The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-05-18

Not a Satisfactory Day in Push.
ing the Tariff Bill Through.
TIE ALLEGED BRIDES TO SENATOR'S.
Committee Appointed to Investigate the
Charges-The Tariff Debate-Work
in Both Branches of
Congress.

" 49, may -"4 IL1 ohSS
IN its early proceedings, Mr.. McGann,
Democrat. of Illinois, asked unanimous
consent for the consideration Of the
house joint resolution appointing a
Joint committee of congress to investi-
gate and report within thirty days the
cause of the present industrial depres-
sion, ont met with objection from Mr..
Dingley, Republican, of Maine, and
Burrows, Republican, of Michigan.
The regular order was demanded, and
the committees were called for reports.
The house, in committee of the whole,
Mr.. Richardson, Democrat, of Tennes-
see, in the chair, proceeded to the
further consideration Of the agricul-
tural appropriation bill.
MIR. Marsh, Republican, of Illinois,
moved to strike out the paragraph ap-
priating 500, 900 for collecting and
publishing agricultural statistics. He
denounced the system of crop reports
issued monthly from the department as
useless and unnecessary.
Marsh's motion, on a division of the
house, received % affirmative and rs
negative votes, whereupon he made the
point Of no quorOm and a vote by tell
ers was ordered. This showed about
the sa me proportion of votes on the
motion, and without waiting for a
quorum to appear, Marsh withdraw the
point and the motion was defeated.
Pickler's motion to increase the ap-
preparation for seed distribution from
$50, 900 to $1GO, 900, vas agreed to-78
to -. (The amount named in the bill
was the same as appropriated for the
current year but the secretary is au-
thorized to use $40, 900 of the ~appropria-
ton for publishing bulletins.) No fur
Their progress with the bill was made,
and at ) p. N. the committee rose and
the house adjourned.
Senate.
Exactly three weeks ago the senate
began the consideration of the tariff
bill by paragraphs for amendment.
When the senate adjourned Yesterdays
items of the bill-all comprised
within the schedule-had been con-
sidered and disposed Of, leaving At
items on that schedule still to be acted
upon. AS the journal was rather
lengthy, it's reading was dispensed
with, before the secretary had finished
it, and then the routine morning bnsi-
ness vas taken up.
Mr.. Lodge rep. Mass.) offered a res
olution reciting a statement in the
New York Sun that brides lave been
offered to certain senators to induce
them to vote against the pending tariff
bill, and a signed article IN the Phila-
delphia Press stating that the sugar
schedule has been made up. as it now
stands, III consideration Of a large sum
of money paid for campaign purposes
of the Democratic party and providing
for the appointment of a committee of
five senators to investigate these
charges.
The resolution went owe until today
under the rules.
The tariff bill was her taken up.
Progress made upon it was not SO sat
~isfactory as hat made the day before,
but h was owing largely to the fact
that nearly two hours time was con-
sumed in the delivery Of a speech by
GallinGer.
Mr.. Dubois (rep. Idaho) followed in
a short speech, in whicfrhe expressed
his preference to have the bill passed
promptly rather than have a tariff
question left undecided, and declared
that the highest and most stable pros
perity would come only when protec-
ton was united with bimettallism.
The result of action was to dispose
Of fourteen items in the chemical
schedule.
The senate at 6:1O o'clock went into
executive session n shortly after
ward adjourned.