The Delta independent., 1890-05-27
CONGRESSIONAL.
SATURDAY. MAY II.

l oESATE-Auc plllS Ou tuC CdlcuudE WCIo
taken up. The following, among others,
passed: To pay the assignees Of John
Roach $3S $40 for extra work on the mon
itor Puritan and ~, ,274 for the care Of the
monitor Roanoke; Senate bill to pay s20,-
secretary Of the Smithsonian institution,
| in compensate Of his public services !;
| Senate bill releasing to Harvard College
and the University Of California the right
| OF tho United States to forty acres of land
Wilson's peak, near Pasadena California.
The Senate bill appropriating 100000 for
| statue to the memory of General Grant
was passed.
MONDAY, MAY 19.
and Mr.. Dolph, Of Oregon, agreed in favor
Of the bill and against free coinage. Mir.
| Mitchell opposed MIR. Dolph's views and
urged the desirability of free coinage.
| On motion Of Mr.. Wilson, of Iowa, 1t was
ordered that the Senate bill subiecting i'm
ported liquors to the provisions Of the law
of the several States, shall be taken up to-
| morrow after routine morning business.
| HousE.-The House went into committee
| Of the whole on the tariff bill, and MIR.
Funston Of Kansas moved to place import
| ed lead ore on the free list.
| Mr.. Hopkins of Illinois contended that
| the importation of Mexican lead ores was
blessing to American miners as well as
| TO the workingmen engaged in smelling.
In the name OF American labor he protest
ed against the proviso which would control
| the output of American miners.
Mr.. Du Bois Of Idaho objected to the
gentleman from Illinois posing as repre-
| sentative Of the miner. This was simply
o question between the miners of the
Rocky Mountains and the smelters Of the
lead was heard from the representatives of
the miner. The amendment struck blow
| not only at the miner, but at the silver pro-
ducers, There was hardly anyone on the
floor who would speak for free lead unless
he had smelters in his district
Mr.. Townsend, of Colorado, said the
amendment was in the interest of the Mex
| lean miner. 1t would ruin the mining il
| dustry of the West There was not Dem
| ocrat or Republican in the West who was
not in favor of the provision of the bill.
The amendment was rejected " to l26.
| The tax on tobacco was discussed at
some length.
TUESDAY. MAY 90.
SENA1E-Mr. Stanford introduced bill
Tor loans on public lands, and announced
that he would hereafter address the Sen
| tte on the subject. The Senate then pro-
eeeded to consider the original package
bill introduced by Mr.. Wilson of Iowa.
MIR. Vest strongly opposed the bill on
the ground that Congress had no power to
grant such privileges to State.
MIR. Edmunds remarked upon it as a Gu
tious and interesting circumstance that the
condition OF things had been reached when,
according TO the debate and according to
the judgment of the Supreme Court, that
states had no power to deal with the sub
lect, and Congress had no power to deal
with it. The result was there was in
svery man in one State an inherent indi-
yidual personal right to carry into another
| State what that State might consider in
| NirlOuS Its safety nni fhara n eall II
that Congress- had no power to stop it, and
that the States could not stop it unless
Congress gave them that power. 1t was
only necessary TO state such proposition
10 show that somewhere, either in the Su-
breme Court or the Senate, there was a
fault In the logic of somebody.
HousE.-The House went into commit
tee of the whole on the tariff bill.
MIR. Cowles, of North Carolina, offered
an amendment repeating the tobacco tax,
which WAS rejected.
Mr.. Mckenna, of California, moved an
amendment to the sugar schedule, reduc-
ing the existing schedule 81 per cent, and
retaining the dividing line at l3 instead of
l6 as in the present bill. He attacked the
sugar schedule in the Mckinley bill, amid
great applause on the Democratic side.
Mr.. Liude, OF Minnesota, made a fierce
attack upon the binding twine trust. He
asserted that the action of the committee,
In placing raw material on the free list
on the finished product, amounted to an
Increase of 100 per cent in production.
Mr.. Hill, of Illinois, objected TO the clause
which allowed a man to load ships in Eu-
rope with diamonds aud statuary and
paintings and bring them into this coun-
try duty free.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 81.
SESAIE.--The Vice President presented
communication from Mr.. Canady, ser
peant at arms of the Senate, rendering his
resignation of the Office, to take effect on
June 3oth next Laid on the table.
Mr.. Wilson OF Iowa made an effort to
have the bill relating to the liquor i'm
ported into prohibition States taken up
and considered, but he was forced to yield
TO the prior claim of the silver bill which
was taken up, and on which Mr.. Stewart
proceeded to address the Senate.
Later on, the bill relating to importing
of liquors was taken up. Mr.. Evarts
spoke in its favor and Mr.. Hiscock OPP
posed it.
HousE.-At twelve o'clock. MIR. McKin-
inley moved the previous question on
the tariff bill and the vote on
amendments commenced. The amend
ment fixing the duty on iut yarn at As per
cent. was defeated by the Democrats.
The amendment providing that duty on
| woolen and worsted yarns valued at not
more than 30 cents per pound, shall be two
and one half times the duty on unwashed
wool in the first class, and IS per cent ad
valorem was rejected; yeas 1877, nays las
The bill now fixes duty at twice the duty
on unwashed wool for first class and 81 per
cent ad valorem.
Other amendments offered by the Demo
crats were defeatedsand the bill passed, yeas
l64, nays lac, amid applause on both sides
of the House, the Democratic applause be,
ing derisive in character.
THURSDAY, May %.
SKSArE.-Thc silver bill was taken up.
Daniels addressed the Senate in favor OF
silver currency.
Mr.. Daniels ridiculed the idea of an ava.
lanche Of silver crushing down upon the
United States in the case Of free coinage
of silver. 1t was obvious, he said. that
| the silver money abroad would not come
| to the United States miuts, and 1t was also
obvious that there was no such annual
production of silver in the world (l4s, ,oOp,-
000 Of which all but 81 ,OOO, 600 were now
| coined, as to cause any fear on that score.
AT the close Of MIR Daniels speech the
| silver bill was laid aside without any
action and the naval appropriation bin
| was taken up. All the formal and minor
amendments reported by the committee
were agreed to and the n the bill went over
without further action.
HousK.-The House after trausactiny
routine business went into q committee of
tho whole on tho river and harbor bill 1t
apprupriates 80, a32 900 based upon esti-
| matcs aggregating &SQ, 500, 600
MIR. CatchinEs, of Mississippi, made g
i comprehensive and exhaustive explana-
tion of the plans by which tho government
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