The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-06-01
WORK OF CONGRESS-
RESUME OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE
SENATE AND HOUSE.
condensed Record of the Important
transactions of Our National Law
makers-The Work Done in Both
Branches

makers-The Work Done in Both
i Branches
Washington. MAY AIN the $ nate to-
day Mr.. Teller moved to table the tariff
! ti'l The motion was made to test the
sense of the Democratic ma jority, and
see It the bill was to be the bill which
| the Democratic party intended to pass.
| lhe motion was defeated by strict
party vote 2S to 3s Messrs. Hill, Irby
and Kyle voted against Teller's motion.
| Senator Germans speech WAS the
! feature of tie day session Mr.. Gorman
and Mr.. Brice have been cited by the
| opposition with the joint author ship of
the compromise amendments which con
/ sodated the Democratic side, and Mr.
CONAN, especially, has been subjected
to much criticism both in and out of the
a measure to the attacks that had been
made upon him, explaining the necessity
| icr the compromise and defining the
| theory upon which the modified bill, now
tefore The senate was constructed, at
! tracted intense interest, 1t was regarded
| as an exceedingly able exposition of the
| position of the conservatives. Mr.. Cor
| mans speech furnished the texts for Re
| HIS statement that a majority of the
senate would support the bill was put
| to the test by Mr. Teller whose purpose
was to ''smcke out any latent oppos;-
/ ton on the Democratic side Mr. Cor
mans statement was justified by the vote.
| however as the Colorado senator's mo-
| ton to lay the tariff bill Oh the table
| was met by an unbroken Democratic
| front. Both Senator Hill of New York
and Senator lrby, whose positions have
| been the subject of gossip from time to
| time voted with their Democratic as
| sociates, as did the three Populists, in
| Guiding Mr. PETER. The rates fixed to-
| day were as follows:
Railway bars, ''T'' rails, etc, 7-2O Of
| cent per pound; black taggers, between
| 10 and 2O-wire GAUGES, thinner than %.
| / cent; iron and steel plates coated with
| zinc or other metals, except tin terne
/! plates, IA cent more than rates in pre-
| ceeding paragraph Sheet iron or steel
| polished, l 81 cents per pound.
The house to-day defeated appropria-
| tons for portion of the work of the
| civil service commission.
Washington, May 25.-In the senate to-
day the Aldrich amendment to increase
the duty on tin plate to Il cents per
pound was laid on the tableJ3G to 2G
The Jones tin plate amendment was then
! adopted, fixing the duty at l 1-5 cents. as
| was also the Jones amendment grading
| the duty on steel ingots, blooms, etc, ac
according to size, value, etc.
The following rates We're adopted:
Anchors II cents per pound; axles. II
cents; anvils. 3-4 cents; blaeksmiths
tools, ] II cents. boiler tubes, | "a
| cents; bolts, l II cents; cast iron pipe,
6 of a cent; cast iron vessels, stove
| plates, etc, s Of a cent. mallable cast
| iEys, 8 Of i cent; cast hollow ware. ,
cents; chains, 80 per cent; cutlery, graded
according to value, and averaging about
p per cent; shot guns and rifles, 50 per
cent.
After cleat.ng the table of some routine
business the house considered the egis-
lative appropriation bill The Republic
ans were unsuccessful in their efforts to
amend the pension paragraph SO as to
strike out the 100000 appropriation for
special investigation of alleged frauds
Mr. Anderson Dem, w Na.) tried TO
have struck out the provision for contin-
gent expenses Of the civil service commits
sion. but was voted down. Mr. Stone
| dem, K9n) offered an amendment
striking out the provision for assistant at
| torneys to defend the government against
| war claims. and it was defeated. The
| Hayes anti-docking amendment was de-
| feated lO4 to 1T. The amendment Of
Mr.. Enlos Dem. TENN striking out the
| appropriation for the civil service com
mission was lost 80 to 15S-amd Re
publican applause The legislative bill
| was then passed.
WASHINGTON, May 26.-In the senate
| to-day the Aldrich resolution to subSti-
| tute the MekIl.ey tariff on shotguns for
| the 30 per cent ad yalorem i'll the senate
| bill was laid on the table, as was also
| Il motion to increase the rate to 45 per
| cent The rate OH shotguns, rifles and
pistols was fixed at 30 per cent. Rate,
| were then agreed to as follows: Table
| and carving knives and forks valued at
more than $4 per dozen, and razor blades,
| scissors and shears, wholly or partly
| finished, As per cent; all other table
| knives, forks. steels, etc, 80 per cent.
| Files, file blanks, rasps and floats of all
| cuts and kinds four inches in length and
under, 80 cents per dozen; over four
| inches and under nine inches 80 cents;
over nine inches, ST. The house rate OH
engraved steel plates and railway fish
| plates (25 per cent ad valorem) We're not
| changed. The rate OH iron and steel
| rivets was increased from 25 to 50 per
| cent. The Jones amendments were
| agreed to fixing the II tes on cross-cut
| saws at cents per lineal foot. mill
saws, 10 cents per foot, pit and dras
saws, s cents; circular and other saws,
Tbn ~
| were fixed at 80 per cent and umbrella
| ribs, made of iron or steel or other metal,
| 25 per cent Paragraph 1856. wheels, =
was paSSed oyar THE duty on crnI,,