The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-01-25
THE WORK OF CONGRESS
RESUME OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE
SENATE AND HOUSE.

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| RESUME OF PROSEEDINGs OF THE
SENATE AND HOUSE.
! Condensed Record of the Important
transactions of Our National Law
makers-The Work Done in Both
Washington, Jan. 1S.-Some routine
buslress preceded the resumption of the
toriH debate. The day set apart for
eu'cgies on the late Senator Stanford of
! California, was, at the request of Mr..
Loud, postponed until Feb. 10. The
| SPEAKER announced the following COM
mlttee appointments: Foreign affairs,
Mr.. Money, Mississippi; judiciary, Mr..
Dearmond, Missouri; naval affairs and
| expenditures in the interior department.,
AR. Griffin, Michigan; library, Messrs.
| Compton, Maryland; Bartlett, New York,
and Adams, Pennsylvania. The house
then went into committee of the whole
for the consideration of the tariff bill.
The pending amendments were those tx
ing the date on which the free wool
schedules should go into effect. Mr..
Morse (Rep. Mass.) maintained that the
corEtry had been carried by the tariff
reform party by false pretenses, as shown
by the result of the elections last fall,
and contended that the tariff should not
be tempered with until the people had
another chance to express their opinion
! at general election. When blow was
struck at great corporations, he said, it
was blow as well to the laboring men
employed by those corporauons Mr..
Payne's amendment to make free wool 20
into effect Oct 1, 1885, was lost by IS
to 154. The johnson amendment to have
the free wool clause Of the tariff bill 90
into effect Immediately on the passage of
| the bill was carried, LIP to 1O2. This
| was the first defeat for the committee.
| The civil service law and the way is
| is administered was discussed in the
senate. Senator Berry took exception to
the policy of allowing fourth-class post
| masters to remain in office in order to
carry out the spirit of the law. Senator
| Ga'linger of New Hampshire criticized
the law and said it ought to be repealed.
! Senator Hoar of Massachusetts defended
the law, and Senator Cockrell of Mis-
souri, said that it was good law if car
ried out according to it's intent and pur-
| poses The federal elections bill con-
stunned couple of hours, and Senator
Chandler Rep. N. H) tried to secure
an amendment recognizing the right of
federal supervision over elections so far
as to permit every candidate for congress
the privilege of appointing a watcher in
| each precinct to guard his interests and
| the registration, but vote was not
re; ched.
| Washington, Jan. 19.-The most sig
! nificant event in the senate was the an
nouncement of tie resignation of Senator
! Walthall Of Mississippi. 1t was totally
unexpected, and when laid before the SEN
! ate, the letter of the senator announcing
| that he had Forwarded his resignation to
the governor of Mississippi, the greatest
surprise was expressed on all sides. Sen
| ator Walthall is sixty three years old
| and succeeded the late L. Q. G.. Lamar
in the senate. His retirement causes
general regret among his colleagues as he
is very popular. The legislative session
! of the day was very short. but it gave op-
: portunity for the introduction of two res
olutions from Populist senators condemn
ing the bond policy of the administration,
and later in the day in the discussion of
the Stark monument appropriation. The
latter, after a brief debate, was passed
| by a vote of 80 to 10.
! The presidents veto of the bill "for
the relief Of purchasers Of timber and
| D,
1875" was read at the opening of the
session Of the house. Mr.. Snodgrass of
Tenn essee asked unanimous consent for
the consideration of senate bill au-
thorizing the Chattanooga & Western
Railroad company to construct bridge
across the Tennessee river near Chatta-
nooga, and it was passed. Consideration
of the tariff bill was then resumed
| Washington, Jan. 2O.-Thc house is
making slow progress with the amend
nents to the tariff bill. Only one week
| more remains and less than twenty
amendments to about 1000 para raphs
have been disposed Of. The argument
between Mr.. Johnson and Mr.. Dalzell
over the proposition to put steel rails on
the free list was continued. When the
vote came the amendment was defeated,
but only about forty Democrats voted
| with their colleagues Of the committee
while seventy-nine voted with johnson
and the radicals. Messrs. Cannon Rep.
Ill.,, Wagner Rep. Pa.) and Adams
(Rep. Pa argued against the Johnson
amendment. Mr.. Dunn Dem. Pa.) said
Mr.. johnson was a mighty good fellow
personally, but an unsafe and cratic
! leader to follow. He was opposed en-
phe tically to his free trade doctrines.
He did not want the tail of the Demo-
cratic party to wag the dog. Mr.
Henderson Rep. Iowa. was then recog-
nized to offer the agricultural schedule of
the Mckinley law as substitute for that
of the Wilson bill. No action was taken.
During the debate on the agricultural
schedule Mr.. Tawney got the floor and
presented the facts and figures relative
to the production of barley, particularly
in Minnesota. His statements produced
a scene as exciting as any witnessed
during the debate On the Wilson bill
Mr.. Lockwood of Buffalo, the representa-
tive, of the Eastern brewing interests,
tried to question the accuracy Of the
fig, res, but was driven from the field.
Mr.. Tawney's time was twice extended
until he had occupied nearly half an
hour, making an eloquent defense of the
Mckinley duty on this cereal.
Washington. Jan. ga special mes
sage of the president transmitting addi-
tioral Hawaiian correspondence was