The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-08-27

wreck was a bad one and the road was
blocked the remainder of the day.
The annual coaching party at Bethlehem,
N. H., on last week Wednesday was great
success. The Brattleboro band headed the
column. The prizes were awarded as fol-
lows: First and second prizes for coaches
presenting the best appearance, Twin Noun
tain and Howard houses first and second
prizes for finest horses and trappings
Strawberry Hill house and The Uplands
first and second prizes for coaches coming
the longest distance, Sanborn'S hotel of
West Campton and the Crawford house;
first and second prizes for coaches present.
ing the finest decorations, Sinclair house
and Highland house; first and second
prizes for mountain wagons presenting
finest decorations, Mount Agassz and Mount
Washington houses. In the evening there
were fireworks at Maplewood and Beth
lehem.
Congress.
TUEsDAY.-The resolution of Mr.. Quay
providing for a vote on the tariff bill on
August 80 went over until Wednesday at
the request of Mr.. IIoar The resolution
offered by Mr.. Plumb to prohibit the sale
and drinking of liquors in the senate wing
of the capitol also went over to Wednesday.
The tariff bill was then taken up, and the
! tin plate amendment of Mr.. Plumb was
Withdrawn, with the understanding that it
would be offered again. The bill was dis
cussed by Messrs. Cullom and Hawley.
! ne ldlltI COulIdSlttl lllb lItt-lIdtb SYSTEM
of Great Britain with the protectionist sys-
TEN of the United States, to the advantage
of the latter; and said that if the United
States were shut out from the rest of the
world for fifty years. it would come out of
! the test fat and happy. 1t would not have
| silk and tea, but it would have everything
| essential for human happiness. But if
! Great Britain were shut out from the rest
! of the world for six months, half her popu-
lation would starve to death. He was tired
of the rot of " the gloriousness of com
merce." The famous " drum" of Great
Britain that was heard round the globe was
! the drum of the commercial drummer.
| Mr.. Hoar gave notice of two amendments
| which he would offer to the Quay resolu-
! ton. One was resolution for change of
| the rules, which he had offered on the 9th
instant, providing that when bill or reso-
| luton shall have been considered a reason
able time it shall be in order for any sena-
tor to demand that debate thereon be
| closed The other was to include in the
| legislative business to be taken up this ses-
sion the federal elections bill, and to pro-
vide that Immediately after the tariff bill
shall be disposed of the election bill shall
| be taken up for consideration and shall re-
main before the senate every day for three
| days after the reading of the journal, to the
exclusion of all other business: and that on
the 4th of September at two o'clock voting
thereon and on pending amendments shall
| begin, and shall continue from day to day,
to the exclusion of all other business, until
they are disposed of. - In the house
| Mr.. Cannon, from the committee on rules
reported a resolution setting apart the
| Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, and
! Tuesday and Wednesday of the next week
for the consideration of bills reported from
the committee on agriculture. The resolu-
ton was adopted and the house accordingly
proceeded to the consideration of the senate
agricultural college bill. After long de-
bate, the bill as amended passed without
division. ct appropriates out of money
arising from the sale of public lands to each
state and territory, for the more complete
endowment and maintenance of colleges for
the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic
arts, the sum of $4,000 for the year ending
June 80, 1890, and an annual increase of
such appropriation thereafter for ten years
| by an additional sum of 81 900 over the pre-
ceding year; and the annual sum to be paid
thereafter shall be S25000)
WEDNEsDAY.-Mr Quay's resolution fix
ing the time for voting on the tariff bill and
! designating the other legislative business to
| be taken up at this session was laid before
the senate. Mr.. Hoar offered his substitute
for Mr.. Quays resolution and addressed the
| senate at length on the federal election bill
Mr.. Spooner moved to refer the Quay reso-
| luton to the committee on rules. Mr.
Frye made an imprisoned address to re-
| publican senators against that notion and
in favor of an amendment to the rules pro-
viding for the adoption of previous ques-
ton. Mr.. Hiscock opposed the reference of
| the quay resolution as leading to delay.
Mr.. Edmunds replied to Mr.. Frye's re-
marks, and declared his opposition to the
muzzling process. AT twelve o'clock be-
fore Mr.. Edmunds had finished speaking,
the tariff bill was taken up. The house
amendments to the agricultural college bill
and to the meat inspection bill were laid be-
fore the senate and were concurred in.
- The house resumed in the morning
hour the consideration of the bill exempt
ing mining lands from the provisions of the
alien land law. After a brief discussion,
the bill was laid on the table by vote of
fifty to twenty-seven. The house then pro-
ceeded, under the special order, to the con-
sideration of the senate bill providing for
the inspection of meats for export An
amendment offered by Mr.. Morgan, bring
| ing lard under its provisions, was defeated
as was also an amendment by Mr.. Savers
providing that Texas fever shall not be con-
sidered an infectious disease. The bill was
then passed. The house proceeded under
the special order to the consideration of the
bill defining lard
THURsDAY.-The resolution offered by
Mr.. Plumb on the sale of spirituous vinous
| and malt liquors in the senate wing of the
capitol was laid before the senate, the pend
ing question being on Mr.. Blair's amend
ment to add the words and drinking" and
on Mr. Buffers amendment directing a
daily search for liquors of committee rooms
and other departments. Mr.. Plumb OBJ
iected to both amendments as calculated to
belttle the resolution. The resolution
went over a day. The tariff bill was then
taken up, the pending question being Mr.
McPherson's amendment in regard to table
knives Mr.. Coke addressed the senate in
opposition to the bill. Mr.. Coke yielded the
floor temporarily while the conference re-
port on the call for an increase of the cer-
zeal force of the pension office was agreed
to. Mr.. Evarts said he had just received
from the Grant Monument Association a
communication, which was read 1t recites
that the members of the association deplore
the recent action of the senate as to the re-
| moval of the remains of General Grant
from New York to Arlington and protests
against the proposed action. 60 The bill
defining lard was considered in the house.
FRmAY.-The tariff bill was taken up in
the senate, and several amendments relat-
ing to articles of iron and steel proposed by
Mr.. Mcpherson We're defeated. A general
debate on the tariff took place. Nine pages
of the bill We're disposed of. - In the
house Mr.. Butterworth submitted the con-