Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-06-07
CAPITAL NEWS.
The Nations Lawmakers and
What They Are Doing.
The Progress Made on Various Measures Of
Importance In the senate and
House-Daily Proceedings
Briefly Recorded.
SENATE.

SENATE.
WASHINGTON, May Ex-senator Cor
man defended the tariff bill in a speech
N the serete yesterday. A motion by
Senator Teller to lay the bill on the
table was defeated by a strict party
vote of IS to IS. Senator Kyle pop, S.
d. introduced a resolution, which went
over, declaring it the sense of the SEN
ate that the United States should not
use force for the purpose of restoring to
the throne the deposed queen of the
Sandwich islands or of destroying the
existing government; that the provi-
sional government having been duly
recognized highest national interests
require that it shall pursue its own
line of policy.
WASHINGTON, May 25.-At the open
ing Of the session of the senate yester-
day Senator Kyle urged the passage of
his resolution declaring that it was
not the purpose of the United States
to use force to restore Liliuolxalani as
queen of the Hawaiian islands, but it
went over for the day. The tariff bill
was further considered.
WASHINGTON, May 26. - Senator
Kyle's Hawaiian resolution was con-
sidered again for half an hour in the
senate yesterday but no action was
taken. The tariff bill was further dis
cussed.
WASHINGTON, May 2s.--In the senate
on Saturday Senatcs Hin IN. ~ again
attacked the tariff bill and was bitter
in denouncing the income tax. A bill
was introduced providing that all per-
sons who receive pensions less than
S12 per month shall have their pen
sions increased TO that amount, and
special provision is made that no wild
owls pension shall be less than S12.
WASHINGTON, May 29.-In the senate
yesterday, the lumber schedule OF the
tariff bill being under consideration,
Senator Frye rep, Me- offered an
amendment putting a duty of 81
per 1000 feet on sawed boards
and So per 1000 feet on sawed lum-
ber Senator Frye said that Canada
was one of the worst enemies the
United States had. She was too small
for the United States to fight and had
therefore instituted and kept up
system of ''nagging," like tear
ing down the American flag
and distributing its pieces through
the street The United States was
constantly doing Canada favors,
and the latest attempt in that line
was the putting of lumber on the free
list. With free iron, coal and lumber
Canada would, he said, drive half the
American shipping from the great
lakes.
The House.
WAsHINeTox May 24-The house
yesterday continued its onslaught on
the civil service commission by strik-
ing ont of the legislative appropria-
ton bill the paragraph transferring
department clerks to the classified
service. bill was fayorably reported
providing a fine of $500 and inn
prisonment as a penalty directed at
any ex-soldier who postdates his
voucher for pension before the 18th of
the month.
WASHINGTON, May 25.-The amend
ment To the legislative appropriation
bill to strike out the provision for con-
tingent expenses of the civil-service
commission was voted down in the
house yesterday and the measure was
passed. The bill to incorporate the
supreme lodge of Knights of Pythias
was also passed, and resolution was
adopted setting aside Saturday, June
%, for eulogies on the late Representa-
tive Houk. of Ohio.
WASHINGTON, May 26. the house
yesterday the time was occupied in the
discussion of an omnibus resolution
from the committee on war claims,
grouping together thirty-seven claims
for cotton, etc, aggregating 81, 040,0 900.
WASHINGTON. May 2s.-The bill to
remit the 10 per cent. tax on clearing
house certificates and other notes
issued by private and state banking
associations was discussed in the house
on Saturday.
WASHINGTON, May 29.-In the house
yesterday the time was occupied in
discussing District of Columbia mat
ters