Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-03-08
AT THE CAPITOL.
A Synopsis of What is Being Said and
Done at Washington from Day to Day.
SiN,y-Third Day.

House. "A new print of the anti
option bill was ordered. After the
call of committees, Mr.. Bland moved
to go into the committee of the whole
on the seiguorage bill, limiting debate
to3 p. m. tomorrow. No quorum
voting, he renewed his motion without
limit of debate and ii was carried
Mr.. Hatch of Missouri, took the chair.
The debate on the bill continued
until 4:35, when the committee rose,
and The house adjourned.
SENATE. After the presentation Of
number of petitions relating to tariff
and internal revenue, a resolution was
offered aud passed asking the presi-
dent to suspend action in the CONSOLE
dalton of the land offices until the
passage of the ueXt sundry civil APP
preparation biil.-A resolution asking
why the census report on manufactures
has not been completed, and instruct
ing the Secretary of the Interior to
furnish the senate with the most adj
vanced printed copy of it, was agreed
to.-After brief executive session
the senate, at 1925, adjourned.
sixty-FOurIh Day.
SENATE. Mr.. Voorhees,, of Indiana.
offered resolution appointing Mr..
Mills, of Texas, member of the
finance committee during tile absence
and disability of Mr.. Vance, of North
Carolina, and asked immediate action
on it. Upon the suggestion of Mr..
Hoar, of Massachusetts, the resolution
went oyer.-Mr. Frye, of Maine, adj
dressed the senate on Hawaiian affairs
until 2 p. M, and after short execu.
tive session the senate, at 1920, adj
journcd.
HoUsE-After the call of commit
tees, Mr.. Kilgcre offered resolution
calling on the sergeant-at-a to re.
port whether the law to Withhold the
salary of representatives who have
been absent, except in case of sickness,
has been enforced, aud, if not, why
not. He said this ought to be ques-
ton of privilege. The chair held that
il was not question of privilege, ard
the resolution was withdrawn,-M Mr..
Bland moved that the house 90 into
committee of the whole on the segn.
forage bill and that general debate be
closed at 3 O'Clock Thursday. The
vote was 1877 yeas, 2 nays. No quo
rum. The yeas and nays were called.
Before the vote was announced Mr..
Livingston of Georgia, calling atten-
ton 10 rule s which, he said, requires
members present, if not excused, to
vote on every proposition pre-
sented to the house, de.
manded that DIR. Tracey of New
York, who had refused to vote, be
brought before the bar of the house
and required to explain his refusal.
The speaker said the rule was well
known. The chair could not enforce
it otherwise than by appealing te
members TO observe it. After some
further parley, the chair announced
the vote, which was 100 yeas, snays s.
Five short of a quorum. A call oil
the house showed 265 present. Mr..
Bland renewed his motion aud the
yeas and nays were called, resulting
yeas III, nays7. Mr.. Outhwaite of
Ohio, presented an order from the
committee OH rules limiting debate on
the pending bill and amendments to
Two hours. After putting the ques-
ton the speaker stated that Mr.. Tracy
had interposcd a motion of reconsid-
Grafton. Mr.. Cultivate demanded
the previous question on his motion,
and yeas and nays were ordered, re-
sulihg 40 for the demand to 10
against. The vote on the order limit
ing debate to two hours, was las TO 0.
. The yeas and nays were called, re.
sulting 165 to 11-three short If a
quorum, and at o'clock the house
adjourned.
sixry-Fifth Hay.
SENATE "a resolutions, offered by
Mr.. Cuilom, of Illinois, for the APP
pointment Of q tariff committee of
nine to equalizc rates on The basis of
European and American wages; was
temporarily laid aside.-Mr. Voorhees,
withdrew the resolution to place Mr..
Mills, of Texas, OH the finance COM
mittee, at the request of Mr. Mills. -
Mr.. Frye, of Maine, resumed his
speech on Hawaiian affairs, and
brought it to conclusion, when, after
brief replyby Mr.. Gray, of Indi-
ana, the matter went over.-The Sen
ate bill to provide additional accom-
modations for the government printing
bureau, was taken mp and Mr.. Dolph
proceeded 10 discuss the tariff BILL
At 4:25, after an executive session,
the senate adjourned.
HoUsE-After the reading of the
journal and its approval, a number of
executive communications were read
and referred. Mr.. Cummings, of
New York, ask unanimous consent for
present consideration and passage of
The bill authorizing the secretary of
the navy to expend S45, 900 for the
recovery of the wreck of the Kcarsagc.
Mr.. Kilgorc, of Texas, objected. The
order limiting debate on the seignior-
age bill was passed by yeas lG6, nays
IS. The author of the bill offered a
substitute directing the secretary OF
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