The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-05-12
WORK OF CONGRESS-
RESUME OF PROsEEDINGs OF TIN
SENATE AND HOUSE.
Condensed Record OF h important
Transaction Of Our National Law.
makers-The Work Done I'm Both
Branches.

Washington, April Bottle Democrat
ic senators who have been engaged in
preparing a tariff compromise considered
the sugar duty especially to-day and de-
cided, besides fixing a tariff of 40 per
cent ad valorem on all sugar, to impose
a further duty of i of a cent on sugar
imported from countries paying a bounty
to sugar producers. This last provision
is supposed to be aimed especially at
Germany, where a bounty Is paid on
beet sugar. 1t has been decided also to
extend the time when the sugar schedule
shall take effect until Jan. l, 1895, which
will insure the bounty under the Nc
Kinley law for this seasons crop. 1t is
understood that these two provisions
have been inserted in response to the
earnest solicitations of the Louisiana
senators. The senate to-day resumed con-
sideration of the tariff bill. There has as
yet been no indication that a time will
be agreed upon when q vote shall be
taken.
In the house the army appropriation
bill was taken Up.
Washington, May 1.-Senator Harris,
who is in charge of the tariff bill, lost
patience to-day at the way in which
Pre- gress was impeded by Senator Hale in
the morning no If. AS on several pre-
ceeding days Mr.. Hale objected to giving
way for special measures in the morning
hour. Finally Mr.. Harris abruptly
NOV ed that the senate proceed with the
cor sideraticn of the tariff bill. The feel
ing between senators on both sides is
growing bitter, and there were several
severe passages at arms during the day.
The house went into committee of the
whole to consider the army appropriate
ton bill. Mr.. Cultivate otfe:cd a com
rittee amendment that no appointment
of assistant adjutant general with rank
of major should be made until the num-
Der of officers in that grade had been
reduced below four, and that hereafter
there should be only fou: officers in said
grade, and that future promotions in
afjutant generals, paymasters and small
err branches should be filled from the
next lower grades. The next amendment
was agreed to by a vote of 40 to 3S. Mr..
Picker ORep., S. d. offered an amend
ment that no officer of the army should
be detailed to act as Indian agent unless
the president should consider it best to
do so. The chairman ruled the amend
ment out on a point of order.
Washington, May 2.-The senate and
house adjourned almost as soon as their
sessions began, out of respect to Senator
Stockbridge's memory.
THAT the rank and file of the Demo
cratic party in the senate is becoming
%exaspc1ated at the delay of consideration
of the tariff bill was shown yesterday
by Il circular in favor of closure of de-
bate. The paper was prepared by Sen
ator George, and was quietly circulated
during the afternoon, being handed only
to the most influential senator's. 1t was
not signed by all to whom it was present
ed, some of the senators expressing the
opinion that it was too early to attempt
a closure, and others declining on prin-
ciple. The paper recites that it has be-
ccme apparent that the Republican oppo-
neL.ts of the tariff are determined to re-
sort to flibustering to prevent the
proper consideration and passage of the
bill, and commits the signers to a simple
declaration in favor of closure. 1t
makes no specification as to how the
change shall be brought about, whether
through the presiding officer or the
committee on rules. leaving that point,
as well as that as to whether it shall be
a modified or an absolute closure, to be
decided later.