Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-01-10
FIFTY-FoURTH CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, Jan. III.
SENATE.
After the transaction of some routine
business Mr.. Pritchard addressed the
senate in advocacy of an amendment
intended to be offered by him to the
emergency tariff bill. The amendm,er
ia to impose or increase duties on ella.
or earths, lime. marble and stone aud
their manufactures, chronic ore, iron
ore. timber and lumber, leaf tobacco ::
live animals and agricultural product
Mr.. Hill replied to Mr.. Pritchard.s
speech-although he did not, he sale,
intend to open up tariff discussion. IL
was somewhat difficult for this Congress
to crafty the people of North Carolina.
That State had sent recently to the
Senate two distinguished gentlemen
elected, substantially, at the same time,
by the same body, and by the san Q
combination. Oae of them (Mr. Butler)
10 his speech the other day had ar
raiened the democratic party for being
false to its pledges of tariff re-
form and bad given that as MS
reason for leaving the democratic party
and Joining the populists. Now came
the other end of the combination, and
said that the people of North Carolina
were extreme high protectionists and
wanted the re-enactment of the Nc
Kinley act. He (Mr. HilD did not know
how both of these Senators could be
gratified. Naughter.)
On motion of Mr.. Hale it was order
ed that when the Senate adjourn to-day
it adjourn until Monday next.
Mr.. White addressed the Senate in
advocacy of his own and Senator Hllps
resolutions to amend the rules so as to
establish the cloture system.
The House bond bill, with its free
silver substitute, was then taken up
and Mr.. Jones, having charge of the
substitute, addressed the Senate in its
support.
HOUSE.
The order for the usual Friday night
session was vacated for tonight.
Mr.. Henderson reported the changes
in the rules recommended by the com
mittee on. rules and the House pro-
ceeded to consider them seriatim.
The first amendment was one specifi-
cally directing the clerk to pay officers
and employees their salaries, provision
adopted from the rules of the Fifty
second and Fifty-third Congresses. 1t
was agreed to.
The next amendment struck out the
provision requiring the sergeant-at-arms
to give bond in the sum of $4,000.
Because of the Silcott defalcation, a law
was passed covering the case and the
provision was, therefore, useless.
Agreed 10.
Mr.. DeArmond proposed an amend
ment to the rule governing the duties
of the sergeant alarms, requiring that
officer to deduct from the salaries of the
members pay for absences other than
those caused by illness. The proposed
amendment was rejected.
1t was proposed to amend Rule IL IN
accordance with the rules of the last
Congress, so as to permit the commit
tee on rules to sit at any time, 80 ss
to preclude any dilatory motion upon
the consideration of a report from the
,mmittee (save one to adjourD) until
the report was disposed of.
MIR. Crisp said that when that rule
was proposed in the Fifty.second Con-
gress, gentlemen upon the republican
side exercised themselves earnestly in
denouncing it as the method the demo-
Gratis proposed of gagging the minority.
He was in favor of the rule then, was
in favor of it now, and he only wanted
to congratulate the republicans upon
having at last reached that point where
they were willing to admit that demo,
cratic rule was proper method OF pro-
cedure. Laughter.
Speaker Rsed-I imagine that the
feeling is mutual. Renewed laughter.
During the debate on the rules,
which are more conservative than those
of the first Reed Congress, Mr.. Crisp
said, addressing the republicans
"When you go home at the close OF
this Congress and your constituents
ask why you did nothing on the cur
rency question and you answer that
we had no time to consider that ques
tion,' tell them at the same time that
in adopting the rules of the House
you deliberately, by your own votes,
put it out of your power to consider
it." (Applause.)
Mr.. Dingley regretted that the gen.
tleman from Georgia (Mr. Crisp, in de-
scending from the high judicial posi-
ton he occupied in the last Congress,
had also descended to appealing to the
House as from the stump.