Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1890 — DOINGS OF CONGRESS. [ARTICLE]

DOINGS OF CONGRESS.

MEASURES, CONSIDERED AND I W'WIeD UPON. La 1 4ji thal Capitol—What Is Being ‘-Bone* by Senate and House—Old ikatrikrs Iftfiesed Of and New Ones ConMdered. In the Senate, oh the 30th alt., the House bilk' -far the Mate was taken up fur consideration. The bill having been read, Mr. Merrill gave notice that he would, atthe earliest practicable moment-move to take up HUB ■ UMUL JLHIL-i 1 MP, 1 Pl AIT ■■■said that he could not consent te any. suggestion that interfered with the Idalia; bill. as he believed in the tariff- bin, -sed- anxious as he .POXedjoi.-MriphiloHiaddjeßsed.tha Senate in 'favpr of the aiiirxißeion of jHthcal Tie bill was UtapUaid a|ide| “J’lw*jAutlresolu tion continuing the annual appropriations for thirty - -day* aftortUe close-es-the fiscal- year (if the appropriatfonT&nTiniave not then become law) was jeported: hy 'Mr.j AUiJfflK.BJid passed. In the House the {debate on the general elecrißa._ ’hi-LL ■ mi 1 muißMl] ■x-i'ltCT Herbert pf -j Alabama ~ being* ;A6cgijliJF the floor. The'debate wffs gti spehdol Tong enough to enable Mr. Cannon of Illinois to report from the Committee on Appropriations a joint resolution , sxteruling thirty dais, or until the bills now ffteiidfng lect/nje laws, the provjcorisiof tbe appropriation acts of 1889-90 in pro rata amounts. Passed. The comrideration of the election bill /was .'Lotfttefcit behalf of the ■coulmiftße Funnntted a’htriSJor amendments mainly formal in thedr charactei'/'and they worewepdfo. ah' ’ The Idaho adgflfesioH bill was'passed by the epnference' on thp appi obULreported.teaVitha House refused to agree to a Senate amendment and declined further conference. The on] v alternative bi ing failure of the bill,'6t a fenxhe part of the Senate. The Senate refused jo recede. 'lbis means that unless 'or reconsiders its action Hhe legislative bill will fail and a new legislative bill’ '-will have to be prepared and■< (passed.'):;. Mt. Reagan addressed the. - Senate ; jonyu.his bill to prevent transportation of merchandis) in bond, through the ports and territory of the United States into the. Republico.f. Mexico, and to restore the privilege wneupvpr tjie Zona Libre has been abolished. , Ibk 'Senate then went into secret session; and a, t 5 o’clock adjourned. The House resumed' thp-considera-tion of the Federal elect'itiri -“bill. Mr. Lodge offered an amendment V providing that as soon as the certificate of the.board has been male public any person vho was. a candidate for election may, by motion! before the United States Circuit Court having jurisdiction in the district, contest the coirectness of the certificate made by the board, and demand an examination and compilation of the returns. The returning officers shall produce before theCircuit Court all returns, reports, tickets, and all evidence on which it acted in advance in. awarding the certificates. The Circuit Courtshall thereupon determine and certify the person shown entitled to the certificate. Also an amendment providing that if there shall be an appeal from the decision of the United States Board of Canvassers to the Circuit Court, the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall place on the rolls as the Representative elect the name of the person certified by said court as entitled to the seat. The amendments were agreed to. Mr. Buckalew (Pa.) then moved to strike out section 38, which changes the law so as to place the selection of jurors in the hands of tbe clerks of courts. After debate.. Mr. Buekalew’s amendment was adopted—yeas. 14U; nays, 134. At the evening session Messrs. Dockery (Mo.), Kilgore (Tex.), Hooker (Mo.) and Carleton (Ga.) spoke in opposition to the bill, and Messrs. Kelley (Kas.), Sweeney (Iowa), and Mudd (Md.) advocated it.

In the Senate, on the 2d. inst., Mr. Hiscock called up his motion to reconsider the vote by which the Senate had refused to recede from the amendments to the legislative appropriation bill in reference t-cAihe pay of . Senators’clerks and committee clerks. Tne motion was agreed to—yeas, 26 ; nays, 21. After debate the Senatereceded from the amendments and the legislative bill now goes to the President for his signature. Mr. Cockrell offered a resolution (which, was agreed to) calling on the Secretary of the Interior for information as to the number of psnsioners borne on the list of each pension agency on the Ist of June, 1890, and as to the amount appropriated for clerk hire at each agency. After a short executive session the Senate adjourned. The House resumed the consideration of the federal election bill. Mr. . Rowell (Ill.) offered an amendment making it - the duty of the Circuit Judges in each circuit, within one month after the passage of this act. to open a special term of the Circuit < ourt in their respective circuits, and said Judges shall appoint ior each judicial district three discreet persons of good character and b. a riding, who shall be known as United States Juror Commissioneis. It shall bo the duty of such commissioners to organize as a board, and from time to time make from the qualified voters a list of persons who, under the laws of the United states and of the State, shall be eligible for jury duty without respect to race or color. Adopted, —yeas. 159: nays, 144. The hour of 2 o’clock having arrived, the Speaker declared the previous question ordered on the bill and penning amendment. Mr. Springer moved to lay the bill on the table. Lost—yeas, 148; nays, 156. Mr. Springer made a number of dilatory motions which were lost. The bill was ordered engrossed and read a third time by a vote of yeas, 155; nays, 148. The question then recurred on the passage of the bill. As the call was in progress the greatest interest was manifested on both sides of the House. As Mr. Coleman (La.) cast his vote with the Democrats he was greeted with applause from that side of the house, and the applause was re-enforced with cheers whe'n Mr. Lenlbach. (N. J.) also cast his vote against the measure. The Republicans retaliated in kind, and as the Southern Republicans, Messrs. Houk, Taylor (Tenn.), Waddill, Mudd (Md.), and Wilson (Ky.> recorded their votjs in the affirmative cheer after cheep was given. The bill was passed—yeas, 155; nays, 149. The House then at 9 :25 adjourned.