Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-05-30
MEDICINE LODGE, KANSAS WEDNESDAY, MAY 30 1894.
CONCRESSION AL.

May 19-The session of the senate was dull
and extremely uninteresting, But little pro-
hours being spent upon it, Mr. Gailinger
delivered another lnstallment of his
serial speech Some amendments Offered
of the glassware schedule passed over yes
terday, increasing the rates on plain. cut and
window glass, were'agreed to. and then the
tarln bill was lald aside at the request OF Mr..
Aldrich who desired to obtain certain inform
alton. now being printed before proceedin
with the metal schedule Quite number of
unimportant tills-were taken from the calen-
dar and passed
Nav 2L-The senate considered the metal
schedule of the tariff bill Mr. Aldrich of
Rhode Island scored the Democrats for max
ing iron ore dutiable at 40 cents per ton Mr..
PETER moved to place iron ore on the free list
Lost ! TO ~. Hill PETER Kyle and Allen
voting 1neths Affirmative At o'clock the
senate adjourned
In the house Hayes, Democrat, of Iowa
offered amendment to the le siSlatiye an
propriatIon bill repellin, the law docking
salaries of members when absent, except in
case of sickness. 1t was carried by vote of
llS 10 "a
May - The senate disposed of seven para
graphs of the metal schedule yesterday after
eight hours CT debate The debate
marked Dy quite n number of interestin
clashes hctyeen the Republicans aud Demo
Gratis Th sSssi sstional feature of the day was
caused by the unexpected presentation by Mr..
Jones OF an amendment substituting the Nc
hinley bill classification and specific rates on
round iron in coils, blooms and charcoal iron,
somewhat higher than those already proposed
The rates fixed were as follows Iron ore 10
cents per ton Pig iron, scrap iron etc, 81 per
ton. Round iron in coils elght-tenth tbs of a cent
per pound Slabs. blooms less finished than
bars, g OF 4 cent per pound Charcoal blooms,
az per ton Beams girder5 and other struc-
tural iron or steel, CD of cent per pound.
Boiler plate. from $40 10 p per cent ad val
orem Forging of iron or steel, Is cents.
Hoop or band iron or steel Cotton ties), % per
cent ad valorem
The question of civil service reform was
given full sway IN the house. the occasion be-
in the amendment to strike out the para
graph in the legisl lative appropriation bill pro
Wiling for the civil service commission 1t
gave opportunity for Il few stirring ana not a
few amusing speeches The amendment was
adopted by vote of lO9 TO Al. amid great
Democratic applause and Republican cries OF
"spoiIs
May Ex-senator Kyle introduced a resolu-
tlon declaring for non-interventiOn in Ha-
Wa1lan affairs which went over until to NOR
row, and then the tariff bill was taken up
Senators Jones ami Platt discus Sed the '''Io'
rail amendment for time, after which Sena-
tor German took the floor He made a gen.
eral defense OF the compromise bill and eX-
planned the Difficult ties that confronted the
Democratic party in dealing with the QueSt.O
of tariff reform While he was opposed to
the income tax he would vote for it, amend
ed to last Il limited number OF years After
RADIO addressed the senate and moved to Law
the tariff bill on the table Lost-Ss toes All
the Populists voted with the Democrats in the
nc yative
The onslaught on the civil service commits
sion which was started yesterday was re-
sumcd to-day, and several tunes during the
day the question was disposed of only to
! break out moment later in another place.
The appropriation for commissioners
bureau having been stricken out yester-
day. the next paragraph providing
for the transfer to the civil service commits
sion of clerks from the departments. was
eliminated from the bill to-day The house
refused to strike out the appropriation of
$1,000 travelling expenses of civil service ex.
} IN mi tee Of
the whole. the house passed the senate bill
amending the act to provide for the sale OF
federated Otoe ana Missouri Indians in the
states of Nebraska and Kansas
May 2f-At the opening of the session of tho
senate Mr.. Kyle urged the passage of his res
/ olution declaring ii was not the purpose OF the
United States to use force to res tore Liiuoka-
lani as queen of the Hawaiian Islands, and any
! foreign interference with those islands would
+ United States. Mr. Daniel Democrat OF
! Vireinia. objected 10 action on the reso-
/ luton until the resolution on the same
subject reported by the foreign affairs
committee had first been acted upon Mr.
| Frye, Republican. OF Maine, advocated the
passage of this or similar resolution saying
! he had information from two responsible
persons to the effect the moment the
I all pretenSe to the throne and accept q money
! compens tion therefor This being the condi-
! tion on the island, in the name of humanity. he
/ appealed to the senate to pass this or simi-
lar resolutions At this point the hour OF
! 1898 arrived. The resolution went over
! and the tariff bill was taken up.
ceptance by the financial committee
| OF an amendment offered by Mr. Allen the
| Nebraska Populist, to place barbed wire on
/ the free list. Several Republicans opposed it,
! but did not carry their opposition to the ex-
! tent OF demanding record making vote
upon it An intimation from Mr. Hoar that
barbed wire was to be the price of Mr. Aliens
vote for the tariff bill was Indignantly denied.
Mr. Powers amendment. to include other
classes of fence wire. defeated
After clearing the table OF some routine bus
mess. at 1880 o clock the house went into
| committee of the whole, to consider
the lie sislative appropriation bill, and
| Mr.. Richardson was called to The
chair The Repu blicanS were successful in
their efforts to amend the pension paragraphs
/ for special Investigation for alleged frauds.
AT 800 the committees of the whole
{ bill and il was reported to the
house Separate votes were demanded
on the amendment of Mr.. Hayes Dem
/ ocrat, of Iowa, declaring the law repealed
authorizing the docking of members
salaries. and on the amendment striking out
| the appropriations for the civil service The
! Hayes antidocking amendment was defeated,
! 104 to Ia The amendment of Mr. Enloe. Dem
ocrats, of Tennessee, striking out the ap
preparation for the Civil Service commissio on
| was lost 20 20 l3s, amid Republican applause.
the le -islative bill was than passed
May Ex-senator Kyle asked for vote on
his Hawaiian resolution which was opposed By
{
MessrS. Hoar and Harris INDUCED in lively
EXCHANGE of personalities The tariff bill was
then taken up and the consideration of the
! cutlery schedule resumed. all the finance
committees amendments being adopted
At the end OF the morning hour in the house
l. the house went into committee of the whole
! for consideration OF priyate bills The only
business done durin the day was the pass age
of a bill for the relief of Thomas b Reed and
/ the success of this bill seemed to be due in
no small degree to the name. At o clock
the committee arose, and the house took a
/ recess until o'clock The evening session
was devoted to the consideration of private
bills.