The sun., 1894-01-25

by majority of 6.
Washington, Jan. livery little prog
ress was made with the amendment to
the tariff bill. The Republicans under
the leadership of Mr.. Burrows made an
other struggle to secure the right to offer
ame1 dments alternately with Mr.. Will
son, but, as yesterday, the chairman held,
in view of the precedent of procedure
when the Mckinley bill was under con-
~sideration, that Mr.. Wilson, ON behalf of
the majority of the committee, was en-
titled to perfect the bill before it was
thrown open to miscellaneous amendment.
Several minor amendments were agreed
to, the most important being that to in
crease the duty on condensed milk to 9
cents a pound. Almost the entire time
was spent in discussing the date upon
which free wool and the corresponding
redU ctiOn on wool shold go into effect.
No conclusion was reached.
The Hawaiian controversy was again
brought to the attention of the senate
and the presidents message communicate
ing the recent diplomatic correspondence
afforded Senator Hear an opportunity to
speak on the matter, and he showed by
quoting from the Hawaiian constitution,
that the queen, in her recent protest
that she could not promise amnesty to
the members of the provisional govern
ment was only>confping herself to the
limitations of the constitution, which
does not confer on the crown such abso-
lutte right of granting amnesty, but re-
quires that pardon can be granted only
by the concurrence of the cabinet and
other constitutional officers
Washington, Jan. 1S.-Some routine
busiress preceded the resumption of the
tariff debate. The day set apart for
| eu!cgies ON the late Senator Stanford of
California, was, at the request of Mr..
| Loud, postponed until Feb. 10. The
ST eaker announced the following COM
| mittee appointments: Foreign affairs,
Mr.. Money, Mississippi; judiciary, Mr..
DearmOnd, Missouri; naval affairs and
| expenditures in the interior department.,
Mr.. Griffin, Michigan; library, Messrs.
| Compton, Maryland; Bartlett, New York,
and Adams, Pennsylvania. The house
| then went into committee of the whole
| for the consideration of the tariff bill.
| The pending amendments were those fix
| ing the date ON which the free wool
schedules should go into effect Mr..
Morse (Rep. Mass.) maintained that the
| country had been carried by the tariff
| reform party by false pretenseS, as shown
| by the result of the elections last fall,
| and contended that the tariff should not
be tampered with until the people had
another chance to express their opinion
| at a general election. When a blow was
struck at great corporations, he said, it
was a blow as well to the laboring men
employed by those corporations. Mr..
| Payne's amendment to make free wool go
into effect Oct. 1, 1893, was lost by 6S
| to 154. The johnson amendment to have
the free wool clause of the tariff bill go
into effect Immediately on the passage of
the bill was carried, 112 to 1O2. This
was the first defeat for the committee
The civil service law and the way it
Is administered was discussed in the
senate. Senator Berry took exception to
the policy of allowing fourth-class post
masters to remain in Office in order to
carry out the spirit of the law. Senator
Ga,linger of New Hampshire criticized
the law and said it ought to be repealed.
Senator Hoar of Massachusetts defended
the law, and Senator Cockrell of Mis-
souri, said that it was good law if car
ried out according to it's intent and pur-
poses The federal elections bill con-
| SulDeu couple OF hours, and senator
Chandler Rep. N. HI tried to secure
an amendment recognizing the right OF
federal supervision over elections so far
as to permit every candidate for congress
the privilege of appointing a watcher in
each nrecinct to guard his interests and
Che registration, but vote was moi
rel ched.
Washington, Jan. 19.-The most sig
niicent event in the senate was the an
nouncement of tie resignation of Senator
Walthall of Mississippi 1t was totally
unexpected, and when laid before the sen
ate, the letter of the senator announcing
that he had Forwarded his resignation tt
the governor of Mississippi, the creates
surprise was expressed on all sides. Sen
ator Walthal is sixty three years ole
and succeeded the late l.. Q. g. Lamar
In the senate. His retirement causes
general regret among his colleagues as HI
is very popular. The legislative session
of the day was very short, but it gave op
portunity for the introduction of-two res
olutions from Populist senators condemn
] Ing the bond policy of the administration