The Forrest City times., 1894-01-19
CONCESSION AL
rh. Proceedings of the Week Briefly Given.

Given.
 :. .,o senate on the e,n Senator Sherman nsor,ed n petition from Ohio ex-soldiers ask pn Tor an inyesti I,ion of the pension bureau nfsao,or Chandler introduced resolution of in
 e',,-y as 10 the power Of the president to send | ss,,ents or representatives to foreign nations nsa resolution had reference to the appoint nut of commissioner Blouut 10 Hawaii This
 nSyo rise 10 lengthy debate and the resou- e,.. ras referred A resolution by Mr Turpie .o the effect that 1t Is unwlSe and inexpedient
 " ,orsider further at this time the treaty or
 s.oiect of annexat tion was laid on the table. No
 s,ter business was trans ietcd ... The deadlock ;n the house was broken b. the appearance of
 T = onorum of democrats, and the filibuStering Il of MT .uielle against the tariff bill ended nrho cent eman was vehement and persistent, Il tv, the tarin bill was declared before the house and Mir Wilson (W. Va ), chairman of the ways
 I'd means committee. addressed the house in
 favor of the bill until adjournment A night
 l session was held at which e debate was con.
 tnued
 .dedly tame After passing several private Nils an executive session was held and at ? l o'clock the federal elections repeal bill was
 called up by Mir. Gray, but was laid over until
 Monday The senate soon adjourned . The tarin debate was continued in the house MT
 wilson closed his speech in favor of the bill and in opposition Gen Black Ull replied to MT.
 Burrows, and Mir. Hopkins Gll concluded the afternoon debate in n speech against the bill
 Debate on the bill was continued at the even- ing session
 TIE erc2, c. interest in the senate on the
 nth was the speech of Senator Davis fMinn
 in support of the DO icy Of noninterference in
 Hawaiian affairs. He favored ultimate annex a,iou as clearly a case of manifest destiny. In a speech on expenditures Senator German ere. sted somewhat of surprise by introducing st tistics to show that during the past three years the total appropriations had exceeded
 the receipts of the government by sD0. J,0o0 After an executive session the senate ad- iourned ~ The tarin debate was continued in
 the house. Mir. Johnson tO ). large steel rail
 manufacturer, spoke in favor of the bill and
 especially for a reduction on steel rails. and against the steel rail pool In reply to MT Da- yell tPa) MT. Johnson produced document to show the pool or trust had offered one manu-
 facturer si,00o day to shut down and dis
 charge its men and gave another SsJDOt a year
 to close down so as to maintain high prices Mir Woomer fPa and Mir. Curtis (kan) spoke
 against the bill The debate continued until 10
 o'clock in the evening.
 THE Hawaiian controversy occupied the at- tention Of the senate on the Huh. Senator
 Davis (Minn.) resumed his remarks in opposi- tion to the policy of the administration, and
 particularly III tne appointment or A Spccldl
 commissioner by the president Other sena-
 tors spoke on the question. Mir. Chandler. on behalf of the republicans, presented the minor ity report on the federal elections repeal bill
 a after an executive session the senate ad.
 lourned . The house was deluged with aT.-
 other flood of trf oratorg. Messrs Breckin- ridge (Ky). Richards (Ol, Hlrter tO) and Springer en- spoke in favor of the bill and Messrs Brossus (Pa) and Dngiey tMe1
 against it The debate continued at the even ing session with only few members present BUT little was done ia the senate on the i2th
 except in executive session The resolution of Mir Allen tNeb asking the secretarr of the treasury to explain certain figures in his rep ri in regard to the exportltion of gold was adopt. ed and after executive session the senate adjourned until Monday ... Soon after the house met the tariff debate was resumed MT. Payne (N, Y. made the leading speech against the bill and MT. Simpson (K n said he would vote for the bill although he objected to many features of it. He raked over both the repub lican and democratic parties and created the sensation of the day b Illustrating his remarks
 on the deporable condition of ths agricultural classes by displaying dilapidated oyercoat which he got from a farmer on the market place. He said he could duplicate it on the backs of a million farmers in the country to- day. It was the product of the Ameri:an sys- tenn of protection. The debate continued at the evening session.
 THE senate was not in session on the i3th.... Soon after the house met the president sent tn
 message with the correspondence relating to
 Hawaii The house then wont into commit ee Of he whole on the tarf bill Messrs Pickler tS D ) and Grosvenor (Ol spoke in opposition
 10 the Wilson bill, and Msssrs- Turner Ga and Cochran (N Y. made tho leading speeches in favor, the galleries being crowded. There
 was large attendance at the evening session 70 hear Mir. Bryan. of Nebraska. who spoke in favor of the bill