Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-08-14
CONGRESSIONAL.
MONDAY, Aug. 4.


Semate;-In the senate today Mr..
the secretary of war for informa-
ton on the subject of the accident last
Friday to the lock of the Sault Ste. Marie
canal He spoke of it as most serious
calamity to the commerce of the nation,
costing, as he had been informed by tele-
graph, 100000 day. He also mention
ed, incidentally, the failure of the house to
act on the bill passed by the senate some
months ago, providing for second and
larger dock. Mr.. Cannon hoped that the
house would be induced to take up
the measure and pass it. If not,
it would be we'll enough for the senate
to take up the river and harbor
bill at an earlier day than had been
agreed upon so as to have the appropria-
ton secured for that very important work.
The resolution offered on Saturday last
by Mr.. Plumb as to the reinterment of the
remains of Gen. Grant in the Arlington
National cemetery was at the suggestion
of Mr.. Plumb, allowed to remain on the
table, to be called up at some other time
The tariff bill was then taken up.
HOuse.-ln the house today the appro-
priation bill was taken up. Mr. Henderson
Iowa. explained that the Pacific railroad
claims were not provided for in the bill.
Mr.. Rogers attacked the speaker and
his rulings. The code of rules, he said,
under which the house proceeded, gave
the speaker power to stife debate, gag the
house, force the passage of bills, avoid ex-
posture, outrage and mist1eat the minority,
and bulldoze the majority Mr.
Henderson Iowa defended the speaker
against the attack made upon him
by Mr.. Rogers. He referred to him as the
mighty man from Maine, and declared
that he stood today as towering, historic,
grand figure of this age oflegislative vic
tory and reform. Mr. Breckenridge
lark. then arose and made an eloquent
appeal against the action of the republi-
can party in the south. He stood
before the house, God and the people
of this country as an honest man and
said the republicans had no cause for
being suspicious of the south. The south
demanded hearty cooperation from the
north to build up their languid industries,
etc. Mr.. Breckenridge was constantly
interrupted by hearty cheers.
TUESDAY, Aug. 8.
SeHdte.-Tne senate met at 10 a. NJ and
Immediately proceeded to to the considera-
ton of the tariff bill, the pending item be-
Ing paragraph 1O7, on page 10, ''Cylinder
and crown glass, polished.
HOnse.-After the reading of the jour
nal, Mr.. Bingham, Of Pennsylvania,
moved to lay on the table the motion
(which has been pending tor some time)
to reconsider the vote by which the house
passed bill to grant leave of absence to
clerks in the first and second class post
offices. The motion to recover was tabled.
Yeas Is, nays 60. Mr.. Snyder, of Min
nesota, rising to question of privilege,
denounced as falshood an article appear
ing in a Detroit paper, stating that at a
conference between the Minnesota delega-
ton and Speaker Reed, relative to certain
improvements of the Saut Ste. Marie
canal the Speaker had declared ''to hell
with your inland seas Mr. /, Mckinley.
of Ohio, from the committee on rules re-
ported a resolution asking the secretary of
the navy for the reasons for the increase of
the force at the Kittery Navy Yard. In
speaking of the resolution Mr. Cummings.
of New York, said that he rose in defense
of pupiic morality and public law, which
had been menace1 by high public official
the order increasing the force of the Kit
te1y navy yard looked as though the de-
sign was to use executive power for par
tisan purposes. He referred to the great
evil which would result from the introduce
ton of politics into the navy yards and
going back to the administration of the
Navy department by Secretary Robenson.
he commented severely upon the action of
that official in filing the navy yards with
partisan friends just previous to congress-
ional election. He charged that the Kit
terry yard was used for political purposes
and quoted figures to show that previous
to elections the list of employees was much
larger than it was month or two after
ward. The majority of the men employed
came from Maine, the State of Thomas
Bracket Reed
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 6.
Senate-After routine business of little
Importance the senate proceeded to con-
! sideration of the tariff.
House.-Mr. Reed of Iowa presented
the conference report on the ''original
package bill. The report leaves the bill
exactly as it passed senate, and is dissent
ed from by Mr.. Oates (Ala.) one of the
conferees After debate the conference
report was adopted-yeas, 100; nays SO.
| The house then went into committee of
! the whole on the general deficiency bill,
but without disposing of the bill the COM
mittee rose. and the house adjourned.
THURSDAY. Aug. 7.
| Senate.-In the senate today, after
some preliminary business, the tariff
bill was taken up, the pending ques-
ton being On Mr.. Vance's amendment to
reduce the duty on pig iron from $40 of
a cent per pound to IS per ton. 1t was
| defeated by a strict party vote. The next
paragraph, which taxes bar iron, round
iron, fat and square iron, from $40 of a
| cent per pound to l cent per pound, &C
cording to classification, was then taken
up. Mr.. Mcpherson moved to amend
oy striking out the rates per pound and
inserting a uniform rate of so per cent adj
valorem. After some debate, the amend
ment was rejected by another strictly party
vote. When the paragraph relating to
beams, girders and other structural shapes
of iron or steel was reached, the rate was
reduced from go to $40 cent a pound.
The tariff bill was temporarily laid aside
to allow Allison to present the conference
report on the sundry civil appropriation
bill. The BILL said Mr.. Allison, as it
passed the house, had carried S2S, 900, COO
and had been increased by the senate S.