The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-05-25
WORK OF CONGRESS-
,rsrNE OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE
SENATE AND HOUSE.

EE Record of the Important
2 lru.n.uctions Of Our National Law
,,L.rs-The Work Done in Both
S@ branches.
# Washington May 17.-The Democratic
# I.1dtrs in the senate decided yesterday
S H. call up Senator Harris resolution for
8%1 ~ O'clock sessions to-day. lhey nav"
|y@s ,,sclied The conclusion that the tariff blls
! NOT making satisfactory progress, and
a# t;nk that the time has come when they
S ..,ll extend the hours The resolution
#.. likely to lead to II spirited debate
# ,.hup called up Republican senators
81 hold A second conference vest trday upon
IN b poicy to be pursued regarding he
81 tariff bill No conclusion was reached.
vi I,pt the majority showed a desire to let
AZ the hill come to vote as soon as OPP
@ ,.,rtunitv had been given for reason1bl"
81 i, bate.
% In the senate the Jon - amendment
III a,ug the rate Of duty on tlaXsecd oil at
III ~ cents was agreed to, The rate OF
% 1Iiye oil reduced in the original senate
ii bill to % per cent. was restored to -,
NJ tnts per gallon. The house rate on pep
N Y,luint OILS per c.nt-was also re
NJ stored In the next paragraph, opium
u s>tracts for medicinal uses the house
,,te was - per cent The senate amend
" aren't made ii 20 per cent. The senate
n Yductsen was agreed to- Tnc next
N i nts' amendment was to place crude
tpiuu not adulterated, containing = per
II rnt or over of morphn, dutiable at 81
u per pound in the house bill, on the free
list. Mr. Sherman then moved to in
.fease the duty on smoking opium from
4 81 to SO Il pound. Lost-2O to 81.
After transacting business of minor
lmportance. the house went into com
n mittee of the Who'll. on the agricultural
1 appropriation bill Mr. Marsh of Illinois
II severely denounced the practice of the
h agricultural department OF collecting and
publishing statistics Of crops, upon which
II ,ueculators were enabled to manipulate
q the grain and cotton markets His
u amendment to strike out the a-raph
providing for the publication of monthly
4 fpp reports was defeated 40 to Is MIR
B Marsh made the point of no quorum and
tners were appointed 4 quorum was
finally secured and the amendment was
y,t45 to 1871 Mr. Pickler tRep. s. d.
] rndeavored to secure an appropriation Of
i 10000 for another edition of the special
4 report on diseases Of the horse but it was
iar offered an amendment ncrea sing the
appropriation for the purchase, propoga
tion and distribution Of seed from Sl3O
hpO 10 S16O,OOO Agreed to. An amend
ment was agreed to providing that after
May | the secretary of agriculture should
distribute all the seeds on hand, giving
preference to those persons whose names
Ind addresses have been furnhed by
senator's and representatives in congress
and who have not before during the
,ame season been supplied by the de
paftment
Washington. May Is The resolution
H't!' duced by Senator Lodge to nyestl-
.ate the charges Of attempted bribery OF
Senators Kyle and Hunton. also til" nj
cations that the sugar tlnst had made
aniribntions to campaign funds, WAS dis
.iissed IN the senate today, and passed
With amendments that broadens its scope.
Senators Cockrell Hear Chandler,
Faulkner and Villas Offered amendments
which made the resolution Il .ertabs
ifag nst. including all charges OF bribery,
I'll allegations of contributions by the
sugar trust, directly or indirectly. 10 ean
pa.gE committees. or sea in elections by
a't'hei party. or that any senator had II
,ny way been improperly influenced ~
me tariff legislation. Senator Hans.
iIergh read Il letter II, III Bnttz asking
Tor IN investigation. Sci ,tor Hnnton
t>ked Il speedy investigation. As did
senators Harris and Allen, in behalf Of
senator Kyle. who was absent, and de-
siaied that he would demand an IL
}tstigation. The vice president IN
nonncc1 the appointment Of the following
eonnittce in accordance with the terms
pt the Lodge resolution. Messrs Gray
Lindsay, Lodge. Allen and Davis.
Nr. Harris, the floor 10 lnager of IL,
tlrif bill moved that the senate take 4
f..tss until tomorrow morning. with 1ht
attention Of continuing the leglsiaflN.
afy and for the consideration Of tn
tirn bill to the exclusion Of all other
legislative business. This meant tie IN
aaguration Of the policy Of dartss fha'
made famous the struggle over the feh
ral election bill. the bill to repeal tn
sherman law AMI other big legislative
tont,sts in the senate The Republicans
andcr the leadership Of Mr. Manderson
fainly protesting that they did not seet
~ delay action on the tariff bill. Ihes
psed the usual flibusterinG methods
breaking quorum by refusing to vote
although certain their Western colleague
would decline to join in the flllpnster
Alr. Harris moved to compel the atteha
ancc of the absentees After some very
sharp and plain talk on both sides w
R.publicans succeeded in forcing an au
Jfnrnment, although the battle was y
reality drawn one. compromise n',
cen practically agreed upon before ~
9eLrnment BY which the sessions u ~