Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-08-23
FROM WASHINGTON.
Work Of Legislators in the Fifty
Third Congress.
Bills OF Importance Discussed in the
senate and Housr-The Proceed
ings Day by Day
Briefly Told.
THE SENATE.


WASHINGTON. Aug. "A bill was in
troduced in the senate yesterday to
prevent professional lobbying" Bills
were passed to provide for the open
ing of certain abandoned military
reservations and to further encourage
the holding of a worlds exposition at
Atlanta. Ga. in 1925.
WASHINGTON, Aug. t0.-The session
of the senate yesterday lasted only
little more thar an hour and half,
during which no business Of any inn
portance was transacted.
WASHINGTON. Aug IA resolution
was offered in the senate yesterday di-
recting the committee on privileges and
elections TO investigate the recent cleo
ton in Alabama and ascertain if frauds
were committed. Senator Hill offered
a resolution for information as to the
work of the conferrees On the tariff
bill. which vent over for the day. The
remainder of the session was devoted
TO the consideration of the Chinese
treaty.
WASHINGTON, Aug. BIN the senate
Saturday no business of Importance
was transacted beyond the discussion
of Senator Hills tariff resolution. it
being antagonized by a motion for an
executive session, for which the vice
president cast the deciding vote
RWAsHINGTON, Aug. 14.-fn the sem
ate yesterday no business of import
ance was transacted beyond the con-
firmation, in executive session. of the
Chinese treaty, the vote standing Az
to so.
The House.
WASHINGTON, Aug o. In the house
yesterday a bill was introduced to reg
ulate the cutting of timber on public
lands. Most of the session was taken
up in considering public building bills.
A resolution for an investigation of
the effects of machinery on labor was
adopted.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. "A favorable
report was made in the house yester-
day on the bill TO make oleomargarine
and all other imitation dairy products
subject to the laws of the state or ter
ritory into which they are transported,
and bill to prevent the free use of
timber on public lands was intro
duced.
WASHINGTON, Aug. lin the house
yesterday the time was occupied in
discussing projects for a government
exhibit to cost 100000 at the Atlanta
exposition and to give each ii the arid
land states 1000, 900 acres of arid lands
to encourage to reclamation of these
deserts
WASHINGTON, Aug BIN the house
Saturday the time was occupied in the
discussion of a proposition to give each
of the arid land states 200. 900 acres OF
surveyed arid public lands to be re.
claimed by irrigation, and the bill &c
appropriate S25OOOO - purchase site
for the government printing Office.
WAsHINeToN, Aug. a. At eau
Gus of democrats of the house mem
bers yesterday shortly before con
vening a resolution was offered by
Speaker Crisp, which was carried, ad
vising the recession from the disagree
ment to the senate amendments to the
Wilson bill. the passing of the amend
ed bill and the introduction of sep
arate bills making coal, iron, sugar
and barbed wire free of all duties
When the house convened in regular
session the resolution was carried by
a vote of 1870 to 81. At a session held
in the evening it passed separate bills
for free sugar, iron, coal and barbed
wire