Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-06-15
General News Summary.
Interesting Homo ard Foreign News.
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SENATE, June 6,--After some routine bust
ness, the tariff bill was taken up, the question
being on the tobacco schedule. Paragraph 1871,
as II came from the house and was reported b.
the finance committee, imposed q duty Of 81
Per pound,on all leaf tobacco suitable for cigar
wrappers il unstemmed and Sl.25 per pound If
StCmlned The Jones amendment was to strike
out the paragraph and substitute the following:
Wrapper tobacco, unstemmed imported in
any bale, package or IN bulk, $l.5O per pound;
If stemmtd S?25 per pound The amend
nent was agreed TO- Several other amend
lntnlS were acted upon and the tobacco
schedule was completed.
House. BY a vote of 172 to 109, the house de-
cidcd not to repeal the law imposing Il lax Of
10 per cent upon the issues Of state banks and
other associations, The Indian appropriation
bill was then taken up but without action on
the measure the house adjourned.
SENATE, June 7.--The tariff bill was taken up
ana Mr.. Harris made proposition TO proceed
with schedules G agricultural products),
Spirits wines and other bcverageS), / cot
tons and J (dax hemp and jute) under the
ive-minute rule MIR, Quay objected, and the
senate then proceeded With debate on the BILL
Messfs. Allison, Sherman, McLaurin, Mander-
| s0n, Vest Allen and Teller participating. just
| before adjournment vote was taken on the
! finance committee amendment, fixing the rate
on oatmeal at Is per cent, and excluding it
from the reciprocity provision Of the para
| graph, II was adopted
| HoUsE.-The Indian appropriation bill occu-
| pied the attention OF the house, The main
| feature OF the debate was an attack on the
| Catholic church made by Mr.. Linton. Of Mchi-
gan in which he argued against the contract
| Indians schools. The proposition in the bill
| authorizing the secretary Of the interior to re-
move the Indian warehouse from New York to
| Chicago led TO spirited debate between the
champions OF the two cities.
| SENATE, June S.-.DScusSiOn of the agricul-
tural schedule of the tariff bill was resumed
and after several items had been disposed Of it
was agreed that the further discussion of the
schedule should be under the 1ive-minute rule.
| Mr.. Harris gaze notice that when the Ggricul-
| tural schedule was disposed of lie would ask
| that the same rule be applied to the three sue
ceedIg schedules until the wool schedule was
| reached.
lioUsE-In committee of the whole the house
adopted resolution providing for Il temporary
arrangement to improve the sanitary cOndi-
tion Of the house wing of the capitol. The In
dian appropriation bill was further discussed.
| The evening session was devoted to pension
bills.
SENATE, June 9~-CunSidelabe progress was
made with the tariff bill to-day no less than
eight pages, comprising thirty-six paragraphs
being disposed of the agricultural schedule
was completed, and schedule II, spirits,
wines and other beverages, reached, 1t was
.greed that this schedule should be acted on
under the hve-mnute rule
HoUSE-Three hours were spent in consider
alton of the Indian appropriation bill under
'he fve-minute rule, ana seven pages we're dis
posed Of Most of the time was spent in dis
cussing unavailing motions to amend.
SENATE, June ll.-Considerable progress was
made with the tariff bill The wine and spirits
schedule, the cotton schedule, and that rclat-
ing to hemp, iute and fax were completed,
This brings the discussion down to the wooden
schedule, just before adjournment Mr. Quay,
of Pennsylvania, gave notice that with the TAX
ing UP of the wooden schedule he would resume
the speech he was delivering four weeks ago.
HoUsE.-A resolution was adopted providing
for The printing OF GOO copies Of computation
OF the messages, proclamations and inaugural
addresses of the presidents of the United
States from l7S7 to 1894 inclusive Most Of the
session was devoted to matters pertaining TO
the District OF Columbia.