Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-05-31
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One Hundred ard rAsssy-FtHA rNs>
SgxArg,-ln the senate Mr. MASH
of Georgia Introduced IS sassstsass
for the bin heretofore easgS1 by Asss
relating to tho r,sehery 81 MsA. ssslas
an amended bin, which, SITTER sesssssa
reading, was referred 10 the eeaaass,
tee GA postcthees aud post roSssS Al
1850 the tariff bin WAS ssNea eA
The amendment making the day Ga
iron ore 40 cents per sea WAS agreed
to. Other items Of the bill, ag 10 Ne,
ITO, were acted on and lie seasse AT,
ter an executive session, adjourned.
Houss.-A substitute for Mr.. Dan,
phys joint resolution WAS reported
from the committee on rules, |, pro.
vides for an Investigation Of the al.
legged srmor plate frauds by the house
naval committee. Mr.. Stone of Ken,
lucky proposed an amendment direct
ing the committee TO inquire into the
cost of armor plate. He wanted the
country to know why the government,
pays 5000 per ton for steel
plate, while railroad companies can
buy steel rails at $27 per ton. The
resolution as amended was agreed to,
The legislative, executive and judi.
cial appropriation was taken up in
committee of the whole. When the
paragraph relating to the civil service
commission was reached, Mr.. Enloe
of Tennessee, moved to strike out tie
paragraph carrying appropriations fol-
l,,.i -
clerks, amounting TO $33,940. o. hei
amendments were proposed. After
three hours debate Mr.. Enloe's amend
ment was agreed to by 4
yea and nay vote OF
100 to II. Mr.. DINGHY of Main,
gave notice that in the house he would
demand separate yea and nay vote
on the amendment. The committe,
then rose, and at :05 the house adj
iourned.
One Hundred and Thirty.Sixth Day.
SENATE.-A resolution was offered
by Mr. Kyle. of South Dakota, declar-
Ing il as the sense of the senatelthat the
government Of the United States shall
not use force to restore to the throne
the disposed queen of the Sandwich
Islands, or fer the purposs of destroy
Ing the existing government; that the
provisional government having been
auly feeog nized, inc highest national
interests are that 1t shall pursue its
own line of policy, and that interven-
lion in the political affairs of those
Islands by other governments will be
regarded as unfriendly to the United
States. The resolution went over
The tariff bill was taken up. Para
graph III was amended by fixing the
duty on railway bars, of iron or steel.
I rails land punched iron or steel
fat rails, at 720 of cent per pound,
which is 1874 per ton, the present
duty being $l4.44 per ton. Mr.. Cor
man, of Maryland, addressed the
senate. occupying an hes:. Nessrs.
Aldrich and Teller replied briefly and
the latter moved to lay the tariff bill
on the table: ayes 1913, nays So; lost.
Pending consideration of paragraph
l21, the hour of 5 80 arrived and the
senate held a 80 minutes executive ses-
sion and then adjourned. OF a total
| of 225 pages of the bill, 200 remain
to be considered.
HoUsE-The legislative appropria-
ton bill was resumed in committee of
the whole.-The paragraph trans.
ferring to the civil service commission
control of the clerks detailed for
work therein, was stricken out.
Mr.. Caruth Of Kentucky moved to
strike out the words, "within the
classified SERVICE" in the item appro-
priating $4,000 to enable tho secre-
tary Of the treasury to complete the
accounts in the offices Of the first and
second comptrollers and commissions
er of customs, which it is. proposed
to abolish. The motion was carried,
yeas 80, nays 2S, and Mr. DINGHY gave
notice that he would call for yea and
nay vote in the house.-At 5 O'Clock
the committee rose and the house ad-
iourned until tomorrow.
One Hundred and ThIrty-Seyenth Day.
SENATE.-The senate resumed con-
sideration of the tariff. Tin plate was
left at l l-5 cents per pound, as in the
house bill. Barbed wire, commonly
used for fencing, was put on the free
list. Paragraph 143 was before the
senate when, at O'Clock motion, by
Mr.. Harris, to adjourn, was carried.
HoUsE.-Twenty- five minutes were
devoted to the private calendar and
committee reports, and the legislative
APPROPRIATION was then resumed in
committee of the whole. AT $3.50 the
committee rose and reported the bill
to the house. All the amendments on
which separate votes had not been de-
handed were agreed to. The amend
ment declaring that section 40 of the
revised statutes, which provides for
deducting pay of members for time
absent, except in case of sickness,
has been repealed, was lost: yeas l04,
nays 1877. The amendment striking
out the appropriation for the salaries
of the civil service commissionerssand
clerks was lost: yeas 80, nays l58.-.
Tho amendment striking out tho pro-
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