Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-06-29
FIFTY THIRD CONGRESS-.
WASHINGTON, June 90.

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The House joint resolution extending
for 80 days the appropriations for the
support of the government was taken
up, and, in the absence of Mr.. Hoar,
who had interposed objections on We'd
nesday and Thursday, referred to the
committee on appropriations, and with
out moments delay, was reported
back by Mr. Cockrell, chairman Of the
committee, read, and without any OBJ
lection, passed.
The resolution of Mr. Sherman di-
recting an inquiry into the charges for
the use of seats, berths and sections in
the Pullman sleeping and parlor cars,
was agreed to.
House bill to define and establish the
units of electrical measure was passed.
Mr.. Hoar having reached the cham
Der and learned what had been done in
his absence, moved to reconsider the
vote whereby the joint resolution to
continue the appropriations had been
passed. He had made up his mind, he
said, not to interpose any further OBJ
lection to the passage Of the joint reso-
luton. But he owed it to himself to
say that if he had his own way he
should not have consented, notwith
standing the public inconvenience
which might have been occasioned, to
making public appropriations in that
way under present circumstances. The
reason why this extraordinary pro
ceeding-passing appropriations for
one-twelfth of the entire year in the
twinkling of an eye, without the con-
sideration of the committee on ap
propriations-was that the dom
inant party in the Senate had
compelled the Senate to give its atten-
ton for three months to tariff bill
which had never been considered i'll
committee at all. So that the Senate
had been doing committee work for
the last three months. He should be
perfectly satisfied, himself, TO say that
the minority would not permit that,
and to appeal to the country for its vim
dication of the decent and becoming
methods of legislation. But he knew
that Senators on the republican side, es-
pecially those who were members Of
the finance committee, had been carry
ing on their shoulders very heavy
burden under very difficult circum-
stances. He knew that the Judgment
of those gentleman as to the proper
methods ofresisting the tariff bill was
not only better than his own, but was
recognized by his political associates
who had placed them in that position,
as better than his own Therefore he
had not taken upon himself the respon-
sibility of insisting on his individual
Judgment without the concurrence of
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litical associates. Therefore he had not
insisted on OBTAINING the joint resolu-
ton, and he now withdrew his motion
to reconsider.
The tariff bill was take up, the ques-
ton being on the section abrogating
the reciprocity treaties.
Mr.. Hale moved to strike out the
section, but yielded to Mr.. Vest to mod
ify it on the part of the finance COM
mittee, which he did by inserting a
proviso that nothing contained i'll the
section should be held to abrogate such
reciprocity or commercial arrangements
between the United States and foreign
countries, except where such arrange
ments are inconsistent with the pro-
visions of the act.
The discussion on this question was
temporarily suspended in order to per-
NIT Mr.. Hoar to offer an amendment,
which would allow alcohol used in the
arts and manufactures to be free from
tax under a promise that if found to be
impracticable, he would afterwards vote
with the committee to reject it. The
amendment was agreed to, with the
consent of the finance committee.
The discussion as to the abrogation
of reciprocity arrangements was par
ticipated in by Senators Hale, Allison
and Sherman in opposition to the sec
ton, and by Mr.. Vest in defence and
explanation of it. One of the points
made by him was that the absolute re-
peal of section 3 of the Mckinley act
was to take away from the President
in the future all the authority which he
possessed under that section.
Mr.. Higgins.-Is it the Senator's pro-
position that, in the future, the power
to make reciprocal conventions will be
left to the treaty-making power-the
President and Senate-and taken from
the President alone
Mr.. Eest.--That is the object
Mr.. Sherman stated facts and read
communications to show that the abro-
cation of the reciprocity treaties would
be great blow to the milling industry
end to nj her industries of tho ITnitn6