Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-16
NEWS IN BRIEF,
Compiled from Various Sources.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

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In the Senate, on the 9Th, con sueratlon or
the Tariff bill was resumed and Mr Nor
Can's proposed amendment to reduce the
duty on Bessemer iron ore was discussed.
Senator German made long speech in
favor of reducing the rate. A proposition
to reduce the rate from seventy five to sixty
cents per ton was defeated, and without fin
ishing the iron ore paragraph the Senate
adjourned 49,. In the House the conference
report on the Original Package bill was
adopted, after which consideration of the
General Deficiency bill was resumed in
committee of the whole, but without dis.
posing of the measure.
In the Senate, on the 7th cons liberation of
the Tariff bill was resumed, and considera.
BILE progress was made with the metal
schedule. Several propositions from Demo-
Gratis to reduce rates were defeated by
strict party votes. In tho House, after
preliminary matters had been attended to.
the General Deficiency bill was taken up
and disposed of in committee of the whole.
When the committee rose all the amend
ments were agreed to except one granting
an extra months pay to employees Of the
Senate and House, and then the bill went
over,
IN the Senate. on the Sth, the conference
report on the Fertilization bill was adopted.
long discussion ensued on the confer
eHC0 TopOlt Oh tilo Wv IL AppiOpTld-
tions bill, which was finally agreed to, and
further conference was ordered on the IT.
rigation items. Late in the afternoon tho
Tariff bill was taken up, but no progress
was made with it,. In the House consid-
Grafton of the General Deficiency bill was
finished early In the afternoon, and the bill
was passed. The remainder of the after
noon was spent discussing a resolution
from the committee on rules to bring the
Senate amendments to the Indian Appro-
priation bill before the House for immedt-
ate consideration.
IN the Senate, on the 9th, Mr.. Hoar offered
a res olution, which was referred to the COM
mittee on rules, intended to shorten debate
on the Tariff bill or other measures which
may lead to long debate by tho incorpora-
tion OF limited previous question" rule in
the rules of the Senate. The Tariff bill was
then taken up, but owing to prof. onged
speeches OF general nature, but little
progress was made. In the House Mr..
Enloe, rising to a question of privilege. said
he had been forcbly detained, while at
tempting to leave the House, by door
keeper, claiming to act under orders of the
Speaker. The Speaker ruled tho question
admissible, and it was referred to the com
Inittee on the judiciary. The House then,
after discussion, refused to concur in the
Senate amendments to the Indian Appro-
priation bill and adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 11th, consideration
of the Tariff bill was continued, the discus
sion turning on the question of time wasted
ON individual items. Several proposed
amendments to the metal schedule were
voted down. Just before adjournment Mr.
Edmunds offered resolution which went
over, to put the Ave minute rule into effect
on the discussion of individual items in the
bill -. In the House, after some flibuster-
ing over the approval of the journal a fur
ther conference on some disputed amend
ments to the Sundry Civil Appropriations
bill was ordered. The Atkinson bill, regu-
latinr steam railroads in the District of
Columbia, was taken up but final action on
it was prevented by dilatory motions.
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