The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-05-17
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Congressional Proceedings and Other
aGems Of Note.



Congressional Proceedings ana Other
atems of Note.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON. D. c., May 15.-In
the senate to-day, Hoar called for ac-
ton on the report of the privileges and
elections committee upon the Turpie
case.
Chandler dissented from the state
ment in the report that the senate has
no right to go into the question of the
legality of elections of members of state
legislatures, and said while this pro-
position was generally sound. he could
imagine cases so exceptional that the
senate would be bound to take action.
and this rule would be an embarrassing
precedent.
Hoar and Teller maintained that the
committee report was in exact compli-
ance with the constitutional limita-
lions.
Evarts to-day introduced joint res
olution authorizing the president in
case of final failure of diplomatic eff
forts to effect an amicable settlement
to take such other measures as in his
Judgment may be- necessary to col
lect indemnity from the Venezuelan
government for the injuries, losses and
damages suffered by the Venezuelan
steam transportation company, of
New York, and its officers by reason of
the fOrcible seizure and detention and
employment in war of the company s
steamers Hero, San Fernando and MI
trlus. by the Venezuelan belligerents
in 1871. After further discussion the
committee was discharged from fur
Their consideration of the subject.
On motion of Stewart the bill for
the admission of Washington territory
as a state was made special order for
Thursday of next week; subsequently
on motion of Platt the bill for the ad-
mission of north Dakota and Montana
were also made special orders for the
same day, Platt remarking that all
three bills might be disposed of on that
day.
The house bill to limit the hours of
letter carriers was passed without dis
cussion or division. 1t provides that
hereafter eight hours shall constitute
days work for letter carriers in cities
or postal districts connected there
with.
The animal industry bill was dis
placed from its position as unfinished
business and was RENTED to the cal
endar.
The house bill to establish a depart
ment of labor was taken up. Yeas %,
nays Is. 1t was then laid aside infor-
mally, and the pension appropriation
bill was taken up. The amendment
reported increasing the amount OF APP
preparation from $79 900, 900 to $780,
Az, 00Ol was agreed to. The
out of the house bill the words, THAT
in all pensions to widows, payments
shall be made from the date of the
death of the husband and to insert
in lieu of it the following: THAT all
pensions which have been, or which
may hereafter be, granted under the
| general laws regulating pensions &c
widows In the consequence of death
occurring from a cause which orlgl-
mated in the service since March 4.
1861, shall commence from the date OF
death of the husband"
Harris made the point of order that
the amendment was general leglsla-
ton in an appropriation bill, and after
a long discussion the senate decided
yeas %. nays IS, that the proposed
amendment was in order. The demo
Gratis generally voted in the negative
and were Joined in their vote by Sena-
tors Edmunds and ingalls,.
Cockren proposed that the bill should
lie over till tomorrow. and that the
committee report should be published
in the Record. The proposition wa:
agreed to and the bill went over til
tomorrow, leaving the amendment
still undecided.
The house bill to establish depart
ment of labor was then taken up, but
went over without action, and after al
, executive session the senate ADJOURNED
HOUSE.
II WASHINGTON, May 15.-ButterWortl
, addressed the house in committee O.
the whole on the tariff bill. He salt
the passage of the law would be di
| rect condemnation of the protective
; policy, and it indicated to the countr.
: that whether the tariff was perfect o.
not, theGemocratic party was not thu
{ instrument to perfect the mission o
! the protective tariff; it was to place tn
peoples own country on an equalit!
: with the producers of the old world
r The protective tariff dealt with bound
8 arY lines from three nations. againS
which the United States held the coil
; of vantage and no odds were asked
but when the republicans found tn
conditions which would strike dow
: our industries and the rate of wages O
our working men, then they erecte
p the wall of protective tariff. In ski
II and cunning the American wOrkme
: asked no odds. The capital and plant
r and the skill were here, but the slava
Il ton wages were not here and neve
would be so long as the republica
party wrote the laws of the country
(Applause). Capital had the advantag
o of labor; capital could wait longer fC
], its breakfast. (Laughter.) In EuroI
there was no redress for workmen bu
e revolution, but here, thank God, ever
n workman was part and pa
Gel of the government and helped
n shape the laws which controlled til
u conditions under which he worke'
II He made comparisons between OhiC
L where protection prevailed, and II
n states where the free trade philOSoph
IL existed, greatly to the advantage of b
N own state, which he declared W;
q. characteristically reserved and modes
1T He asserted that the north and we
III invented and manufactured everythiI
D, the south used. from toothpick to
TT cotton gin, and argued that it won
Dr. be unWise to entrust the industries
m the country to the hands of men WI
Y, had shown neither the abb
I have industries of their ow
be He summed up the difference betwet
IS. the two parties on the wool questi(
ny by the declaration that democratic fr
IN trade philosophers created an acti
at concern for the sheep, while the repu
at lican philosophy created an active co
We Germ for the sheep herd. In foreij
I countries sheep wore coats, and she
at herds the rags. In this country t
W tender should be well cared fl
le- for if it was well with him, it would
Oh well with his flock. He congratulate
er, his colleague (Foran) though he b
* not been sustained by his democrat
de constituents for standing in defense
ed their hearthstoneS, even against tb
III protest. He could not understand h
les any Irish-American could stand HI
m as the closest and most earnest ally
nd England while she was attempting
his do to this country what she had dc
1g- to the Irish homes across the sea-
lad created a good deal of laughter
led reading an extract from the Lond
'ec- Times declaring that the only ii
tn England has any use for an Irishm