Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-04-26
AT THE CAPITOL.
= Synopsis Of What Ia Being Said and
Done at Washington from Day to Day.


SENATE.-A statistical report show
ing the changes made in the tariff b,
the tariff bill as it passed The house
was presented by Mr.. VOORHEES,
chairman of the finance committee
who asked that i: be printed. MIR
Mitchell of Oregon offered resolu.
ton that the Chinese treaty be consid
! cred in open session. The resolutiot
went over.-By unanimous consent tht
agreement to devote the hours from
to D p. m. to consideration of the tariff
was continued until Tuesday at |
O'Clock, when general debate will clos,
ana the bill be taken up and read by
paragraphs for amendment. the com
mittee amendments TO be first consid
cred. Mr.. Morgan of Alabama aske,
and obtained leave of absence unit
the Sd of May.-After some executive
business, Mr.. Laurin of Mississipp
spoke in favor of the Wilson bill, Mr.,
Smith of New Jersey against it, bas
ing his opposition on the income tax
feature. After short executive SEES
sion the senate, at $3.50, adjourned.
House. Mr.. Catchings, from the
committee on rules, by direction of
the committee, withdrew the report of
the committee made last week, and of
the following resolution;
"Amend rule 10 by inserting be-
tween clauses II and ~ the following
as clause II, and change the number
of clause II to number IS:
"Upon every roll call and before
the beginning, the speaker shall name
TWO members from each side of the
pending question, if practicable, who
shall take their places at the clerks
desk to tell the names of at least
enough members who are in the hall
OF the house during the roll call who
do not respond, when added to those
responding, to make u quorum. If a
quorum does not respond ON the roll
call, then the names of those go noted
as present shall be reported TO the
speaker, who shall cause the list to be
called from the clerks desk and re-
corded on the journal; add in deter
mining the presence of quorum to
do business those who voted, those
who answered present and those SO re-
ported present shall be considered
Members noted may, when their
names are called, record their votes,
Notwithstanding the provisions of
clause of the rule.
"Amend clause of rule by add
ing thereto the following words:
SAND on roll call, should no not vote,
he shall answer, present. SO as to
read, every member shall be present
within the hall of the house during
It's sittings. unless excused or neces-
sarily prevented, and shall vote on
each question put, unless he has di-
rect personal or pecuniary interest in
the event of such question, and, on q
roll call, should he not vote, he shall
answer, present."
The resolution was adopted by
vote of PIP to AT. Those voting in
the negative were all democrats .-The
daily Journals off Proceedings ce last
Thursday were approved. The order
OF arrest of absentees by the house on
March goth was discharged.-A mum.
Der of executive communications, in
Guiding the latest batch of Hawaiian
correspondence was laid before the
house. Also number of senate bills
and tlle urgent deficiency bill with
senate amendments. The house non.
concurred in the amendments and ask
ed conference, In committee of the
whole the diplomatic consular appro.
priation bill was taken up. At 4:45
the committee rose and the house adj
iourned.