The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-05-13

VA VIC oCA6i0 SO-QdY anu tQ6 1Ournal
was approved. The military academy
appropriation bill was reported from
the committee.
Then, at IL o'clock, the tariff bill
was taken up. the pending question
being to amend the item "tannic acid
or tannin rs cents instead Of IS cents
per pound Jones (Dem., Ark.) who
had offered the amendment modified 1t
by making the rate go cents.
The usual long political debate fol.
lowed and at its close Aldrich moved TO
make the duty on tsnnic acid rs cents
per pound (as originally proposed in the
Jones amendment). The amendment
was rejected, yeas, II; nays, 90. The
amendment as modified by Jones. max
ing the duty 60 cents pound, was then
agreed to, yeas, SO; nays, IL.
The next item in the bill was Tar
taric acid. 90 per cent. ad valorem."
The Jones amendment was to reduce
the rate to 10 per cent, but Jones ex-
pressed the wish that the ame ldment
should be voted vown. This was done
unanimously, the rate remaining at 90
per cent.
At this point. 3:15 M, Pratt ap-
pealed to Harris, in charge of the bill,
to consent to an adjournment pleading
that absent members was about equal
on the two sides of the chamber; that
the Senate had now been In session
four hours and a quarter; thas 1t was
hot Saturday afternoon; and that Sena-
tors should have a chance of getting
into the pure open air. This pleading,
however, was not eff1cacious with Har-
us, and the consideration OF the bill
went on.
Aldrich moved to make the rate on
tartaric acid 7 cents per pound The
vote on this motion revealed for the
fifth or sixth time to-day the absence
OF quorum. Finally quorum was
obtained and the amendment was re-
jected: Yeas, l6; nays. 20.
Tho next Item was alcoholic per-
fumery SO per gallon and IS per cent.
ad valorem The Jones amend mont
was to increase the ad valorem rate
from rs TO so. Jones, however, with
DIRE" the amendment and Aldrich re-
newed it. Without reaching vote on
Aldrich's amendment The Senate, at
1855 p. m, adjourned until Monday at
IL q. m.
The Day In the House.
WASHINGTON. May 12.-H. W. Ogden
was sworn in a the successor of Bianch-
ard, of Louisiana, appointed Senator
Cox (Dem., Tenn.) asked unanimous
consent for consideration of Senate
join resolution providing for the COM
promise and settlement of the claims of
the State OF Tennessee against the
United States, and vice-versa, growing
out OF transac tions during the war by a
com mission consisting of the Secretary
OF the Treasury, secretary of war and
attorney general. After an explanation
by Cox. objection was made.
An effort was made by Baker (Rep.,
n. ID } to pass private bill, but Stall
ings (Dem., Ala.) demanded the regular
ORDER, and ommittees we're called for
reports. The Joint resolution, agreed
upon yesterday by the committee on
labor, for an investigation into the cause
OF the ldleness in the country, was re-
ported and placed on the calendar.
The House then proceeded, in com.
mittee of the whole Richardson, of
tennessee, in the chair, with the fur
ther consideration Of the naval appro
priation bill.
Black (Dem., Ga } made point OF
order against the provision in the bill
tho Secretary OF the Navy
to use the appropriation Of $4,000 of
March, 1893, for submarine boat or for
building torpedo boat 1t changed
the existing law, he said, and Chairman
Richardson agreed with him, thus strik-
ing the provision out of the bill.
10 the paragraph making provision
for cadets at Annapolis, Maddox Dem,
Ca offered the following amend ment:
Provided. That no part Of this appro-
priation shall be expended on behalf Of
any naval cadet who, when appointed,
was not an actual resident Of the dis
trict or territory which he was appointed
to represent. Cummings offered as a
substitute the bill heretofore offered by
Money and now on the calendar.
On Cummings substitute for Maddox,s
amendment the vote on division was,
ayes, 62; noes, IL; and Maddox ade
the point of no quorum. A vote by
tellers was ordered, pending which the
committee rose, and at 425 o'clock the
House adjourned until l2 o'clock Mon.
day.
To Discharge War Department Clerks.
WASHINGTON, May 12.-Secre .ary La
mont Is making an examination into
the records of clerks in the war depart
ment with view to making a whole
sale cut in his force, and 1t Is stated
ON good authority that the dismissals
before the 1st OF July, the beginning
Of the next fiscal year, will number
fully SEQ.
The record and pension office will
furnish the greatest number of these,
and several chiefs of divisions will be
among the unfortunates. Other heads
OF departments are preparing for many
clerical changes. A number of reduc-
tons in grade among old clerks was
made in the state department to day
Mrs. Cleveland to Leave the White House
Soon.
WASHINGTON, May 12.-Mrs. Glove
land and her children will go to Buffalo
next week on visit to her mother, Mrs.
Perrine They will probably leave
Washington Monday or Tue ,day. nro-