Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-06-07
AT THE CAPITOL.
A Synopsis Of What Is Being Said and
osns at Washington from Day to Day
ono u.ndred and Forty .FirstIDny.

tion was taken up and Mr.. Kyle ac-
cepted as a substitute the resolution OF
Mr.. Turpie as reported from the com-
mittee on foreign relations. With
out action on 1t the resolution was
laid aside at 10 80 and the tariff bill
resumed. Mr.. Proctor addressed the
senate, followed by Mr.. Pettigrew, of
South Dakota, in opposition to the
bill Mr.. Gray, from The select COM
mittee appointed to investigate the
charges of bribery, submitted a par
tial report, which after reciting that one
Elisha j. Edwards and John Schriver,
correspondents of certain news
papers, being summoned to
testify before the committee, had
refused to answer certain questions
relating to the sources of information
upon which they based certain state
ments made In their correspondence,
requests that said witnesses be pro-
ceedcd against for contempt as pro-
vided by the act Of 1857. Mr.. Hill
raised the point of order that the re-
port did not present such question
of privilege as to displace the regu.
lar order. The report was read
and long discussion followed
The chair held that the report was
privileged, but did not call for auy
action on the part of the senate, but
for the action of the presiding officer
of the senate. Mr.. Hill appealed
from the decision of the chair. The
appeal was tabled, and a resolution
which he read and proposed to offer
met with objection. Mr.. Dolph of
Oregon then offered q resolution di-
recting the sergeant : at arms to
bring Elisha Edwards before the bar
of the senate TO show cause why he
should not be punished for contempt.
The resolution went over and the tar
i'll was again taken up. Several
amendments to the lumber schedule
were offered, and after an agreement
that this schedule should be disposed
Of on Thursday without debate, a
short executive session was held and
the senate adjourned until Thursday.
Houston the opening of the $685.
eiOll u lhOtlOit tliNt w uCH VIC lOuSCs Ao-
journed to-day it adjourn until Thurs.
day tomorrow being decoration day.
was carried. The house in commit
Tee of the whole took up the 10 per
cent bank tax bill, which was discuss
ell until 5 O'Clock, when, without ac-
tion''on the bill, the house adjourned
Until Thursday.
SENATE.-A resolution by Mr.. Hin
requiring the Gray select committee
to sit with open doors, and one by
,, Mr.. Dolph authorizing the arrest Of
Elisha j. Edwards, the recalcitrant
witness, went over unit. tomorrow
The Hawaiian non-intervention reso-
luton was agreed to without OPPOSE
tion.-The tariff bill was taken up at
1880. Several amendments were
rejected. Paragraph 17S, putting
duties on "lumber Of any sort, laned
or Finished" was stricken out, with a
view 10 putting such lumber OH the
free list. After some amendments on
the osier and willow paragraph, casks,
etc., the remainder OF the wood sched-
ule was disposed of without debate.
The sugar schedule was then taken up
and the remainder of the session was
taken up in discussion, much of it
irrelevant, and at o'clock the senate
adjourned.
HOUsE-A joint resolution giving
the secretary of war authority to ac-
quirc lands on the Gettysburg battle
field. limiting expenditures thereon
to the sum heretofore appropriated,
was agreed to.-The bank tax bill was
resumed in committee of the whole
and debated until o'clock, when the
house adjourned.
Ono Hundred and Forty-Fourth Day.
SENATE. Among the petitions pre-
sented in the senate was one by Mr..
Hoar. endorsed by many meetings Of
workingmen in New England aud
adopted by the New England Industry
League, asking the government to
provide farms and factories where the
unemployed may at all times obtain
work, and for an amendment to the
constitution affirming the right of ey-
cry one to be employed.-Several res
olutions went over. AT 10:40 the
tariff was taken up and debated until
$40, when Mr.. Harris gave notice
that on and after next Monday, as far
he as could control it, the sessions Of
the senate will be continued until much
later hours than heretofore. After a
short executive aewion the senate ad-
journed.
HOUSE. The senate Bin appropri-
ating small sum to repay A. p. III.
Stewart amount Of his cotton tax
wrongfully assessed and collected,
was passed. -Mr. Strauss offered
resolution declaring the extradition
treaty with Russia no longer desirable,
and providing for the stipulated notice
of suspension. Referred to the com.
mittee on foreign affairs. The house
went into committee of the whole on
the bank tax bill and the debate
thereon was continued until O'Clock,
when recess was taken until night.
Ono HaWrcd ana Forty-FInh Day
sENATE-The house joint resolution
for the purchase or condemnation of