The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-22
THE SENATE AND HOUSE.
NATIONAL LAWMAKERS AND WHAT
THEY ARE DOING.


Discussed and Acted On-Gist of the
Business.
THE Senate spent most of the 10th inst de-
batting the amendment by Senator Plumb to the
silver bill now under consideration. The amends
ment provides that the Secretary of the Treas<
ury shall at no time be allowed by law to retain
and hold in the Treasury Department as sur
plus an amount to exceed Sll0, 600, 0eO. This
amendment provoked running debate, In
which Senators Plumb ingalls,, Sherman Ed
munds, Allison, Cockrell Reagan, and Vest par
ticipated All the speakers condemned the
policy of boarding money in the treasury, and
some such measure as Senator Plumb's is likely
to pass. In the House Mr. Henderson, OF
Iowa, and Mr.. Gambler, OF Messachu-
sets, kicked over the traces. The tariff
bill was under discussion in the House, and
Mr.. Mckinley offered an amendment specifically
including glass chimneys in the clause relative
to thin blown glass at a duty of 10 cents dozen
and 40 per cent ad valorem. Mr.. Henderson.
said he would decline to vote for the increase Of
any duty when ne had not the information to-
justify that vote. MIR. Gambler stated that his
constituents were opposed to the feature
should vote against it. An, amendment
offered by Mr.. Henderson TO leave the
duty on lamp chimneys as under
103, and the Mckinley amendment was agreed
to. The wool schedule was next taken up, and
several minor amendments offered by the
Committee of Ways and Means adopted after
considerable discussion The duty on wooden
yarn, which was fixed by the bill at twice the
raised TO two and one-half times the rate on
wool, and the duty on woods of the third class
valued at ID cents per pound or less was In
creased to 80 per cent. al valorem and on those
valued at over Ii cents per pound was liked al
So per cent. I'D valorem At 5 p. NJ. the House
took 9 recess until evening for consideration OF
pension bills.
IN the Senate, on the ISL inst, Mr. Hoar,
from the Judiciary Committee, reported back
the House amendment to the Senate antitrust
bill, with an amendment. Messrs. Vest and,
Coke stated that, as members, Of the committee,
they did not concur in the report, and Mr.. HoRr
explained the effect of the action recommended.
The matter went over. The Senate bill to-
fix the times and places for holding Federal
Courts in the District of Kansas was re-
ported by Mr.. Ingalls, from the Judiciary
Committee and was passed. The Senate bill
appropriating 100000 for building at Ogden,
Utah, reported and placed on the calendar.
The feature of the days proceedings a long
speech by Mr.. Jones of Nevada in support of
his silver bill. He argued i'll favor of the free
coinage of silver, increased volume of currency
and the reconciliation of silver and bimeta1-
ism and warmly defended the silver miners
from the charge of selfishness in desiring the
RECOMMENDATION OF silver After short
executive session the Senate adjourned.
In the House Mr.. Mckinley OF Ohio
moved that speeches ,e!;f 3, in, in general de-
ute. The motion was agreed to, and the House
went into committee of the whole, Mr.. Payson,
of Illinois, in the chair Mr.. Anderson offered
an amendment authorizing the President to.
suspend the duty on any article when he may
be convinced the production of the said article
is controlled by any trust or combination to-
govern prices production. Mr.. McMillin de-
MED that any representative of the sugar trust
had ever appeIred before the committee.
Mr.. Niedringhaus moved amelNSment,
FOR g reduction of the duty on boracic acid.
Quite a discussion arose over the feature of
the bill fixing the rate of duty on this article,
which, it was explained was used in the manu-
facture of boraX. The California delegation OPP
posed motion made by Mr.. Mills for a. re-
ductiOn of the rate of duty, saying that the pro-
duction of borax recently discovered in Cali
fornia ought to be protected. The motion to re-
duce the duty was defeated. Mr.. Covert attack
ed the feature of the bill which places duty
muriatic acid and sulphine acid used largely in.
manufacturing fertilizers. After q long discus
sion Mr.. COvert's motion to strike outth clause
placing duty on muriatiC acid was defeated.
on the night of the 18th inst. Mr.. Bynum Of
Indiana was censured by the House amid the
applause of the Democrats, andwith the declara-
ton that he accepted the censure decoration
of honor. The proceedings leading up to the
vote of censure follow Mr.. Bayne of Pennsyl-
Vania in speaking to q verbal amendment of the
tariff hill sent to the clerk desk and had read g.
letter from James Campbell of Pittsburg, Pa,
denying the statements rejecting upon his char
acter made few days since by Mr.. Bynum of
Indiane and Mr.. Wilson of West Virginia. In
his letter he strongly attacks those gentle
citation of them. After half an. hour of
uproar Mr.. Bynum secured the floor and
said that the Campbell affidavit was to
the effect that Mr. Wilson and he had said
that SIS month was enough. for any glass
blower. Ho had telegraphed to the West Virginia
papers denouncing Campbell rs, nsliar and per-
jUrer. Since the gentleman from Pennsylvania
constituted himself ithe conduit pipe through
which this attack of Campbell found its way
into the Record, since the Chair has said that
the way citizen who may feel aggrieVed can
get into the Record is by the Endorsement
of "a member of the House, 1 have simply
to say WHIST did the other day, knowing
full we'll the meaning of the words, and
that 1 was responsible for them, denounce
Mr.. Campbell as a liar and perjurer;
T 10 hat I
am willing to believe that have great con-
fidence in the character of MI. Campbell as have
in the character OF the gentleman VINO makes
this attack upon me. Mr.. Cutcheon demanded
that the words be taken down. The offensive
words were taken down and reported from the
clerks desk. Mr. Cutcheon moved that tho
committee rise and report the words to the House
for it's action agreed to-120 to so. Mr.. Clutch
con then offered the following: "Resoloed, That
the member from Indiana William D. Bynum)
In the language used by him in committee or
the whole and taken down and reported to the
House and read at the clerks desk has been
guilty of violation of the rules and privileges
Of the House and merits the censure Of the
House for the same. RESOLVED: That the said
William d. Bynum be now brought to the
bar of the House by the Sergeant-at-
arms and there the censure of the House
be administered by the Speaker" The resolu-
tionS passed by vote of 126 yeas to lob nays
Then Mr.. Bynum appeared at the bar, accom-
panied by all of his Democratic associates who
could find room in the limited space and who
were loud in their applause The Speaker re-
quested the gentlemen to take their seats. Mr..
Springer, aching as spokesman, declined to do
SO. The Speaker then said calmly: 1.-THE House
of Representatives perceives that it is imIOssf-
BILE for the Chair to enforce order on account
of the action OF certain members: The
Chair will therefore proceed to do it's
duty under the present condition of disorder.
William d. Bynum, you are arraigned at the
bar of the House for having transgressed its
rules by your remarks. For this Ofense the
House desires that you should by censured at
its bar In the naIne of the House, therefore,
pronounce upon you its censure. The
Sergeant-at-rrms will now release you" Mr..
Bynum-Under such circum stances l accept
the censure of the House as a decoration of
honor Democratic applause.] There was
some disposition manifested by the Republicans
to take umbrage at this remark, but before 1t
was understood perfectly the House, at 10 3d.
adjourned
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