Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-27
TWO BRIEF SESSIONS
Senate and House Only Together Short
Time.
Not Much Business Transacted fl
Either Branch of the National
Legislature.

chamber today was more than compensated
for by the immense crowds of visitors in the
galleries.
The diplomatic gallery alone was vacant
| together with the Presidents bench in the
reserved gallery, but a solid mass of human
lily packed all the other galleries to their
utmost capacity. large number of
| these were ladies', the rest were visiting
/ knights of Pythias, who, in their bright
Uniforms. blending with the light summer
costumes of the ladies' made the scene a
bright and animated one. Conspicuous
| among the badges worn by the knights and
Indicative Of the states from which they
came were the bright sunfiowers of Kan
| sas.
mere were not more than a dozen Sen
ators present when the chaplain offered up
prayer, and this number did not increase
beyond seventeen during the days pro-
| ceedings.
Inc day of adjournment having been set
ana the impossibility of effecting any i'm
portant legislation being apparent to ALI
Senators had quietly slipped away without
waiting for the closing hours Without at
tempting to do more than transact some
| routine morning business, and following a
prearranged plan. Mr.. Cockrell of Missouri
| moved that the Senate proceed to the con-
slderation of executive business The mo-
| ton was carried and at 12:l0 the galleries
were cleared of the expectant but disap-
| pointed throngs, the doors were closed and
| the remainder of the days business was
| transacted in secret session.
The executive session lasted Just one hour
during which the following House bills
| were passed:
For the relief of I. II. Hathaway & Co
and authorizing the Kansas City. Oklahoma
ana racine Railway Company TO construct
a Railway through the Indian territory
House joint resolution providing for the
! printing Of the report OF the Agricultural
Department in two parts-one exclusive
| and the other technical-was also passed
AT 40 pm. the doors Were reopened and
the senate adjourned until tomorrow.
THE HOUSE.
| Ihe galleries were crowded with visiting
| members of the order of knights Of I,y-
] thias and their families when the House
met today. The floor was a waste Of empty
chairs, however, less than fifty members
being present.
Mr. Holman Qnd.). the old watch dog of
the treasury" created some amusement by
] asking unanimous consent for the consid-
Grafton of bill to pay to j. o. p. Cobb &
| Co. OF Aurora. Ind. s.. 400. the value of
some barges taken possession of by the
government during the war IL was the
first time he had asked for the considera-
| ton OF a private bill for years. he said but
the House was not indulgent and Mr.
Marsh Qll.) objected.
To Print the Tariff Bill.
resolution as offered by Mr.. Richard
son CTenn-) to print the tariff bill with COM
PARSONS Of rates between the bill as II be-
| comes a law. the bill as IL passed the House
and the present Mckinley law. Some sharp
debate occurred. in the course OF which MI.
I chot .,es ha
| COMMITTEES, pointed out the difficulty of re-
| solving specific into ad valorem rates. and
raised what he considered vital objection
| to the form of the proposed comparison
printed by the Senate which he declared
was misleading. He thought that the COM
parfson should not be simply comparison
! of the rates Of taxation, but Of the basis of
| taxation.
Under the Mckinley law. he said, taking
the imports for 1893. duties averaging As
! Per cent were levied on $4oo,oo0,ooo Of du-
liable imports; under the House bill. the
duties would have been 35 per cent on SS5l.-
100000 Of dutiable imports (the rest being
free). Under the Senate BILL the rate would
be 80 per cent on s463. 100000 of imported
| goods In other words, the Senate bill
would increase the basis of taxation $685.
| 100000 over the Mckinley law. He wanted
this to appear in the comparison.
Mr.. Mcmillan Tenn) called attention to
the fact that so ,00o, 900 of this increase IN
the Senate bill would be due TO the revenue
tax levied by that bill on sugar.
| No Quorum.
When the vote was taken on the demand
for the previous question on the resolution
Mr.. johnson (ohio) made the point Of no
| quorum.
While the House was waiting for a quo
rum to appear the news Of the death this
! morning of Congressman Shaw of WILSON,
sin was received whereupon Mr.. Richard
son withdrew his resolution Mr. Haugen
! OWis.1 made the official announcement of
| the death Of his colleague in a brief but
/ feeling speech, at the conclusion of which
he moved the adoption of the usual resolu-
/ tons OF respect TO the memory of the de-
ceased. committee, consisting OF Messrs
Haugen. Barwig. Cooper Babcock. Cousins
| Hepburn, johnson (N.D) and Cannon QllD
was appointed by the Speaker 10 attend the
| funeral. and then, at :25 pm, as a further
L mark of respeCf. the Hnl.sa adia,.-r,..a