The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-01
WORK OF CONGRESS,
Condensed Proceedings of the Ma
tiOna1 Law Mill.

decisive majOrities. Less than five
pages were disposed Of during the day,
carrying the senate through paragraph
$40, the first Of the paragraphs relat-
ing to carpets. During the day Mr..
Caffery Na.) spoke at length against
the protective system and severely ar
raiened those Democratic senators
who had voted for duties on wool and
other raw materials.
Resolutions of dep regret were pass
ed on the death of Representative
Cook Of Illinois, and committee of
five senators was named as an escort.
Washington, June 26. - The senate
completed the wool schedule, the silk
schedule and the tobacco schedule OF
the tariff bill. and with this accom-
plished the tariff leaders had the sat
isfaction Of knowing that all the sched-
ules Of the bill and the free list had
been gone over once. There now re-
mains only to go through the bill a
second time, passing on the items
passed over. These are very numer-
GUS and important, including hid :,
gloves, coal. tea and beer. After that
the internal revenue features of the
bill will be all that remains. Prog
ress was rapid, although every para
graph relating to carpets was stub
bornly contested. The consideration
of the silk schedule led to a strong
contest against the proposed duties on
| silk fabrics, Senators Teller and
| Mantle joining with the Democrats in
| opposition. The paragraph was
passed by the slender majority Of 2.
, The tobacco schedule went through
with little friction after the committee
| had advanced the duty slightly on
wrapper and leaf tobacco.
Washington, June IS. - An abrupt
| and startling halt in the tariff debate
occurred in the senate when, in the
midst Of a passionate speech, S>nator
Pettlgrew, silver re publican, of South
| Dakota, was stricken with paralysis
of the vocal cord, which brought his
| vehement speech to a close with a
sentence half uttered The senator
was not physically incapacitated eX-
copt in the sudden loss of the power
Of speech. Although he took his seat
unaided, his associates felt that gray G
possibilities were involved in such an
attack. They were quickly by his
side and he was miniStered to With as
little confusion as possible. He left
the chamber soon after and was taken
home by his friends. The debate pro-
ceedcd, but no further progress on the
tariff bill was made. and the awe-like
feeling occasioned by this incident led
| to an adjournment at 3 o'clock.
The senate had started on it's second
passage through the bill. the purpose
being to dispose of all items previous
~ passed over. The paragrap hs con-
Sidered were in the chemical and
earthenware schedule and failed to
elicit more than technical debate eX-
cept in the unfortunate instance ter
mil ating with Mr.. PettigreWs Attic
ton.
Mr.. Harris of Kansas pl resented the
report on the Pacific railways agreed
to ty the committee on Pacific rail
ways. He also presented a report Civ
Jig the views Of himself and Senators
Morgan and Rawlins, which was not
agreed to by the other members of the
committee. Mr.. Morgan. who con-
cured in the report, said the situation
demanded Immediate action by the
senate. as the agreement made by the
executive branch relative to the sale
of the road on foreclosure at the min
imCm price was about to be con,
summated. He therefore announced
that on Mo lday next he would ask the
senate to consider the subject Mr.
Morgan also severely criticised the
course Of the government authorities
The resolution went to the calendar.
Washington, June 20. - The senate
made good progress on the tariff bill
disposing of the paragraphs relating
to hides which have been the source
of much controversy. AS finally
agreed on, the duty on hides is placed
at 20 per cent ad valorem, in place OF
l IL cents per pound as originally re
ported by the finance committee. The
discussion was prOtracted, drifting
into general debate on trusts anC
from that back to the sugar trust
Mr.. Smith of New Jersey spoke al
length against the duty on hides, while
Mr.. Allen Of Nebraska supported the
duty. The new paragraph was agreed
to-39 to 2O-.one Democrat, Rawlins
of Utah, and several Populists ant
Silver Republicans voting with the Re
publicans in the affirmative
The incidental debate on trusts Lee
to severe arrangement of the suga
trust by Messrs. Caffery and Lindsay
and q general discussion: of means t.
deal with trusts by Mr.. Hoar. Among
other paragraphs disposed of during
the day were all those relating tt
gloves, substitute for the paragraph
on live animals, iron ore and stained
window glass.
The House Meets and Adjour-,c.
The session of the house lasted onl,
long enough to call the roll on MI
Dingley's motion to adjourn AS sool
as the journal had been approved tn
floor leader of the majority remarked
that as he was not aware of any mat
tiers claiming the attention OF tn
house he would move an adjourn
ment. Mr.. Bailey of Texas challenged
that statement with the observation
that the bankruptcy bill and Cubal
belligerency resolution were unacte(
upon: The opposition applauded whel
: the rising vote showed them in ma
;. jority of one, the vote resulting IS tt
, sc against Mr.. Dingley's motion
, Thereupon Mr.. Dingley demanded tn,
,, ayes and hayes and the roll was called
! The motion was carried-97 to SO.
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