Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-01-25

disposed Of, none Of material moment.
The attempt Of Messrs. De Forest and
:Sperry Dems. CoEn.) to secure the alop-
ton of an amendment increasing tile
duty on sumatra cigar wrappers to the
present rates was defeated. The debate
concluded with brilliant tilt between
Mr. Cochran and Mr.. Reed.
In the executive session of the senate
Senator Hill opened the fight against the
confirmation of Hornblower for associate
Judge of the supreme court, and Senator
Villas Of Wisconsin. the only Democratic
men Der Of The judiciary committee who
supported Mr.. Hornblower in the COM
mlttee room. rlade a strong appeal for
confirmation. After lengthy discussion
Hornblower's nomination. was rejected
by a majority OF 6.
Washington, Jan. livery little prog
ross was made with the amendment to
the tariff bill. The Republicans under
the leadership Of Mr.. Burrows made am
other struggle to secure the right to offer
amer dmcnts alternately with Mr.. Will
son, but, as yesterday, the chairman held,
in view of the precedent of procedure
when the Mckinley bill was under con-
sideration, that NIr. Wilson, on behalf of
the majority of the committee, was en-
titled to perfect the bill before it was
thrown open to miscellaneous amendment.
Several minor amendments were agreed
to, the most important being that to in-
crease the duty on condensed milk to 9
cents pound Almost the entire time
was spent in discussing the date upon
which free wool and the corresponding
redr ction on wool shold go into effect.
No conclusion was reached.
The Hawaiian controversy was again
brought to the attention of the senate
and tho 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 oI!y confiring herself to the
limitations of the. constitution, which
does not confer on the crown such abso-
lutte right of 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
business preceded the resumption of the
tariff debate. The day set apart for
eu!ceies on the late Senator Stanford of
California, was, at the request of Mr.
Loud, postponed until Feb. 10. The
81 eaker announced the following COM
mitee 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,
and Adams, Pennsylvania. The house
then went into committee of the whole
| for the consideration of the tariff BILL
The pending amendments We're those liz
| ing the date on which the free wool
schedules should go into effect. Mr.
Morse Rep. AIass.) 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 contcnded that the tariff should not
be tempered with until the people had
another chance to express their opinion
at general election. When blow was
| struck at great corporations, he said, it
was blow as well to the laboring men
employed by those corporations. Mr..
| Payne's amendment to make free wool go
into effect Oct. 1, 1898, was lost by 6S
to 154. The johnson amendment to have
, the free wool clause of the tariff bill go
into effect Immediately on the passage of
the bill was carried, 112 to 102 This
was the first defeat for the committee.
The civil service law and the way it
is administered was discussed in the
senate Senator Berry took exception to
the policy Of allowing fourth-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 good law if car
ried out according to its intent and pur-
poses. The federal elections bill con-
sumed 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 a vote was not
re: ched.
Washington, Jan. 19.-The most sig
niicant event in the senate was the an
nouncement of tie 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 Forwarded 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. g. 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
portrnity for the introduction of two res
olutions from Populist senators condemn
ing the bond policy of the administration,
and later in the day in the discussion of
the Stark monument appropriation. The
latter, after brief debate, was passed
by 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