The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-27
YESTERDAY IN CONGRESS-.

WASHINGTON, July 26.-Mitchell offered
in the senate concurrent resolution, which
was referred to the committee on finance,
stating that the United States would hail
with appreciation any reciprocal arrange
ment, by treaty or otherwise, between the
government of the United States and the
governments Of all or any of the South
American or Central American states
whereby there shall be admitted to the
ports of such nations, free from all nation
al, provincial, municipal and other tariffs
or taxes, the products of the United States,
including -four, oornmeal and other bread
stuffs, preserved meats, fruits, hides, veg
etables, cotton seed oil, rice, and
other provisions and all articles of food;
lumber, furniture and all other articles Of
wood; agricultural implements and machin-
cry, structural steel and iron and steel rails,
locomotives railway car supplies. street
cars, refined petroleum, and such other
products of the United States as may be
agreed upon; but declaring that it is not the
sense of the United States that in any such
treaty OF reciprocal arrangement the arti-
cles of foreign wool or hides in any form
should be admitted free into the ports of
this country; it declares that in any treaty
or reciprocal arrangement that may be en-
tered into looking to the opening of such
foreign ports to the products named it is
not the sense of the United States that the
articles Of wool or hides produced in any
of those countries shall be admitted free Of
duty into the ports of the United States;
and it requests the president of the United
States to omit from any such nation the
list Of prducts of such countries to be ad-
mitted into the ports of the United States,
the article of wool in any of its forms. and
also hides. The senate resumed considera-
ton of the tariff bill and was addressed by
Morgan. He said the pending bill bore
more heavily on the laboring classes than
on the capitalist class or any other class.
He was followed by Col4uitt. The bill
went over. On motion of Wilson, of Iowa,
house amendments to the original package
bill were non-concurred in and q confer
ence ordered. A bill was passed granting a
pension of $1,000 year to the widow of the
late Gen. Crook. Bills were also passed
giving a like pension to Mrs. Fremont and
Mrs. Mcclellan.
In the house Mckinley, of Ohio, from the
committee on rules reported resolution
directing the speaker to appoint commit
tee of five members to investigate the
charges brought against Pension Commits
Indiana. Adopted. The report Of the
committee on rules recommends further in
vestigation of the pension bureau, on the
ground that the public service must not
rest even under suspicion. The commit
tee says the only witness before it was Rep
resentative Cooper, the author of the
charges against Commissioner Raum.
Cooper declined to give the names of the
other witnesses until the house of repre-
sentatives provided for thorough inves-
tigation. The charge was made by Cooper
that the commissioner of pensions. Raum,
though insolvent, had negotiated loan of
$4,000 upon which George Lemon, noted
pension agent. became security. The house
then went into committee of the whole,
Burrows, of Michigan, in the chair, on the
Without action the house adjourned