The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-06-28
FIFTY.THIRD CONGRESS.
second session.

bill. Beginning at 1890 with schedule M,
pulp paper and books" on page n, IL dis
posed of that and the succeeding schedule N,
"sundries," and at 5:i5 when 1t adjourned, had
reached the free list on page so. The only i'm
portant check to rapid progress was caused by
the amendment of the finance committee to
place bituminous coal on the dutiable list, at
forty cents ton. The amendment passed,
81 to
HoUsE-An interesting debate marked the
first days consideration Of the Hatch anti
option bill. Mr.. Hatch and Mr. Bryan Dem.,
Neb.) advocated the passage Of the bill on the
ground, with others, that gambling transact
tions in food products affected injuriously the
prices OF those products. Mr.. Warner tDenN,
N. W opposed 1t for various reasons. one OF
which was that the bill would not put stop to
gambling, but would destroy or harass legiti-
mate traffic. In the early part Of the session
bills were passed authorizing the railroad com"
panes to issue interchangeable 5 0O0-mile mile
age tickets with privilege of excess baggage
requested by the National Association OF Com
mercial Travelers). and granting the right OF
way to the East Nebraska and Gulf Railroad
Co. through the Winnebago reservation in Ne
braska.
WASHINGTON, June 20-SENATE-The sem
ate logged wearily along with the tariff bill
Tuesday. About so paragraphs of the free list
were passed over with but little friction ex-
cept in the matter Of books, which led to o
dispute. except quicksilver, the amendments
of the finance committee were sustained. At
the opening of the session of the senate Tues
day, Mr.. Voorhees, reported from the finance
committee resolution authorizing the trans
lation and publication Of the proceedings Of the
recent Berlin silver conference The proceed
ings of the conference. Mr.. voorhees, said, had
been in this country less than 4S hours The
resolution was adopted.
HousE-Among the bills passed in the house
Tuesday was one directing the secretary Of the
interior to sell at public auction 100000 acres Of
pine land on the Chippewa reservation, Minne-
sofa, and one to surrender to the city OF New
port, Ky, for park purposes, the old site Of the
Newport barracks, situated ut the confluence
of the Ohio and Licking rivers. The day was
chiefly spent in general debate on the Hatch
anti-option bill, speeches against it being de-
livered by Mr. Coombs (Dem.. N. " and Mr..
Aldrch (Rep., Ill.), and speech in its favor
by Mr.. Sibley Dem., Pa.).
WASHINGTON. June 21.-SENATE.--The pro-
gress made by the senate Wednesday in the
way of getting through the tariff bill might al
most be called phenomenal. Beginning at 1880
q. IN. on page ll3 of the bill it had reached in
five hours page l35. Then at one jump, with
hardly an impediment OF objection. sixty-five
more pages were wiped out, and all the admin
istrative sections Of the bill were eliminated.
Another half hours work brought the senate
up to the income tax sections of the bill, and
then O halt was called until morning.
HoUsE-Another day was devoted by the
house to the consideration of the anti-option
bill, after determining by unanimous consent
to close the debate at adjournment Thursday,
the vote on the pending bill and amendments
to be taken after the morning hour on Friday
Speeches of the day were by Messrs. Walker
(rep., Mass.), Harter (dem., o. and GoldZier
(dem., Ill) in opposition to the bill, and by
Talbert dem, s. c. and Richardson (dem,
Mich) in favor of it.
WASHINGTON. June 22-SENATB-Senator
Hill addressed the senate Thursday morning
against the income tax section Of the tarih bill
An argument against the income tax was made
by Mr. Hoar trep, Mass.), and some features
Of 1t were specially criticised and condemned
At the close of Mr.. Hoar's remarks an amend
ment was offered by Mr.. Aldrich (rep., r. ~
to change the limit for the existence OF the in
come tax from January !, 1900, to 1893. The
amendment was rejected-yeas q nays &c. The
first committee amendment was then agreed to
(without division), fixing the limit Of the tax
at January l. 1900 Mr.. Pefier (pop. Kan.) Of
fered his amendment for q graduated income
tax. Laid on the table. At this point two re-
ports were made from the select committee in
vestigating the connection of senators with
the sugar trust. The majority report GER
titled the fact that Messrs. Havemeyer and
Searles had refused to answer proper ques-
tions in a mannerly report by Mr.. Gray, and
Mr.. Lindsay certified the same fact as to Mr.
Mccartney.
HoUsE-Every day of the discussion of the
anti-option bill makes it more apparent that
the measure will go through the house. The
event of Thursday in the discussion of the bill,
was the speech Of Gen. Grosvenor, Of Ohio. The
general told the house that the one thing need
full to make times better was the re-entry Of
the republican party to power, and nothing less
would do It, He, however, indicated his inten-
tion to vote for the Hatch bill. An agreement
was entered into extending the time for de-
bate for two hours Friday, to be consumed
under the five-minute rule, after which Mr..
Hatch will be allowed an hour for his closing
speech
on behalf of the senate finance committee, FRI
day presented substitute for the amendments
heretofore offered in relation to mutual insur-
| ance and benefit associations. Also an amend
ment reducing the exemption from $4,000 to
| O. 600 year. Also an amendment for the re-
ductiOn in the assessment of banks, railroads
and other corporations of the actual operat-
| ing expenses" interest on bonded debt and
| losses. The amendments were ordered to be
printed, and then Mr.. Teller R., COLI made an
| argument in defense of the principle of an in
come tax Mr., Sherman spoke against the in
| come tax: also, Mr. Patton, the new senator
| from Michigan.
HoUsE-On a vote Of $50 yeas to 81 nays the
house Friday passed the anti-option bill of Mr.
Hatch, of Missouri This bill, which its author
claims to be in the interest of farmers, pro-
poses to tax all speculative transactions known
as ''options and futures" This result was
reached after two hours consideration of the
amendments to the bill, under the five-minute
| rule, and an hours speech by Mr.. Hatch, the
author of the bill, summing up the arguments
in its favor. The vote in detail was as follows
Yeas-Democrats, 90; republicans, AZ. Nays
Democrats, 81; republicans, 26
| WASHINGTON, June 25.-SENATE.-The heat
| knocked Senator Harris out. He did not hold
the senate in session until it finished the in
come tax. He permitted it to adjourn few
minutes after Saturday afternoon. The per-
spring senators were almost cooked in tha,
illy-ventilated, walled-in chamber which 81
many ambitious men seek to enter The day
was characterized by another vigorous speech
by Senator Hill, who at times brought laugh
ter even from his enemies, the democrats, by
his unfailing redicule. For some reason, moi
yet disclosed, the finance committee withdrew
it's amendment reducing the exemption from
income tax to incomes over 5000, which hat
only been offered Friday, probably doing 81
because Hill was pleased with the amendment
Many amendments were voted upon and de
feated
HoUsE-No business Of importance trans
acted Saturday.