Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-01-25

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DusiLess preceded the resnmntior oe .ue
tSriH debate. The day sci ana. .ne
eu.esies on the late Senator Stapfo.a :,
Iaiitornia, was, at the reoneSt as NJ
Loud, postponed until Feb. 10 m.
mittee appointments: Fora;gn sns;n'
na.rm money' Mississippi; Judiciary, Mr.
-arnana1.' missouri; naval affairs ard
NJ Gn.ai.tes In the interior department.
O. urilhn, Michigan; library, Messrs
~onp.on' maryland; Bartlett, New York
than fAuaihs, PENNSYLVANIA. The house
c. "eh. INTO committee of the whole
M He consideration of the tariff bill.
ino pending amendments were those fix
Ms me cate ON which the free wool
~ssheuuies should go into effect. Mr.
MORSE 'isep. Mass.) maintained that tho
.oeh.ry mad been carried by, the tariff
teiorih party by false pretenses, as show
NY the result OF the elections last fan
una contended that the tariff shopld not
De 'ampered with until the people had
anotner chance to express their op;nio,
~ a1general election. When a blow wos
struck at great corporations, he said il
2 blow as well to the laborinc man
einpioyed by those corporations. Mr.
iayhe amendment to make free wool go
Into effect Oct. l, 1893, was lost Inv ~
toslo4. The Johnson amendment TO have
.ho Tree wool clause of the tariff bill 90
INTO enect Immediately on the passage Of
the bhi was carried, 112 to lO2. This
wa hrst defeat for the committee,
Lac civil service law and the WAY !.
ls, administered was discussed in the
.ssnate. senator Berry took execution ~
the policy OF allowing ~fourth-class most.
masters to remain in office in order IN
carry out the spirit of the law. Senator
Galinger of New Hampshire criticized
the law and said it ought to be repeaIed
Senator Hoar of Massachusetts defended
The. law. and Senator Cockrell of Mis-
Q said that it was a good law if car
ried out according TO its intent and mr.
poses. The federal elections bill con-
stunned a couple of hours. and Senator
Chandler (Rep. N. H. tried to secure
an amendment recognizing the right of
FEDERAL supervision over elections so far
as to permit every candidate for congress
the privilege of appointing a watcher in
each precinct 10 guard his interests and
the registration, but a vote was not
rei ched.
Washington, Jan. 10.-The most sig
nlhcfnt event in the senate was the an
nouncement of TIE resignation of Senator
Waithdll of Mississippi. 1t was totally
unexpected, and when laid before the sem
ate, The letter of the senator announcing
that he had forwarded his resignation to
the governor of Mississippi, the greatest
surprise was expressed on all sides. SEN
ator Walthall is sixty. three years old
and succeeded the late l.. q. G. Lamar
In the senate. His retirement causes
general regret among his colleagues as he
is very popular. The legislative session
OF the day was very short, but it gave op-
portUnity for the introduction of two res
olutions from Populist senators condemn
ing the bond policy of the administration.
and later in the day in the discussion of
the Stark monument appropriation. The
latter, after a brief debate, was passed
by a vote of 80 to Is.
The presidents veto of the bill for
the relief of purchasers of timber and
stone lands under the act of June 3.
1S7S,' was read at the opening of the
session of the house. Mr.. Snodgrass of
TeRI essee asked unanimous consent for
the consideration of a senate bill au-
hiiol al lht ohdlttlhUOSd " NeSlbIH
Railroad company to construct a bridge
across the Tennessee river near Chatta-
nooga, and it was passed. Consideration
of the tariff bill was then resumed.
Washington, Jan. 20.-The house is
making slow progress with the amend
nents to the tariff bill. Only one week
more remains and less than twenty
amendments to about 1000 paragraphs
have been disposed of. The argument
between Mr.. Johnson and Mr.. Dalzell
over the proposition to put steel rails on
the free list was continued. When the
vote came the amendment was defeated.
but only about forty Democrats voted
with their colleagues of the committee,
Willie S~eventy-ninc voted with Johnson
and the radicals. Messrs. Cannon rep.
ILL.,. Wagner 0ep. Pa and Adams
(Rep. Pa argued against the Johnson
amendment. Mr.. Dunn dem. Pa said
Mr.. johnson was a mighty good fellow
personally, but an unsafe and erratic
leader to follow. He was opposed en-
phGtically to his free trade doctrines. .
He did not want the tail of the Demo-
cratic party to wag the dog. Mr..
Henderson (Rep. Iowa. was then ,recog-
niZed to offer the agricultural schedule of
the Mckinley law as a substitute for that
of the Wilson bill. No action was taken.
During the debate on the agricultural
Mr.. Tawney got the floor and
presented the facts and figures relative
to the production of barley, particularly
in. Minnesota. His statements produced
q scene as exciting as any witnessed
during the debate ON the Wilson bill.
Mr.. Lockwood of Buffalo, the representa-
tive of the Eastern brewing interests,
tried to question the accuracy of the
fig, res, but was driven FROM the field.
Mr.. Tuwney's time was twice extended
until he had occupied nearly half an
hour. making an eloquent defense OF the
Mckinley duty. IN this cereal.
.s.. 90. Serious Charges.
St. Paul, Jan. 20.-The common council
night elected Aid. Montgomery TO