The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-01-27
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS-.


| ESQ Mr.. Hill held the floor Senator Villas fol-
| lowed Hill His argument lost its force because
| he could not brush away the record Hill had
presented
HousE-Monday was the first day Of the de
bate under the five.minute rule on the tarin
| bill From the beginning Of the session, at II
| O'Clock Monday, with the exception Of the time
consumed in reading the bill, until it ended at
| quarter after 5, the sparks were flying and
| there were flashes OF light as the wit and feel
| ings of the various participants in the debate
| clashed together. The galleries Of the house
| were crowded oil afternoon IN expectation OF
| music on the floor, and those who waited
| throughout the day were not disappointed In
| seeing the house in an uproar at times and the
| giants OF both sides battling with each other.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.-SENATE-The Hawa.
| iian controversy was again brought to the at
tention Of the senate Tuesday, and there was u
half hours spirited discussion between Sen.
| aters Hoar, Gray and Daniel The presidents
| message communicating the recent diplomatic
correspondence afforded Senator Hoar an op.
| portunity to speak the matter, and he
showed, by quoting from the Hawaiian consti.
| tuition, that the queen, in her recent pro.
test that she could not promise amnesty TO
| the members Of the provisional government,
| was only combining herself to the limitations Of
the constitution, which does not confer on the
| crown such absolute rights of granting am.
nesty.
HousE-Very little progress was made with
the amendments to the tariff bill Tuesday. The
| republicans. under the leadership Of Mr. Bur
| roughs, made another struggle to secure the
right to offer amendments alternat tely with MIR
| Wilson, but as on Monday. the chairman held
| In view OF the precedent Of procedure when the
Mckinley bill was under consideration, that
Mr.. Wilson, on behalf the majority Of the com.
mittee, was entitled to perfect the bill before 1t
was thrown open to miscellaneous amendment
| Several minor amendments were agreed to, the
most important being that to increase the duty
| on condensed milk to two cents pound
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1a-SENATE-No busi-
ness OF Importance transacted Wednesday.
HousE-Bourke Cochran Wednesday spoke
for some time on the tariff bill When his time
had expired Mr.. Reed good.na turedly granted
him part Of what was allotted to the republican
side. Mr. Cochran thought that this was ex-
tremely courteous, and thanked Mr.. Reed for II
in stilted language, and the man from Maine
simply smiled but that smile was knowing
one The amendment for the going into effect
OF the free wool business was under con-
sideration, and there was to it amend.
ment by Mr.. Payne, setting the date
forward to 1898, and substitute by Mr..
johnson providing that free wool should go
into effect Immediately on the passage Of the
bill Mr.. Payne's amendment was defeated by
. vote Of l54 to 6s The question turned to
Johnsons substitute, and tellers being demand
ed, 1t was adopted by q vote Of ll2 to l02 At
the night session, Mr.. Sperry dem, Ct) made
a vicious assault on the Wilson bill on the
ground that in the face OF certain deficit in
the treasury Of $40 100000 by June 30 next; in
the face of the appeal Of secretary Of the treas
ury for bond issue, tine democratic ways and
means committee had brought in bill, osten-
sibly 10 raise revenues, which. II passed, would
increase the present estimated deficit TO e145,-
100000. The other speakers were Messrs
Bower dem, N. C.). Hunter dem, I'LL, HUI
Sck (rep, o., and Post rep, nl)
WASHINGTON. jan. 19.-SENATE-The resig.
nation Of Senator Walthall (Miss.) which was
announced from the vice-president's desk
Thursday afternoon, was in the nature of o sur
prise. 1t was q letter to the ice.president, in
which he told the senate, through its presiding
| officer, that he had mailed his resignation to
the governor OF Mississippi In his personal
explanation to tho senate Mr.. Walthall said
that his health was such that it would be i'm
possible for him to attend to his Official duties
as senator for several months He thought the
| honorable way out was to resign. The senate
Rd journed about clock Thursday afternoon
| until Monday next. OF course no appointments
can be announced until next week.
HoUsE-About the entire day IN the house
was spent in the continuation of the debate on
Mr.. Burrows amendment to restore the exist
Ing duties on wool, with the result OF its defeat
! by strict party vote. About an hour before
4 the recess Mr.. johnson, the Ohio free trader
and single taxer, offered his amendment TO
place rails on the free list This led to what
will probably prove to he one OF the most in.
| teresting discussions OF the present tariff de.
bate. Mr.. johnson (dem. Ohio) was recognized
to offer his amendment placing on the free list
| railway bars, made in part of STEEL rails and
orders, street rails and punched iron or steel
! tat rails, which in the bill are duuahie 1T
| twenty-five per cent
/ WASHINGTON, jan 20-SKNArE-Not In ses.
| sion.
HousE-At 11l0 Friday the house went into
| committee OF the whole to consider the tarifi
| bill, with Mr. Richardson Dem, Tenn) in the
chair. An agreement was entered into whereby
| 6ree hours after the house goes into committee
Of the whole next Monday will be given to de-
bate on the sugar schedule and the vote will
| then be taken on any amendments which might
be offered. Mr.. Johnson s amendment to place
steel on the free list after long discussion
was defeated by vote Of 100 to 70. The rest
OF the afternoon was consumed In further
discussion OF the Henderson amendment
| Those who took part were Messrs Nc
Millin, Springer, Bowers Hayes, Hall (Minn.),
kingley and Clark (Mo.). Recess was then
taken until o'clock. There was good attend
| ance In the galleries and o noticeable lack of
attendance on the floor when the house met in
the night session. Mr.. Bell (pop, CoL). was
the Hrst speaker who addressed the committee.
The Mckinley bill was infamous. according to
Mr.. Bells populistic IDEAS while the Wilson
bill was rotten" Just what kind of bill
| would meet with his approval was not so easy
| TO discover. Brief remarks were made by Mr.
Shaw (rep Wis.), Mr. Morgan dem, Mo.).
and Mr.. Childs rep, Ill), and at lO:N the house
adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Jan 22.-SENATE,-Not in ses.
sion
HousE-The tariff question was debated,
Saturday, by Messrs. Walker (Mass.). Breck-
lnridge ARK }, Grain (Tex). Only one amend
ment to the tarin bill was argued Saturday. re.
ting to the tin.plate schedule. II was unim.
portant, however, affecting not the rates, but
the technicalities of the trade, The Hender.
son amendment to substitute the existing rates
on agricultural products and the Bingley
amendment TO change the rates on lime for 10
per cent ad valorem TO specific duty Of cents
per hundred pounds, were lost When
the house resumed the session Saturday
night Representative Talbot (dem., S. C.)
spoke In favor of the tariff bill and was follow
ed by Representative c. w. Stone rep, Pa.) In
opposition Representative Boatner (dem. La. },
the next speaker, ,censured the ways and means
committee for reporting bill which. he as
Ierted. savored SO much OF the protective pol
, Icy He thought that the ways and means COM
nittee should have placed u duty upon sugar
instead OF maintaining bounty on that article.
Representative Strong (rep, Ohio spoke In OPP
position TO the bill. as did Representative
Wheeler rep, u.), after which the house ad-
| journed
!, The Princess Wins.
81 PARIS, Jan. 22.-rDr. Brouardel, who
was recently appointed to make an Of
fetal report as to the condition of the
, health of the children of the Princess
r Colonna, submitted his findings to the
, court, and the judge made an order
authorizing the Princess Co,onna to
take the children to Mentone where