Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-05-27
lLC0HOLlN ARTS, ETC
Tense Passes Bill Touching Tariff Law
Provision on Subject.
rur rnLEp-CnEEsE MEASURE.
,-ocoscd Additional Tax on Beer,
Ale. and Porter-ButIcr's Anu-Bond
Issue BIZ - other Congressional
Notes.

Notes.
WASHINGTON. u. c.. May 25.-With
,r amendment. the House to-day. by
vote or 100 10 50. passed the bin to repeal
...f.on CT Of the Wilson tariff law Of 1894,
,t..h provides Tor free alcohol in the arts
and manufactures. The affirmative vote
o,e composed Of lOi Republicans. Sc
Democrats. and Populists; the negative
,..e OF 90 Republicans and Q Demo-
,,.ts The amendment adopted was that
commended by the Committee on Ways
and Means providing for the appoint
mont OF a Joint committee OF three Sena-
..-. and three Representatives TO sit du-
.. the recess and investigate the sub
with 90 view 10 reporting TO the next
sion OF Congress a form Of regula-
.ar under which the free use of alcohol
.... Doe had without danger to the reve-
.s OF the government.
rHore was vigorous opposition 20 the
I. .om the Massachusetts. Connecticut.
>.a Jersey and New York delegations,
. t.e interest Of the manufacturers of
-...e and other States. but they were
.I.. to muster only sixty-nine votes, all
tl. upon any proposition TO amend the
U 0r t0 defeat its passage.
The House disagreed TO all the Senate
amendments 10 the general deficiency APP
.-.rfau0n bill. except that making pro-
Vision to pay the French sponauon and
v.r claims allowed under the Bowman
.rt. amounting altogether 10 nearly two
million dollars. As TO these. a vote upon
concurrence in the Senate amendment Will
n. taken tomorrow.
a further partial conference upon the
Indian appropriation bill was presented
and agreed TO- IL provides for the con-
fruauce of the Dawes Indian Commits
The Presidents veto of the bill for the
relief Of b.. T.. Jones. ex-postmastor at
H..urerari, Miss, was read. and re-
.rei 10 the Committee on Claims. The
contested election case of Johnson IRE
..hIcau rs. Stokes OemocraO, from
t.e seventh District Of South Carolina,
was taken up. and Mr.. jenkins Qe-
..uucam. of Wisconsin, opened the de-
bate Boo support of the committees report
r favor Of Stokes. the sitting member
without concluding his speech he yield
,l the floor and, at 5Aj o'clock, the
House adjourned
SI4NA II T. IlkO1EllJlNATc.
The Houses measure. known as the
"fued-checse" bin. came up before the
Senate to-day, under the lead Of Senator
Sherman Republican. OF Ohio. who had
reported 1t from the Senate Committee on
FINANCE. Its object is TO discourage the
manufacture and sale Of an adulterated
article Of food by imposing heavy
license on manufactures and wholesale
Dealers: and its supporters advocate its
passage. not as "a revenue measure, but
as protection TO dairymen and the gene
Dad public. Ii had not been many min
utcs before the Senate when IL was con-
tertcd from d merely nominal TO an ac-
full revenue measure by an amendment
adding 20 10 a section imposing an addi-
tI0ual tax of - cents barrel on beer,
ale. and porter This amendment was
offered by Mr.. Dubois Qepublican, of
Idaho. I'm order 10 offset Mr. Shermans
criticisms of the Senate for proposing TO
adjourn without providing sufficient
revenue for the Treasury II adopted,
This amendment would bring into the
Treasury. according TO Mr.. Dubois,
s.. 900 O0o-about enough TO supply the
,.-lmated deficiency.
llr sherman antagOnized the amend
mont. as something that was intended
.u defeat the pending measure. or that,
.
moved 10 lay the amendment on the
table, This motion was defeated by
rsa-and-nay votes 20 go. Several Demo
cratic senators-Messrs CocNell HUI,
Mitchell OF Wisconsin. Palmer. Pasco,
Tuluie. and Nilas-vOted aye, while an
equal number OF Repubhcans-M cssrs.
Brown. Cannon. Carter Dubois, Hans
hrourh, pettgrew, and Teller-voted no.
H0a tive populists prescnt-Messrs. Allen
Butler Kyle. PETER. and Stewart-also
voted mo- giving the preponderance 10 the
.s-4tive side And so the Senate refused
to table Mr.. Dubois's amendment, and 1t
uas discussed until the conclusion of the
morning hour. when the prohibitory bond
i.I came up as the unfinished business.
THE BUTLER BILL.
The debate on the bond bill did not
present many points OF interest. Me.
pachari Republcan). Of North Carolina,
WAS The first speaker. He iutimated his
willingness to vote for his colleague
I'I ll certain contingency, which con-
rrr.nCy. however, would not present
itself II Congress would before adjourn
mont pass an act that would provide q
rf sent revenue on the lines OF pro-
lection t0 American industries.
Sir Lindsay Democrat, of kentucky
opposed the bond bill as measure that
would within sixty days produce sus-
pension OF specie payment and he eN-
pressed the belief that II Congress adj
lrrel without providing revenue there
would be another issue Of government
bonds at an early date The bond Dill
u.rt over without action.
Ihe final conference report on the legis-
Itte. executive. and judicial appropria'
..l DIN was presented, discussed and
.r..d Co. and partial conference report
thc sundry civil appropriation bill was
o.-' pres ntcd. agreed 10. and further |
CO ference ordered.
Tao Pension Committee reported back |
ne vetoed pension bin of J.. f. Hoover. |
with recommendation that it be passed /
understanding the objections Of the |
Ir. lent
49, $500 to give Mrs Spencer, widow OF !
General and ex-senator Spencer. Of Ala |
a.ml. a pension Of SO a month was
PASSED.
A. tI5 the senate proceeded 70 execu- |
tye business. ana soon after adjourned (
...l tomorrow.
CmCACO SOUTHERN EXPOSITION.
Report THAT It - 10 lie Postponed |
without Authority.
AUGUSTA. GA. May 26.-Ine report |