Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-21
The Quay Resolution Not Taken Up
in the Senate.
THE TARIFF DEBATE GOES ON.
The Eight-Hour Claims Bill Dis
cussed in the House.
AND THE LARD BILL IS TAKEN UP.
SENATE.


Mr.. Quay from the Philadelphia Reform Club
of Philadelphia protesting against the passage
of the federal election bill. and one by Mr..
trade of Raleigh. NC.
Mr.. Blair introduced, at the re quest Of the
Farmers Alliance, a bill to provide for banks
of deposit.
PROHIBITION IN THE SENATE WING.
The resolution heretofore offered by Mr..
Plumb to prevent the: sale of spirituous,
vinous and malt liquors in the Senate wing Of
the Capitol was laid before the Senate: the
pending questions being on Mr.. Blairs amend
ment to add the words land drinking" and
on Mr.. Buffers amendment directing daily
search for liquors of committee rooms and
other apartments.
Mr.. Gibson suggested jokingly the extension
OF the amendment so as to direct the search OF
Senator's desks
Mr.. Butler-I have no objection.
MR.. PLUMB OBJECTED
to both amendments as calculated to belittle
and in Difference to public opinion. Irrespect-
i've of the question of personal habits and
tastes, he thought that the extent to which the
liquor traffic was carried on in the Senate res
taurant WAS hurtful. He did not believe that
there was any legislative body in the world,
certainly not in the United States, that permit
ted liquors to be sold publicly in the buildings
where it held its sittings
QUESTION
whether Mr.. Blair's amendment was still pend
ing or whether it had been accepted by Mr..
Plumb gave rise to a discussion affecting the
accuracy of the report in the Record The
question remained undecided
Mr.. Aldrich, chairman of the committee on
rules, referred to the existing rule on the sub
ject adopted in 1880, and to the fact that it
only forbade the sale OF Intoxicating liquor,
leaving the assumption to be that wine and beer
might be sold by the caterer.
Mr.. Butter thought that the existing rules
were sufficient to guard against the alleged
improprieties in the restaurant, and he con-
demned the
sPAsMoDIc OUTBREAKS OF vIRTUoUs INDIGNA-
in the Senate chamber. He believed that there
was as much abstinence in the Senate as in any
similar body in the world, and yet these dis
cussions gave currency to the opinion that Sem
ators INDUCED too frequently in sprituous
liquors.
Mr.. Blair agreed with Mr.. Butler and said
that he had never intermeddled with mems
personal habits; what he had warred with was
intoxicatlon in the mass. He had not noticed
anything out of the way in the restaurant but
he thought that if there was to be reform in
the Senate wing of the Capitol. that reform
should be extended to Senators and to commit
tee rooms.
SUCH AN EXTENSION OF THE REFORM,
he intimated, would have the effect of pre-
venting Senators becoming SO befuddled as to
interfere with the consideration of the election
bill Uaughter.) King Alcohol, he added,
would not then be interfering in debate and
bringing about that perpetulty Of debate about
which all complained. Uaughter.)
Mr.. Hoar expressed his concurrence with
Mr.. Buffers remarks and his belief that there
could not be found in this country the same
number Of men in middle or advanced life
whose habits of life were more
TEMPERATE AND AUsrERE.
The hard work Of the Senate was not COM
patible with intemperance. Names of Senators
n both sides of the chamber. in the present
and in the past. would occur to many, to whom
the Senate had been cause of reform and of
change of life in that particular, and any sug-
gestion that Senator's life was life OF self
indulgence was according 70 his observation
and belief absolutely without foundation. He
was obliged to the Senator from South Caro-
lima for his emphatic and spirited assertion Of
that fact.
The matter, at the suggestion Of Mr.. Pasco,
went over till tomorrow.
THE guy RESOLUTION PASSED.
The resolution heretofore offered by Mr.
Plumb in regard to the charges against Lieut.
Guy of the police force was taken up and
agreed 20.
THE ALIEN LAND ACT IN WASHINGTON CITY.
Mr.. Hoar, from the judiciary committee, re-
ported bill exempting the real estate in
Washington owned by James and Julius Lans-
burgh from the operation of the alien land act,
and after explanation it was passed.
The presiding officer made the usual inquiry
whether there was any other morning busi-
ness and (receiving no reply declared that
business closed.
THE TARIFF BILL
was then taken up. the pending question being
on Mr. McPhersons amendment to paragraph
16l, page SO. This paragraph refers to table
knives, forks, steels butcher knives, &C.. and
imposes compound duties on them according
to value classifications. The amendment is to
substitute for these duties q uniform rate of
IS per cent ad valorem.
MIR. Coke addressed the Senate in opposition
to the bill as a whole, criticisng MANY of its
provisions, and condemnlng them as being in
the interest or manufacturers and against the
interest of consumers.
THE PENSION OFFICE INCREASE.
Mr.. Coke yioldod the floor temporarily while
the conference report on the bill for an in
crease of the clerical force of the Pension
Office was presented and agreed to.
MIR. Faulkner followed Mr.. Coke in a set
speech against the tariff bill