The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-17
SESSION OF The SENATE.
Prompt Disposition Of the House
"POpguR" Tariff Bills.

Reference to the Finance Committee
of the Bills on Free Sugar, Iron
Ore and Barbed Wire-The Vote.
The Bill for the Exclusion and De-
portation of Alien Anarchists-Ap-
propriations- Reign of Peace and
Quiet Throughout the Day.
Washington, Aug l6.-As soon as the
reading of yesterdays journal was fin
ished the Senate bill for the exclusion
and deportation Of alien anarchists was,
on motion Of Mr.. Hill, dem, of New York
taken from the calendar for cousidera-
tion. Mr.. Hin stated that the bill was
virtually report from a conference com
mittee, The House had passed bill
to provide for the consular inspection of
immigrants abroad. The Senate had
substituted for that bill another one. A
conference committee had been appointed.
That committee had finally agreed upon
this bill. But the House conferees did
not wish to have the House bill killed.
They wanted it to remain over until next
December. The Senate conferees had
consented to that; and in the meantime
to the pending bill After brief dis
cusson the bill was passed without a
division. Mr.. Dolph gave notice of an
amendment to the free sugar bill, for the
restoration of the Mckinley duties on
wool.
AT the close of the morning hour, at 2
O'Clock p. m, the unfinished business-the
free sugar bill was laid before the Senate,
the pending question being on Mr. Harris
motion to refer the bill to the committee
on finance. Notices of amendments were
given as follows:
BY Mr.. Aldrich Addinga new section
to repeal the tariff bill just passed.
BY Mr.. Manderson-To continue the
sugar bounty until July ], 1905
MIR. Berry called for the yeas and nays
on the motion TO refer. After one or two
names were called Mr.. Vest rose and ad-
dressed the chair; but there were calls of
'too late from the republican side and
Mr. Vest resumed his seat. The roll call
was continued, and the vote resulted as
follows:
Yeas Messrs. Aldrich, Allison, Blanchard,
Brlce. Butler, Cahery, Camden, Chandler,
ClllOm, Davis, Faulkner. GalltnRer, GipSOn,
German, HansbrOuRh, / arris, Higgins Jones
OF Arkansas Kyle, MandersOn, Murphy, Pat.
ton PETER, Perkins, Pettigrew, Plat,
Pugh, Quay, Roach, sherman, Shoup, Stew
Nays Messrs. Bate, Berry, Blackburn,
Cockrell, Coke, George, Gray, Hunton Jar
Wis, Lindsay, McLaurin, Mitchell OF Wiscon-
sin, Palmer, Ransom Vest, Villas, White H.
So the free sugar bill, together with
the proposed amendments to 1t, was re-
ferred TO the finance commettee.
The free coal bill was then taken up,
and Mr.. Harris moved to refer it to the
finance committee; agreed to--yeas 80.
nays II. The vote was the same as be-
fore with the addition of Messrs. Dolph,
Jones of Nevada, and Mitchell of Oregon
to the Alternatives.
The next was the bill for free iron ore,
and the like motion to refer it to the
finance committee was made and agreed
TO as follows:
Yeas Messrs. Aldrich, Allison, Blanchard,
Brice,. Butler, CaGery, Camden, Carey,
Chandler Cullom. Davis. Faulkner, Cal
lnger. Gi son, German. Hansborugh Harris
Higgins. Jones Of Arkansas Jones of NeVada,
Kyle, Henderson, Mitchell of Oregon, Muir
ply, Patton. PETER Perkins Pettigrew,
Plat, Pugh, Quay, Roach, Sherman, Shoup
Smith. Stewart. Walsh-37
Nays Messrs. Bate Berry, Blackburn
Cockren, Coke. George, Gray, Hunton, Jar
Wis, Lindsay, McLaurin, Mitchell OF Wiscon.
sin, Palmer, Turpie, Vest, Villas, Whlte-i7.
The next bill was the barbed wire bill.
and that was referred to the finance com
mittee without division. The Senate
then, by unanimous consent, took up the
pension bills on the calendar and passed
all Of them-eighteen in nun ber-as well
as the House bill empowering fourth
class postmasters to administer oaths to
pensioners.
A joint resolution was reported from
the committee on public buildings and
grounds, and was passed, requiring the
Secretary Of the Treasury to have the
new public building at Meridian, Miss,
so constructed as to progide accommoda-
tions for the United States district and
circuit courts.
After a brief executive session the Sen
ate, at B. 40 adjourned until tomorrow.
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