The evening world., 1894-08-20
RECESSFORC CONGRESS
Both Houses Take an Adjourn
ment Until Wednesday.
Separate Tariff Bills Ordered Placed
on the Calendar.
Duty for Sugar, but Iron Ore, Barbed
Wire and Coal Free.
tBy Associated Press. }

WASHINGTON. Aug. 2O.--The Senate
Finance Committee held brief session
to-day and ordered favorable reports on
the four separate Tariff Ills passed by
the House week ago.
Senator White attended the committee
meeting for the first time and acted in
perfect harmony with the older Demo-
cratic members thereof.
For fifteen or twenty minutes the
business OF the Senate was suspended
while the Sergeant at Arms was sent
In search of an actual quorum. The
Senate was eighteen short Of a voting
quorum, only twenty-five Senators hav-
ing voted or non-political motion,
thus showing that Congress is slowly
disintegratiEg.
Immediately after the reading of the
journal in the Senate, Mr.. Harris reported
the amended Sugar Tariff bill. There were
several inquiries as to what had become
OF the amendments offered by Senators.
Mr.. Harris said 1t was not usual to re-
port back amendments which had been
rejected in committee.
Mr.. Allison gave 1t as his opinion that
when the vote on Mr. Manderson' 5
amendment was q to 20, and only failed
OF action from the absence Of a quo
rum, should be regarded as an instruc-
amendment favorably to the Senate.
The bill was ordered to be placed on
| the calendar, as were also the bills
placing coal and iron ore on the free
MIR. Mitchell gave notice that IL the
Sugar bill was called up for action at
this session he would offer an amend
ment re-enacting the wool schedule Of
the act of 1890.
The substitute barbed wire bill was
reported and placed on the calendar;
a .,N.,
to it, which was to the effect that the
bill as 1t passed the House was 30 word
ed that the free barbed wire bill" did
not provide for free barbed wire at all,
but that, on the contrary, 1t placed a
duty upon the manufactured article
while admitting the material free.
MIR. .Aldrich pointed out that the de-
sire of the House in passing the supple
mental bill had been to put barbed
wire on the free list, for the alleged
benefit of the farmer. but in Its haste
had done the opposite. 1t had kept a
| high duty upon barbed wire, but put the
| material from which 1t was manufac-
tured on the free list, thus enormously
increasing, the profits of the manu-
farmer in the United States. This, he
said, illustrated the folly OF precipitate
action on the tariff.
A House bill authorizing the Secretary
| OF War to return the battle flags Of the
| Fifteenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-third and
Fifty-eighth Regiments of Massachu-
sets Volunteer Infantry, at the request
of the Governor of Massachusetts, was
| passed.
The House bill to provide for the cree
| ton OF a National Home for aged and
intirm colored people, brought from Mr..
German the objection that 1t was too
important u measure to be considered in
| the present condition OF the Senate. and
1t went over until the next session.
prosecution and speedy determination OF
the claims of the United States against
the estate Of the late Leland Stanford.
was passed.
BY unanimous consent Mr., PETER was
allowed to offer the following resolu-
| ton:
Resolved. That the Secretary of War is au-
thorized TO lend two twenty pound cannon to the
| Board OF Commissioners Of Smith County Kan.
for hyo years, for the purpose of producing con-
A quorum having appeared, the Sen.
executive session. and at l.4o +. M. ad-
journed until Wednesday.
In the House.
tBy Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. Aug. 2O.-Speaker
Crisp returned to-day from Old Point
gramme for the week. The House IL
merely waiting for the Presidents actor
on the Tariff bill. An adjournment coult
be mad by Wednesday, Mr.. Crisp says
IL the President should act on the bii
tomorrow.
Mr.. Sayers Chairman of the Appro
priations Committee, secured unanimou,
consent for the consideration OF bill
appropriating 5000 for an additiona
force for the collection of internal rev
enue and 5000 for carrying into effec
the arbitration convention between tn,
United States and Venezuela, signed a
Caracas in January last. 1t was passe,
without objection.
A bill was passed on motion of MI
Forman Dem., I'D to incorporate tn
Association of American Florists.
Mr.. McCreary Dem, Ky), Chairman G
, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, aske
unanimous consent for the considerable
of a joint resolution to congratulate
the Hawaiian Republic on the pacif
assumption of the powers and respor
sibilities of self-government. The reese
luton was offered in lieu of the Boutell
resolution. Owing to the absence Of Nj
Boutelle. Mr.. Payne objected.
On motion of Mr.. Cobb CDem., Ala
e the Senate bill authorizing the extensio
2 of charters in the District OF Columbii
= was passed.
: Mr. Bland Dem.. MOI then demande
the regular order,