The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-05-26
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fumcry, s2 per gallon; alum!na, nlum alum
cakes, etc. four.tcnths OF cent per pound; car.
Donate of ammonia - per cent ad valorcm, on
muriate Of ammonia 10 per cent and sulphate
OF ammonia 20 per cent: backing OF ali kinds
and on bone char, suitable for use in decoloriz.
ing sugar. 20 per cent ad valorem: crude borax,
or borate OF soda, one cont per pound and on
refined borax, two cents per pound. refined
camphor, 10 per cent ad vaorem; chalk, 20 per
cent. I'D valorem.
HoUsF--District bills we're considered in the
house Monday During the consideration OF
one OF them q colored man in the public gallery
arose and addressed the speaker saying thatii
the Coxey bill is not passed by May "a the
white house, treasury and capital would be de-
stroyed by thunder and lightning The speaker
directed the doorkeeper to remove the man.
which was done with much dificulty He is
burly Negro, and u blacksmith His name 10
Matthew A. Cherry, and he resides in this city.
He was locked up by the police, and his sanity
will be inquired into
WASHINGTON, May l6 SENATE, The prog.
ress made In the senate Tuesday on the tarif
bill was somewhat encouraging. With no more
discussion than such as had an immediate rela.
tion to the items on the schedule according us
they were reported, items from No. i2 to No, 2s
were disposed Of. The only noteworthy points
in the days discussion were A charge by Mr..
Vest dem MOI that republican senators were
wasting day after day in "insectiverous' dis
CuSSlOn. q ueClaratlOn Dy MIN tnat tne ueWO
cratic senators intended 10 pass the bill IL II
took them till snow fell; and n denial on the
part of Mr.. Aldrioh (rep, r.. ~ that any dis.
| position had been or would be shown by re-.
| publican senators to do an nything except to dis.
cuss the bill fairly and properly.
HoUsE-The house made business record in
| the proceedings Of Tuesdays session. Consid.
Grafton of the naval appropriation bill was con.
| cluded, and the bill passed AS reported by
| the committee the bill carried q total appro-
priation Of S25 $50, 988; this was increased by
800 by the action of the committee of the
whole The agricultural appropriation bill for
| the coming year was then taken up in commit.
| tee Of the whole, and six of the twentysiX
| pages considered under the hve.minute rule.
| In the morning hour several private and other
important bills were passed. and a bill placed
| on the calendar to make Labor day q national
holiday. Owing to the absence Of Speaker
Crisp, due to the death of Mrs. Crisp's mother,
Representative Dockery d., MOI acted Us
| speaker pro tenn. for the day.
WASHINGTON, May lT.-SENATE. The prog
| ress made on the tariff bill in the senate
Wednesday was not satisfactory rs thai
made Tuesday, but that was owing largely tc
| the fact that nearly two hours time was con
sumed in the delivery Of q speech by Mr. Gal
linger R, N. H., which he described as "Ar
accurate historical analysis of American legis
lation on the subject since the day when tht
pilgrims put their feet on Plymouth Rock.
| He had only got to the Polk election in 1914
| when he yielded the floor with the purpose O.
continuing the subjects hereafter. The resu
of Wednesdays action was to dispose of four
teen items in the chemical schedule.
HoUsE-Ten pages of the agricultural ap
preparation bill disposed of in the committee o
the whole was the net result of nearly tiv
hours session Wednesday, The feature of th
proceedings was an attack upon the MONTH,
crop bulletins issued by the department of ag
riculture by Representative Marsh, of Illinois
! He denoucced them as q fraud upon thirty mil
lion people of the United States. and said tina
they were issued only in the interest of specu
lators in farm products.
WASHINGTON, May ls-SESATE-The brib
. cry investigating committee will begin its worl
at once The first task will be to inquire int,
the charge OF attempted bribery of Senators
Hunton and Kyle. The other branches of in
quiry will probably consume much time ant
necessitate the examination of many witnesses
These will include representatives of the suga
, trust, senators whose names have been men
, toned in connection with the rumors of specu
lation in sugar stock, newspaper writer's, th
chairman and other persons connected with thu
national committees of great political parties
various stock brokers and persons prominen
In the management of the last campaign. Tn
effect of this investigation upon the fortunes o
the tariff bill is full of interesting possibility
; Its first influence is in the direction of delay
S and while it is pending the senate is not likel
/ 10 take decisive action on the tariff.
HousE--Before proceeding TO the considera
tion of the agricultural appropra tion bill Thurs
day, the house passed bill, upon motion O
; Mr.. Fithan dem, Il.) repeating section O. @
I the act of 1890 governing the display of light
! and signals upon vessels Mt sea with view t
prevent collisions. The agricultural appropria
tion bill was finally disposed of Thursday after
noon. after having been slightly amended. Th
most important OF these changes was an add
(, 'ional provision to punish the publication o
false weather reports or the unauthorized us
OF weather bureau signals.
WASHINGTON, May 10 -SENATE-The doze
q items that had been left on schedule A, "chem
S calls. oils and paints on Thursday evenip
9 were disposed OF Friday and scheduled
4 ''carihs, earthenware and glassware" Mcr
taken up and proceeded with till its close. nh
next schedule is metals and manufactures
iron and steel" The resolution for the dali
. meeting of the senate, with amendment, an
for the taking up of the tariff bill at 10:30 wa
agreed to after q good deal of discussion. Whe
: the metal schedule was reached, the bill wer
over for the day and at sos p. m. adjourned.
i. HoUsE-The first half hour of Fridayss Sc
4 sion OF the house was spent in passing resoll
). .. tion to give tho committee ON railways an
canals clerk. That having been accon
!. plished, the legislative executive and judici;
S appropriation bill for the year ending June 81
4 1885, was taken up in committee of the whole
) after an hours slirmishing, general debate O
+, the bill was closed at O'clock and the hous
o voted to adjourn over Saturday. The most
of the afternoon was occupied with discus
sion of the matter of docking members fo
absent days, which took wide range.
|. WASHINGTON, May 2i.-SENATE.-T briber
;. investigation is to be n star chamber atfai
That was the determination reached by the II
= vestigating committee, in view of the serious
: ness of the charges to be investigated, woul
n hold open sessions, and it is fact tha
q the majority of the committee had bee
of that impression themselves. Howcvc
= during the meeting the committee was cor
y vinced to its own satisfaction, II not to tina
i of Others that the best results could be oil
4 tained by secret sessions. Mr. Gray state
Saturday that the committee had decided
hold its first meeting Monday next, beginnir
s Mt 10 o'clock The first wor, will be upon TIL
e alleged attempt to bribe Senators Hunton an
Kyle.
HoUsE-Not in session
Fruit Crop in Danger.
I CRooKsviIL.E, o., May 21.-An III
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