The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-02-03
FlFTY-THIRD CONGRESS-
seoond esssiun,

Cull resOlutlON urcCtluB tne ClV1i Sofvlco
miueo - inquire into the condition & the civil
service ~ tho United States, and tho expcdi.
L,ncy ofits retfenchmentor increase, came up
gor consideration, and Senator Berry dem,
Ark.) presented IN amendment directing the
committee also to report the number Of per
sons employed in the classified service from
lach state and territory and SO :ar IS they can
ascertain the number belonging to each politi.
al party, and whether the public service would
be benefited by the repeal Of the civil service
HousE-The fight to amend the sugar sched.
ule OF the Wilson bill was made IN the house
Monday. The first amendment was offered by
Mr. McRae (dern., Arkansas), to abolished en-,
tirely the sugar bounty. In support OF his
amendment Mr.. McTsae said that it proposed
| TO abolish entirely the sugar bounty and leave
sugar on the free list, where 1t was placed by
, the Mckinley law. The matter was discussed
Vt length, and at 4;20 the voting began. The
Hrst vote was taken upon Mr.. Meikeljohn's
| amendment to substitute Mr. Mc1sac's amend.
! ment TO abolish the sugar bounty, the provis.
Ions Of the Mckinley law relating to the boun.
ty. This was defeated by strict party vote.
WASHINGTON, Jan Although
Senator Cullom made q fierce attack on the
Hawaiian episode Tuesday, in which he treated
| Queen Lii rs Mrs Dominis and Willis us spy,
| the general fusillade will come Wednesday or
, next day. In order TO intercept any further
movement on the presidents part the commit
| pic rs its mouthpece to report q resolution de.
| daring under existing conditions annexation
| lnexpedient, and rs the provisional government
| had been duly recognized tho highest interna-
tional interests require that 1t shall pursue its
own line Of policy; foreign intervention in the
political affairs OF the islands will be regarded
as an act unfriendly 10 the government of the
| United States
HoUss-The radical free traders in the house
| are in command. This force has overridden
| the ways and means committee as to wool.
! Tuesday they carried the day for trce sugar,
| the abolition Of the sugar bounty and for free
| conl When the house adjourned Monday night
! 1t was in o perplexing wrangle There was
doubt rs to Just what it had done, because of
! the intermixing of amendments When II met
Tuesday It was still dazed, and for more than
| two hours there WAS an argument to make clear
| the action OF the previous day. The chairman,
| who was himself more tnan ratified, resub.
mitted the vital amendment of Monday, and by
q vote vociferously in the affirmative it was de-
! cided TO make all grades of sugar free and abol.
| tsh all existing bounties upon the passage OF
| the bill
| WASHINGTON, Jan. 25-SENArE Tho Ha-
| waiian question came prominently before the
senate again Wednesday, and after an hours
brisk discussion went over until Thursday. The
i result Of the debate was to show that there is
division both in the democratic and republican
ranks as to the wisdom OF adopting the resolu-
Q
tee. Various amendments were submitted to
/ the Hawaiian resolution, and by agreement 1t
! went over until Thursday, when Senator Teller
| will take the floor.
HoUsE-Possibly the most important phase
In the tariff fight was developed Wednesday
night when the income tax bill was brought into
the house. Before the bill was reported to the
house by Mr.. McMillin in the morning there
/ had been a continuation Of the fight in the ways
| and means committee against the measure, and
| finally, after prolonged struggle. and with
Cochran and Stevens voting against and the re-
pubicans voting with them, the bill was re-
ported. In the consideration Of the tariff bill
iron ore was placed on the free list
| WASHINGTON, jan a6.-SENATE-The Ha.
waiian resolutions were considered Thursday.
| They were presented In the morning hour, but
laid aside in order to give TO Mr.. Allen, the Ne
braska populist, and opportunity to deliver q
legal argument against the authority Of the Sec
retary OF the treasury to issue five per cent
bonds His argument was to the effect that the
! resumption act OF 1873. under which Mr.. Car
! isle claims authority for the issue and sale of
bonds, ceased to be operative as soon as its pur-
| pose-the redemption Of outstanding legal ten
| der notes-was accomplished, and that 1t has
| no more efficacy now than o piece of blank pa.
per- r.
| HousE-The nearest approach to any thing OF
! interest in the house Thursday was the repent
| ed attempts Of the democrats Of the New York
PRODUCTION OF an income tax amendment to the
tariff bill. There were q good many amend
ments offered but only one OF importance-that
| of taking crude opium off the free list and i'm
posing duty of 81 per pound. This, like all the
other amendments approved by the ways and
means committee, was adopted. At 4:40 the
house took recess in order to permit the hold
| ing OF O democratic caucus to consider the in.
| come tax bill BY vote Of % to II the demo
| Gratis OF the house OF representatives, in the
caucus voted to make the internal revenue bill,
including the income tax, an amendment to the
| customs revenue bill before the house
WASHINGTON Jan. N-SRNArE-The ses
| sion Friday was devoted to discussion Of Sen.
ator Calls public land resolution, and ageneral
colloquy over the federal elections bill A
strong appeal was made by Senator Call in ia.
| vor OF the homesteaders of Florida who he
! alleged. were being deprived Of their rights by
land grant railroads without authority Of law,
and he finally succeeded in having his resolu
tton referred to the judiciary committee for a
careful inquiry into the legal rights OF the ques
| tion. Senator Chandler made an effort to have
the bill repeating the federal election laws post
| poned until next December but the motion
was, Of course, promptly defeated by the demo
Gratis on o roll call After an executive session
| adjourned until Monday.
HousE-The only amendment to the tariff
bill adopted by the house Friday was one in.
creasing the duty on cut stones unset to thirty
| stones from the free list and placing them on
the dutiable list ut fifteen per cent. ad valorem.
The ways and means committee, which dc.
sired to reduce the duty ON cut stones from
fifteen to ten per cent, was overruled in this
matter. An attempt to place tin-plate on the
free list was unsuccessful. There was Friday
! as on the preceding day, considerable open,
plainspoken opposition to the bill on the demo
cratic side.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2o-SENATE.-The ses
ste was not in session Saturday.
HoUsE-The house committee ON rules
Saturday agreed to an order allowing the In
come tax to be offered us an amendment to the
tariir bill, giving Monday and Tuesday for gen.
eral debate Wednesday for debate and amend.
ments under the five.minute rule with general
debate In the evenings, the vote to come on the
tariff bill and amendments on Thurs.
day noon, 1t Ia expected there will
be hot fight before the rule
10 adopted. The appropriation bills for pen.
sions and for the District OF Columbia were re.
orted TO the house Saturday by the committee
on appropriations The total amount recon.
mended for pension expenses for the fiscal
year ending June 80 1895, is 1851 5Sl $50, which
Is practically in accordance with the last re.
vised estimates OF the commissioner OF pen.
sions. The total is sl4,e497 7sO less than the ap-
preparation for tho fiscal year Of 1894, which
was $3.50, ,63i ,35O. but Is more than the sum ap.
piled for pensions in any year before 1893 when
the amount was &l89 $751; ,787. including defcien.