The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-02-01
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS-.



service Of the United States, and the expedi-
ency of its retrenchment or increase, came up
for consideration, and Senator Berry (dcm.,
Ark.) presented an amendment directing the
committee also to report the number OF per-
sons employed in the classified service from
each state and territory and so far us they can
ascertain the number belonging to each politi-
cal party, and whether the public service would
be benefited by the repeal of the civil service
law. Adopted
HousE-The fight to amend the sugar sched
ule of the Wilson bill was made In the house
Monday. The first amendment was offered by
Mr.. McRae tdem., Arkansas). to abolished en-.
tirely the sugar bounty. In support Of his
amendment Mr. McRae said that it proposed
to abolish entirely the sugar bounty and leave
sugar on the free list, where 1t was placed by
the Mckinley law. The matter was discussed
at length, and at 4:2O the voting began. The
first vote taken upon Mr. Meikeljohn's
amendment to substitute Mr.. McRaes amend
ment to abolish the sugar bounty, the provis-
ions Of the Mckinley law relating TO the boun-
ty. This defeated by strict party vote.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Observation-Disclosures
Senator Cullom made a fierce attack on the
Hawaiian episode Tuesday, in which he treated
Queen Lii as Mrs Domins and Willis as u spy,
the general fusillade will come Wednesday or
next day. In order to intercept any further
movement on the presidents part the commit
tee on foreign relations directed Senator Tur-
pie as its mouthpiece to report resolution de-
clarng under existing conditions annexation
inexpedient, and as the provisional government
had been duly recognized the highest interna-
tional interests require that il shall pursue its
own line Of policy: foreitl intervention in the
political affairs Of the islands will he regarded
as an act unfriendly to the government OF the
United States
HorsE-The radical free traders in the house
are in command. This force has overridden
the ways and means committee rs TO wool
U,,,a, ,dav rria en- do, Fnr fraa
the abolition of the sugar bounty and for free
coal When the house adjourned Monday night
II was In q perplexing 4wrangle. There was
doubt as to just what it had done, because Of
the intermixing Of amendments. When it met
Tuesday it was still dazed, and for more than
two hours there was an argument to make clear
the action of the previous day. The chairman,
who was himself more tnan ratified, resub-
mitted the vital amendment Of Monday, and by
a vote vociferously in the affirmative it was de-
cided to make all grades Of sugar free and abol.
ish all existing bounties upon the passage of
the bill
WASHINGTON Jan 25.-SENATE. The Ha-
waiian question came prominently before the
senate again Wednesday, and after an hours
brisk discussion went over until Thursday. The
result of the debate was to show that there is
division both in the democratic and republican
ranks to the wisdom of adopting the resolu-
tion reported by the foreign relation commit.
tee. Various amendments were submitted to
the Hawaiian resolution, and by agreement it
went over until Thursday, when Senator Teller
will take the floor.
HousE-Possibly the most important phase
in the tariff fight was developed Wednesday
night when the income tax bill was brought into
the house. Before the bill was reported to the
house by Mr. McMillin in the morning there
had been continuation of the fight in the ways
and means committee against the measure, and
finally, after q prolonged struggle, and with
Cochran and Stevens voting against and the re-
publicans voting with them the bill was
ported. In the consideration of the tariff bill
iron ore was placed on the free list
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26-SENATE-The Ha-
waiian resolutions were considered Thursday.
They were presented in the morning hour, but
laid aside in order to give to Mr.. Allen, the Ne
braska populist. and opportunity to deliver
legal argument against the authority of the sec
reiary OF the treasury to issue five per cent
bonds. His argument was TO the effect that the
resumption act of 1873, under which Mr.. Car
Isle claims authority for the issue and sale OF
bonds, ceased TO be operative soon as its pur-
pose-the redemption OF outstanding legal ten
der notes was accomplished, and that it has
no more efficacy now than piece OF blank pa
per-
HoUsE-The nearest approach to anything of
interest in the house Thursday was the repeat
ed attempts of the democrats of the New York
delegation to tlibuster against the possible in
PRODUCTION of an income tax amendment to the
IL
ments offered, but only one OF importance-that
of taking crude opium off the free list and i'm
posing duty of 81 per pound. This, like all the
other amendments approved by the ways and
means committee, was adopted. At 4:40 the
house took a recess in order to permit the hold
ing of a democratic caucus to consider the in
come tax bill. BY Il vote of SO to II the demo-
Gratis OF the house of representatives, in the
caucus voted to make the internal revenue bill.
including the income tax, an amendment to the
customs revenue bill before the house.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-SENATE-The ses-
sion Friday was devoted to>a discussion OF Sen.
ator Calls public land resolution, and u general
coiloquy over the federal elections bill A
strong appeal was made by Senator Call in IA
vor OF the homesteaders of Florida, who, he
alleged, were being deprived Of their rights by
land grant railroads without authority Of law,
and he finally succeeded in having his resolu-
tion referred to the judiciary committee for
careful inquiry into the legal rights of the ques-
tion. Senator Chandler made an effort to have
the bill repeating the federal election laws post
poned until next December, but the motion
was, OF course promptly defeated by the demo
Gratis on a roll call After an executive session
adjourned until Monday.
HoUsE-The only amendment to the tariff
bill adopted by the house Friday was one in
creasing the duty on cut stones unset to thirty
per cent ad valorem. and taking rough uncut
stones from the free list and placing them on
the dutiable list at fifteen per cent ad valorem.
The ways and means committee, which de-
sired to reduce the duty on cut stones from
fifteen TO ten per cent, was overruled in this
| matter An attempt to place tin-plate on the
| free list was unsuccessful There was Friday
as on the preceding day, considerable open,
plain-spoken opposition to the bill on the demo-
| cratic side.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-SENATE.-The ses.
ate was not in session Saturday.
HoUsE-The house committee on rules
| Saturday agreed to an order allowing the in
come tax to be offered as an amendment to the
tariff bill, giving Monday and Tuesday for gen.
eral debate, Wednesday for debate and amend
ments under the fve-minute rule, with general
| debate in the evenings, the vote to come on the
| tariff bill and amendments ON Thurs
day noon. 1t is expected there will
be hot fight before the rule
is adopted. the appropriation bills for pen.
sions and for the District Of Columbia were re-
ported TO the house Saturday by the committee
| on appropriations. The total amount recon.
mended for pension expenses for the fiscal
year ending June 80 1895, is $l5l, ,5sl $50, which
| Is practically in accordance with the last re-
vised estimates of the commissioner OF pen.
sions. The total is sl4,949 7so less than the sp-
| preparation for the fiscal year OF 1894 which