Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1890 — NATIONAL CONGRESS [ARTICLE]

NATIONAL CONGRESS

The Senate on the 14th considered the--sundry civil appropriation bill. The House* could do-nothing in the absence of a quo j rum. ! - • " The House, on the 15th, went into committee to consider the bill appropriating! $636,189 for an additional clerical force of 636 on account of the dependent pension' bill. The debate was very warm at times. Cooper, of Indiana, charging that Gommi a sioner Raum had sold out to a firm of pension attorneys. The hill was passed. The Senate devoted on the 16th to further consideration of the sundry civil ap propriation bill., The House, considered Ihe land grant forfeiture bill. Little business could be| transacted on account of the absence of a quorum. The Senate devoted all of the 17th to the sundry civil appropriation bill and made no progress. r: •’ The House resumed consideration of the land grant forfeiture bilL The sensation of the day was the remarks of Mr. Bynum relative to the “mutilation ofthe records’'* in omitting personal references between Cannon and Houk of a few days previous «• Some of the language of Bynum, which! might be regarded as a threat against Mr.! Cannon, was hissed by the Republicans.! Houck and Cannon each made an explanation. The bill was then passed. It forfeits all land grants to aid in the construction! a railroad opposite to and coterminous! with the portion of any such railroad not nW completed. The Senate devoted all of the 18th to the sundry civil appropriation bill. The House devoted the day to considering the “original package” question. There art now three distinct propositions before tho House; the Wilson bill, so called, being-the bill as it passed tho Senate; the substitute reported from the judiciary committee, by which all articles which may be the subject of interstate commerce, are to be subjected to the same conditions, and the Adams amendment, by which an original package is defined and all sales made by importers in any other form declared illegal. E. B. Taylor, Adams. Reed. 1 of lowa. Morse and Henderson, of lowa, discussed the question at great length.