Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-05-28
CONGRESSIONAL
Several Test Votes Taken
The Senate Is Making Good Pro-
gress on Tariff Bill,

WASHINGTON, May 2S.-The senate
made good progress on the tariff bill
disposing of about ten pages. Severa
votes were taken, the finance com.
mittee being sustained in each case by
majoritles varying from six to six.
teen. The drug schedule was under
debate, and the discussion was largely
technical. Occasionally, however, it
branched off to the general phases of
the tariff, but at no time during the
day was there a speech Of more than
five minutes duration.
Only the front rows of the galleries
were occupied when the session open.
The final conference report on the
sundry civil bill was taken up, an
agreement having been made to vote
at2p m.
The questions involved in the con.
ference report related to the suspen-
sion until March 1st next of President
Cleveldnd's proclamation embracing
large areas as forest reserves, making
Immediately available 1921, 1873 for the
contract of work on the Mississippi
river and $4,000 for the improvement
of Pearl harbor Hawaii.
The question Of forest reserves was
discussed at length. Senators from
the states affected by the forestry Or
der urged the rejection of the confer
ence report and the absolute suspen-
sion Of the presidents order. Cannon,
of Utah, referred to the order as bar
barous and inhuman. Stewart, Of
Nevada, characterized it as ''disgrace
to American civilization and the
worst outrage Of the last half CEN
tury."
@Pettigrew asserted the order was
the result of the Ignorance of Grover
Cleveland" He said in South Dakota
the area included as part of the forest
reserve contained seventeen postofIices
$1,000 people and fifty miles of rail-
road. He urged also that the acad-
emy of science which rec commended
this act should be rebuked and favored
the defeat of the sundry civil bill
rather than the order stand.
When Allison said this was the
best arrangement that could be made
with the house, Tillman calculated.
"They have no house over there, any
way. They haYe one man running
it".
Berry of Arkansas said the Mis-
sissippi river item and other import
ant features of the bill would be jeop-
aradized by the rejection of the report.
A vote was taken and the final con-
ference report agreed as follows.
Yeas-Aldr ich, Allison, Bate, Caf-
ferry, Chandler, Cullom, Deboe, Fair
banks, Faulkner, Gear, Gray, Hanna,
Hansbrough, Hawley, Kenney, Lind
say, McEnery, Morgan, Pasco, Per-
kIns, Platt of Connecticut, Platt of
New York, Proctor, Prichard, Quay,
Spooner, Turpie, Vest, Walthall, We'll
lington, Wetmore-32.
Noes-Baoon, Butler, Cannon,
Carter, Clay, Clark, Davis, Foraker,
Frye, Harris, of Kansas, Heittieid,
Jones of Arkansas, Jones of Nevada,
Kyle, McMillin, Mallory, Mantle,
Pettigrew, Rawline, Roach, Shoup,
Stewart, Tillman, White, Wilson'S.
The tariff bill was then taken
up for consideration by paragraphs.
Vest moved and amendment to par
agraph 10, so as to fix the rate on
crude borax at II cents, and refined
borax at ? cents per pound. After a
brief debate, the amendment was
disagreed to without a division. A
committee substitute was then agreed
to, fixing at cents a pound, and
bOrates of lime or soda at 4 cents and
Scents. according to strength.
POOLING BILL.
The senate committee on interstate
commerce practically agreed upon the
hnal amendments to the Foraker
pooling bill, which there will be an
enort to have reported at the next
meeting of the committee TO be held