Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-08-14
THE NATIONAL SOLONS.
SENATE AND HOUSE or REPRE-
SENTATIVES.

SENTATiVES.
Our National Law-sfakers and What They
Are Doing for the Good Of the County,
Various Measures Proposed. Discussed.
and Acted Upon.
TEE first week in August opened in the
Senate with eighteen pages Of the tariff bill
disposed of out Of 1so, or 10 per cent. of the
whole. Ten days have been consumed In
accomplishing that much. At the same
ratio 1t will take u hundred days In all to
dispose Of the bill. Mr.. Davis offered
resolution In the Senate on the 4th
calling on the Secretary Of War for informa-
tion respecting the accident to the lock
In the sault. Ste. Marie Canal. Mr.. Davis
said this was serious calamity to the great
commerce Of the lakes, infllcting damage 70,
the commerce between the upper and lower,
lakes Of perhaps half million day. In,
cidentally he referred to the failure of the
House to act on the bill passed by the Sem
ate several months ago. providing for a.
second and larger lock. Mr.. Coclxrell ex-i
pressed surprise that the Cuisines branch"
Of Congress paid no attention,
TO the matter. The presiding Of.
fcer (Mr. Ingalls, said that he had OBJ
allude In terms Of severity and disparage-i
ment to the proceedings of the other house
OF Congress. 1t was violation Of the fun
damental principles OF parliamentary law
TO refer tn one house to what was done or
said In The other. The House went into
committee Of the whole, Mr.. Payson, of
Illinois, in the chair, on the general def
cheney appropriation bill. Mr. Henderson,
OF Iowa, explained that the bill carried an
appropriation Of S5,140,o00. The items of
deficiency submitted to tho Committee on
Appropriations aggregated S13, SOC, 900.
In the Senate tho glassware and stone
schedules Of tho tariff bill were disposed OF
on the 5th. The discussion continued for
long time, and at its close an amendment
offered by Mr.. Mcpherson to paragraph 106
as to sizes Of window glass was accepted by
Mr.. Aldrich and was agreed to. Paragraph
ITO referred to "Cast polished plate-glass
silver and looking-glass plates" Mr.. Vest
moved to reduce the rates on tho lowest
size from six to four cents per square foot on
the ground that this German looxing-glass
was used in cheap furniture and was not pro-
duced in this country. The vote on Mr..
Vests amendment was taken by yeas and
nays. The amendment was rejected-yeas
IL; nays, 2S. Mr.. Plumb was tho only Re-
publican voting with the Democrats. In
the House Mr.. Mckinley, from tho Commit
the on Rules. reported resolution asking
tho Secretary of the Navy for the reasons
Navy-Yard. In speaking to tho resolution
Mr.. Cummings Of Now York said the
order increasing tho force OF tho Kittery
Navy-YarS looked as though the design was
to use executive power for partisan pur-
poses. Mr.. Boutolle replied to Mr.. Gum
mings, and after long discussion the reso-
luton was adopted.
THE conference report on the original
package bill was agreed to in the House on
the 9Th, by a vote of 100 yeas to % nays.
1t is rs follows: That oil fermented. dis
titled or other intoxicating liquors or liquids
transported into any State or Territory
or remaining therein for use, consump-
tion, sale or storage, shall upon arrival
in such State or Territory be subject to
the operation and effect of the laws OF
such State or Territory enacted in the exer-
else OF its police powers, to tho same extent
and in the samo manner Us though such
liquids or liquors had been produced in such
State or Territory, and shall not be exempt
therefrom by reason of being introduced
therein in original packages or otherwise.
The Senate spent the day discussing the
tariff.
In the Senate on the 7th tho tariff bill was
taken up and number Of amendments,
none Of great Importance, were made. Tho
sundry civil bill was reported and Mr. Alli-
son said the bill as 1t passed. tho House had
carried $2Ss000, 900, and had been Increased
by the Senate about $4,000 The net re-
ductions agreed to In tho conference COM
nittee amounted to So, ,700, 900, so that the bill
carried under the conference report SEQ, ,S52, :
600. MI, ,Hoar, of tho Committee on Privileges.
and Elections, reported O substitute for the
House election bill, and It was placed ON tho
calendar. Tho minority OF the committee,
he said, dissented from tho report. In the
House on motion of Mr.. Bingham Pa.), o
resolution was adopted calling on the Post
master General for copies Of the agreements
for the transportation of mails between tho
United States and foreign countries, the
conditions upon which the awards are made,
and the rates Of payment for the service.
In the Senate, on the sth, the concurrent
resolution heretofore offered by Mr.. Plumb
expressing the desire of Congress for the re-
moval of the remains of ''the illustrious
soldier and statesman, Ulysses 8. Grant"
to and their intermcnt in tho Arlington
National Cemetery, and requesting the
President to convoy to tho widow OF that
eminent man such desire, rendering 70 her,
on behalf of tho nation, all necessary facili-
ties for such removal and interment, was
taken up and agrccd to. The conference
report on tho sundry civil appropriation
bill was also agreed to. The House re-
sumcd consideration of the general de-
fciency bill, but after considerable time 1t
was discovered that there was no quorum
present and the House adjourned.