The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-13
Congressional Proceedings.

"WEDNESDAY, JUNE Ga resolution was
reported il the senate by Mr.. Blackburn of
Kentucky, from the committee on rules, Tor
the appointment of select committee of
five senators on the existing public distress,
and to which shall be referred all petitions
for measures of relief from such distress.
The tobacco schedule Of the tariff bill was
taken up and discussed until the hour Of
adjournment. - In the house, the senate
amendments to the house bill authorizing
the construction of bridge across the Hud-
son river, by the New York anc New Jersey
Bridge Company, were agreed to, and the
bill was passed. Discussion on the bill to
repeal the bank tax was then resumed.
THURsDAY.--The agricultural schedule in
the tariff bill was discussed for six hours in
the senate. Arguments in favor of striking
out the clause admitting farm products free
of duty under the conditions proposed
were made by Senators Aldrich Sherman
and Hawley. The contention was that that
provision would invite most dangerous COM
petition from Canada in wheat, oats and
rye; and also Invite competition in wheat
from the Argentine Confederation. Mr..
Vest ridiculed the interest protested on the
republican side in protection TO agricultural
products. Missouri and Illinois, he said,
could furnish corn to all the world, while
South America could not supply as much
corn as two counties in Nebraska could.
The tive-minute rule for future discussion
of succeeding schedules of the pill was
adopted. - The house spent all day in
discussing the Indian appropriation bill,
and adjourned without taking any definite
action upon this measure.
FRIDAY.-The resolution offered in the
senate by Mr.. Hoar of Massachusetts in
reference to relinquishing the claim of the
United States against the estate of the late
Leland Stanford of California was again
| laid before the senate, and the Judiciary
committee was instructed to inquire, and re-
port as soon as possible, whether it is ax-
pedient that the claim be relinquished. In
the discussion of the tariff bill that followed
Mr. Cullom of Illinois made long speech
against the bill as a whole, and the consid-
Grafton of the agricultural schedule was re-
sumed. - The consideration Of the In
dian appropriation bill was resumed in the
house. AT the evening session the bill to
pension the widows of soldiers OF the late
war who have remarked and subsequently
been again widowed was given an exhaust
| i've discussion.
SATURDAY.-In the senate, the house bill
| to supply deficiency in the grant OF pub
| lie lands to the state OF Mississippi for the
use of the State University was taken from
| the calendar explained and advocated by
Mr.. McLaurin of Mississippi and passed,
, with an amendment, after the expression
of hope by Mr.. Hoar that Mr.. McLaurin
would unite with him in putting the great
| California university on its feet-if the facts
should prove TO be as he (Mr. Hoar) under
stood them: The rest of the day was con-
sumed in discussing the agricultural sched-
ule of the tariff bill What little time
the house was in session, the discussion Of
the pension bill was carried on.
MoNDAY.-The senate considered and
adopted large number OF tariff bill amend
ments, none of which are offgeneral inter-
est, - The house made little progress
with the appropriation bills.