Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-09
At THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
A Hawaiian Resolution Passes
Unanimously.
sherman Speaks on the Tarin BILL
Favors . Commission-Turpie
Wants to Abrogate tho
Russian Treaty.

WASHINGTON, May 31.-Two resolutions,
one offered by Mr.. Hill, dem, New YORK,
requiring the Gray select committee to SIT
with open doors. and the other offered oy
Mr.. Dolph, rep, Oregon, for the arrest Oh
Elisha J. Edwards, as a recalcitrant VIII
ness. and for his presence Mt the bar OIL
the state, went over till tomorrow under
the rule.
A resolution was reported from the
com on foreign relations and was
agreed 70 unanimously, declaring that, IL
Of right, belongs wholly to the people Oh
the Hawaiian stands to establish and
maintain their own form OF
govern ment and domestic policy
that the United States ought tc
not In any way to interfere Herewith
and that any interference in the political
Affairs of those islands by any other row
I'M would be regarded as an act un'
friendly to the United States. The vote
was taken by yeas and nays and the re-
suit was announced as-yea So, nayS
none
A resolution was offered by Mr.. Turpie,
dem, Indiana, and went over till tomor.
row, providing that six months notice be
given to the Russian government OF tina
termination Of the extradition treaty with
that country.
The tariff bill was taken up at 10 80 and
the amendment offered by Mr.. Hale,
rep, Maine, last Tuesday to make the
duty of sawed boards 81 per 200 feet was
defeatsd-yeas 90, nays 81.
The vote was then AIKEN on the amend'
Escnt offered by ar. Alien, pop, Ne
braska, last Tuesday to place on the free
list all logs, lumber, lath, shingles and
building materials commonly used in the
construction Of dwelling houses, barns OF
fences, aud IL was defented-yeas 4,
Messrs. Allen, Irby, Kyle and PETER;
nays ~.
On motion of Mr.. Alien, pop, Nebraska,
asseuted to by Mr.. Vest, on behalf of the
nance committee, paragraph Us. fixing
duties OF lumber OF any sort, plain or
finished was struck out OF the bill for the
purpose of having such lumber after
wards placed on the free list.
Mr.. Frye, rep, Maine, offered an
amendment putting a duty OF 10 per cent
on timber hewed and sawed and on timber
used for spars, etc; rejected-yeas 20,
nays 4.
Mr.. Frye then offered an amendment TO
continue the provisions OF the ex listing
law as TO cedar posts 90 per cent?, sawed
boards (l5 per cent?, veneers OF wood GO
per cent?, pine clapboards Hl per 10 %,
spruce clapboards (sl.50 per 1000, and
other items. The amendment was rejected
yeas "a, nays IS. :.
At Ii 80 the wood schedule was COM
plete, the remaining votes having been
taken without debate. Mr.. sherman,
rep Ohio, then began a speech on the
pending bill. Mr. Sherman said the Pc
culiar feature of this contest was the
party in power dffered widely, not only
on constitutional questions, button matters
OF policy. This had caused the delay In
final action. Referring TO Mr.. Germans
speech Mr.. sherman said that If the Sena
tor from Maryland was correct there were
wide dissensions in the ranks of the dem
ocratic party that the bill was submitted
to various parties and brought before the
senate In installments. One frequent
statement Of Mr.. Germans was that there
has never been q moment when either OF
the bills reported could have received
u majority of the votes of the senate. Mr..
Sherman said that ever since the bill was
introduced here had been heard by the
senate the statements OF Senators Vor-
hees, Vest and Jones that q bill was be-
fore the senate that could not he passed.
They had finally submitted and accepted
the German compound bill with the Cleve-
and attachment. Had the men on the
other side said they believed tine duties
under the Mckinley bill too high the re-
publicans would have joined with them.
for four years a probably showed hat
some of them were too high, but the house
bill was based on the basis that there
should be no protection and no duty 1e1
yond that absolutely necessary to raise
revenue.
II She presidents views Of tariff for
revenue with incidental protection should
be adopted, Mr.. Sherman thought an ex-
perienced tariff commission should be APP
pointed, its work TO be subject to revision
by congress. He always thought this
was the best way. 1t so happened, how
ever, that the senate committee on fipance
had never had part nor lot in arranging
this bill, They had simply received and
reported the various editions of these
bills.
Mr.. Morgan asked II the committee on
finance had taken any action on Sher-
mans proposition to appoint a tariff COM
mission, referred to that committee some
time ago
Mr.. Sherman said IL had never been
acted upon. Mr.. Sherman then proceeded
to analyze the constitutional authority
given to congress TO levy taxes. The
power might be exercised foolishly bus
no court, no president dared inter fere
with that power.