Show r HALLS OF CONGRESS In the Senate and House of Representatives INDIRECT TARIFF QUESTION I The Aote of the Senators on It Placed on Record Bil H Introduced Other Notes SENATE WASHINGTON February 20The following fol-lowing bills were reported and placed on the calendar To establish a United States land court and to provide for the settlement of private land claims in certain States and Territories To relieve purchasers and indemnify certain States under the swamp and overflowed land act For a public buiJdingin Helena Mon tana ihe bill to incorporate the Washing ton Cable Elpctric Street Railway Company Com-pany of the District of Columbia was taken from the calendar for consideratIon considera-tIon The amendment prepared by the committee having been reached requiring rails to be of American manufacture man-ufacture Enmund sngge ted informally inform-ally and in a low tone of voice that that was in opposition to the Presi dents message and at variance with all principles of the administration It was formally opposed by Vance as unusual in a bill of this character and altogether absurd Edmunds in order to haTe the votes of Senators placed on the record on this indirect tariff question demanded the yeas and nays A vote was taken and the amendment amend-ment was adopted Yeas 25 nays 17 as follows YeasBlair Bowen Brown Chase Chandlc r Daiv Dawes Edmund Far well Frye Gorman Hiscock Hoar Manderson Mitchell Morrill Haddock Palmer Platt Plumb Riddleberger Spooner Stanford Stewart Stockbridge 25 NaysBate Blacaburn Call Coke Daniel Eustis George Gibson Hampton Hamp-ton Harris Hearst Pugh Reagan Vance Vest Wallhall Wilson of Maryland Among the pairs announced were the following xuUorn with Gray Evarts with Morgan Hale with Beck The bill which was about half completed was laid aside informally Palmer from the committee on agriculture agri-culture reported the bill for the establishment estab-lishment of a bureau of animal indulrr Placed on the calendar Adjourned HOUSE On motion of Dockery of Missouri a resolution was adopted making the I PaciBtt Ktlway telegraph bill a special order ft r March 3d The inflowing bills were introduced I and referred I By Vandever of California To establish I es-tablish a hnrhor of refujjo at San Buena Ventura California By JSudid of WisconsinA joint resolution res-olution proposing a constitutional amendment extending the Presidential I term to eight years Culbertson of Texas on behalf of the committee on judiciary moved to suspend sus-pend she rules and place upon its passage the Hoar joint resolution proposing pro-posing a constitutional amendment changing the data of inauguration day and extending the terms of members of Congress until April 30th Quite a long debate ensued and on a motion to suspend the rules and pass the joint resolution was lost yeas 129 nays 123 there not being the necessary twothirds in the affirmative Adjourned t |