The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-08-17
The POpgun Tariff Measures Are Embalmed
in Committee.
SPEECH-MAKING IS ON The WANE
Senate Transacts Business with Des.
patch and Passes Several Measures.
BY Vote Of Nearly Two to One
Four House Bills Placing Sugar,
Iron, Coal and Barbed Wire on FRI e
List Are Referred to the Finance
Committee-Appropriations by the
House.
WASHINGTON, Aug. II
WASHINGTON, Aug. TO.
6PHE senat- showed itself today ia
be of practical turn of mind
and rather inclined to action

GPHE senat- showed itself today II
be of a practical turn of mint
and rather inclined to actor
u than to discussion It passed
with only the briefest statement tht
bill reported by Senator Hill, Dem,
N Y J. for the exclusion and dspor'a-
ton of alien anarchists. Ii disposed
OF the four house bills to place on the
free list, sugar. coal, iron ore and
barbed wire, by referring each o.
them to the finance committee by vote
OF nearly to1
Various notices were given OF amend
mrnts to the four independent tariff
bills and it will be within she compel
ency OF the finance committee to con
slider and psss upon them. Thrs+
amendments were: To restore the Nc
Kinley act duties on wool, by Mt
Dolph rep, Or); to repeal the new
tariff bill, by Mr.. Allrich (R'pO and
to cnntinue the sugar bounty till July
1. 1895, by Mr.. Manderson (R-p)
There were some amusing episodes
between the acts In connection with
the rosolution Of Mr.. Kyle Pop, s. D.
Prohibiting the sale of liquors in the
senate restaurant during the recess
Mr.. Kyle WAS pictured as posing as a
special former, and ne had u general
laugh raised against him at slip OF
khe tongue, by which he spoke OF stag
gering against drunken men on the
avenue instead of-as Senator Gray in
timated-drunkeE men staggering
against him.
HOW THEY VOTED.
The vote on the free sugar bill was
80 yors to II nays, AS follows:
Yens-Messrs. Aldrich. Allison, Blsnch'
ard, Brics, Butler, CAifsry, CAmd n
Chandler, Cullom, Davis, Faulkner Gal
linger, Gibson, Gormas, Htnsbrough, Har.
ris, Higgins, Jones, Ark. Krls, Asrdsr.
son. Murphy, Patton, PETER. Perkins,
Pet grew, Platt. Pugh, Quay, Roach,
/, Sherman, Shoup, Stewart-52.
Nays-Msssrs Bate, Berry, Blackbura
Cockrel, Coke, George, Gray, Hutton
Jarvis, Lindsay, McLaurin, Mitchell
Wis.,, Palmer, Ransom, Vest, Villas
Wbite-l7.
The vote on the motion to refer the
free coal hill was ysas 50. nay II
The vote on free iron ore was yea
81, nays II and was principally tht
same as the vote for free sugar anC
coal
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
Most of the day was spent in discuss
ing ihr item In the general deficiency
appropriation hill, added by the senate
providing FOR ths y YIN mt Of a judy.
mens Of $1,000 900 In favor OF th'
Southern Pa,ihc Railway company foi
the transportation OF troops mails snC
merchandise for the Uuitsd States
The payment of the money was bitterly
oppo,ed by numerous representative
and strongly urged by others, and by
vote, OF 90 TO Al ths house refused Il
concur in the amendment. A few
minutes later, however. on the recon
mendation Of the Oonferrees 1t wal
agreed to pass the bill with reduction
of the amount to 81 27j 900.
Mr., Saysrs Dem, T,xl, chairman
Of the committee on appropriation
made the following statement Of th,
appropriation bills for the majority oil
committee. The appropriations made
at the present and extraordinary sss
sion OF congress, including regular
annual appropriations and pormsusn'
annual appropriations amounting Il
$500. 668 $50 They are less than tn
estimates submitted by $50, ,994. All
less than the appropriations mad,
at the last session of the las
congress by $2S 1856 9S9; less than tn
appropriations made a, the first session
Of the last congress by $16, 9S1 ,819; les
than the appropriations ut the last ses
sion of the Fifty first congress by $50.
555, ,4S1; less than the appropriation
made at the first session OF the Fifty
first congress by So 7S7, ,S79
The bill to proniOlt the immigration
of anarchists passed by the senate thi
afternoon was laid before the hous
and was referred to the committee o.
the judiciary.