The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-06-02
HAwAu AND fara LUmner

HAWAII AND ratl LUmnEE
rhe senate Derisrcs for Nnn.f fntcrsrn.
tion for Iiiiu ,kaiabi Niien's victory.
WAHuNoroN, Junc when the
senate met yesterday Mr.. Turpic pre-
scented set Of resolutions adopted by
the legislature of Ohio protesting
against the Russian cXtradition
treaty. and Mr.. Hill then offered his
resolution directing the bribery in
vestigating committee TO throw open
its doors. IL went over until to-mor-
row.
Mr.. Turpie then offered joint res
olution declaring that IL was no longer
TO the interest of the United States to
continue the treaty with Russia, rati.
ned on April II, and that notice be
served upon the Emperor of Russia
that the United States purposes TO ter
inmate that treaty at the expiration
of six months. the time required to be
given by the treaty.
MIR. Turpie also reported from the
committee on foreign affairs the fol-
lowing resolution. with a unanimous
recommendation that il pass, as Il sub
stitute to the Hawaiian resolution
reported some months ago:
Resolved, by tho senate OF the United
States, that of VI ut II belong rs wholly to the
| people OF Hawaii 10 establish their own form
OF government and domestic policy that the
| United states on mt not IN any way TO inter
! fcrc herewith ana that intcrfcrcn nf9 in the
! political affairs of the c islands by any other
ovcrnmcnt will be ardcA Us an act un.
friendly TO the United Statos
Mr.. Mills explained that the resolu-
| tion did not meet his approval, al
| though he would not vote against IT,
believing that this government has
overthrown an existing government
| I'm Hawaii he thought it the duty of
the United States TO tear down the
oligarchy set up in its name.
The resolution was then passed
unanimously, fifty five senators voting
| for it. Mr.. Mills did not vote.
Mr. PETER offered resolution,
which was appropriately referred, in
structing the judiciary committee to
report whether the government of the
! United States could by virtue of an
act of congress coustitutionally take
possession of and hold for public
uses. paying compensation therefor,
all the coal beds of the country.
The tariff bill was then taken up
and the clause on rough lumber voted
down. Mr.. Allen moved to strike out
paragraph ~ as follows: Lumber of
any sort planed or finished on each
/ side 50 planed, fifty cents 1000 feet
! board measure, or if plancd one side
and tongucd and groovcd, 81 per 900;
and If planed on two sides and
tongucd and groovcd, 81 80 per 1000,
and in estimating. board measure
under this schedule. no deduction
| shall be made on account of planning,
growing or tonguing."
Mr. Vest surprised the Republicans
when he announced that the amend
ment would be accepted by the Demo
cratic side. AS the amendments to
! the lumber schedule were being voted
on without debate, under an agree
! mcnt made on Wednesday, the vote
was Immediately taken and it was
agreed to-35 TO 2i-a strict party
vote, Messrs. PETER and Allen. Popul-
lists voting in favor of it. This will
have the effect of putting all lumber
ON the free list
The sugar schedule of the tariff bill
was then reached and Mr.. sherman
| of Ohio took the floor TO make a speech.
Mr. sherman in the course of his re-
marks asserted that If President Ilar-
\ risou frutt been re-ciev, - hnd there
Mad been no fear of the-.tai2G tinker
! ing, the Mckinley law would have
yielded sufficient revenue The fall
| of silver and increased demand for
gold had something to do with the
present financial depression which
had been added to by fear of tariff
tinkering. lie also declared that the
South was coming around from its
doctrine that protection was uncon-
| stitutlonal.