The Globe-republican., 1894-08-03
IN CONGRESS-.
Condemned Report Of the Weeks Proceed
ihgs In the Senate and House.

SASAAC SCSSAOu Vas Idhcu up III VtC UC-
bate on the tariff bill, or rather ON
questions growing out of its consider
alton. Mr.. Hill IN. " spoke for over
two hours and championed the position
of the president. The galleries were
crowded. and Mr.. Hills remarks were
a continuous stream of sarcasm poured
forth upon his opponents. Mr.. CAT
ferry Ua.) followed Mr.. Hill. He IA
vored a bounty on sugar and stated
that he would have voted against the
bill if sugar had been placed on the
free list. Pending Mr.. Caffery's re-
marks the senate adjourned.
The house passed by a vote of 16O to
So IA party vote) the bill for the rein
statement of railway mail clerks dis
missed between March Is and May 1,
1889; also large batch of other bills,
most of them local in their character,
and at 4 o'clock adjourned.
WEDNESDAY.
WASHINGTON, July 26.-The senate
yesterday agreed to the conference re-
port on the legislative bill. Mr.. Allen
offered resolution calling on the at
tOrney-general for all correspondence.
by telegraph or otherwise, that passed
between the department and the rail-
roads centering in Chicago from June
to the present time, which went over.
Mr.. Caffery resumed his remarks on the
tariff bill, defending the duty on sugar.
At 2:3O the senate went into executive
session.
In the house. after the reading Of
communications from the French gov
eminent on the assassination of Presi-
dent Carnot, the conference report on
the legislative bill was agreed to an(
at o'clock the house adjourned.
THURSDAY.
WASHINGTON, July 27.-The tariff was
the absorbing topic that occupied the
attention of the senate again yester-
day. Senator Villas Wis., made the
leading speech of the day and made
vigorous defense of the president. At
the conclusion of his speech he ex-
planned that for reasons stated he
withdrew his motion to recede from
the one-eighth differential on sugar.
Mr.. Hills motion to recede from the
amendment placing duty of 40 per
cent. on coal and iron was defeated.
Mr.. Washburn then revived Mr.. Villas
motion instructing the conferees to re-
cede from the one-eighth differential
on sugar and the motion was under de-
bate at adjournment.
The proceedings in the house were
lifeless- The conference report on the
Notifications bill was agreed to. Sew
eral unimportant bills passed and at
4:5O o'clock the house adjourned.
FRIDAY.
WASHINGTON, July 2S.-The senate
held an interesting session yesterday
on the question of agreeing to the re-
quest of the house for another confer
ence on the tariff bill. The chair ruled
Mr.. Washburn's motion instructing the
conferees to recede from the one-eightb
differential on sugar out of order. Ar
appeal was taken and a motion to lay
the appeal on the table was lost by
tie vote. This brought the senate to q
direct vote on the Washburn motion
and the interest was intense. Mr..
Washburn's motion was lost, however,
on the same vote. the populists and
Senators Hill and Irby voting with the
republicans. The resolution to agree
to a further conference was then
agreed to and the senate adjourned I'M
til Monday.
No quorum was present in the house
and what business that was transacted
was by unanimous consent. Pension
bills were considered at the evening
session.
SATURDAY.
WASHINGTON, July 31.-Tae senate
was not in session on Saturday.
The house held brief session and
passed a number of private bills. A
Joint resolution was adopted extending
appropriations to August IA, and the
heat was SO severe that an adjourn
ment was soon taken.
MONDAY.
WASHINGTON, July 31.-The senate
yesterday passed the bill providing for
additional court facilities for the In
dian territory. MIR. Allen (Neb.) in
troduced bill to provide for the is
suing of $50, 600, 900 in treasury notes to
be distributed pro rata among the
states s.for the relief of the worthy
poor The conference report on the
agricultural bill was received. There
was a disagreement on the S1,O00,OOO
Russian thistle appropriation. The
senate insisted on the amendment and
sent the bill back to the house. The
house resolution extending the appro-
priations to August IA was adopted.