Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-07-26
WORK OF CONGRESS

WORK OF CONGRESS-
RESUME OF PROCEEDINGS OF THb
SENATE AND HOUSE.
Condensed Record OF the important
T~rnnsactions of Our National LAW
makcrs-Thc work Done I'm BOTH
Branches.
washington, July 19.-The Indian AT
preparation bill was taken up in the sen.
ate to-day. A petition from citizens az
various counties in Pennsylvania pro-
testing against the violation OF the
American principle Of separation OF
church and state involved IN the appro-
priations for sectarian schools in the In
dian appropriation bill, was presented oy
Mr.. Quay, who also moved that further
consideration of the bill be postponed for
two weeks so tina the Order Of Patriotic
Sons of America might be heard upon II.
The motion was lost The paragraph APP
propriating S1.095,ooo for educating the
Indians provoked the criticism Of Mr..
Pistt of Connecticut against the policy
of giving aid to Indian contract denomi-
national schools and the establishment of
government schools in their stead.
Mr.. Gaainger rep. N. HI protested
against government aid TO sectarian
schools, especially when q eh1rch re
ceiyed so much more than the others.
There was already gathering a storm in
this country against 2prroRrtatlns money
for s~ectarian purposes \ tasr STERN
would break before long oa the people and
the congress Of the Uuitei States
Mr.. Call agreed that government
schools should suPsEcs1s ssct&rian schools
whenever B was possible 20 do 80. But
il q government school were 20 be set
down beside = ssctari&n school there was
nothing 70 compel the children 10 attend
il.
By unanimous consent bills were passed
by the house to-day authorizing the con-
struction of = bridge across the Missouri
river at Lexington, No: also, a resolu-
ton calling on the secretary of war for a
report on the government improvement
at Sagatuck harbor, Mich.
Washington. July 2a.-The house, with
out division adopted a motion 10 insist
on the house disagreement to the senate
amendments 10 the tariff bill and the bill
was sent back to conference, the speaker
appointing the same couf-rees. Previous
10 this action Chairman Wilson, of the
ways and means committee, sem to the
clerks desk and had read a letter he had
received from President Cleveland. The
letter was in the presidents vigorous style
and was a stirring trib lite to the Wilson
bill and a direct blow at any surrender
TO the senate bin. Tie president insists
that the Democratic party should not lose
sight Of the fact that il had promised the
country tariff rafOI m. lie says that Demo-
cratic principles should not be surrea-
deTed. While the Wilson bill is no. what
every sincere tariff reformer would like,
an abandonment Of the principles upon
which it rests means party perfidy and
party disho lor. The letter says that the
party is pledged to provide free raw ma
terials. and says that placing the wool
of the farmer on the free list and taxing
the iron ore and coal of the capitalist is
an outrageous discrimination and a viola
TO-. &C Democratic n~rincioles. He
says that while no tenderness
should be shown trusts and that while in
present conditions this is a delicate sub
ject, We are in no danger of running
counter to Democratic principles by plac-
ing a tax on sugar He concludes by
depreciating the incorporation in the bill
of the income tax feature, but says that
in matters of this kind, which do not
violate a fixed and recognized Demo
cratic doctrine, We are willing to defer
to the judgment of a majority of our
Democratic brethren
The Republicans jeered the sentence in
the letter stating that the taxation of
sugar is a delicate question. Chairman
Wilson then spoke in favor of the house
bill, and after a few remarks by Mr..
Reed the motion sending the bill back to
conference was adopted.
In the senate the report of the dis
agreement was received and went over
! without action.
The feeling is generally expressed by
Democrats and Republicans alike in both
houses that President Cleveland. by writ.
ing the letter to Chairman Wilson, has
precluded any possibility of the passage
of a tariff bill at this session Of con-
gress. They claim that the senate can
not now recede without humiliation and
disgrace and that the house cannot recede
owing to having the president with them.
The indications are Cor a deadlock. Pres
ident Hill said to-day: II prefer to say
nothing at this time as to the propriety
or wisdom of the letter. 1t comes rather
late, and may complicate the whole situa.
ton and defeat all tariff legislation what.
ever. II the president, instead of writ.
ing a letter, had exercised his influence
to assist me in getting votes for free raw
materials when / was making the fight
therfor in the senate, the presnt III
fortunate complication might not have
arisen"
Washington, July 21.-Crowds such as
had not thronged the senate in months
packed the galleries To-Day. The house
and the president had yesterday thrown
down the gauntlet TO the senate on the
tariff question and a pitched battle was
expected. An ominous hush was upon
the chamber when the president pro TEN,
Mr.. Harris of Tennessee, raped the sen.
ate to order. Senator Blackburn Of Ken
tucKy, in a pink legiigee shirt, stood,
watch in hand, while the chaplain deliv.
cred his invocation, looking like a judge
at a Kentucky Derby.
The conservative Democrats Mr..
Brice in an immaculate suit of white
flannel. Mr.. German in a sedate suit OF
blue, and Mr.. Smith in a long black
froek coat, sat grouped together on the
Democratic side. Mr.. Hill, sitting far