Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-06-20
FlFTY-THIRD CONGRESS-.
WASHINGTON, June 20.
SENATE.


The joint resolution for the negotia-
lion of a treaty with Great Britain pro-
viding for the arbitration of disputes
was Introduced 10 the Senate to-day by
Mr.. Allison and referred to the COM
mittee on foreign relations.
The resolution offered yesterday by
Mr.. PETER for the establishment of post
office saving banks was placed on the
calendar.
Senate bill to prevent the carrying of
obscene literature and articles design.
ed for indecent and immoral use from
one State or territory into another State
or territory was passed.
Mr.. Cullum offered resolution which
was agreed to, calling on the Secretary
of the Interior for report as to the
amount of money appropriated for per-
sions which will remain unexpended
at the close of The fiscal year 1894.
Joint resolutions of the Ohio Legsla-
ture for celebration of the centennial
anniversary OF the establishment of
peace in the northwestern territory,
through the victories of Gen. Anthony
Wayne and his army, by the erection Of
monument at Fort Greenville, were
presented by Mr.. Sherman and referred
The consideration of the tariff bill
was then resumed, the pending ques-
ton being the paragraph G0S) placing
salt Oh the free list
Mr.. PETER moved to strike the para
graph from the list and put salt on the
dutiabe list at the rate of five cents per
100 pounds.
The motion was rejected-yeas "a,
nays SO. Mr.. PETER was not sustained
by his populists-Senators Allen and
Kyle-who voted with the democrats
against his motion.
So salt remains on the free list.
Foreign postage and revenue stamps,
cancelled or uncancelleG, were put on
the free list as q new paragraph.
Paragraph GAL, "all sugars, having
been reached, and the amendment Of
the finance committee being to strike
it out, Mr.. Aldrich demanded the yeas
and nays, saying that he wanted to
know who was in favor of free sugar
and who not.
The paragraph was struck out-yeas
SO; nays %. Two populist Senator'S
Allen and Kyle-and one republican
Quay-voted with the democrats to
strike out the paragraph.
Mr.. Kyle stated that the vote which
he had just given was not to be taken
as an indication that he would vote in
the same way when all the schedules
Of the bill were made up and when the
bill was reported to the Senate.
Mr.. Allen made statement 10 the
ike eDtCG anu dlilOSu III VIC SaliiC ioli-
guage with the addition that he had
thus far voted with the finance COM
mittee on the subject Of sugar and on
many other subjects for the purpose of
getting speedy action on the bill.
MIR. Allen moved to insert as new
paragraph making lumber of any sort,
planed or finished, free. After some
colIoquy he withdrew it and moved to
add to paragraph GO Sawed boards,
plank, deals and other lumber" the
words trough or dressed"
Mr.. Chandler, in one of his extreme
ly bitter speeches, recalled Mr.. Aliens
statement of half an hour ago that he
had not yet made UP his mind what his
final vote on the bill would be. The
Senator from Nebraska now wanted
free lumber, and, Of course, he would
get it-because that was the under
standing. He OR. Chandler) did not
expect to prevent this transaction that
was now going on; but he did have a
curiosity to know whether the bargain
was yet completed whether the trans
action might be considered as closed,
and whether the Senator from Nebras
ka had finally concluded how he would
,,o,o Gnoll,- an tbo hill
Mr.. Chandler said it was evident Mr..
Allen was trying 10 make n bargain
with the democratic side. He asked
with much aspcrity, whether the bar
gain was yet concluded, ard whether
the Senator from Nebraska had been
entirely foreclosed by the other side of
the chamber
Mr.. Allen characterized as entirely
untrue the statement of insinuation
that there was any bargain between
himself and any Senator having charge
of the bill; and he expressed his opinion
that the Senator from New Hampshire
knew that it was untrue when he made
it. He added that it was none of Mr..
Chambers business how he Mr.. Allen
to vote.
Mr.. Chandler insisted that it was his
business, and that he had a right to
comment upon what had taken place.
The Senator had given notice that he
did not know what his final vote would