The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-05-10
COXEY IN CONGRESS.
The Commonwealth Recognized by
a Congressional Committee,
TO MOVE A JOINT INVESTIGATION.

Ahe bouhe Nonmtteo on LAbOrt ny =
Vote of seven TO Two, Decides In Favor
of Special COMMITTEES on the De
pressed Condition Of Labor.
WASHINGTON, May Yesterday was
turbulent day in the senate. The "era
of business" so long predicted was at last
entered upon after six weeks general de
bate on the tariff One amendment, that
to levy duties on goods in bond on the
date when the bill goes into effect, was
agreed to, and Mr.. Lodges amendment to
levy commercial war on Great Britain un-
til that country should acquiesce in an in
ternational agreement for the coinage Of
silver was defeated This was not very
lively pace, as something over thousand
amendments are pending, but neverthe-
less 1t was progress.
The sensational feature of the tariff de-
bate was Mr.. Mills fierce denunciation Of
the surrender made to the conservative
Democrats. He declared that the bill
should now be called the German or Brice
BILL and called upon those senators TO
stand out in the daylight and take the re.
sponsibility for the surrender of Demo
cratic principle. He, moreover asserted
that he would vote against each and every
one OF the amendments that changed
duties from ad valorem TO specific.
Whether such action Of his part will jeop-
ardize the amendments and destroy the
present agreement remains TO be seen.
Work on the tariff bill was preceded by
a two hours debate upon the Allen reso-
luton for the appointment Of special
! committee to investigate the alleged po-
lice clubbing outrages on the steps Of the
Capitol. Mr.. Allen made vigorous speech
in support of the resolution. Mr. Sher-
man, of Ohio, replied to Mr.. Allen in a
very temperate manner, upholding the
constitutionality of the act, denying that
there had been any attempt to abridge the
right Of petition and predicting that the
misguided Commonwealers would soon
| find that they did not represent in any de-
gree the sentiment of the country, and
that in a short time the better judgment
of the people would prevail and the pres
| ent excitement would fade away
! The naval appropriation bill was under
| consideration in the house yesterday, but
as a rule that bill received very little at
tention at the hands Of the speakers, the
! debate soon switching off to the tariff
! question. The feature of the debate was
! an arraignment of the president for his
/ action on the Carnegie armor plate frauds
! by Mr.. HauRhen, of Wisconsin, and the
| defense of Mr. Pendleton, of West Vir-
! ginia.
! After hearing General Coxey yesterday
| the house committee on labor, by vote
Of to 2, decided to report resolution for
joint investigation by special commit
| tee Of the senate and house of the Coxey
I movement and the depressed condition of
/ 1ah in ayayaro1 fVhfu HaCiainY, hoflaI
! with satisfaction by Messrs. Coxey and
| Browne, and by a number of prominent
Populists and Farmers Alliance leaders,
including the president OF the Alliance
and the chairman and secretary of the
Peoples party. r
The vote In favor of the resolution was
Erdman pa, Wells (Wis.), Ryan IN. Y. =
and Tslbert rs, C.), Democrats; Pence
(Colo.), Populist; Phillips pa and Kiefel
Mimi Republicans. The nays were
Dunn IN, J), Democrat and Apsley
(Msss.), Republicans. Representatives
McGann and McCleary did not vote.
Chairman McSann says the favorRbl,
report will be made at once, and he soor
thereafter will press for suspension o.
the rules and an Immediate passage of tn,
resolution. Mr.. Dunn says there will b,
y minority report
The district commissioners have decided
that Coxey is maintaining nuisance b!
keeping his men in their present camp
and have given him forty-eight hours t.
abate the nuisance. Their action wa
taken on the advice of Mr.. S. T. Thomas
attorney for the district, and was the re
suit of a conference between the commits
sioners, Health Officer Hammett ant
Chief of Police Moore.