Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-15
WASHINGTON.
Action On the Blair Motion
Put Off Till Monday.
YELLOW FEVER APPROPRIATION.
and PardOns Under the
Anti-POlygamy Laws-Capital
Cuttings.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD
WASHINGTON, September 14.-In the
Senate to-day, Platt's resolution of yes
terday with reference to the copper
syndicate was taken up. Vest replied to
Hoar's remarks OF yesterday and read a
dispatch from VIM. l.. Scott, saying that
there was not a word OF truth in Hoar's
statement.
Hoar remarked that his point was that
while the Democrats from the President
down, were talking about trusts, it was
proper that the people should know that
the great monopolies and trusts of the
country were contributors to the Demo
cratic campaign fund and were jealous
| for the election of the present occupant OF
the White House.
Vest spoke at considerable length, and
his remarks drifted to the question of the
Tariff bill. The House bill, he said, had
come over to the Senate on the 2Srd of
July, and had not yet been reported. He
remembered that Sherman time and
again said to the Democrats, "Bring
your Tariff bill here from the House, and
we will take it up at once and dispose of
it." Where, he asked, was the Mills bill
to-day?
Sherman declared that the Committee
on Finance would report on the Repub-
lican Tariff bill, designed to protect and
foster American industry, as against the
free trade Mills Tariff bill. but the Com
mittee would take its time. Ii the House
wished to prolong its session until the
Tariff bill was reported, it would have to
wait until the Committee was ready to
report.
Allison said in view OF the surplus be-
ing reduced to twenty million, there was
not that exigency for the reduction of the
revenue, which had existed, but that,
nevertheless, a Tariff bill would be re.
ported that would reduce the revenue al
least sixty millions.
At the close OF Allison's speech the
resolution was laid aside without action,
and the Senate took up the Chinese Ex.
clusion bill. The vote taken on Blair's
motion to reconsider the vote by which
the bill passed, resulted: yeas, Is; nays,
| II.
AS no quorum voted or was likely to
vote, it was arranged by unanimous con.
sent that the next vote be taken at ]
o'clock Monday.
The Platt resolution was agreed to.
The joint resolution extending the ap.
preparations till the 25th of September
was passed.
An order was made that when the
Senate adjourn to-day it be till Monday
A very bitter and acrimonious personal
colloquy took place between Senators
Payne and Hoar in respect to the sug.
gestion that Secretary Whitney was the
representative in the Cabinet of the
Standard Oil Company. Payne alluded
to Hoar as disingenuous, and Hoar char
acterized Payne's style as more in keep.
ing with the grog-shop than the Senate
} The presiding officer declared the whole
colloquy out of order.
The House bill to enlarge the duties o
the Department of Agriculture was taker
, up and discussed, but final action was
} postponed until Monday.
Among the bills passed were the fol
} lowing: House bill for the Investigation
J of the mining debris in the State of Cali
fornia; Senate bill authorizing citizens O
Colorado, Nevada and the Territories tt
fell and remove timber on the public do
main for mining and domestic purposes
The Senate then adjourned till Monday