Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1890 — NATIONAL CONGRESS [ARTICLE]

NATIONAL CONGRESS

In the Senate on the 18th Mr. MorrU reported back "the tariff hill, front the {finance committee, and said that it was not expected that it would be brought up for consideration earlier than the 30th inst. The bill was placed on the calendar, as wa < also the river and harbor bill. While the House was in session on the 18th in committee of the whole on the Indiana appropriation bill, it was summoned to arise by the reception of a message from the Senate. As Secretary McCook announced the passage of the silver bill, with sundry amendments, the Democratic side of the House broke out in loud ap plause, which was continued for a minute' The committee having resumed its session* Mr. Bland, of Missouri, moved that the committee rise, his purpose being to have some uction taken on the silver bill. The standing vote resulted 79 to 89. [Republican applause.] The vote by tellers resulted 94 to 105. Mr. Mutchler and Mr. Vaux, of Pennsylvania, voting in the negative with the Republicans,so the committee refused to rise. The consideration of the Indian bill being resumed, on points of order raised by Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, despite the strenuous protests of Mr. Perkins, of Kansas, and Mr. Peel, of Arkansas, appropriations of $12,200 for the Creek Indians, and $48,800 for the Pottawattomie Indians, and $27,000 for the Mexican Pottawattomie Indians were stricken from the bill. The committee then rose, and the bill was passed. In the Senate on the 19th the following Senate bills were reported and placed on the calendar: To enable the Secretary of the Interior to carry out an act for the relief and civilization of the Chippewa Indians in Minnesota; to adopt regulations for preventing collisions at sea; to authorize corporations to become surety in certain cases in the courts of the United States. Also (adversely) Senate bill to ;make the Lake Borgne outlet and improve ;the iower water channel of thefMississippi '.river. Indefinitely postponed. The consideration of the legislative, executive and Judicial appropriation bill was resumed. The message of the President vetoing the bill to change the boundaries of the Uncompahgre Indian reservation was presented, read and referred to the 'Committee on Indian affairs. A message from the President was also read and laid ton the table, containing a letter from (Secretary Blaine upon the subject of customs union, and the recommendations rin respect thereof by the Pan-American conference. Secretary Blaine suggested an amendment to the tariff bill authorizing the President to declare ports of the United States free to the products of any American nation upon which no export dues are charged, so long as suoh nations shall admit free to its ports the manufactures and products of the United States. In the House on the 19th it was an all iday struggle between auti and free coinage advocates. The debate over Speaker "'Reed’s action in referring the silver bill Ito the Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures was a lively one, and was participated in mainly by Congressmen Springer, of Illinois, Mills, of Texas, McKinley, Cannon, of Illinois, Crisp, of Georgia, Butterworth, of Ohio, Anderson, of Kansas, and Conger, of lowa. Mr. Mills offered a resolution to strike out the .entry of the order of reference. from the iHouse Journal. Mr. Cannon moved to table Mr. Mills’s resolution On a Jstanding vote this was carried—l2o to 110. Mr. Morrow, of California, Mr. Bartine, of Nevada, and Mr. Townsend, of California, voted with the Democrats. On a vote by tellers the motion to table was lost—yeas, 118; nays, 123. The question then recurred on Mr. Mill’s resolutioja, and —it was agreed to—yeprf I2T; nays, 117. At the conclusion of the roll call the vote stood, yeas, 119; nays, 117. A change of one vote would be necessary to defeat the resolution by a tie vote, and that change was made by Mr. Funston, of Kansas, amid the derisive jeers of the Democrats. This leftjthe vote, yeas, 118; nays, 118, but the change proved unavailing. Mr, Abbott, of Texas, and Mr. Bullock, of Florida, whose names we’•e not recorded, stated that they had voted in the affirmative, and, the Speaker accepting their statements, the vote stood yeas, 120; nays, 118. Then Mr. McKinley arose, and, amid Democratic laughter, changed his vote to the affirmative, and the vote was finally announced yeas, 121; nays 117. Mr. McKinley was then recognized to move a reconsideratienand also to move an adjournment, Mr. Mills managing tp sandwich in a motion to lay the motion to reconsider on the table. On the motion to lay the Mills resolution on the table the following Republicans voted with the Democrats in the negative: Bartine, Carter, Dehaven, Ewart, Kelly, Morrow and Townsend, of Colorado On the resolution itself Mr. Ewart did not vote. The other gentlemen mentioned voted with the Democrats in the affirmative, but only for the purpose of moving a reconsideration. The motion to adjourn was lost—yeas, 119; nays, 120. The vote recurring on Mr. Mill’s motion to table the motion to reconsider, it was agreed to—yoas, 131; nays, 114. Mr. Mills then moved the approval of the journal as amended, asking to withdraw the preamble, which recites that the order of reference made by the Speaker referring the " silver bill to the Committee on Coinage Weights and Measures was incorrect under the rules of the House and done without authority under said rales. Mr. McKinley objected, and the question recurred to the adoption of the prear-iWe. It was lost--yeas, 109; nays, 191. Mr Springer moved the approval of the Journal, as amended, pending which, on nation o f Mr. McKinley, the House. •* 7 o'c;«*>k. adjourned. The Senate on the 20th r-suireJ consideration of the Legisieiure*©)»««<*ation bill. The House resumed its wrangle over th i silver measure. After inany belsosa i- was decided that the till si said u*> go t the committee on coincge, which is opposed to free coinage. The majority on each ballot ranged from 2to 4. Tracy, of New York voted with ihe Republicans, and Bart'os’ Carter, DeHaven, Hermann, Eeiiey, row and Townsend with the Democrats. It was a Democratic jtumgh Tk_m followed a running debate 1 jsUng all day, as to when the sure* Jill uUy ire* an i h>w -• and when it was to be breaths tp. N° action farther.