The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-02-06
SOD 4s rT' EPr41SssSUN1 r s Si9S5tSSH9 cuNerEss.
A Digest of the Proceedings In the Senate
and House.


WAsHINGToN, Jan. 29.-The first indica-
tion during the present session of the senate
Of possible political and partisan discussion
on tariff matters cropped out in the senate
in Mr.. Wales aggressive speech on reciproci.
| ty. Mr.. Hale's statement that his original
reciprocity resolution, out of which the
Aldrich amendment TO the Mckinley bill
grew, was prepared in the state department,
and his known close relations with Secre-
| tary Blaine caused his speech to be regarded
by senators as in some degree a campaign
pronunciamento on the part Of the friends
Of the secretary of state.
The house employed its time in the read
ing Of the presidents message and in a dis
cussion Of the rules, the session being with
out special incident.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3O.-The house spent
all Of the session discussing the report of the
committee on rules.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-The senate dis
posed of the long discussed La Abra and
| Well claims by referring the question Of
their fraudulent character TO the court of
claims, and reachg3 the Paddock pure food
bill on the calendar.
The house engaged in a discussion Of the
rules which assumed a wider range and
allowed the members TO make political
| speeches and personal remarks not pertinent
TO the subject under discussion. II was a
day for personalities Mr.. Hoar and Mr.,
Morse engaging in a verbal encounter, while
the speaker was compelled TO dispatch the
| sergeant-At-arms to Mr.. Pickler, Of South
Dakota TO take his seat. Altogether the
rules seem to provoke considerable feeling
WAsHRoroN, Feb. S.--The temperature
! Of the senate chamber was perceptibly raised
several degrees during the morning hour by
a personal explanation which Mr., Voorhees,,
Of Indiana, made in reference to Wash
ington dispatch in a Philadelphia paper
which accused him, as he contended, of yio-
lating senatorial courtesy and attempting to
make a dicker with the Pennsylvania sena-
tors, Quay and Cameron, and the Republic
an senator from Delaware, Mr.. Higgins, to
defeat the Democratic selection for United
| States circuit Judge from their state, Mr.
Dallas, in return for their assistance in de
feating the nomination Of Judge Woods, Of
Indiana, to a circuit judgeship in that cir
cult.
| Mr.. VOORHEES, characterized the statement
as untrue, and attached 10 it and TO its
authors a number Of exceedingly forcible
| epithets. He was sustained in the main
features OF his denial by Senators Quay,
Cameron and Higgins and by Mr. Wilson
| qowa), Of the judiciary committee.
WAsHNGroN, Feb "details Of the Man
derson printing bin occupied the attention
Of the senate all the day after the morning
hour. The discussion took a wide range, in
cluding civil service reform, the eight hour
law and other topics in its scope, but pos
sessed little general interest, and less shan
twenty senators sat it out When the SEN
ate adjourned Is Of the 100 sections forming
the bin had been disposed OF.
The discussion OF the rules occupied the
time Of the HOUSE. and nothing Of note 90
CURED 10 mar the even tenor Of the debate,
which was devoid Of pubic interest
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