The Red Cloud chief., 1890-09-05
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and lla1


I'm Senate on the nd transacted no busi.
ness. Resolutions of respect were offered
20 the late eeaatoe Beck, sulogIes delivered
~ Senators Blsckburn. lngalls, Carlisle.
warts, Plumb. Vest and oehera. end b
adjourned. 80. After routioe busiaes
ln the House the Lard bill was taken up and
Q lively debate ensued. when . vote was
analiy rsach.d on the passage Of the bin
the result Was yea III: ~ tS-00
QuorumL Tho House thea adjourned
N the eenate % the Eth when the Tariff
bill was takea mp senator AldrIch asked
unanimous consent 10 N q date for closlng
debate On the bill aud taking . vote. eena-
tor Cornan, o. behalf q the Democfats. viz.
finally agfood With Ii. Aldrtch, and e.
pressed . willingness to enter INTO some
mutual Agreement, but Senatoe Plumb heod
that the Tariff bill was Of too great
im~portaace % b, hurried through and
objected to the present conslderaeion OF the
matter Of limitation Of debate. and u vent
over. The head ore paragraph OF the 1artn
bill was discussed at length. and after ap-
pointing q comm ittee TO attend the funcfaI
Of Representative Watson the Senate e0-
journed.. The conference report on the
enndry Civil bill vas agreed to In the House.
Mr.. OMEN announced the sudden death OF
representative Watson, OF Pennsylvania.
and offered resolution. which were adopted.
A committee was appointed to attend the
funeral and the Hou ~adj0urncd.
TEE Senate on the 26th agreed. BY unani-
nous consent, to the memorandum OF Sen.
ator Aldrich in regard TO Limitation 1T de-
bate on the Tariff bin. The conference re-
port On the Eundry Civil bill brought out Q
long discussion but was finally agreed to and
the Tariff bill resumed, tho lead orc para.
graph being under consideration. Senator
Elumb's amendment TO reduce the duty on
lea ore vas rejected, Mr.. Plumb being the
only Republican who voted fHf reduction.
The sugar schedule vas reached and the
Senate adjourned. Ths House spent the
eatire day In hllibustering on the LAID bill.
Much confusion prevailed. and all efforts to
secure . quorum having failed, the House
WHEN the Senate met on he nth Senator
Thumbs resolution to forbid the sale Of
liquors In the senate wing OF the Capitol
came mp and o long debate followed, during
which tt vas shown that Senators now did
not drink neal - much ~ senators did nifty
or seventy years ago. and for at losst two
years no Senator had appeared on the noo'
Intoxicated. Tho resolution was finally
sent to the Committee on Rules. and the
Tariff bill debated until adjournment. - The
House got into uproarious disorder over the
attempt { pass the Lard bill. during which
Mr.. Cannon. Of Illinols. had Q personal till
with Mr.. AcAdoO, Of New Jersey. and Messrs.
wilson, Of Washington. and BeckWith. Of
New Jersey, came to blows. During the up.
roar q quorum disappeared. and a. nothing
could be done the Hous adjourned
THE entire day in tho Senate on the 18th
was devoted to consideration OF tho Tarin
bill. The House passed the Lard bill BY q
vote OF l16 to 81. q quorum being counted.
Many members then had something to say
In personal explanation OF the riOtous pro.
ceed,nGs Of the day before and the bill
constituting eight hours a days work In the
Government service was passed. No other
business Of public importance wa trans
acted and the House adjourned
In the Senate IN the 39;h Senator Blail
presented a memorial ri the W. mems Ma
ti0nal Industrial League for the suppress
sion md punishment Of the earned assas'
sins, known as the IinkcrtOn detCctivcs,'
which was referred. fenatOr Edmunds OF
ferod a concurrent resolution. which went
over. for an adjournment from September
- to November 10. Tn, Tariff bill was then
considered until adjournment. The day ia
the House was occupied in Committee al
the Who e on private claims. Among Tho
bills passed was that known as the Omn b,
Southern War Claims bill. The bill carries
appropriations Of $4,000. At the evening
session pension bills were considered.