The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-07-01
Tie National Solons.

Tie S-nete made G;ast strides on the
tariff bill Monday. covering ffty-six
pages Tire hst two schedules of the
dutlabse list covering paper and manu-
f3cturrd sundries weTe completed. with
the exception of the paragraphs on
hides, gloves, coal and some lesser ar
ticleS. which went 0ree. This advanced
the Senate ~ the free list. which was
completed IN three hours. Early in the
day the wood and silk schedules went
over with an agreement that wool would
be taken up TU<scay. After that the to-
baccO schedule, the reciprocity provisions
and the Internal erenzIe portions of the
bibl 30 wea as the many isolated para
graphs passed Oc1r refnsrin 10 be consAl-
cred. The prOErexs Monday was 50 mark
ed. bowcyez. thRt foe tsse first time there
was Il fecftrl.; that TIE cnd vas nIt far
OH The House. after the apIrpTal Of
the jUurn,i adopted bib aif4oIriatiRS
$1OO,'fD for the repair Of dry dock No.
3 NJ Ne-v YORK MIR Dingley of Maine,
from tf}c CErlnnHttee on Ways aEsl Means,
presented a favorable report ON a Joint
reso1utfJn yrOvfLtng thak foreign exhib-
tors at the OInAh. exposition in 1898
may bring 20 ChSe crastry krpcrerS to
prepare and hove charge of exhibits. Two
Grnenf1ncnts prr1tde flat the Secretary
of rhe Treasury s.sH f1 the number of
labnreFs 70 e,rer rhe country and that,
they shah leave tfss United States with
IN three months from che terInir of
the exposition
An exciting GtIpaee marked the consfd-
Grafton Of the wood schedule in the Senate
| Tuesday. IL bed to warm personal eX-
! change between Senators Carter Of Mon
tana and Foraker of Ohio on the one
| hand and Mr.. Allison OF Iowa. III charge
OF the Idn, On the otter. Mr.. Foraker
| asserted that GH aCrePment concerning
| rates Oh certain woods was bc!8@ YbO-
I;aed aud THAI under ssIch circumstances
every Senator wOuid be free 10 act for
himself Mr.. Allison declared be could
not be driven by threats. Mr. Garter.
who had aroused the storm. endeavored
TO have the paragraphs relating to carpet
wooIs 80 over. but Mr. Vest objected
Mr.. Teller OF Colorado also spoke against
delay. Aside from this interruption fair
| progress was made on the wool schedule
The duty on first-cEass wool was agreed
| to at 10 cents pee pound and on second
| class wood / ccutS. which is between the
! House and Senate rates IN each case.
| The rates On tbirAcistSe WOO,s went over.
Most Of the other amendments related to
the classification of wOols. Mr.. Jones of
Arkansas spoke against the entire sched-
| CLe as severely oppressive on the CON
| sunerS Df WOODEN goods
! After a contest lasting all Wednes-
! day the Senate competed tb+ paragraphs
/ of the wOsa schedule relating 10 raw wool
and advanced into the features re.atine
| TO manufactured vpOcien goods. The day
was devoted largely to Il discussion Of the
effect of tariff rites on the price of wool
and the speeches were on technical lines
! in the main. MF. Quay made a strong
effort 20 have The House I'D va.orem rates
OH thir,l-ciAes wool adopted bpt he was
defeated-19 10 Al The committee rates
were then agreed to. viz. + ceRs per
pound on third-cIaSs wool vaige1 tS
cents or less per pound, ard Z cents per
pound on third-e!aSs wool waited above
10 cents per pound Tie schedule was
completed up 70 paragraph oGf, rejatipg
TO cloths, knit fab!1ca. ETC.
A stubborn contest over the duties on
manufactured woJ1en cooaks occupied the
sst ttt-fEtsri OF he Senate throughout Thurs
day It waS u day Of cOnstaTt rCh ca4{S
and of cross ire dtsiOte on the effect of
F.. the duties IN str8I4iIiG yates. Many
| aineql{.IueIrts were proposed To- refuge the
rates but thee+e were rejected by decisive
| EaajOritieS Lees then i've pages We're
| disposed ok during the day. carrying the
! Senate through paragraphs $40, the first
on the paragraphs relating b carpets. An
air of gloom IservssCltd the House. owing
to the death OF MT. Cooke Of limos. The
/ blind ci.aIIlin. in Iaia invocation. referred
! feelinzaly To Mr.. Cookies G@-Gth as a great
| public calamity. After the reading Of the
o1 -. G1a-
ton of IN invitation from The Belgian
! Chamber Of Deputies 20 G4Dc members Of
the House 50 attend the international par
TamrEtary conference III favor OF arbi-
! tration. w-hsTl viii begin ACg .. LIr Foss
OF 1i1MC1s, on behalf of his delegation,
then announced tie death ~ his co,.eague.
| Mr.. Cooke. The Customary resolutions
we're adopted end 4 cOmEHt5ca 20 attend
| the funeral was appO5ntel. consisting Of
Messrs. tOss, Prince. BeAkDap OF Iii
| nois; Moody of Massachusetts. CplEe-
graf Of Iowa, Boyre Of Indiana, Bailey
of Texas, Hunter OF Illinois and Dins-
more Of Arkansas. Then. a-s = further
! mark Of respect the House adjourned until
Monday.
TIE Senate F'rH}fly completed 1ile wool
schedule. tHfe six ecit.i-TIe aIId tnt. tobacco
schedule OF the tar.f BIZ. and with this
accomplished the tariff leaders had the
satisfaction of knowing that "a the seized
ules of the bill and the free list had been
gone over cEce. There now remains Only
20 20 through the bin q second t;Iae. pass
! ing on the items passed over. These are
very numerous and important including
hises, gloves. coal. tea and beer. After
that the internal revenue features Of the
bill will be all that remains. Progress
was rapid, although every paragraph re-
Iating to carpets Was stCbborL-y COLI
tested.
For the Blind.