The record-union., 1894-08-07
NATIONAL LEGISLATURE.
The First Session of the Present
Congress Nearing an End.
ATTENTION CONCENTRATED UPON
THE TARIFF BILL

AS Soon as That Question is Settled an
Adjournment VIII Probably be
Taken-The Arizona and New Mex
leo Statehood Bills VIII Probably
Have to Go Over Until the Next
Session Before Final Action is Taken.
| Special to the RECORD UNION.
| WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-WIth the ses-
sion of Congress drawing to a close and
all attention likely to be concentrated
upon the tariff bill, it is not considered
probable that the Senate will act upon
either the Arizona or New Mexico State
bills before final adjournment. This
was the understanding when the bills
were reported from the Committee on
| Territories.
The date of admission in the case of
Arizona and the constitutional conven-
| ton in the case of New Mexico have
been so deferred in the Senate bill that
no change will be necessary in case of
postponement. The provision in the
Arizona bill is for admission on the
1st of August, 1895, while the convention
| in New Mexico is not to meet until July
! l, 1895. Governor Hughes is of the opin-
| ion that the bill will have to be changed
to provide for the new Constitution be-
| fore it can pass the Senate. This opinion
he bases upon the opposition he tinds to
exist in the Senate to the Constitution
adopted in 1891, on account of the irriga-
ton and silver payment features.
EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.
Representative Richards of Ohio to-day
introduced bill providing that all ses-
sions OF the committees ana executive
sessions of the Senate shall be open to the
public.
THE TARIFF CoNFERREES.
The Democratic tariff conferrees to-day
resumed the work of trying to reach an
agreement. At u O'Clock no progress had
| been made. Secretary Carlisle has re-
Gently been called into frequent consulta-
ton. Saturday night he made certain
suggestions concerning the administra-
tive features of the proposed compromise,
and it is understood a conference has
been considering their bearing upon the
questions at issue. The coal and iron ore
questions have been taken up. 1t is un-
derStood the Senate conferreeS have indi-
Gated a Willingness to make concessions
as to the time the duty shall continue, but
will not lessen the amount. They are
understood to be holding out for the
terms of the House bill. The Louisiana
Senators are demanding a continuation of
at least part of the sugar bounty for the
present year. There is increased talk of
passing free sugar bill in case of the
failure of the tariff bill. which is probably
intended largely to bring the Louisiana
Senators into line.
When the tariff conferrees took recess
for lunch to-day the House conferrees
seemed to think an agreement was in
sight. The Senate conierrees and those
Senators with whom they advise and con-
suit seemed TO think the prospects not SO
bright, and that ultimately a disagree
ment would be reported. It is also stated
that within the next two days report of
either agreement or disagreement must
be made. Coal and iron ore were the
articles in dispute to-day. The contest is
very stubbornly made on both sides.
NATIONAL TAXATION.
In the Senate to-day resolution was
introduced by Mills (Dem.) of Texas, and
laid on the table temporarily, declaring
that in revising the existing system of
national taxation, the following princi-
pies should be observed:
Eirst-All taxes are burdens on tax
payers and can only be rightfully i'm
pOSOu W ldlSO d 1OhCAuO W support tu6
Government.
Second-When taxes are imposed on
imported goods the rate should be so low
as not to materially restrict importation.
Third-1n selecting articles to be taxed
| only those ready for consumption should
be chosen, and those imported for manu-
facture should be exempt.
DEPoRTAGE oG ANARCHISTS.
The bill for the deportage of anarchists
] 81 Il II
| planned it's provisions. Unless some
action is taken by this Government, such
as is now before the Senate, this country,
| he said, would soon be the dumping
! ground for the anarchists of the world,
| 1t was not intended to make the belief in
anarchy a crime, but heretofore no at
tempt had been made to define anarchy.
He favored the provision ofthe Senate bill
for inspection by Treasury agents instead
of by Consuls, and was sure no one would
attribute his attitude on this subject to d
desire to require that patronage of the
Secretary of the Treasury. There was no
| politics in the bill, and ne favored it be-
cause he believed it was better than the
! House bill.
| Mr. Lodge (Rep.) of Massachusetts ex-
pressed the belief that both bills were in
adequate for the purpose of restricting
| immig ration, but he was anxious to see
some restriction placed on immigration,
no matter how slight it might be.
Mr.. Palmer pointed out the difficulty
of dealing fairly with the question and
the danger of doing injustice to harmless
socialists, while protecting ourselves
against dangerous anarchists. He asked
Mr.. Hill whether the bill was applicable
to undesirable persons already in the
country, and Mr.. Hill replied that it
would be.
The discussion then took legal aspect
he irh of
protect itself against undesirable aliens.
Mr.. Hill pointed out the moderation of
the pending bill as compared with the
Act recently passed by the English Par
lament, and Mr.. Kyle (Pop.) of South
Dakota asked him to more accurately de-
fine the term anarchist, when there were,
he said, placabe and learned men i'll
Boston who held that it was possible for
a people to become SO highly civilized as
| to live together without laws, and, there
fore. according to the usual definition,
they were, anarchists.
Mr.. Hill replied that they were at lib
erty to have this belief, but if they tried to
overturn the laws for the purpose of put
ting their belief to the test, then they be-
came dangerous.
After some further debate and the in
PRODUCTION of some amendments the bill
was passed, and Messrs. Hill, Faulkner
and Chandler were appointed conferrees.
At $50 the Senate went into executive
session, and at 5:45 adjourned.
HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.
A House Democratic caucus on the
tariff is likely TO be held at o'clock to-
morrow. The petition for the call was
circulated late to-day, as result of the
reports that the conferrees were making
little progress. Representative Bynum
| of the Ways and Means Committee aud
other prominent members circulated the
! petitiOn Within fiftaen rninuteS from