Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-06-13
IN CONGRESS.
The Senate.

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ule were all adopted in the Senate to-day,
and the pivotal schedule, upon which the
| fate OF the tariff measure depended, went
through without change. On the vital
amendment to place all sugars on the free
| list, the Democratic line was drawn, Mr..
Hill On. Yl voting in favor of it, and Mr..
! lrby Is. o. MMg paired the same way.
But the Republicans were unable to hold
| their own forces intact, Messrs. Mander-
| son and Perkins voting against the
against it, while Mr.. Sherman, who was
present did not vote at all. Only one or
the Populists Mr.. PETER, voted for free
sugar. Messrs. Kyle and Allen in the
| final issue joining with the majority of
Democrats against it. The vote was 80
to %, as follows:
Ayes-Allen, Blackburn, Blanchard, Butler,
Gallery, Camden, Cockrell, Coke, Faulkner,
| George, Gibson, Gordon, Gray, Harris. Hunton,
Jones }ATkl, Kyle, Lindsay; Martin, Mills
Mitchell (Wls) Morgan, Murphy, Pasco, Pugh.
Quay Ransom, Roach, Smith, Turpie, Vest.
| Villas Voorhees,, Walsh Whites
| Nays-Aldrich, Allison. Cameron, Carey,
Chandler, Cullom, Davis Dolph, Dubois, Frye,
Gallinger, Hale, Hawley, Higgins Hill, Hoar,
| Lodge, Mcmillan, Henderson, Mitchell (Ore),
Palmer, PETER, PettgreW, Platt, Power, Shoup.
Teller anG Washburn-2S
Pairs-Bate for with Proctor against; Berry
for, with Wilson against; Brce for, with VOL
colt against; Call for with Morrill, against;
| Daniel for, with Squire against; German for.
with Jones New; Mcpherson for. with Irby;
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| Dixon; Palmer for, with HansbrOugh.
Washington, d. c., June 6.--Before en-
tering upon the discussion of the tariff
to-day the Senate passed seven bills, one
of them being House bill, and the other
Senate bills. The House bill grants GER
! tain lands known as the Dearborn Ar
sena to the village of Dearborn, Mich,
for public purposes. Mr.. Blackburn re-
| ported favorably Il resolution from the
| committee on rules for the appointment
| g, ni1l of five
on the existing public distress to whom
| should be referred the petitions of MOrri-
son l. Swift and others bearing upon this
subject. 1t was adopted without dlyls-
ion. The Senate then took up cohsidera-
ton of the tariff bill.
Washington, d. c., June THE Sen
! ate to-day considered the proposal to com
| pei the restoration of $15,OOO0OO to the
| government by the Leland Stanford es-
| tate. The question arose upon Il reSOlu-
ton introduced by Mr.. Hoar instructing
| the committee on judiciary to pass upon
the equity CT the claim and whether 1t
! should not be set at rest. The tariff bill
was then taken up Mr.. Carey completed
| his speech on the bill at 2 O'Clock. The
| discussion was continued until $50 p. M,
when vote was had on the finance COM
mittee amendment fixing the rate on oat-
| meal at 10 per cent and excluding 1t
| from the reciprocity provision of the para
! graphs. 1t was adopted, and Mr.. Allison
moved to strike out the reciprocity pro-
vision of the paragraphs. 1t was defeat
! ed by strict party vote, Il to -. Then
! at & o'clock, with n sarcastic allusiOn to
the rapid progress made to-day, Mr. Har-
| ris moved that the Senate go into eXecu-
tive session. After a brief period the
! doors were opened and the Senate ad-
| journed.
Washington D. c., June S-Mr Hoar's
resolution in the Senate for a committee
! investigation of the claim against the
| Stanford estate was tabed-24 to IT,
The tariff bill was Ia ken up and by agree
ment the debate on the agricultural sched-
ule was carried on under the tye-mlnute
rule.
Washington. d. c.. June On the
Senate to-day the tariff bill was taken
mp and discussed. The agricultural
schedule was considered
The House.
Washington. D. c.. June 5.-The House
to-day after two unsuccessful efforts to
secure consideration of private bills,
adopted resolution to vote on the Braw-
ley state bank bill tomorrow after the
call of committees. Mr.. Cox then offered
his amendment providing for the total I'M
conditional repeal Cf the tax on state
banks. The bill was debated by Messrs.
Boatner UaD. Pendleton TEX, Enloe
(Tenn-), Livingston Ga.) TaEbert (S. c.,
Cooper (FlaD, and other Democrats, in
favor ef the BILL and by Messrs Bowers
(CalD, Cannon Qll), Grow, Woomer and
Adams (Pa.), Lacy Qsn), QuIgg and Ray
position to it. Mr.. BDyan Dem, Neb)
said he would propose I bill which would
provide Il larger circulation of paper
money under the exclusive control of the
| federal government. At 5:::s-J p. M, with
out further action on TIE bill, the House
adjourned.
Washington. D. c., June 6.-The House
| to-day killed the bill to repeal the tax on
state bank circulation. Two votes were
! taken. The first, on the Cox amendment
/ for the total repeal of 8he 10 per cent.
tax, resulted 1O2 to 10, against, and the
next on the passage of the BraWley bill,
resulted N the defeat of that measure by
| viva voce vote. The Hndan appropria-
/ ton bill was then taken mp.
Washington d. c., Ju&e THE House
I had the Indian appropriation bill under
discussion to-day. The main feature of
the debate was an attack on the Catholic
/ Church made by Linton of Michigan, in
which be- argued against the contract In
dian schools, saying that under this sys-
| tenn the largest share OF the appropriation
for educating the Indians went to the,
| catholic Indian schools
Washington, D. c., June S-The days.
! proceedings in the House were enlivened
by Mr.. Walkers rep, Mass) complaint
| OF the poor ventilation of the chamber
| and the incapacity of the architect of the
capitol and by Mn: Weadock's Oem,
/ Mich) neply to the ATTACK of Mr. Linton
/ or the Catholic Church. The business,
I transacted in the morning hour was the,
1 passage of q bill for the registry or. en-
! rolment of the bark Skudenses, and of
I bill to- define the present units of electrical
/ measurements. The, conference report on
i the Pennsylvania IL New Jersey Railroad
| bridge bill was adopted. The question: of
/ CONFIRMING the Indian warehouse at New
! York was discussed by Mr.. Aldrich 0IEN
| and Nr. Bartlett On. " Mr. Brosius
| Pa.D protested against the reduction of
/ the appropriation for Indian schools. At
/ 40 o'clock the House took recess until
| s pA m. The evening was devoted to pen
/ Sion bills.
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