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and Acted Upon.
Dolngs Of Congress.
onday the Senate made but little prog
70 In the tariff bill discussion In the
House several unimportant bills were
passed The only important one gave the
Washington. Alexandria and Mount YER
non Electric Railway Company an en-
trict Of Columbia bill was taken up the
even tenor Of business was interrupted BY
q negro In the center OF the gallery arising
In hts place and shouting: aMr. Speaker OF
the House of Representatives Instantly
the House was In confusion. and all eyes
were turned upon the new orator In
the gallery. The Speaker. who was the
first 20 regain his composure. direrted the
doorkeeper TO remove the man. He was OF
powerful physique. however. and the door,
keeper was unable to Gust him for some
bis alleged divinely inspired message TO
the effect that the Lord had commanded
him to come to the Speaker Of the House
and order him to pass the Coxey bill
Other portions of his message referred TO
the Capitol. tho White House and the
Treasury, but the exact purport was not
learned In the confusion. The interloper
was finally elected and business resumed
The resignation Of Representative Barnes
Compton. of Maryland, was laid before the
House, after which bill was passed au-
thorizing the Braddock and Homeste I'D
Bridge Company TO build bridge over tho
Monongahela River at Homestead. Pa At
4;0s the House adjourned
Consideration of the tariff bill was re-
suned In the Senate Tuesday after sew
eral bills of minor Importance had been
passed and a resolution, introduced by
Mr.. Allen. calling for information as 70
the number and class Of persons unem-
ployed In protected industries, had been
discussed and laid over. Three items In
the chemical schedule were passed and
that Mr.. Aldrich broke In with an amend
ment to place duty OF 10 per cent on
coal tar products. which was defeated.
Among the bills presented In the House was
one from the committee on labor. reported
by Mr. McGeen, making Labor Day
holiday. It was placed on the cali
endar. The naval appropriation bill
was then taken up The para
graph authorizing the secretary OF the
navy to use s450,oo0. appropriated by the
act OF March 2. 1880, for the construction.
armament and equipment OF three torpedo
boats TO cost not more than $4,000 was
adopted, and the bill was then passed
The House then went into committee Of
the whole and the agricultural appropria-
ton bill was taken up No amendments
had been made in the bill when. at b;05
o'clock. the committen rose and the House
adjourned
The Senate occupied It's time Wednesday
In considering tariff bill amendments The
House passed the bill for the validation OF
affidavits made before United States COM
missioners In all land entries Mr.. Marsh,
Of Illinois, severely denounced the prac-
tice Of the Agricultural Department OF
and publishing statistics OF
crops, upon which spectators were en-
abled to manipulate the grain and cotton
MARKETS His amendment to strike out
the paragraph providing FOR the publica-
ton OF monthly crop reports was defeated.
Mr. Wilson, of Washington. offered an
amendment appropriating $500 to en-
able the Secretary Of Agriculture to
ton OF hemp and fax In the State
Of Washington. Agreed to- Mr.. Cof-
feen offered an amendment which
was adopted. including the sheep scab.
pleuro- pneumonia, tuberculosis and other
diseases of animals, which the secretary In
authorized to Investigate. Mr. Hainer
proposed an amendment directing the
President TO enter into correspondence
with the authorities of Great Britain for
the abrog alton or modification OF the law
which requires cattle imported inDo
Great Britain from this country to be
at the port of entry, and pre-
vents them from being carried to other
parts of the kingdom Agreed to- Mr.
Pickler offered an amen ment increasing
the appropriation for the purchase, propa-
cation. and distribution OF seed from
81 80, 900 to $3.50. 900. Agreed to- An
was agreed to providing that
after May I the Secretary OF Agri-
culture shall distribute all the seeds on
hand. giving preference to those persons
whose names and addresses have been fur
nished by Senators and Representatives In
Congress, and who have not before, during
the same season, been supplied by the de-
partment
The Senate again wasted day. Thurs
day. In q bootless fight over tarin bill
Among the bills favorably
eported In the House was one by Mr..
Of New York, from the Com
mittee on Railways and Canals, to inquire
Into the feasibility of constructing a ship
can al from the Hudson River to the great
lakes CONCERNING the agricultural approx
priation bill Representative Herman
offered an amendment raising the appro-
priation for irrigation investigations from
s., 900 to s25.000. 1t was defeated. An
was adopted authorizing the
of the Agriculture to investigate
The nutritive value Of food products; also
an amendment providing for the introduc-
ton of ramie. Chinese plant resembling
,ilk; also IN amendment provid-
Ing that persons who should know
nRIy publish false weather fore
cast or warnings should be fined not TO
sxceed $500 or imprison ment not exceeding
ninety days or both An amendment was
Also a0OpteQ dutnOrKluH bne secretary OF
Agriculture to inquire as to the feasibility
,f display Ing weather signals from postal
ears At S o'clock the consideration Of the
bill was concluded and. the committee Of
The whole having risen. the bill was favor
ably reported TO the House. and the pre-.
rious question being ordered the bill was
passed in spite of Mr. Marsh's efforts to
The Senate Friday decided to inaugurate
onger hours. commencing Monday, and
hen settled down to real work on the tar
n schedule. disposing of eleven pages
more progress than has been made 10 three
weeks The House found a 6libuster on
ts hands, caused by motion to consider
bills running counter to pri-
rate bills. The legislative. judicial and ex-
,cutive appropriation bills were taken up
after an agreement 70 close general debate
Il o'clock. and to adjourn over Saturday.
vas reached. But little progress was made
n real work Mr. Boatner. OF Louisiana.
rave notice that he would offer an amend
nent to deduct pay OF members for all
lime they were absent without leave. ex-
,ept In case OF sickness Adjournment was
AIKEN until Monday
Rough on George.
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