The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-31
DOINGS OF CONGRESS.
The Majority Waiting to Seize
on the Senate More Tar
riff Buneombe.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 81. 1Ss5-Chair-
man Dingley of the Ways and Means
Committee will not leave Washington
during the holiday recess. He has been
SO busy with his public work that his
correspondence has fallen badly in ar
rears and the intervening time between
now and the reassembling of Congress
will be necessary to complete it,
Mr.. Dingley will not call the Ways and
Means Committee together until the lat
ter part of next week at which time the
subcommittee will be appointed and a
programme of work prepared. One of
the first matters which Mr.. Dingley
purposes bringing to the attention OF
the committee will be certain amendments
to the administrative features of the
present tariff law with view to pre-
venting undervaluations of imports. A
strong necessity exists, Mr.. Dingiey says,
for the correction of some of the defects
in the administrative law which will ex-
plain his purpose in giving it his early
attention.
There are also other matters coming
within the jurisdiction of the Ways and
Means Committee upon which action
W. he taken, but of these the chairman
does OF care to speak in detail at pres
ent.
Owing to the request of the Republican
=
the Senate, Mr.. Voorhees,, who will be
its chairman until January 2, refrained
from calling the meeting OF that commit
tee, which had been contemplated TINS
lican who succeeded to the chairman
ship, and Mr.. Sherman, the ranking Re-
publican member, requested Mr.. voorhees,
not to call the meeting, for the. reason
that the new members added to the COM
mittee could not take their seats under
the resolution until Thursday:
Mr.. Morrill,, this morning, after a con-
ference with the other Republican mem
bers of the committe, decided to issue a
call for special meeting next Thursday.
The committee then expects to agree
gard to the bond and tariff bill in the
Senate. 1t is not unlikely that both
measures may be reported next week.
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String String Of f .Whereases ] s insstructing the the
Finance Committee to report an amend
ing for an additional duty on raw sugar
equal to the proposed increase on other
articles, and asked for it's immediate
consideration.
Mr. Berry Dem., Ark) objected. and
the resolution went over.
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Mr.. Morrill, 1Rep., Vt.), chairman Of
when the Senate adjourn today it ad-
journ till Friday next, remarking that
the Finance Committee desired time on
and tariff bills The action was agreed
to.
The resolution. heretofore offered by
prices paid for armor for vessels of the
navy. whether they were higher than
charged by the same contractors to for
ment officers being interested in patents
used in its manufacture. was taken up;
and Mr.. Chandler modified 1t at the
by omitting the clause as to lower prices
charged for foreign goyernments-N1r.
German explaining that the facts were
were-that 1t had been deemed very de-
sirable for United States manufacturers
to compete with English and German
manufacturers for a single Russian yes
sci and that armor had been supplied at
a loss
that the resolution suggested corrupting
influences among naval officers.
Mr.. Hale (Rep., Me.) agreed with Mr..
German, and favored the holding up the
.sThose great transactions" he said, al
luding to the building of battleships dur
ing several administrations, have been
integrity transferred through every
branch of the service. I regret that any
thing has arisen that would. in any way.
has had in all the branches of the navy
department, and in which the country
has shared. If there is anything. how
ever, to disturb that confidence, 1t ought
to be brought out hope that an in
vestigation will demonstrate that there
has been nothing to cavil at
The following resolution has been offer
ed in the Senate by Mr. Sherman Rep.,
Ohio, who gave notice that he would
address the Senate upon it next Friday
'sResolved, That, by Injurious legisla-
ton by. the SD Congress, the revenues Of
fhe government were reduced below its
necessary expenditures; and the fund.
created by law, for the redemption Of
United States notes has been invaded to
supply such deficiencies of reserve! that
such nsisapplication Of the redemption
fund is Of doubtful legality and is greatly
be prevented by restoring said fund to
the sum of not less than $780, 600 In
gold coin or bullion (to be segregated
from all other funds) to be paid out only
ID the redemption 81 United States notes;
and such notes when redeemed to be
only 10 exchange Tor gold coin
and bullion n 5s