The Portland daily press., 1894-06-02
DolNes OF CONGRESS.
The Senatorial Committee Will Publish
Their Report on the Sugar Invsstiga-

The Senatorial Committee Will Publish
Their Report on the Sugar Invsstiga-
| ton.
Washington, June 1.-Among the petit
| tions presented in the Senate thi morn
ing was one by Mr.. Hoar endorsed by
many meetings of workingmen in New
England and adopted by the New Eng,
land Industrial League, for the govern
ment to provide farms and factories
| where the unemployed may at all times
obtain work, and for an amendment
the constitution so as to affirm the right
of every one. to be employed. 1t was re-
ferred to the committee on rules.
The Vice President laid before the
| Senate the resolution offered yesterday
| for the open sessions of the Gray COM
mittee, but at the request of Mr.. Hill,
only five minutes of the morning hour
renamed. went over again until to-
| morrow.
The same course was taken with Mr..
Dolph's iesolu Ion relating to the arrest
for contempt, OF Elisha j. Edwards, the
newspaper corresp ndent.
| A resolution was offered by Mr.. Call OF
| Florida, and went over till tomorrow for
the appointment of select committee
| of five Senators to investigate the sub
| Ject OF the organized efforts of corpora
| tions to control the elections of state leg
| lslatures and members of Congress. and
whether corrupt means such rs bribery
| by free transportation and the subsidiz-
ing OF newspapers have been resorted to,
| and whether such acts are con istent
with the preservation of the Republic of
| the United States and the rights and
liberty Of the people.
| At TO- 80 the tariff bill was taken up,
the sugar schedule being the pending
| question, and Mr., Henderson of Nebraska
proceeded to speak on it.
The tariff bill was taken up. Mr.. Man
derson, Republican, of Nebraska, spoke
| against it. Mr.. Henderson gave notice
| of an amendment he should propose. to
continue in full force and effect to the
| first OF July, 1896, the provisions of the
Mckinley act providing for the payment
| OF bounty to sugar growers in the
| United States. A controversy between
Senators Hoar and PETER was kept up
| for nearly an hour, to the amusement of
the senators and people in the galleries
The point in dispute was as to relative
wealth and prosperity of the working
people in the manufacturing states Of
| New England and the agricultural states
of the West They are each very earnest
in the matter. When the discussion
| closed, Mr.. Hawley took the floor to
| speak on the sugar schedule, but as it
was within ten minutes of six he said
he preferred not to go on with the re-
4 marks
Mr.. Harris. in charge of the BILL gave
notice that on and after Monday next, as
| far as he could control it, the sessions
| of the Senate would be continued till a
much later, hour than heretofore.
After the executive session the SEN
ate adjourned.
| In the House..
Washington, June 1,-Representative
| Patterson of Tennessee su omitted today
a volumnious report accompanying bill
\ to permit the pooling by railways, which
| was agreed to by the House committee
| on commerce several days ago. The re-
| port argues that it is absolutely necessa-
| ry in order to prevent unjust discrim-
nation and in the interests of small ship
| pars and individual enterprises to allow
| railways under proper restrictions to
| make contracts for the division of their
| net or gross earnings. AS the railway
| business is now conducted there is I'M
| certainty and irregularity, growing out
| of the secret cuts and draw backs in re-
| spect to tariff5and passenger rates, and
| it results IN building up the large ship
| pers at the expense of the small ones,
| The report shows that while a great
many of the railways are in the hands
| OF the receivers. yet they would all be
comparatively prosperous if they charge
the rates approved of by the Interstate
| commerce commission.
Fond of Sugar.
Washington, June 1.-The senate COM
| mittee now engaged in Investigating the
| sugar trust frauds have become tired
| of their Intellectual efforts to keep their
proceedings secret, and have decided
| that as fast as the stenographer can pre-
pare his copy they will report it to the
| Senate and have it printed.
| The story published is true that Mr..
| Mcpherson stated to the committee yes
terday that he had purchased 1000 shares
| of sugar certificates, but he promptly
| transfer them to his son. 1t is also
| developed that the Senator purchased an
| other block of 500 shares
| There were two things brought out
yesterday to which the members of the
committee attach much importance. Sec
| rotary Carlisle testified that he appeared
before the committee, as stated last
night, and asked that the one-eighth of
a cent duty additional on refined sugar
| be changed to the ad valorem rate. and
| that he further asked the committee to
make it 45 per cent.