Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1890 — THE SENATE AND HOUSE. [ARTICLE]

THE SENATE AND HOUSE.

WORK OF OUR NATIONAL LAWMAKERS. Proceedings of the Senate and House of Representatives IMacassod and Acted Upon—Gist of the Businea*. A written communication from the Oswego Board of Trade contradicting a statement of the Secretary cf Agriculture on the subject of the production of barley waspresented to the Senate on the 3d inst. byMr. Evarts, who asked that it be printed 1m the Congregsional Reoorxi. Objection to that was made, but 500 copies were ordered printed for immediate distribution. Mr. Rusk’s statement was that barley is the only cereal of which there Is not raised a sufficiency for home consumption. The denial is to the effect that the annual production of the United States is about 60,000,000 bushels, and that the quantity used last year for malting purposes was less than 45,000,000. Ten million bushels had been Imported from Canada—the quality being superior for malting purposes to that of the United States barley. Mr. Call offered a resolution, which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, declaring that the murder of Gen. Bafrundia on the steamer Acapulco, by the authorities of Guatemala, while under the protection of the flag of the United States was an Insult to the people of the United States, and demanded prompt action by the Government of the United States for the redress of that injury and for security against the recurrence of such cases. The tariff bin was taken up, the sugar schedule being under consideration. In the House the Clayton-Breckin-ridge election case was again taken up, but its consideration was not finished. During the debate Mr. Kennedy of Ohio (Rep.), took occasion to denounce Senator Quay.. Mr. Kennedy drew from the details of the Clayton-Breckinridge case the conclusion that a Federal election law should be enacted. He reflected severely upon the Senators who have been opposed to the Lodge bill. For himself, confident in the doctrines of the Republican party, fully committed tc the principles of that party, he must forever dissent from the cowardly surrender which hauls down the flag and strikes the colors of the Republican party to a defeated foe. Immediately after the reading of the journal In the Senate ou the 4th Inst., the tariff bill was taken up, under the agreement limiting the discussion on each subject to five minutes for each Senator. MrGibson withdrew the amendment offered by him. last Tuesday to the sugar schedule (a mistake having been igui.de In It), and he offered another amendment striking out that schedule and substituting for it the sugar provisions of the Mills bill. Some amendments making slight changes in the bill were adopted. When the House assembled, on motion ol Mr. Struble (Iowa) the Senate bill was passed to establish a port of delivery at Sioux City, lowa. Mr. Cummings (N. Y.), rising to a question of privilege, protested against his “blacklisting” by the famous Cannon resolution. The gentleman who offered the resolution had made imputations, and in making these imputations he had falsified the Record and blacklisted himself. He. then proceeded tc make an attack upon Mr. Cannon. He ther began to arraign the Speaker and the majority of the Committee on Rules. This majority composed a triumvirate almost as powerful as the one which sprang Into life after the assassination of Julius Caesar. When the House met In the morning, Marl Antony recognized Lepldus or Octavius anc nobody else. All the legislative meat was cut and dried and distributed according to a prearranged programme. In the Senate, on the sth, when the tarifi bill was taken up. Senator Davis (Rep.) offered an amendment putting binding twin* on the free list. The amendment was agreed to—yeas, 38; nays 18. All the Democrats except Mr. Blodgett voted aye. ir company with the following named Republicans: Allen. Al.lson, Cullom, Davis. Ingalls, McMillan. Manderson, Mitchell. Moody, Pierce. Plumb. Power, Sawyer; Spsoner and Washbum. The negative votes were given by Messrs. Aldrich. Blodgett, Cameron, Chandler, Dawes, Edmunds, Evarts, Frye, Hawley, Higgins. Hisedek, Hoar, Platt, Quay, Sherman, Stewart. Stockbridge, and Wolcott. Mr. Quay moved to strike' out of the free list paragraph 665, “sulphate of quinia and all alkaloids or salts of cinchona bark.” The motion tc strike quinine out of the free list was defeated—yeas, 15; nays. 38. The House, by a vote of 105 to 62, declared the seat of C. R. Breckinridge, of Arkansas, vacant. Mr. Breckinridge, in speaking in his own defense, said: “Cornc to your conclusion, anc I will take an appeal to the people, regardless of party, in the district I have the honor to represent, on the broad ground ol common honesty, and in November they will reverse both your conclusion and the method <7f your conclusion.” In the Senate, on the Bth inst., the House, bill to set apart a certain tract of land or which the big trees stand in California as s public park was passed without amendments. The conference report on the rlvei and harbor appropriation bill was taken uy and agreed to without discussion and without a yea and nay vote. The tariff bill was taken up, the debate on the bill and amendments to be limited to twenty minutes foi any Senator on any one subject. Changes or amendments In-the bill reported by Mr. Aldrich, from the Finance Committee were made as follows: Adding to paragrapt 59 the words “and white paint containing ■ zinc, but not containing lead;” making the duty on phosphates (paragraph 671) 30 pei cent, ad valorem, instead of 10 cents per pound; inserting, in paragraph 75, relating to medicinal preparations, the words “or in the preparation of which alcohol is used;” making paragraph 132 read “boiler plates of iron or steel and other plate iron, not thinner,” etc.; making paragraph 218 read “ white pine shingles 2C cents per thousand. all others 3C cents per ihn sud:”n aking paragraph 221 read -‘cha r cane, or leans, wraught oi manufactured iromrittan- or re?ds; anc whether rai.nl. squ; ra. <r in any other shape.” The sugar ae t on, was then t ikem up, t l e Immediate subject under co: s'deration being the Fin-mce Comm tt.c amand—meat to paragraph 22?, imp: sing d.r.l as on all sugais aboce No. 13 Dutch s andard. Agieed to—yeas-, 39; nays. 12. T.ie next vote was cn the Senate amendment to the same paragraph, increasing the duty on sugar j above No. 16 to six-tenths o* 1 < ent a> pound Instead of four-tenths (as in the House bill). The Finance Committee’s amendment to include maple sugar among those for which a bounty is to be paid was favored by Messrs. Edmunds and Blair. Mr. Carlisle declared himself opposed to all sugar bounties. The amendment was agreed to—yeas, 30; nays, 25. AU the other amendments relating to maple sugar were agreed to and the time fixed for filing notices in connection with claims for bounty was fixed, prior to July 1 instead of Jan. lof each year. The House spent the day on the Atchison bill for the District of Colui*-bla, a vote on the measure not being reached.

A man who collects stamps is called' a philatalist, and the greatest of all in the business in Jay Gould. He has collected more “stamps” than anybody.

It is about as absurd for a* person to venture into deep water without knowing how to swim, as it would be to jump off the roof of a house without knowing how to fly.

How much pleasanter it would be to recall the happy days of our youth, If it didn’t remind us so forcibly that we are growing old.

The Mormons are gaining ® foothold* in the Canadian Northwest. Berber look out (for theim they “double up”' rapidly.