The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1895-01-30
1T is BEING CONSIDERED BY
THE SENATE.
FINANCIAL IMPORTATION WANTED.
stewart aud PETER Present icsoiuttons
Calling on the secretary Of the reas-
ury for Figures on Various sub
iects The Jtouse Nrcstlcs
with the sugar Dincr-
cutiat Question.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 20.-After the
presidents mes are had been read
the senate agreed to resolution Of
fercd by Mr. Stewart Of Nevada call
ing on the secretary of the treasury
for a statement of the estimated de
ficiency in revenues of the govern
ment to pay current expenses be-
tween December 81, 1894, and Deccm-
Der 81. 1898, and if the Sl53, 337, ,579
cash balance in the treasury on De-
cent Der 81. 1894, will be sufficient to
meet such deficiency; also a motion
calling on the secretary of the treas
ury TO ascertain the claims of the scv-
cral states now on file in the treasury
department under the act Of July ~,
1851; the amounts due them for cN-
pense incurred in raising troop, as
provided 10y order Of the secretary of
the treasury on February s, 1898.
Mr. PETER offered a resolution call
ing on the secretary of the treasury
for statrmeut of the kinds and
amounts OF money received in CX-
change for bonds issued and sold un-
der the refunding act of 1870. Objec
! tion was made 10 1T and it went over.
BY yea and nay vote, 20 TO %. the
| bankruptcy bill was displaced and
| the Ute bill made the unfinished busi-
| ness. After discussion by Senators
| Villas. WolcOtt. Teller and Jones of
! Arkansas, the bill was passed as it
was reported from the committee 10y
vote of % to II.
A bill was passed appropriatinq
! 500 600 to purchase sites for public
| buildings in Spokane, Cheyenne,
! Boise City and Helena. The bank
ruptcv bill was then taken up and
made tn, unfinished business The
senate at 1 p m. took up the consider
alton of executive business and later
adjourned.
After disposing of the presidents
message the house proce etded in com
mite, of the whole with the consid-
GRAFTON of the bill to repeal the ilTer-
ential duty imposed by the tariff bill
on sugar from bounty paying cOun-
tries Mr.. lIopkin, of Illinois, VIII,
spoke in opposition to the bill, devoted
considerable time to proving that
Germany's prohibition placed on the
importation of our fool products was
mere prcteNt. lie protested agains
an abjcct surrender to Germany ano
/ argued that ii this bill was to bC
passed the amendment he had givcI
notice of on Saturday requiring Ger
many TO remove her restrictions OF
our meat before her sugar should b,
relieved of the ditfercntiul should be
adopted
Mr. Dolliver, Republican of Iowa
| expressed the opinion that the viola
tion Of the reciprocity agreements
produced by the repeal of the rccip
rocitv clause Of the tariff act of 1896
had more to do with Germany's re
taliation than the diffcrcntial duty
imposed on sugar lie denounced
Germanv's position as a disgrace (,
which the United States should no
bow. "Germany," sand he, asks N
TO wipe out the Texas fever by
removing the tax on sugaI
and eXterninate trichinosis il
Germany by an act of congress.
am opposed to answering German
horse doctors with an act of con
gress." lie thought eithcr the Hop
kins or the Hepburn amcndmen
should be adopted. After some fur
ther debate in favor of the bill b,
Messrs. Turner, Democrat, of Georgia
Wheeler, Democrat of Alabama anC
Terry, Democrat, of Arkansas thl
committee rose.
Mr.. Wilson tried TO effect an agree
ment to close the debate after tw,
hours of discussion to-day, bu
Mr.. Grosvenor objected. On motion
of Mr. Thomas a bill was passe,
authorizing the secretary of war T.
make a survey of Kalamazoo harbor
Michigan. The house, al 8 o'clocl,
adjourned.