The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-11

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experienced habitues Of the Capitol ar,
very much inclined TO doubt The old
time romances about the Queenly and i'm
perious women with carriage and attend
ants, who appeared in the reception
rooms in daytime surrounded by states
men. and who at night sat Al
the head Of a banquet table glitter
ing in diamonds and costly drapery
while entranced legislators sat on either
hand. exhilarated by the flowing win,
and sOothcd by the OdOr Of exotics and
the sensuOus music that fiOated in from
concealed orchestra, is no more She
il retired fake No longer does she
exist i'm the "reminiscences of COlOne
Shaw, Judge North and the versatile
Randolph de Bienville Klein
PROCEEDINGS or CONGRESS
WAsHINGToN, ID. C., January 1O.-Thc
Senate to-day continued the considera-
ton of the tariff bin after agreeing to
meet tomorrow morning al II o'clock
4 number of amendments offered 10y
Mr. Vest and Mr Vance TO various para
graphs were rejected without debate
Mr. Brown moved 10 increase the rate
on precious stones, set and especially
enumerated. from 25 to 40 per cent. al
cal0rem paragraph 434), so as 10 make il
correspond with the amendment yestcr.
day as to jewelry Agreed 10 without
division.
Mr. Brown moved TO amend paragraph
44O. the last on the dutiable list, taxing
watches and watch cases 20 per cent ad
yalorem, by adding 10 it gold watches
and gold watch cases, 40 per cent ad
valorcm." Agreed 10, % 10 90
The clerk then proceeded 90 read the
free list
Mr Vance objected 10 the paragraph
as 10 braids. plaits, laces, etc, suitable
for omamenting hats and bonnets, and
moved 10 tax them 20 per cent 0G yal0.
rem. He said that under existing law.
the revenues received from these good,
i'm 1897 was $500 600 He was opposed
TO extending more favOrs TO the manu-
facturers of hats, who were already
heavily projected.
Mr. Allison said that the only object
of the committee in putting these article.
on the free list was that they are not
and cannot be made i'm this country
After further discussion the amendment
was rejected
Mr. Plumb moved TO strike out of
paragraph jj1 fresh hshl the words
except when frozen or packed IN ice OF
otherwise prepared by any process for
preservation So as TO make the para
graph simply read fresh hsb.
There was no quorum voting on the
amendment, and the bin was laid aside
)aboLt T. pages having been disposed OF
to-davI. and the Senate al Il NJ. adj
iournod till II A. VI tomorrow.
THE HOUSE cPENDs THE DAY rILmUs-
rERING.
The House held short session to-day,
all of which was devoted To tilibustering.
Mr.. Weaver, Of Iowa, raised no OBJ
lection to the reading OF the journal, but
al the conclusion OF the reading be re-
sumed the dilatory tactics of yesterday.
ON a call of the House 2j3 members am
swcred 10 their names.
Mr. Springer asked unanimous consent
for the entering of an order providing
for final vote ia the Oklahoma bill
He was greeted with cries Of regular
order"
During the call of the roll Mr. L. b.
Tayior, of Ohio, offered a resolution de-
claring that one member of the House
had answered and taken complete con-
troll Of the legislation and authorizing
the appointment of "a committee of hye
members TO confer with him and learn
on what conditions be would permit the
House 20 resume its proper functions.
The resolution was ruled out of order.
AT $40, on motion of Nj oowden, Of
Pennsylvania, the House adjourned.
An EXTRA SESSION PROBABLE.
With each day wasted by the House in
flibustering the talk of an eatra session
increases, and unless some means is soon
discovered TO break the deadlock that
now exists an extra session of the House
is regarded as highly probable
Mr.. Mckinley said to-day that the
House would certainly take mp the
senate tariff bin when il came from the
Senate. and unless that bill could be
thoroughly discussed and passed an eX-
ira session would follow The loss of
time now viii throw the appropriation
bills into the time which, by general con-
sent, is now set apart for tariff discus
sion in the House on the Senate substi-
tute
Some members to-day expressed the
opinion that heroic means should be re-
sorted 10 break the dead lock, and one
member of upwards of twenty years
service in the House thought that resO-
luton to expel the members who were
abusing the rules OF the House with
their obstructive motions would be JUS
titled by the country in the circum-
stances He saw no other way out of the
present difficulty, especially as the mem
bers belonged to the Democratic party,
and refused 10 abide by its caucus de
cisiOn His remarks were directed par
iicularly al Representative Weaver, who
ts the leader of the ObsiructiOnists. some
members believe the Speaker would be
justified in refusing 10 recognize
the obstructionists, and say that
other Speakers have done so when
the exigency was such that the public
business could not proceed by any other
means As the House rules now stand
neither the appropriation bills the
Nicaragua Canal bill, nor any other
bill can become a law. The action Of the
House in refusing to amend the rules as
proposed by the Committee on Rules has
aggravated and more fully complicated
the situation.
Mr. Burrows, Of Michigan, says the
of affairs in the House shows
that an extra session will be a necessity,
and that The rules must be changed so rs
to make it impossible for a minority TO
flibuster indefinitely against any bill
Mr. Mckinley has been quoted as OPP
posed TO an extra session, but he says
now that he is convinced that il will be
necessary, and he is in favor OF amend
ing the rules so as to limit the right of
minority 10 use dilatOrv tactics.