The Red Cloud chief., 1894-05-18
WORK OF NATIONAL LAWMAKERS
Seventh Week Of the Tariff pchntn.

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day, after the reading of Yesterdays
journal, the speaker laid before the
house certain senate bills and ~resolu.'
tons. Among these was u resolution for
the printing of 5000 copies of
eulogies of the late Randall Lee GibsopH
senator from Louisiana and Mr.. Rich
ardson asked unanimous consent for its
consideration. No objection was made.
but Mr.. Reed and Mr.. Burrows took oc.
casion to express their opinion that n.
stop should be put to this useless OK.
penditure of money.
WASHINGTON, May 9.-When the tar.
if bill was laid before the senate Mr..
Aldrich took mp the second amendment
in the bill, whi,h is the words cor with.
drawn for consumption" the purpose be.
ing to include goods so withdrawn from
bonded warehouses in the provisions an
plying in the bill to goods imported.
The pending amendment was then
agreed to, and Mr.. Lodge offered his
amendment to impose double duties in.
the bill against Great Britain until the
country should agree to an international
ratio for the coinage of silver. Senator
Stewart followed with a long silver
speech. Senator PETER followed him.
The amendment was laid on the, table
81 to 90, a strict party vote.
WASHINGTON, May 10.-The sombre
emblems of mourning covered the desk
of Representative Brattan of MARYLAND.
on which lay a bunch of roses, when the
house met Thursday. The message of the
president transmitting Hawaiian CORES.
pondence was laid before the house.
Mr.. Talbot, Dem, Md, briefly an
nounced the death of his colleague, Mr.,
Brattan, and offered the customary reso.
buttons.
WASHINGTON, May 10.-When the sen.
ate met today a bunch of La France
roses graced the desk to be occupied by
Mr.. Patton. the new senator from Michi.
gan, appointed to succeed the late Sena.
tor Stockbridge. Some routine business
was transacted. The hearings given by
the joint committees of naval affairs on
the personnel of the navy was ordered
printed. Mr.. Allen, Pop, Neb.), intro
duced a bill to repeal the act regulating
the use of the capitol grounds under
which Coxey and his lieutenants were
prosecuted. Mr.. Frye presented the reso-
luton of the National Statistic associa-
ton in favor of a thorough reform of tho
consular service.
The Allen Coxey resolution went over
without action and the tariff debate was
resumed.
WASHINGTON, May 11.-After action
on some minor bills the house went into
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general appropriation bill and the naval
appropriation bill was taken up. Bout
ellie advocated liberality towards the
navy to continue the good work com.
menced under Secretary Chandler.
Cummings IN W and Reed (Me.) in
dulged in a very acrimonious debate and
charges and counter charges of ''coloni.
cation" in the navy yards were freely
passed between Mr.. Reed, Mr.. Boutelle
and Mr.. Cummings.
WASHINGTON, May 11.-Friday Sen.
ator Allen tried in vain to obtain con.
sideration of his Coxey resolution, and
after a brief discussion of Mr.. PETERS
industrial depression resolution, the sen.
ate resumed consideration of the tariff bill.
WASHINGTON, May l2.-Only four
senators were in the senate chamber
when the senate met at II o'clock today,
and Senator Harris, who was temporar.
lily in the chair instructed the clerk to
call the roll. Tho bells brought 90 sena.
tors into the chamber-15 less than q
quorum-and steps were at once taken
Search of the corridors and coat rooms
of the Capitol was made, but il was %
minutes before enough absentees could
be found to make up the quorum.
Mr.. Dolph made a motion to adjourn,
but withdrew it upon the suggestion OF
MI. Chandler that such a motion vio-
lated the agreement entered into Just be-
fore adjournment last night by which Il
was decided to take up the tariff bill at
II o'clock each day. Some routine bust
ness preceded the resumption of the tariff
debate.
WASHINGTON, May lathe seventh
week of the tariff debate began in the sen.
ate ut II O'clock today, with a fair attend.
ance on the floor. Vice President Stew.
enson called the senate to order. Two
bills, n to pension the widow of Rear
Admiral Donald MacNeil Fairfax ut the
rate of 800, and the other to increase the
pension of the widow of Major General
Doubleday to 800 were reported and
placed ON the calendar. Under the agree.
ment made last week, an hour was de-
voted to the consideration of bills on the
calendar.
WASHINGTON, May 15.-At the opening
of the session of the senate today, Mr.,
Allen (pop., Neb.) introduced and asked
for the immediate consideration of q
resolution calling upon the secretary OF
, the treasury for information as to the
total number of persons engaged in pro
! tected industries; the number of such
. persons whose wages are claimed to be
I affected by protection; the number
whose wages are not affected; also thu
proportion of the population of thu
United States dependent upon the for
eign market for the sale of their products,
The tariff bill was taken up at noon
l. Tbraa ;tav,o in tho cbo,ni,,l achaI,lc