The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-05-24
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS-.
LONGER HOURS WILL BE INAU-
GURATED IN THE SENATE.
Progress Made on the Tariff Bill-The
Sugar Trust Investigation Called Up.
Filibustering in the House for
Private Bills-Notes.
THE SENATE.

WASHINGTON, May White.
winged peace lowered over the SEN
ate today. AS result of the compro-
mise reached at last nights drawn
battle, the resolution to inaugurate
longer hours beginning next Monday
commencing at 10 a. m. was agreed to
and the senate for the firse time since
the tariff debate began to settle down
to real earnest work on the schedules
of the tariff. For five hours the con-
sideration was steadily pursued, the
result being that II pages of the bill
were disposed gilmore progress than
has been made in the entire three
weeks during which the bill
has been considered by para
graphs. The chemical sched-
ulen was completed and the "earth
earthenware and glassware" except
ing items "a to 80 inclusive, which
were passed over by agreement, was
finished. Schedule c, metals and
manufactures of iron and steel, had
been reached when the senate at 3
O'Clock went into executive session.
The Republicans Won their first
victory today in their efforts to secure
higher rates than those granted by
the majority. They induced the
Democrats to take rough building and
monumental stone, limestone, free
stone, granite, sandstone, etc., from
the free list and place them on the
dutiable list at &c per cubic foot and
to increase the duty on this class
of dressed stone from 20 to 80 per cent
ad yalorem. The feature of the day
was the denial of half dozen Republi.
can senators that any agreement had
been reached to allow the bill to ulti-
mately come to vote, and the bold
announcement of Messrs. Frye OF
Maine and Dolph of Oregon that they
stood ready to go to any length and
use any parliamentary methods to de.
feat the bill. The amendments agreed
to fixed the following rates: Cosmet-
les, and like preparations, 40 per cent;
CASTLE soap, perfumed, 80 per cent;
bi-car Donate of soda, IL cent per
pound; caustic soda, IL cent per
pound; bi-chromatesoda, rs per cent;
salsoda, 1-9 cent per pound; soda ash,
Ia cent per pound; salicate soda, Is
cent per pound; strychnine, 30 cents
per ounce; tartarate of soda, 2 cents
per pound; brick, unslacked, rs per
cent; fire bricks, 81 per ton; lime, 5
cents per 100 pounds; plaster paris,
ground, 81 per ton; plaster paris,
cIacined, $12.05.
Clays, unwrought, 81 per ton; clays,
wrought, So per ton; cast polished
glass, looking glass, etc., not exceed
ing "a by go square inches, 8 cents per
square foot, above that SO cents; spec.
tacles, 40 per cent; marble, rough, so
cents per cubic foot; marble, dressed,
SIS cents per cubic foot;
marble, manufactured, As per cent;
granite and other building stone.
rough, II cents; dressed, 80 per cent;
grindstones, 10 per cent; roofing states,
25 per cent.
Mr.. Morgan's resolution calling upon
the attorney general for information
at to the existence of q sugar trust In
violation of the law was adopted, At
1850 the senate went into executive
session.
THE HOUSE,
WAsHIGNToN, May 1S.-Soon after
the house met today it found fill
buster on it's hands, caused by mo.
ton to consider appropriation bills
running counter to private bills, The
legislative, executive and Judicial APP
preparation bill was taken mp after an
agreement was reached to close gen.
eral debate at O'Clock today and
that the house would adjourn over
Saturday. The discussion of the bill
opened several uninterestipg and UNI
important questions, among them the
sugar bounty question, the pension
frauds investigation and the reduc-
tions of members pay for absence.
The discussion of the sugar bounty
question was brought by the omission
from the pending bill of the provision
for sugar bounty assessors.
Mr.. Boatner of Louisiana who gave
notice that he would offer an amenc~
ment providing that the secretary OF
the senate and sergeant-at arms
should respectively deduct from the
monthly pay of each member and
delegate the amount of his pay for
every day ne was absent without
leave, except on account OF sickness
of himself or family.
Representative Connors questioned
the propriety and courtesy of the
house declining this action to senators
that there was not going to be any
sugar bounty in the fiscal year.
Mr.. Bingham, taking as his text the
appropriation of 100000 ill the last
appropriation bill for investigating
the alleged pension frauds, made an
attach on the nensiCn policy of Preei-
dent Cleveland and Commissioner
Lochren.
At 5 o'clock a recess was taken until
s o'clock this evening.
The evening session was devoted to
the cons deratien of private bills and
at 1920 the House adjourned until
Monday.