Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-08-07
CONGRESSIONAL.
TUESDAY. July 30.

senate. NIL. Sawyer ITOfn tHe pOstOHlCt
committee, reported back the senate bill to
establish limited postal and telegram
service. Mr.. Ingalls, introduced bill to
establish department of communication,
and said it was prepared by and intro
duced at the request of the Wage Workers
alliance. The tariff bill was taken, up the
pending question, McPhersons amend
ment, offered yesterday to reduce the duty
on acetic acids. was rejected by party
vote Mr.. Mcpherson then offered an
amendment reducing the duty on borac
acid from 81 cents, which was rejected,
Is 70 80. Mr.. Jones ARK. addressed the
senate in opposition to the bill, which, he
said. was declaration en- the part of the
republican party that war tariff was never
to be reduced Coming to the ques lion of
bounty on sugar Jones asked why not pro.
tect the wheat grower by bounty as well
as the sugar grower? The proposition to
take the duty of raw sugar and pay
bounty on American simply meant sugar
| free for refiners sugar free for the sugar
| trust; sugar taxation for those who con-
sumo it as food Mr.. Aldrich pleaded
that the republicans permit of no more
delay on the tariff bill He believed the
democrats were simply seeking to cart the
| action of long session on the republicans.
Mr. Hiscock repealed the general Charge
that the republicans success at the last
election was the result of the influence
OF manufacturers or monopolist and as
serted in the state Of New York
whenever democratic majorities were
rolled up, steps of the whiskey interest
could be marked. In reference to the
statement as to the refusal of the finance
committee to give hearings to persons in
terested, Hiscock said it had refused to
give hearings to representatives. of manu-
facturers of Germany, France, England
and Belgium. The place for them to be
heard was where the democratic members
of the committe were in conference. He
did not know how much money had been
contributed to the democratic election
fund by those interests; but ne knew every
day the tariff bill was delayed was largely
to the profit of foreign manufacturers
They were interested in its defeat. Mr.
Voorhees, congratulated Mr.. German on
his great victory in breaking the prede
termined silence on the republican side of
| the chamber. As to the speech of the SEN
ator from New York, which had been ex-
| torted under the LASH it was the same old
|
| democratic party. After further debate
the bill was laid aside and the house joint
resolutions to continue appropriations I'M
der the existing laws up to the l4th of
August was presented, discussed and pass
ed.
| House.-ln speaking on one of the sem
ate amendments to the civil bill, Mr..
| Strube, of Iowa, made bitter attack up
on speaker Reed for his action toward the
gentlemen having interest in the public
| building bills. He was indignant because
| the speaker had refused to recognize him
and others who were pressing public build
ing bills Mr.. Cannon (lll) defended the
conduct of the speaker, which he believed
was above criticism. Quite discussion
ensued on an amendment which was tin
| ally rejected, appropriating $S0O,00 for
| the purchase of a suitable site for build
| ing for the supreme court.
| WEDNESDAY, July 30.
House.-The tariff bill was discussed
briefly. and numerous amendments offered
by Mr. Mcpherson in the line of redrc-
tons were all rejected. The only char ge
made in the schedule was reduction on
choloiorm, form 40 to % cents per pound
Mr.. Vest moved to reduce the duty on iodo-
form 81 so to 81 per pound but the prop
osition was defeated.
Ho,Se.-Mr McCombS, of Maryland,
called up the conference report on the Dis
trict Columbia. appropriation bill. Mr..
Mutchler, of Pennsylvania, opposed the
report ON the ground that according to he
statement of the district commissioner, if
the bill is passed in its present form, there
would be deficit in the revenues Of the
district of between S275, 900 and s400, 600
After the debate, the conference report
was agreed to, and the house went into
committee of the whole on the senate
amendments to the sundry civil bill. Mr.,
Cummings made an attack upon the direct
or of the geological survey and favored
the senate irrigation amendment, no
action was taken. The speaker announce
ed the following members ON the
committee to investigate the charges
against commissioner Raum: Morrill,,
! Sawyer, Smyser, Goodnight and Martin
| (ldn.).
THURSDAY, July 81.
Sendfe,-Mr Frye stated that the river
and harbor bill would be taken up next
Friday. The conference report on the
! District of Columbia bill was agreed to.