Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-05-15
CONGRESS NO. 50.
THE SENATE PROCEEDS WITH THE
CHEMICAL SCHEDULE.
The Hodae Startled by Negro Crank
Who Predicts Ruin Unless Coxey
Is Listened To.

ATE.-The resolutions OF the memphis |
Cotton Exchange favoring an Internal
tionai exhibition at Atlanta. Ca. In Sep /
tember. 1895, were presented by Mr.. har-
RIG. and referred TO the Committee on !
Finance.
The Senate bill TO regulate enlstments
in the army OF the United States was 4
taken from the calendar and passed. IL
repeats so much OF the army Dill Tor 'he
present year as provides that no private
shall be re-enlsted who shall have served
ten years or more, except such as have /
already served az enlisted men for twen- 4
~ years or upwards. 1t also provinces +
that hereafter all snlistments In the
army shall be for the term Of three years
and that no soldier shall be again enlisted
in the army whose service during his last
preceding term OF enlistment has not
been honest and faithful; and that In
time OF peace no person who Is not citi- I
zen OF the United States or who cannot .
speak, read. and write the English lan-
guage shall be enlisted in the army for
the first time. provided that the foregoing
requirements shall not apply to the en-
lstpent Of Indians.
The eighth item in the chemical schedule
was "alumina. alum cake. patent alum.
etc, the Jones amendment being to
change the ad valorem rates OF ~ and
30 per cent. to the specific rate OF i-l0 OF
n cent per pound Mr.. Aldrich moved to
make the rate 6-l0 Of a cent per pound.
The amendment served the intended pur-
pose OF starting debate. and, as Mr.. But
Ter intimatod, Of killing time. Mr..
Aldrich's amendment was defeated-yeas,
IS nays II.
Mr.. Aldrich Immediately moved TO
make the rate half a cent per pound, AMI
another political debate followed. Mr..
Harris interrupted the discussion with
motion to table Mr.. Al1rich's last motion.
and It was so voted-yeas. 29 nays. II.
ana the question required on the Jones
amendment to make the duty on alumina
$40 cent per pound.
a vote could not be reached. however
until further time had been spent. in dis
putting The amendment was then agreed
to without division, and the paragraph
stands:
"Alumina, alum cake. patent alum.
sulphate Of alumina, and aluminous-cake.
and alumni crystals or ground. 40 Of a
cent per pound"
AMMONIA.
Mr.. Jones then moved his next amend
ment and 1t was agreed 10 AZ follows:
Ammonia, carbonate Of. % per cent.
al valorem; murate Of 20 per cent. al
valOrem: sulphate OF, 20 per cent. ad va
loren.
The next mendment read: "Iiiack-
ing of all kinds, 20 per cent. al valorem;
bone, charred. suitable for use in de-
colorizng sugars, - per cent. ad valo-
rem" Adopted
Next item; No. 10. The Jones
amendment proposed TO make it read:
"Borax, crude or borate OF soda, or bo-
rate Of lime. cent per pound. Refined
bOraX. cents per pound.
In the course OF a long discussion Mr..
Chandler suggested that perhaps the rea-
son why the two California senator's IA
vored such low rate of duty on borax
was that they had an arrangement under
which the rate would be, before the final
passage Of the bill, increased TO cents
per pound.
Mr. Perkins Oepublican). of California.
discaimed any such understanding. al
though he hoped that as
while the lamp holds out to burn,
The vlest sinner may RETURN
so his Democratic friends would crush
out none of the industries Of the Golden
State.
The amendment was agreed TO.
The next of the Jones amendments was
to insert as a new paragraph: "Camphor,
refined. 10 per cent ad valorem."
Mr. Aldrich moved to amend the amend
ment by making the duty cents pound.
The Aldrich amendment was rejected
yeas. u; nays. 3l-and Mr. Aldrich then
moved to make the rate 3 IL cents per
pound. Rojected-yeas, 20; nays. 81. The
Jones amendment was then agreed to
without division
The next item was "Chalk-prepared.
precipitatcd. French red. and all other
chalk preparations not specially provided
for in this act. - per cent. ad valorem.'
The Republicans endeavored unsuccess-
fully. TO engraft amendments upon the
section, and the item was agreed 70 With
out division.
The next item was No. 12-Cloral n.y.
dratc. % per cent al valorem-and with
out action on it the Senate. at p. NJ.
adjourned until IL o'clock tomorrow
THE HOUSE CRANK-VISITED.
The day in the House was devoted TO
the consideration of business relating TO
the District of Columbia, and of local In
terest only.
A disturbance was created in the sud
den interruption of proceedings by
bury negro in the centre gallery arising
in his place and shouting: "Mr Speaker
il the House of Representatives" -. In
! stantly the House was in confusion. and
in the gallery. The Speaker, who was the
first to regain his composure. directed the
| doorkeeper to remove the offender.
The man was of powerful physique. how
| ever, and the doorkeeper was unable to
| GUST him for some time, the negro en-
| deavoring TO deliver his alleged divinely
| inspired message to the effect that the
| Lord had commissioned him to come to
| the Speaker Of the House and TO order
III. 10 IL. xtfae naIl 10
| elected.
The cranks name is Matthew A.
| Cherry. He is a blacksmith residing in
| this city. He insists that he is not insane,
| but his mind is manfestly unbalanced.
| When questioned by the Capitol police he
said that unless the "Coxey good-roads'
bill were passed there would be a general
destruction of government property
| In Washington. Congress would be
| given until the 2ith instant TO
| pass the bill. If it did not be-
come a law by that time the public build
| ings would be destroyed by bombs. He
was arrested by rhe Capitol police and
taken TO the guard-room In the basement
| of the Capitol. He was perfectly tractable.
| and offered no violence. He was re-
tanned In the guard-room about thirty
minutes. when he was taken to the Sixth
| Precinct Station.
| Before entering the gallery, Cherry en-
| deavored to see Speaker Crisp. He called
| at the corridor. which runs in the rear
| of the House chamber, and was stopped
| by the doorkeepers. Speaker Crisp's
room is situated at the east end of this
| corridor. where three doorkeepers are
| stationed. A coored messenger also
| guards the door of the Speakers room.
| When the crank demanded to see the
| Speaker the doorkeeper asked his bust
ness The crank replied that he desired
an audience with Speaker Crisp. but re-
fused TO state for what reason. Upon
the doorkeeper's again refusing to COM
| ply with his request. the crank faced
| about and went up in the gallery.
TOWN FULL OF CRANKS.
"The town is full Of cranks." said Col
onel Snow, the Sergeant-at-Arms of the