The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-05-26
WORK OF CONGRESS-
RESUME OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE
SENATE AND HOUSE.

RESUME OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE
SENATE AND HOUSE.
Condemned Record of h Important
Transactions OF Our National Law.
makers-The Work Done in Both
Branches.
W~ashingtt n. May 14.-The senate took
up the tariff bill again to-day, but made
Little progress. There was an evident
desire on the part of the Democrats to
welt until after the Republican caucus
te night before taking any decisive action.
The Democrats are hopeful that the cau'
Gus will decide upon treating the tariff
in what they consider "a business like
merner and letting the bill proceed upon
its course without rs much speech-making
cnd without the effort at delay which the
Democrats claim has been displayed by
some of the Republican senators SO far
in the debate. There is unquestionably
a large element on the Republican side
of the senate chamber opposed to any
course which smacks in the least of fill.
clustering. This element includes a large
number of senators from the West, and
also a %sprinkling of the older Eastern
senator's, who feel that they have a rec
ord to sustain against dilatory tactics.
The younger New England Republican
senators are, however, almost a unit in
favor of continuing the fight upon the
lines which have been pursued up to
this date.
The house considered District of Co.
lumhia matters to-day.
Washington, May Ex-senator Davis
to-day gave notice of an amendment to
the tariff bill providing for r%etaliatory
duties upon silks, ~velvets, pushes and
lace and all manufactures of these arti-
cles, and also upon dice, %draughts, chess
meE, billiard goods, dolls, toys, brandy
and ether spirits manufactured from
grain, champagne and still wines against
countries imposing discriminating or pro-
hibitory duties upon grain or its product
or ether agricultural productions exported
from the United States. The senate to-
day adopted several compromise amend
ments to the drug schedule of the tariff
bill, but rejected amendments offered by
Republicans. Senator Walsh introduced
a bill making it a crime punishable by
Imprisonment from one to twenty years
TO retard or obstruct the passage of any
train carrying the. United States mail.
Senator Squire presented petitions from
several G. A. r. posts of Washington
State praying for the recognition of Lin.
coins birthday as a national holiday.
Several unimportant bills were passed
in the house. The OILY important bill
passed was n giving the Washington,
Alexandria & Mount Vernon Electric
Railway company an entrance into Wash
ington. The resignation of Representa-
tive Barnes Compton of Maryland was
laid before the house.
The Republican senators held a eau
Gus last night, but no vote was taken
as to the course to pursue in regard to
the tariff bill. A great many speeches
were made and many plans proposed,
but no decision was reached. 1t is prob
able that the Republicans will continue
to act as they have for several days and
only vote for amendments which they
consider in the line of protection.
Washington, Msy 1G.-Speaker Crisp
was not in the chair when the house met
to day, as he had been called away by
the death of Mrs. Crisp's mother. In a
letter he designated Mr.. Dockery of Mis-
souri, as speaker pro TEN. Among the
bills presented was one from the COM
mittee on labor reported by Mr.. Nc
Gam, making labor day a holiday. 1t
was placed on the calendar. The naval
appropriation bill was passed and the~ag-
ricultural bill taken up. MI. Hopkins
accused Mr.. Hatch of Juggling salaries
in the department of agriculture, when
Mr.. Hatch angrily retorted that he would
not allow any such imputation on his
action, and he assured Mr.. Hopkins that
if he had made any such remark outside
the house he would have had the words
time before the angry storm cloud rolled
away from the horizon.
In the senate Mr.. Aldrich's amendment
placing a duty of Is per cent on coal tar
preparations not provided for in the bill
was defeated. Mr.. Quay asked that rs
per cent specific be substituted for 20
per cent on oxide of cobalt. MI. Jones
accepted the substitute.
The amendment restoring the rate on
coloring for brandy, wine, beer and 9TH
er liquors go per cent? was adopted, also
the Jones amendment transferring from
the free list and making dutiable at 10
per cent drugs, such as barks, beans,
berries, balsams, buds, bulbs, dubious
roots, fruit, flowers, dried fbers, dried
insects, grains, gums and gum resin,
herbs, leaves, lichens, MOSES, nuts,
roots and stems, spices, vegetables, seeds
aromatic, seeds of morbid growth, weeds
and woods used for dyeing. The Jones
amendments increasing the duty on sui
phuric ethics from 35c to 4Oc, nitrous,
other, from zoe to 25c, and fruit others
of oil or essences from 81 to 81 were
agreed to. Mr.. Allison offered a number
81, amendments, but all were defeated.
Washington, May 17.-The Democratic
leaders in the senate decided yesterday
to call up Senator Harris resolution for
10 O'clock sessions to-day. They have
recched the conclusion that the tariff bill
is o making satisfactory progress, and
think that the time has OH when they
should extend the hours. The resolution
is likely to lead to a spirited debate
when called up. Republican senator's
held q SECOND conference res terday upon
the policy to be pursued regarding the
tariff bill: No conclusion was reached,
but the majority showed q desire to LET
the bill come to 2 vote as soon as op-
portunity had been given for reasonable
debate.
In the senate the Jones' amendment
fixing the rate Of duty on 1axseed oil at
~ cents was agreed to. The rate o.
olive oil, reduced in the original senate
bill to rs per cent, was restored to IS
CT nts per gallon. The house rate on pep
pelrint oil-25 per, c .nt-was also re-
stored. In the next paragraph, opium
extracts for medicinal uses the house
rate was rs PEI cent. The senate amend
Eent made it 20 per cent. The senate
reduction was aprapd tn. Tho noxt-