Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-08-30
ruxsrox's COMMITTEES.
HoAR AND KDMUxDs.

| HoAR AND EDAUEDs.
Senators Hoar and Edmunds spoke In favor
of amending Senator Quay's programme to
expedite business, 50 as to include the cleo
ton bill In matters to be acted upon at this
session.
Senator Hoar said that the election bill
struck at one evil In all parts of the country
alike. It applied to the whole country with
special precautions and safeguards what the
north had applied for nearly twenty years.
The bill struck at the north as we'll as at the
south. He didn't think bribery was particu-
| larry a. southern offenSe, it was an obenSe OF
| large cities, of old communities. The house
| had sent to the senate q measure which IL
deemed essential to its own preservation.
There was nothing IN the bill that was new.
There had never been more senseles utter
| ance than to call that force bill which
transferred the settlement of great public
question to the courts.
The debate was interrupted, while Senator
Edmunds was speaking, by the arrival of the
time of special order.
RUSSIAN JEWS.
A resolution calling for information as to
Russia's prescription of Jews was reported
and adopted by the house.
MEAT INSPECTION BILL
Mr.. Funston, of Kansas, chairman of The
committee on agriculture, said that the meat
| inspection bill was intended to open foreign
ports to American meats. By opening those
ports millions and millions of foreign gold
would be brought into this country and
would relieve the embarrassed condition of
all classes of industry.
The bill was passed by the house.
COMPOUND LARD.
The house considered the bill defining
lard.
Mr.. Mason. of Illinois, opposed the bill
/ from the working peoples stand point La
borers we're not asking for its passage. They
we're opposed to taxing clean, healthy pro
duct. Gentlemen spoke about the poverty
| Of farmers, and proposed to tax the poor
laboring man In order to help the farmers.
Mr.. Henderson, of Iowa, asked, did the
gentlemen refer to Messrs. Fairbank and
Armour, who had in few years amassed
millions at the expense of the farmers! Let
the gentleman reserve his tears and eloquent
| appeals, for they were i'll placed In defending
men who had been charging laborers many
per cent. more than the compound lard was
worth"
RELIEF OF SETTLERS.
the act of June %, 1874, for the relief of set
tiers on railroad lands.
AMENDMENTS REJECTED.
Amendments are offered to nearly every
one of the succeeding sections of the tariff
bill while being considered by the senate,
but are rejected by party votes in the major
ity of instances.
EULoGIEs OF SENATOR BECK.
The senate listened to eulogies of the late
Senator Beck, of Kentucky, opened by his
colleague, Senator Blackburn, followed by
Senators Ingalls,, Evarts, Vest Vance, Hale,
Allison MOr0or1 Plumb C1inSOn
Coke, Mcpherson and Carlisle.
LABOR BILLS HAVE DAY SET.
Mr.. Mckinley of Ohio, from the commit
tee on rules, reported, and the house adopted
q resolution setting apart August % and %
for the consideration of the bills constituting
eight hours a days work. and relative to
alien contract labor.
AGREEMENT REAcAED.
8 Senator Aldrich suggested that it is time
to fix date for the completion of the tariff
bill; to which Senator Gorham, speaking for
the democratic side, assented. 1t was then
agreed, through suggestions from both sides
that general debate on the bill should end
September 8, that three days more would be
given to debate under the five minute rule,
and that voting should commence Monday,
September 6.
This was about to be formulated into q
rule by unanimous cansent, when Senator
Plumb objected, delaying final action on or
dering this rule another day.
LEAD ORE.
Senator Plumb moved to amend by reduc
ing the duty on lead ore from IL cents a
pound to q of cent. He thought that the
senate vas coming to point where the sys-
tenn of protection would result IN breaking
down certain home industries for the benefit
Of other industries and where the larger IN
1ustries were to destroy the smaller ones.
The smelling interest was entitled to as much
as the cotton or iron manufac-
turing industries, and that industry was to
be injuriOusly affected by the proposed duty.
If the mine owners of Colorado, who had
derived so much profit from the recent silver
legislation, desired to get still more benefit
oy the tax on these Mexican ores, why did
hey not propose duty on the silver ores of
Mexico?
ANOTHER AGREEMENT.
The conference on Che sundry civil appro-
oriation bill resulted in a report to the house
which settles the long dispute over the para
yraph relating to irrigation. The report
would give: ''For survey of public lands.
S425, 600; for Typographical survey, $4,000
-One-half of which Is to be expended west
If the one hundredth meridian; engraving
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