The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-05-25

Alter the call Of con mittcns tins 1lousa
went INTO committee of the whole TO con
sloef the agriculture appropriation bill,
"ashlng'on, Ny 19-White wing, Vi
Eeace hOVered over the senate TODAY Az
result Of the compromise reached ,as
telday the resolution to inaururlta ono
er hours' bcglhnii < next Monday, com
hen'lng 1T 10 Il. m, was agreed TO and
then the senate for The first time sinca
tht' tariff debate began, settled down IN
Ieai earnest work 'n the schedules of a.,
I; NIT For five hours the consideration
vas a'eah'ly pushed, the result being that
eleven pages Of the bin were tli.;Dosea of
MCre progress than has been madc in fla
e'itlre three weeks during which the oil
mas teen considered by paragraphs. The
chemical schedule, excepting items 81 to
-, inclusive, which W Tc passed owe, by
agreement, was finished. Schedule G..
metals ana manufactures of iron and
steel had been reached when the senate
went INTO executive sessio,. The Repub-
! llcans won their first victory to-day in
! tftir efforts to secure higher rates than
tlo>e granted by the majority They
IL duo ed the Democrats to take rough
btIldlng and monumental stone, lime
store, tree stone granite sandstone, etc.
ftm the fire. list and place them on the
dutlable list at 7c per cubic foot and to
H'rcase the duty ON this class of dressed
stone FROM 20 to 30 per cent ad y;.lorelr.
! The feature of the day was the denial
OF half a dozen Republican, senators that
2ry agreement had been reached to al
/ law the bill t. ultimately come to a vote
| and the bold announcement II MesSrs
/ FlAe of Maine and Do,,n of Oregon
I tLat they stood ready to 80 any length
anu use any parliamentary methods to
! defeat the lill
The legislative, executive and iudi,ia
| appropriations bill was taken UP III the
I house to-day. The discussion Of the bill
/ opened up several interesting and i'm
! rortint questions, among them being ;lle
! stGar bounty, the pension frauds !nyest-
! CATION and the reduction Of the members
| pay for absence.
Washington, May 2l-The senate be
gan the seventh week of the discussion of
/ the tariff bill to-day ut 10 o'clock by tax
ing up the metal schedule, and the pros
pect is now that the entire week will be
i utNpltel tD iUb JiElU WITHOUT attempting
| any other business than that Which can
b. done in the first halfhour of the
daily sessions and possibly an occasional
/ Drlet executive session after o'clock for
| the disposition of uncontestcd nomina-
tions. Senator Harris to-day reathrmed
his intention of pressing the bill fnrw lrd
rs rapidly As it may be possible 20 do
SO. but he sand he had no idea Of an
attempt to extend the daily sessions be
yond d O'Clock 50 long as the work
! should 90 on as satisfactorily as 1t Is
going at pres, mt. He expressed the
cp nion that the Republican senator's who
hay been opposing the bill. and appa"-
eb.ly seeking to delay its passage had
decided to charge their policy and to let
the bill proceed upon its passage after
giving the various items OF difference the
attention demanded by their merits, and
| il taneea the fact noticeable Oh FRIDAY
and Saturday that there had been i de-
ciied cessation of long speeches aad OF
roll calls as we'll This change i'll the
coul Sc Of those OF the opponents OF the
bill who nave sought to put obstacles IN
th. way Of its progress, the Democrats
attribute to the two facts that their OPP
ponents have discovered that they mean
to pass the bill, and that the Republican
conferences of the past week have de-
veloped a decided sentiment i'll the Re-
publican party on the question OF delay
with. as they think, a majority opposed
to all ailatory tactics.
The state bank issue which has been
gathering strength at eaucuses and con
ferenees ever since congress assembled,
was taken up to-day III the house and
promises to be fought to a finish this
week. 1t will bring out sharp contest
on party as we'll as economic lines, as the
state bank plank Of the Democratic na-
tional platform has advanced the aues-
tion to i place Of Importance second only
TO those of the tariff and silver