The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-02-07

peCted TO receive attention from time
to time on the various pending rCSO-
lutiOnS criticising the administration.
The house entered upon the COnSid-
Grafton of the bill to repeal the diff
ferential Of one-tenth of | per cent
per pound imposed by the tariff act on
sugars imported from bounty paying
countries.
Washington, Jan. 3O.-The reading of
President Cleveland'S message on the
financial situation formed the most
interesting feature of the session of
the senate. Most of the day was taken
up by the house bill with senate
amendments disappearing an agree
menr with the Southern Ute Indians
providing for their removal from Col
orado to Utah, allowing land IN sew
crafty to those desiring them and re-
moving others from a portion Of the
present reservation and combining them
to the western part of it and to several
townships in New Mexico. The bill
was passed.
The interest in the house centered
In the presidents message which vas
read after the body convened. Mem
berS were busy discussing the message
and bill throughout the session, and
gave little attention TO the debate IN
the bill to repeal the diScriminative
duty on the sugar imported from
bounty-paying countries. At the con-
clusiOn Of the debate Mr.. Wilson at
tempted to affect an arrangement for
q vote, after two hours of debate to-
morrow, but Mr.. Grosyenor (Rep.,
Ohio objected. Despite the objection
Mr.. Wilson stated his purpose TO try
to ecure al agreement at the end OF
that time.
Washington, Jan. GA special Or
der was invoked to bring the bill to re-
peal the One-tenth of a cent differen-
tial duty imposed by the new tariff
law on sugars imported by b~ounty-pay-
ing countries, and it was PASSED with
out amendment by a vote of go to 81.
President Cleveland's financial mes
sage has again started the eddies and
currents OF sentiment on the financial
question in the senate. While this has
not yet crystalliZed into definite action
several incidents occurred in h sem
ate which indicated general tendencies.
Mr.. Henderson CRep., Neb.) presented
a compromise plan. The senator en-
pIdSlLtu bAlt hCbu vi NOliNCSSiOh hiiu
compromise in a vigorous speech urg-
ing senators to give and take in order
that some common ground for meet
ing the financial emergency might be
secured. In replying. Mr.. Teller (Rep.,
Colo.) made the significant declaration
that no such compromise legislation
could be effected at this session Of
congress. Among the measures passed
during the day were those for the in
corporation of the National ASSocia-
ton of Florists and for the sale Of
interchangeable mileage tickets TO
commercial travellers, known as the
commercial travellers bill. Most of tie
day was given to the bankruptcy bill.
Washington. Feb. 1.-The session OF
the senate was unusually eventful in
giving expression of the intense feel
ing which has been aroused by the
financial question and to the apparent
hopelessness OF relieving the situation.
Mr.. Sherman OF Ohio spoke for the
first time since the new phases OF the
financial situation were presented.
Mr.. Vest lent q personal interest to the
debate by declaring that the president
was seeking to make congress acces'
sorry to the welding Of the simple gold
standard on the people. The senator
asserted with dramatic emphasis that
he had thus far held his peace. but
that there must now be a separating OF
the ways between him and the presi.
dent. The senate spent the rest Of the
day in executive session on the Jap
anese treaty which was ratified.
The house entered upon the consid
Grafton of the bill to fund the debt due
the government from the Union Pa,
cifc and Kansas Pacific railroads with
3 per cent ~fifty-year bonds. A specia.
order was brought in, giving to-day
and tomorrow for debate. but the OPP
position to it was so intense and de
termiued that a compromise was
forced by which the time for debate
was extended n day.
Washington, Feb. "A critical stage
of the financial discussion was mex
pectedly precipitated in the senate JUS
before the senators were preparing Il