The Dickinson press., 1894-01-27
THE WORK OF CONGRESS.

THE WORK OF CONGRESS-.
RESUME OF pMOsEEDINGs OF TnD
SENATE AND HOUSE.
Condensed Record OF the Important
TRANSACTIONS Of Dur National Jaw.
m~akers-The Work Done In both
Washington, Jan. livery little prog.
'ess was made with the amendment to
the tariff bill. The Republicans under
the leadership of Mr.. Burrows made an
other struggle to secure the right to offer
amer dments alternately with Mr.. VIII
BON, but, as yesterday, the chairman held,
in view of the precedent Of procedure
when the Mckinley bill was under con-
s%ideration, that Mr.. Wilson, on behalf Of
the majority of the committee, was en-
titled to perfect the bin before 1t was
thrown open to miscellaneous amendment.
Several minor amendments were agreed
ito, the most important being that to in
cents a pound. Almost the entire time
was spent in discussing the date upon
which free wool and the corresponding
;redt ction on wool shold go into effect,
No conclusion was reached.
The Hawaiian controversy was again
brought to the attention Of the senate
and thu presidents message communicate
ing the recent diplomatic correspondence
afforded Senator Hear an opportunity to
speak on the matter, and he showed by
quoting from the Hawaiian constitution,
that the queen, in her recent protest
that she could not promise amnesty to
the members Of the provisional govern
ment was only confping herself to the
limitations of the constitution, which
does not confer on the crown such abso.
lutte right 1T granting amnesty, but re-
quires that pardon can be granted only
by the concurrence of the cabinet and
other constitutional officers.
Washington, Jan. 1S.-Some routine
busiress preceded the resumption of the
toriff debate. The day set apart for
eu!cRies or the late Senator Stanford of
California, was, at the request of Mr..
Loud, postponed until Feb. 10. The
/. 81 eaker announced the following COM
mittee appointments: Foreign affairs,
Mr.. Money, Mississippi; judiciary, Mr..
Dearmond, Missouri; naval affairs and
expenditures in the interior department,
Mr.. Griffin, Michigan; library, Messrs.
Compton, Maryland; Bartlett, New York,
aud Adams, Pennsylvania. The house
then went into committee Of the whole
for the consideration Of the tariff bill.
ing the date on which the free wool
schedules should go into effect. Mr..
Morse (Rep. Mass.) maintained that the
corntry had been carried by the tariff
reform party by false pretenses, as shown
by the result of the elections last fall,
and contended that the tariff should not
be tempered with until the people ha1
another chance to express their opinion
at a general election. When a blow was
struck at great corporations, be said, it
was q blow as well to the laboring men
employed by those corporations. Mr..
Payne's amendment to make free wool so
into effect Oct. l, 1898, was lost by IS
to 154. The johnson amendment to have
the free wool clause of the tariff bill 60
into effect Immediately on the passage of
the bill was carried, 112 to 1O2. This
was the frat defeat for the committee.
The civil service law and the way i.
is administered was discussed in the
senate. Senator Berry took exception to
the policy of allowing f%ourth-class post
masters to remain in office in order to
carry out the spirit of the law. Senator
Ga.linger of New Hampshire criticized
the law and said it ought to be repealed.
Senator Hoar of Massachusetts defended
the law, and Senator Cockrell of Mis-
souri, said that it was a good law if car
ried out according to its intent and pur-
poses. The federal elections bill con-
sumed a couple of hours, and Senator
Chandler (Rep. N. H. tried to secure
an amendment recognizing the right of
federal supervision over elections so far
as to permit every candidate for congress
the privilege Of appointing a watcher in
each precinct to guard his interests and
the registration. but q vote was not
re: chcd.
Washington, Jan. 19.-The most Sig
niiccnt event in the senate was the an
nonncement of tire resignation of Senator
Walthall of Mississippi. 1t was totally
unexpected, and when laid before the SEN
ate, the letter of the senator announcing
that he had forwsrded his resignation to
the governor of Mississippi, the greatest
surprise was expressed on all sides. Sen
ator Walthall is sixty.three years old
and succeeded the late L. Q. c.. Lamar
in the senate. His retirement causes
general regret among his colleagues as he
is very popular. The legislative session
of the day was very short, but it gave OPP
%portInity for the introduction of two res.
o~luticns from Populist senators condemn
ing the bond policy of the administration,
and Inter in the day in the discussion of
the Stark monument appropriation. The
latter, after a brief debate, was passed
by n vote of 80 to Is.
The presidents veto Of the bill 'for
the relief of purchasers of timber and
stone lands under the act of June 8,
1875" was read at the opening of the
session. of the house. Mr.. Snodgrass Of
Tenl essee asked unanimous consent fol
the consideration of a senate bill au.
thorizing the Chattanooga & Western
Railroad company to construct a bridge
across the Tennessee river near Chatta'
nooga, and it was passed. Consideration
of the tariff bill was then resumed.
Washington, Jan. 2O.-The house il
making slow progress with the amend
n.cnts to the tariff bill. Only one weel
more remains and less than twenty
amendments to about 1000 paragraph
have been disposed of. The argument
between Mr.. johnson md Mr.. Dalzel
over the proposition to put steel rails OF
tho free list was continued. When TIN
vote came the amendment was defeated
but only about forty Democrats votet
with their colleagues of the committee
while seventy-nine voted with johnson
and the radicals. Messrs. Cannon (Rep
Ill.,. Wagner rep. Pa.) and Adam'
(Rep. Pa.) argued against the johnson
amendment. Mr.. Dunn Dem. Pa.) sai,
Mr.. johnson was a mighty good fellow
personally, but an unsafe and errati
leader to follow. He was opposed EN-
practically to his free trade doctrines
He did not want the tail of the Demo
cratic party to wag the dog. Mr.
Henderson Rep. Iowa) was then recog
nized to offer the agricultural schedule o
the Mckinley law Us a substitute for thu
of the Wilson bill. No action was taken
During the debate IN the agriculture
schedule Mr.. Tawney got, the floor ant