Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-08-16
,FIFTY.FIRsT CONGRESS.
Senate Sossfou,,

Of absence to clerks and employees in first
and second-class Postohices was put on the
calendar. The Senate then took up the Tariff
bill, the pending question being on Mr. Nor
CAMS amendment to paragraph III, pesee "a,
to offer one, and Mr.. German thcrcupon moved
to amend by reducing the duty on iron orc
from rs to 30 cents per ton; rejected. The rest
of paragraph 127 was agreed toas reported by
the Finance Committee. The Senate, at 655,
adjourned till tomorrow at 10 A. NJ.
17GTu DAY.-Aftcr some preliminary morn
ing business in the Senate the tariff bill was
taken mp, the pending question being on Mr..
Vance's amendment to reduce the duty on
pig-iron Paragraph l2S, Page 25) from $40 of
q cent per pound to s. per ton; rejected. The
discussion of the tariff ran OIL for some time,
and several paragraphs were disposed of. The
conference report on the sundry civil appro.
priation bill was presented and ordered printed
and went over until tomorrow. Mr.. Hoar,
from the committee on privileges and elections,
reported substitute for the House election
bill, and it was placed on the calendar. Mr..
Dawes presented unexplained the conference
report ON the fertilization bill. A long discus
sion ensued between Mr.. Dawes, Mr.. Edmunds,
Mr. Dolph and Mr.. Plumb, and the conference
report went over without action. After brief
executive session the Senate adjourned.
NTH DAY.-The conference report on the
fertilization bill was taken up and agreed to-.
The conference report on the Sundry Civil
Appropriation bill was then taken up and
discussed until o'clock, when q vote was
taken. The report was agreed to. A further
conference was ordered on the irrigation items
which had been postponed, and Mcssrs.. Alli-
son, Hale and German were reappointcd con.
for fha nf fhn
bill was then taken up, the pending paragraph
being rs to hoop, band. scroll or other iron or
steel, to which Mr.. Butler had offered an
amendment providing that such hoops used
for bailing cotton shall be taxed at the rate Of
81 per cent. all ynlorum 1.-THE present rate)
Mcssrs Butler aud Aldrich discussed this
question OF some length, and finally the bill
WAS laid aside without action. The Senate
then adjourned.
17STH DAY-Tac Senate met at 10 A. NJ.
but n roll-cal showed lhnt there were in the
chamber twelve Senators less than quorum
The sergeant-at-urms was directed to request
the attendance of absentees, and by l020 the
presence Of a quorum was secured and busl-
ness was proceeded with Mr.. Hoar offered
resolution to limit debate whichwas referred
to the committee OH rules. The tariff bill
was then taken up, the question being on Mr..
Buffers amendment to paragraph 134, page
81, to reduce the duty on cotton.ties to 30 per
cent adj valorem; rejected. Mr.. Plumb moved
to reduce to 2-lO cent additional duty on
hoops when cut into lengths for baling pur-
poses to LILO cent. As there was no quorum
present, Mr.. Aldrich moved an adjournment
and the Senate at 3 P. NJ. adjourned.
10TH DAY.-The Senate met at 10 A. NJ,
but call of the roll disclosed the fact that
there were only 81 Senators present-l6 less
than n quorum. The sergeant-at-arms was
directed to request the attendance of Senator's
and by 1921, quorum having been obtained,
business was proceeded with: The tariff bill
was taken up, the pending question being on
Mr.. plumb's amendment, to Paragraph 13+,
Page q. to reduce the additional duty on iron
or steel hoops, cut to lengths for baling pur-
poses, from 2-l0 to LILO cent per pound. The
amendment was rejected. The tin-plate para
graph was reached, and Mr. Vest moved to
reduce the duty from the proposed rate OF two
and two-tentns cents per pound to one cent
After some discussion the Senate adjourned.
House Scssinn1.
18TH DAy.-Mr Reed (Iowa) presented
the conference report OH the Original Package
bill. 1.-THE report leaves the bill exactly as it
passed the Senate, and is disscnted from by
Mr. Oates, of Alabama, one of the conferces.
and Mr.. Oates against it; adopted. The House
then went into committee of the whole Mr.
Pnyson. of Illinois, in the chair OIL the Gen.
eral Deficiency bill. Some irrelevant discus
sion was INDUCED in, in which John I. Daven-
mort anil the Federal Election bill were the
objects Of attack by the democrats, and Of
defense H.; the republicans Without dispos
ing OK the bill the committee rose and the
House adjourned.
18TH DAY.-The House went into commit
tee of the whole (Mr. Payson, of Illinois. in
the chair on the general deficiency bill. The
bill having been disposed of the committee
rose, all the amendments were agreed to, save
that granting un extra months salury to Sen.
nte and House employees, and then the bill
went over until tomorrow, and at 4.5O the
House adjourned.
1S6Tu DAY.-Thc House resumed the con-
sideration of the general deficiency bill anu
after an unsuccessful attempt to recommt it
the bill wns passed. Mr.. Cannon, of Illinois,
from the Committee on Rules, reported areso-
luton providing that after the passage OF this
resolution it shall be in order, after two hours
debate, to move that the House non-concur in
all the Senate amendments to the Indian ap-
preparation and 10 ask committee of confer
ence. Mr.. Enloe, of Tennessee, raised the
question of consideration in the interest, he
said, of the private calendar After some
further sparring the House decided to COLI
slider Mr. Cannon's resolution, and the pre-
vious question having been ordered upon it
the remainder of the session was spent in de-
batting it. At last the question was taken on
the adoption of the resolution, but no quorum
voted, and at five o'clock the House took q
recess until eight. Nothing was done at the
evening session.
18TH DAY.-Mr. Enoe asked rs question
of privilege whether The Speaker had the
right to instruct the doorkceper to prevent
members from going out during call of the
House. The question was referred to the
judiciary committee. The House then pro-
ceeded under the special order to the consld-
Grafton of the Senate amendments to the In
dian appropriation bill, and after several
speeches. the vote was taken upon the motion
made by Mr. Perkins to non-concur in the
Senate amendments. This was agreed to-
yeas 1j9, nays2. The House then adjourned
1SSTn DAY.-The House proceeded to the
consideration of the conference report on the
sundry civil appropriation bill. After q brief
debate lin the course of which Mr.. Dockery,
of Missouri, predicted deficiency of between
$40, 1000 900 and SIS 900 in the revenues OF
the government during the current fiscal year,
the conference report was agreed to, and q
further conference ordered upon the amend.
ments still in dispute. The floor was then
accorded to the committee on the District OF
Columbia, and the bill known as the Atkn-
son bjll) Comforting certain privileges on the
Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company
was taken up. The House. adjourned, how
1;chinO an vthinp.