
passed. just before adjournment the Senate
passed complimentary resolutions in honor of
Vice President Merton and President (pro
tenn ingalls,. Mr.. Morton spoke for about 10
minutes in reply, and just as the hands Of the
clock reached the hour of he concluded by
declaring the Senate adjourned without day.
Ana thus the hrSt session Of the Fifty.first
Congress came to close-a session during
which the Senate met for 223 days, against la7
days in the Fiftieth Congress. which termn.
nted on the 10Th day of October, 1888. Meas.
ured in hours the disproportion was still
greater than in days, eight honrsa day having
been The average time during much of the
period when the tariff bill was under discus.
sion.