The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-02-28
THE 54TH CONGRESS.
ROUTINE or HOUSE AND SENATE
BRIEFLY CHRoNICLED.
Summary Of Bills and Resolutions
Presented and Acted Upon.

THE HOUSE.
In tho house, Monday, Mr.. Cannon,
republican, Of Illinois, from the COM
mitteo on appropriations, reported the
urgent deficiency bill with the amend
menta made by the senate, recommend
ing concurrence in a few Of the amend
ments and on-concurrence In the re-
mainder.
The house shortly after went into
committee Of the whole 10 consider the
agricultural appropriation bill under
the hve.minute rule. The attacks
upon Secretary Morton wore renewed
when the paragraph covering the APP
preparations for the bureau Of animal
industry was reached. IL was found
that the bill legislated the chief clerk
out Of Office and made an assistant
chief Of the bureau at salary OF
: 81, 800.
Amendments we're agreed 10 as fol-
lows Appropriating S25, 600 for dis
tributing information on the methods
of constructing farm houses for print
ing the books on diseases Of the horse (;
reducing from $50, 900 to $500 the
amount for publishing farmers bulle-
tins; appropriating Sl5, 900 for irriga-
ton Investigations.
Mr.. Skinner, populist, of North
Carolina, offered an amendment TO the
section providing for the purchase and
distribution of seeds requiring the Sec
rotary of agriculture to carry out this
provision. He thought that this pro-
vision should be made mandatory.
Mr.. Talbert, democrat, of South
Carolina, favored forcing the secretary
carry out the law. His appointment
he characterized as the worst act
Mr.. Cleveland ever did"
Pending disposition of the amend
ment the committee rose, after which
the house, at sos o'clock, adjourned
until Tuesday.
In the house, Tuesday, Mr.. New
lands, of Nevada, presented a resolu-
ton, which was I'D pied, instructing
the ways and means committee to in.
quire what effect the difference be.
tween gold and silver standard coun-
tries has upon manufacturing indus
tries of the United States.
Mr.. Newlands stated that the cham.
Der of commerce Of San Francisco had
called the attention of the country tc
the invasion of products from orienta
countries and especially Japan. The
Pacific coast, he said, was now threat
ened with invasion of the products o.
. the cheap labor of the oriental coun
tries and the increase in the price o
silver would take from oriental coun
,, tries the advantages they now pos
, sessed.
, The house resumed the considera
! tion of the agricultural appropriation
bill.
The house committee on ways ant
means Wednesday voted to report tn
bill for killing all seals in Behring Sc
unless an effective agreement for thei
| protection be reached. Mr.. Lodge
presented a resolution in the senat
directing the finance committe
to Investigate and report on tn
circumstances attending the sale Q
United States bonds during 1894-5-
. and the disposition of the pre-
ceeds of such sales. The resc
luton went over. 1t is substant iall
the same as the resolution which los
its parliamentary status Tuesday b
Mr.. Hills speech carrying the debat
up to 2 O'Clock except that it direct
>. the finance committee instead of
I special committee to make the invee
: tigation.