Thomas County cat., 1890-09-11

1he senate competed the WOOL ana WOOL
ems schedule of the tariff bill, not changing
il from what it was as It left the finance
committee.
INVESTIGATING RAUM.
At the suggestion of Mr.. Morrill,, of Kan.
sas, chairman of the house committee to in
vestigafe charges against Pension Commits
sioner Raum, Mr.. Smyser, of Ohio, asked tC
be relieved from further duty on that com.
mittee.
This came about from the fact that Mr..
Smyser holds some stock in the corporation
which General Raum is charged with induc-
ing his subordinates to take stock in.
SAC AND FOX AND CROW TRIBES.
Mr.. Perkins, of Kansas, moved to suspend
the rules and PASS the bill to ratify and con.
firm the agreements with the Sac and Fox
and after an explanation of it's scope by
Messrs. Perkins and Peel, it was passed.
ON TO GREYsoN, TEXAS.
Mr.. Peel, of Arkansas, moved to pass under
suspension of the rules substitute for the
senate bill granting right of way to the
Hutchinson d Southern railroad from An
thony. Kan, through the Indian territory to
Greyson, Texas. Agreed to.
FINANCES.
Senator Allison said the total of expendi-
lures for the current fiscal year would be
about SAL, 100000, and the total revenue.
for the year (including postal receipts and
everythins) would be $3.50, 600, 600. There
fore. if there were no tariff bill passed. and
if the situation remained unchanged, there
would be a surplus of revenue over expendi-
lures for the current fiscal year of $49, ,0O0,
600.
If the tariff bill is passed he figured out an
increase of S27, ,OOO. 600 of revenue under it as
against decrease of SEQ, 500 600 from put
ting sugar on the free list. So that $50. 500,
600 had to be taken off from the surplus of
S49, 9,OOO. COO, leaving some S15, ,0OO, 600 of sur
plus at the end of the year.
Taking into account the balance now in
the treasury-S107, COO, 000-and this surplus,
the treasury would have $4,000 600 on July
l, 1891, unless in the meantime he redeemed
~ per cent. bonds, as he Mr.. Allison) hoped
the secretary would proceed tOdo without
delay.
HOW THEY FIGURE IN TIE HOUSE.
Mr.. Cannon. of Illinois, in debate, made
an exhaustive statement from which he de-
monstrated a surplus for the fiscal year. 1891 !,
of $50, ,279, AS; while Mr.. Sayres, of Texas.
from the same basis figured an excess of ap-
preparations over revenues of 81, ,43O,42.
BARLEY.
In discussion in the senate Secretary Rusk' s
statement was quoted, in which he says that
barley is the only cereal of which there is not
raised a sufficiency for home consumption,
To deny this the Oswego, N. Y, board
of trade says that the annual product of the
United States is about GO, ,0OO, 900 bushels, and
the quantity used last year for mailing pur-
poses was less than 45,0OO.OOo. Ten million
had been imported from Canada, the quality
being superior for mailing purposes to that
of the United States barley.
THE SUGAR SCHEDULE.
In discussing the sugar schedule of the
tariff bill Senator Edmunds opposed putting
sugar on the free list; Senator Voorhees, de-
nounced the entire Mckinley bill: Senator
Evarts spoke of tine various reciprocity
amendments and criticised them as being
Objectionable under the ''unfavored nation"
clause of international treaties. and Senator
Pierce advocated the idea of reciprocity.
QUESTIONS OF PRIVILEGE.
The house elected NJ. Burrows, of Michi-
gan, speaker pro. tenn. upon the occasion of
the absence of Speaker Reed to go home and
attend to the canvass for his re- election to
congress.
During the speakers absence the house
conducted itself much after the style of an
old time district school left in charge of a
pupil in the absence Of the teacher.
Attacks upon the good name of senator's. a
DiCoSh VI thC CouItScy uuC DctNCcu tiG tWO
houses were INDUCED in: questions of per-
sonal privilege bobbed up from various quar-
ters and confusion worse confounded pre-
vailed for days.
THE FIVE MINUTE LIMIT.
The senate reached the time set when de-
bate was to be limited to one five minute
speech to senator upon any question, and
the tariff bill consideration spun along with
accelerated pace.
Mr.. Gibson offered the sugar schedule
which was carried in the now famous Mills
bill as substitute for the sugar provisions
of the pending Mckinley bill.
COTTON MANUFACTURES.
Senator Hoar referred to statement
which he had recently read, to the effect that
an English cotton manufacturer, who had
been travelling extensively through the United
States, said that if it were not for the Amer
lean tariff England would shut up every cot
ton manufactory within two years.
Senator Arthur said this showed how abso-
lutely Great Britain had control of the mar
ket in South and Central America, and also
in Asia and Africa, the value of cotton goods
exported into these countries by Great Brit
ain last year being SIT, 100000, against
about $4,000 from the United States.
BINDING TwINE.
Senator Davis moved to put binding twine
on the free list. This was agreed to, "a to "a.
The republicans voting yea were: Messrs.
Allison, Davis, Mcmillan, Mitchell. Moody,
Paddock. Pierce, Plumb. Squere, Washburn
and Wilson, of Iowa. Only one democrat,
(Mr. Blodgett) voted no.
THE FREE LIST.
The senate reached the ''free list'' in the
tariff bill, when Senator Plumb moved tc
strike off hides, whether dry or picked, and
his motion was rejected.
Senator Vest moved to insert lumber in
the free list. Rejected.
Senator Plumb renewed the motion, ap-
plying it only to white pine. Rejected.
On motion of Senator Plumb the duty on
pine clapboards was reduc from 50 to 81
per thousand.
Senator Quay moved to strike quinine
from the free list. Defeated.
Senator Aldrich moved to add to the para
graph putting tin ore and tin on the free list
the words until January l, 1892, but not
thereafter" Agreed to.
BRkCKINRIDGE UNsEATED.
The house at last reached a vote on the
contested election case, Clayton -Breckin-
ridge" from Arkansas, and declared the
seat vacant, by vote of los to 62.