The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1894-08-03
CONGRESS.
Condensed Proceedings OF the Senate and
House for the Past Week.

Condensed Proceedings OF tho Senate and
House for the Past Week.
THE senate was not in session on the 2ist....
The house passed by vote OF 1877 to 80 the
Tucker resolution proposing an amendment
TO the constitution providing that senators
shall be elected by direct vote OF the peo-
pie. The senate amendments to the Indian
appropriation bill were disagreed to and eoG-
ference committee appointed.
IN the senate on the 23d the proceedings
were highly interesting although resulting in
the transaction of no business. The hall and
galleries were packed to hear the speeches on
the tarin bill conference. Mr. German tMd)
was the leading speaker and for nearly three
hours he severely denounced the presidents
action on the tariff bill and gave the reasons
why the senate had amended and finally agreed
to the house bill, and he urged the senate to ad-
here to the measure as passed. He was listened
TO with intense interest. Mr.. White Cali fol-
lowed About O'Clock, before voting on the
motion Of Mr.. Hill to recede from the coal and
iron amendment, the senate went into executive
session and soon adjourned -. When the house
met the in interest in the debate in the senate
overshadowed everything else and it being i'm
possible to hold a quorum an adjournment WAS
taken.
THE interest in the senate continued on the
24th. The entire session was taken up In de-
bate on the tariff bill, or rather on questions
growing out of its consideration. Mr.. Hill
IN. Y spoke for over two hours and cham
pioned the position Of the president The gal
leries were crowded, and Mr. Hills remarks
were continuous stream OF sarcasm poured
forth upon his opponents Mr.. Cafrery OLa.)
followed Mr.. Hill. He favored bounty on
sugar and stated that he would have voted
against the bill If sugar had been placed on the
free list. Pending Mr.. Caffery's remarks the
senate adjourned. The house passed by
vote of 14O to SO "a party vote) the bill for the
reinstatement of railway mail clerks dismissed
between March IS and May /, 1880; also a large
fa6 Of Of ham N
character, and at 4 O'Clock adjourned.
THE senate on the 25th agreed to the confer
ence report on the legislative bill Mr.. Allen
offered a resolution calling on the attorney
general for all correspondence, by telegraph
or otherwise, that passed between the DEPART
ment and the railroads centering In Chicago
from June to the present time, which went
over. Mr. Caffery resumed his remarks on the
tarin bill, defending the duty on sugar. At $3.50
the senate went into executive session =. In
the house. after the reading OF communications
from the French government on the assassina-
tion OF President Carnot, the conference re-
port on the legislative bill was agreed to and
at O'Clock the house adjourned.
THE tariff was the absorbing topic that accu-
pied the attention of the senate again on the
Goth. Senator Villas (Wis.) made the leading
speech OF the day and made vigorous defense
OF the president. At the conclusion OF his
speech he explained that for reasons stated M
withdrew his motion to recede from the one
to recede from the amendment placing dut,
OF 40 per cent. on coal and iron was defeated
Mr. Washburn then revived Mr.. Villas motion
instructing the conferees to recede from the
one-eighth diTerential on sugar and the mo-
tion was under debate at adjournment. The
proceedings in the house were lfeiess. The
conference report on the Notifications bill was
agreed to. Several unimportant bills passed
and at 1850 O'Clock the house adjourned.
THE senate held an interesting session on
the 27th on the question Of agreeing to the re-
quest OF the house for another conference on
the tariff bill. The chair ruled Mr.. Wash
burn S motion instructing the conferees to re-
cede from the one-eignsh dinerentiaf on sugar
out of order. An appeal was taken and mos
ton to lay the appeal on the table Vas lost by
tie vote. This brought the senate 20 direct
vote on the Washburn motion and the interest
was intense Mr.. Washburn's motion was
lost, however on the same vote, the populists
and Senators Hill and Irby voting with the
republicans. The resolution to agree TO
further conference was then agreed to and the
senate adjourned until Monday No quorum
was present in the house and what business
that was transacted was by unanimous con-
sent Pension bills were considered at the
auenip0 session