The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-02-20
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE AND Housn

In the Senate Thursday bill wa, r.
appropriating shDO0OO for a public p!SSssed
at Portland, Oregon. After furthery ynluing .o.iing
business the Senate proceeded TO cnnssie
th- bill providing temporary goyeae, goyern,rae,
for Oklahoma. ''nihent
In the Houe, as usual, the Democ,...
| jected to the approval Of the iournaii OBJ
| usual n roll call vas needed as ps,,"i'' as
Democrats refrained from VOTING s1'a 'he
usual. the Speaker counted QUORUM a,
declared the journal approved by a W. Vote "nq ni
yeas i4l, nays on. Buckalew) On we r1. OF
Of Mr. lltl of Illinois, the Senate Ii'oh 1hl
resolution was pas ell unanimously coro!.,.n' !O,h'
lating the pope OF the United states ~ p..uu-
zil on the adoption Of n republican c.D'a. D'a.
government. The cons deration of no .ol ol
was then proceeded with. 'S
In the senate Friday the house bill n. a..
relief of the sufferers by the wreck -, le
United States steamers Trenton and Vo,EHls EHls
lia and the stranding of the United Si',' S',a'
steamer Nipsic at Apia Samoan islands was
passed. The following bills on the c,lc,Sass way
were passed. Providing for an essi,,as.
secretary of war. with salary of SJuo ~
the relief Of soldiers or sailors who eri..I
or served under assumed names: To refund :.
the State of West Virginia the money ,,3
to officers Of the One Hundred and Tbi,,,u
third regiment of " est Virginia militia n,
services rendered during the rcbrlI,'
appropriating 5000 for a United S,,,a,
| revenue cutter for services on the p,1,fs
| coast with headquarters at Astoria n,a
| concurrent resolution tO invite intcrn,f,or,,
| arbitration as to differences between ra,i1na'
! The bill to declare unlawful trusts and G.,.
binations in restraint Oftradc and predr,,io.
! having been reached it was laid a,.Ia n.
the present. Mr.. Ingalls, stated that the ssr.
ator from Louisiana (Mr Gib,ony and lin.
self had agreed upon an amendment 4, l..
adopted to the bill i'm relation to the T.,''
| lana State University and Agricultural CL
| lege, and, at his request the bi,l was tatc,
| up and passed, with an amendment sun, ~
| ed by Mr. ingalls,. Altogether there we-eg
| bills passed.
The House adopted the new code uf rnla,
| The vote taken Friday resulted I'm lGl fo- al
| 1ii against the rules, the Democrats yo,ir.
when their names were called.
Mr.. Cultivate. of Ohio, offered an amspi.
ment striking out the clause constitutiu, .lo
members quorum in Committee of ibe
! Whole lie also off red an amendment m
| the clause ofrulc 23which provides that ,al
| motions or propositions originatiug ctborin
| the House or Senate involving a tax or
| charge upon the people shall bc first clu,I
| cred in Committee of the Whoc'
Mr.. Outh waites first amendment. relative
| to a quorum, was lost-Iess 1876. NAYS IA
Mr.. Crisp, of Georgia, moved to strike ON,
| the clause comforting upon the speaker the
| power to count "a quorum. The amendment
| was lost-Icas. l26. nays, l56.
Mr.. dills, of Texas, moved to strikeor.
heclause that nodilatory motionshull been.
tertained by the Speaker. The motion wa,
lOst-Geas, l4l; nays, lh5.
Mr.. Lawler, of Illinois offered an amend
ment, providing that no member shall ,Iels
more than ten minutes upon any subject
| until all members who may wish 10 sttak
| have spoken. Lost.
! The hour Of o'clock having arrived the
! Speaker stated that the previous question
was ordered on the adoption Of the rules
| Mr. Springer, of Illinois, inquired whrlhera
motion to recommit with instruction, was
in order, and received negative reply. The
rules were then adopted by strict mry
| vute-yeas, ~ nays, lIJ-and the House
| adjourned.
| -hc bdI, nrov,d,nc for tho osco..,,,,...,
or the mortgage indsbte,ness oS 49,, ,',,..
,yos tai,n,, 20 Ia H. Ln',so So, 49,. Unity
amended so as In nrovide Mains "rJ ,.sl aIa
ties for anv nersop or corn,rati,,' ''', ,,g ,o".
snseJ to answer anv onestions ,ror"',raT
| rho biil no amended ,vos na ssod r,if4.
10 Tho memory az ,ba Ia,a H. i1t'iEg ptIEL.gs
Townshond of Illinois were tben i,,oaDg ii,,anq
to, "''' 'Ne'' '''''u'l
In the Senate Monday Mr. Dawes presented
over 2lO petitions from Massachusett, sn.
ing that more than 700 gallons Of into,i.
| eating liuuors are annually eXn,rtpI from
the United States to Africa dcmoraln,
the people of Africa and detrimental 10 al
legitimate commerce with that people. ai
| praying that under that section Of the Con.
stitution which authorizes CDngrcs, 10 rr,1.
late commerce with foreign nations. tha.
sort of thing be stopped. lie askel ,hl.
petitions be referred To the Committee m
Education and Labor, and iuyoSed lle
careful consideration of that committee %
the subject. So referred MIR. Chlule-
presented several petitions from Mississippi
complaining ofthc suppression OF the Re-
publican vote i'm that state Hi
representing that the so,clId
Legislature Of Mississippi had recently
enacted law for ESTABLISHING new cja,,,.
tuition for the State ON the 18th uf August
1897 the same not to be subm ltci tothe
people for ratification. aud lha i' wa, the
ayowed purpose of Democrats 10 employ
fraudulent methods to deprive many nieII'
gent citizens of their franchise. EcierrelD
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