Show CONGRESS SR SECOND C N D S EM 10 IN SENATE by W U telegraph Telez raph to tile 11 dnald feb hoar presented ft a petition of president elliott and other professors of harvard asking that no ono one but a professional astronomer tro nomer of experience shall be hereafter t eligible for hie the position of superintendent c erin of the U S naval observatory after an unsuccessful attempt b by y mcmillan to have considered a resolution respecting tho the inadequacy of the water supply in the district of columbia tho tariff bill was taken u up p he the paragraph embracing potato corn orn and ind rice starch was taken up ila hall I I moved to make the duty on potato and cornstarch corn elarch two tiro cents a pound HOUSE mccook N Y presented a memorial of the Ch chamber aniber of commerce of new york urging congress to pass a bill limiting the coinage of silver dollars to the requirements of the people petitions were presented protesting against the tile transfer of the revenue marino marine life savin saving and coast survey surrey services to the navy department after the appointment of conferees on tile he Posto luce appropriation bill the house went into committee on the whole on the tariff the pending amendment being that offered by carter penn to increase the tile duty on tanning barks from ten to twenty per cent ad valorem valoree va lorem after debate carters amendment is agreed to by 98 08 to 74 the clause now reads extract of hemlock and other bark now used fur dying and tanning not mot otherwise provided for in this act twenty per cent adva lorem |