Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1890 — NATIONAL CONGRESS [ARTICLE]

NATIONAL CONGRESS

The Senate on the 7th refused to take up the tariff bill by a vote of ayes 30 nays 23. The conference report on thedeplomatic appropriation bill was agreed to. Other business transacted was of a routine character. The House spent one hour and a half in securing a quorum. The House refused to recall a bill for the correction of an error. Twelve leaves of absence were granted.' The bill for the forfeiture of certain railroad land grants was debated at length. The Senate on the 10th considered and adopted the conference report on the silver bill. Morgan’s speech in opposition to it occupied three hours. The vote on the adoption of the report was ayes 39, nays 26. All nays being by,Democrats. Nearly all the time of the House was passed in debate over approval of the journal (filibuster). The conference report on the diplomatic appropriation bill was agreed to. The land grant forfeiture bill was considered. In the Senate on the 11th Teller introduced a joint resolution declaring it to be the determined policy of the United States government to use both gold and silver as full legal tender money; instructing the President to invite the governments of the Latin Union countries and of such other nations as he may deem advisable, to join the United States in a conference to adopt a common ratio between gold and silver for the purpose of establishing internationally the use of'bi-metallic money and securing fixity of relative value between those metals. The matter was refe»*-d and no other business was transacted The House could do u»*hUg for want of a quorum.