Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-05-23
IN CONGRESS.
The Senate.


president announced the following COM
mittee appointments in the Senate Mr..
Patton Oh claims, Indian affairs, epidemic
diseases, agriculture and forestry; Mr..
Proctor on fisheries; Mr.. Davis on census,
and Mr.. Mcmillan on naval affairs. A bill
to place Dunbar Ransom on the retired list
OF the army as captain was passed. The
tariff bill was taken up at noon. Three
items in the chemical schedule were passed
and then Mr.. Aldrich broke in with an
amendment to place duty Of Is per cent.
on coal tar products. Lost.
WASHINGTON, d. c., May Ex-senator
Lodge soon alter the Senate met to-day in
troduced a resolution authorizing TIE APP
pointment of five senators to investigate
charges of attempted bribery of senators
III connection with the pending tariff
bill, and also the charges in a long
article published III the Philadelphia Press
on Monday morning containing allegations
relating to the influence of the Sugar Trust
upon tariff legislation. He asked for the
immediate consideration of the resolution,
but Senator Cockrell, of Missouri, asked
that 1t lie upon the table until tom orrow.
The tariff bill was then taken up.
WASHINGTON, d. c., May 1.-THE Senate
to-day adopted resolution for an investi-
CATION of the charges of attempted bribery
i'll connection with the tariff bill, after it
had amended to include charges of specula-
ton in stocks by members, and report
that the Sugar Trust gave large
sums for campaign purposes Mr. Hans
brough (Rep, n d. said that as c. w.
Buttz, of Ransom County, N. D., one of
his constituents, was charged with hav-
ing made the attempt at bribery,
he desired to demand an investigation.
The bribery question thus disposed of for
the time being, the tariff bill was taken up,
and Mr.. Gallinger for an hour and three
quarters continued his review of previous
tariff legislation. He then yielded to Mr..
\ WI Of 1o,,
on the effect of protection on prices. The
pending amendment, fixing a duty of
per cent. a pound on ochre and other
earths was defeated On Mr. Jones motion
3 cents a pound on ultramarine blue was
substituted or the 20 per cent, the rate
fixed when the bill was first reported to the
Senate. The Jones amendment to change
the rate OF 8 cents pound on vermillion red
made of lead to % per cent was agreed to.
AT 6 o'clock Mr.. Harris, the floor manager
of the tariff bill, moved that the Senate take
recess until tomorrow morning with the
intention of continuing the legislative day
and Tor the consideration of the tariff bill to
the exclusion of all other legislative bust
ness. This means the Inauguration of the
policy OF duress that made famous the strug-
gle over the federal election bill the bill to
repeal the Sherman law, and all other big
legislative contests in the Senate The Re-
publicans, under the leadership of Mr.
Manderson, resisted, vainly protesting that
they did not seek to delay action Oh the
tariff bill. They used the usual filibuster-
ing methods, breaking a quorum by re-
fusing to vote, although certain of their
Western colleagues declined to Join in the
tllbuster. At 1920 p. NJ, after sitting for
eleven and halt hours, and fter some
very sharp and plain talk on both sides, the
Republicans succeeded in forcing an adj
Journment although the battle was in
reality drawn one A compromise had
been practically agreed upon before adj
lournment by which the sessions of the
Senate are to begin at 10 o'clock after Mon
day.
WASHINGTON, d. c.. May 1S.-In the Sen
ate to-day the resolution to inaugurate
longer hours beginning next Monday, COM
mencing at 10 A. NJ, was agreed to, and
then the Senate for the first time since
the tariff debate began, settled down to
real earnest work on the schedules of
the tariff. For five hours the consideration
eleven pages of the bills were disposed Of
more progress than has been made
in the entire three weeks during
which the bill has been con-
sldered by paragraphs. The chemical
schedule" was completed and the earth,
earthenware and glass schedule" excepting
items S4-92 inclusive, which were passed
over by agreement, was finished. Schedule
Z, metals and manufactures of iron and
steel, had been reached when the Senate,
at o clock, went into executive session.
WASHINGTON, D. c., May 19.-The Senate
to-day adopted a resolution for meeting
hereafter at 10 A. NJ, beginning Monday.
The tariff bill was then taken up.
The House.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Nav 15.-Speaker
Crisp waselot in the chair when the House
met to-day, as he had been called away by
the death of Mr.. Crisps mother In a let
ter he designated Mr.. Dockery, of Missouri,
as speaker pro tenn. Among the bills pre-
sented was one making Labor Day holi-
naval appropriation bills were then taken
up and passed. The agricultural appropri-
alton bill was then taken up
WASHINGTON, d. c., May 16-The House
to-day passed the bill for the valuation of
atfidavits made before United States COM
Joint resolution authorizing an in
Vestlgatlon of the industrial de-
preston was reported from the
committee on labor. Mr.. Springer gave
notice that early next week he will call up
the bill to remit the 10 per cent tax on state
bank circulation. Then the House went
into committee of the whole on the agri-
cultural appropriation bill.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. May 17.-Among the
bills tavorably reported in the House to-day
was one by Mr.. Chickering On. Y from the
committee on railways and canals, to in
quire into the feasibility Of constructing a
ship canal from the Hudson River to the
Great Lakes. After the call of committees
the House went into committee of the
whole to consider the agricultural appro-
priation bill. and Mr.. Richardson (Tenn.)
took the chair. At 5 o'clock the considera-
ton of the bill was concluded and the COM
mittee of the whole having risen, the bill
was favorably reported to the House and
the previous question being ordered, the
bill was passed At 5:O4 the House ad-
journed.
WASHINGTON, D. c., May 18.-Soon after
the House met to-day it found itself with a
flibuster on its hands, caused by a motion
to consider appropriation bills running
counter to private bills The legislative,
executive and judicial appropriation bill
was taken up after agreement was
reached to close general debate at o'clock
to-day, and that the House would adjourn
over Saturday. The discussion of the bill
opened up several important questions
among them being the sugar bounty ques-
ton, the pension frauds investigation and
the reduction OF members pay for absence.
ARMOR PLATE INQUIRY ENDS.