The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-12-31
{ GRESS.
IS Condensed Proceedings OF the Nm
tiOnnl LAW NIL III e.


shing ton. Dec. a The senate
was unexpectedly diverted from Cuba
/ to the Pacific railroad dis. An unusual
j ~ large crowd was in the galleries an
4 atlng that Mr.. Vest would CON
tinue his speech begun on the attitude
i of MI. Olney toward the Cameron res
i olution. This interest was shown by
the presence in the diplomatic gallery
OF First Assistant Secretary Of State
Rockhill, who is next in rank to Mr..
i Olney in state affairs, and who has.
I had special charge of the reports com
ing from consuls in Cuba. The foreign
j delega ton W;ts also well represented.
i Soon after the session opened Mr.. Pet
! tigreW of South Dakota called up his
/ resolut ton relative to the trust notes
4 Of the Pacific railroads. The senator
made q savage onslaught on the Pa
i citlc railroad system in general, chnrg-
ing that combination of private in
/ terests was seeking to absorb the roads
and close out the government. This
opened the entire question, and Mr..
i Morgan Of Alabama followed with q
bitter aITaignniellt of the Pacific roads,
charging them with fraud and crime
on gigantic scale. The speech last
Led until shortly before the morning
hour expired. thus sending over the
i Cuban question until after the Holt
| days. Mr.. Call secured the adoption of
q resolution asking the secretary Of
j state for information relative to the
killing of Charles Gavin, an American
citizen, by the Spanish forces in Cuba.
Further than this the session was UNI
eventful, and the SENATE adjourned for
| the holiday recess. 'Is s3.
The house passed the legislative, ex-
ecutive and judicial appropriation bill
and then adj ourned for the holiday re-
cess. This is the first time in the
history of congress that the legislative
bill has been passed before the holt
days. The day was devoted to the an
nual debate Of the civil service law,
and, as usual, the attempt to strike out
4 the provision for the commission was
overWhelmingly defeated.
Washington, Dec. 29.-Formal work
on the new tariff bill will be begun by
/ the ways and means committee to-
morrow, when the first OF the series Of
hearings which are to extend over
twelve days will be held. Judged by
the amount of correspondence which
has come to the committee en- the sub
Ject there is a more widespread inter-
est. in the forthcoming bill than has at
tached to any other revision Of the
tariff, and the number Of business men
who desire to appear before the COM
mittee is unusually great. The pro-
gralnme arranged by Chairman Ding
ley and his colleagues contemplates
sessions from 10 to 4 o'clock. To hear
all the interests which will be on the
ground. with one or two schedules Of
the bill to be covered each day, the rep
resentatives of every interest will be
obliged to cOndense their statements.
No allotment Of time has been made in :
advance to any applicants, but on each
day the committee will arrange a pro
gramme based on the number who APP
pear to speak. Instead of listening to
each member of the various delega-
lions, the committee will avoid repeti-
tions by asking every delegation to Sc
lectaa spQkesman@tos present its views. 4
81 Several labor organiz ations have Isl g-9
nifed their intention to make. argu-
ments before the committee in the in
! terest Of protection for the industries
| in which they are workers. In addi-
ton there will be representatives Of
/ various commercial bodies as we'll as
the usual delegations of m8nufactur-
| ers, producers of raw material and im-
pOrterS. The statements made orally
to the committee and the more valua-
| bic Of the written statements sub
| mitted will be printed After the hear
ing to outsiders it is probable that gov
eminent officials, particularly the APP
praisers, will be called upon for assis-
tanre, and expert testimony from other
, quarters may be asked.