The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-01-25
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
SENATOR HARRIS PRESIDED IN VICE
PRESIDENT sTKvENsoN's ABSENCE.
Preparation Of the Report Of the Columbian
Commission = House Committee Ap.
pointments-Genern Debate on
Tariff Bill-Poiitical News.
SENATE.

w H0L1lEu1OHs cohs IL VIZ GU
sence of the vice president the presi-
dent pro tenn, Senator Harris (Dem.,
TENN, presided in the senate today
Senator Berry (Ark.) introduced a
bill to grant right OF way to the
Kansas, Maine and Southern Railroad
company through the Indian Territory
and Oklahoma.
The annual report of the Worlds
Columbian commission was submitted
by President T. w. Palmer today.
Detailed statements of the scope and
various features of the exposition ale
let for the final report to be prepared
bv a special committee of the COM
mission, which President Palm r will
head. and it will be q work OF great
magnitude, practically history OF the
fair, and is to be comrlcted next No
yember. An estimate of $4,000 to
complete the work of the commission,
not including the committee on
awards, is made, and congress Is asked
to transfer to its use from the funds OF
the committee on awards and board
of ladv managers. The commission
has a balance of $1,000 in the treas :
ury. the committee on AWARDS SJ1 213,
and the committee on awards OF lady
managers $40, 535, the present board OF
lady managers sol, lG9.
The federal election bill consumed a
couple of hours and Senator Chandler
(Rep., N. H., )grid to secure an amend.
ment recognizing the right of federal
supervision so far as to permit every
candidate for congress the privilege OF
appointing watcher in each precinct
to guard his interest end registration
and election, but a vote was not
reached.
Senator Gray Dem, Del..) tried to
get the Republicans to name a day
when final action should be taken on
the bill, but the request was evaded
and Senator Frye said he wanted to
hear the other side discuss the ques-
ton.
Al 5:35 the senate adjourned
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.-The day
set apart for eulogies on the late SEN
ator Stanford of California was at the
request of Mr.. Doud postponed until
Feb. 10.
The speaker announced the following
committee appointments: Foreign al
fairs, Mooney, Missippi; judiciary.
Dearmond, Missouri; naval affairs and
expenditures in interior deparement,
Griffin, Michigan; on library Compton;
Moryland, Bartlett New York and
Adams Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Rawlings of Utah asked unani-
NOUS consent for the consideration OF
the bill permitting Salt Lake City to
become indebted, including the pres
ent indebtedness, to the amount OF D
ner cent of its taxable valuation
Without objection the bill was passed.
The resolution calling upon the sec
rotary of war for information as to the
amount necessary to improve the Big
Sandy river, at Louisa, KY, was on
motion of Mr.. Paynter adopted:
Some routine business preceded re-
sumption of the tariff debate this
morning. The House then went into
committee of the whole for consldera-
tion OF the tariff bill. The pending
amendments were those fixing the
date on which the wool schedule
should go into effect.
Mr.. Morse (Rep., Mass maintained
that the country had been carried by
the tariff reform party by false pre-
lenses. as shown by the result of the
election last fall, and contended that
the tariff should not be tempered with
until the people had another chance
to express their opinion at a general
election. When blow was struck at
the great corporations, he said, it was
a blow as we'll to laboring men EN-
ployed by those corporations. ~
Mr.. Payne's amendment to the tariff
hill to make free wool go into effect
October l, 1898, was lost-6S to l54.
Mr.. Johnston's amendment to have
the free wool clause of the tariff bill
90 into effect imme diately on the
passage of the bill was carried--112 to
iO2. This was the first defeat for the
committee.