The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-06-16
The WORK OF CONGRESS,
condensed Proceedings of tho Senate ssd
NOabb In Eftra Sessioh.

r bOaSb IN Eftra Session.
| ihE senate on the lth disposed OF the lumber
| paragraph OF the tarin bin and defeated ~
| motion ot Senator Vest Maj 10 mace wbitd
pine ~ lne ireo list by vote Of 5s nays to 20
yeas ana the schedule vas ugrced to as re.
ported Senator Quay O'a0 presented satsral
| b'oppoovu H"'eNuAentN TO the tarin bill one be-
,"s W H'rlRe out the duty on tea and substitute
| Auuly OF ten per cent nd tnl8rem Ju All Rrti-
| eleS proposed by the bin tt te placed In Tree
usN ''e5y duties TO continue until July l. 1901
| "'lcE WIleh the articles to be EXEMPT from
uutg 900 Inc house passed two senate bills for
| bridges over the st Louis FLYER aud the pearl
! river Mi'9isslppi MI QtosvenUi tl then
moved TO adjourn, but Mr.. Bailey Cexl said
inc democrats felt constrained TO oppose the
motion on account OF the Cuban resolution and
lhe bankruptcy bill being urdisHdssd ai mo
motion being put wa. defeated by 70 to 50. the
ueih'crals cheering the announcement Of the
| vote Mr GrOsvenOr Immediately demanded
Ihc yeas and nays, when the previous mdtitH
was reversed Dy vote OF VI to No. and the house
| adjourned until the 10th.
IHE senate on the sth adopted an amendment
10 the tarif bill proposed Hg Senator Bac6l
yga) placing raw cotton on the dutiablcTfst at
20 per cent ad valorem. The amendment
caused a spirited debate and but little progress
was made on the nil During tie debate oil
me agricultural schedule Senator Vest Mol
declared that the idea OF protecting the farmer
on barley, wheat oats, etc, when millions OF
bushels Of thes products we're being exported
was palpQhle effort ta deeeivo the agricultural
Hlsssc3 Tie schedule was agreed to as re-
ported with the exception OF the paragraph on
cattle which went over. ..., The house was not
IN session
DNLf four Paragraphs OF the tarin bill we're
disposed Of in the senate on the 9th on account
OF the speeches made. Senator Mills CTex.)
severely arraignod the bill as a class measure
and said it was des'2hed t5 Build up the vast
fortunes y millionaires whose daughters
tattened like heifars, were sent abroad in
quest OF titles Senator Cannon UTAH pro-
posed an amendment placing an export bounty
on agricultural products aud spob5 for two
hoNls Oh the heed OF giving the labor Of the
fields protection as well as the labor of shops
and mills. Senator Butler N c. also spoke
NJ giving The farmer equal benefits with other
classes under the bill. The determination has
been reached by republicans 10 withdraw the
amendments fol- an additional tax on beer and
tea and substitute a bank check stamp tax.
The house was not in session.
II the senate on the nth Shnetor Tillm5n tS
g. matte speech in favor Of the amendment
for an export duty on agricultural products,
but the amendment was defeated by a vote Of
10 yeas 70 81 nays Tic sugar schedule was
then taken up and Senators Jones (Ark), Vest
Mo) and Caffery QLa) spoke in opposition 10
the rates proposed. No final action was taken
on the schedule further than the withdrawal of
the original 7elate committee amendments.
This leaves the house provisions of the bill
with an amendment increasing the house differ
ential from s75- 1909 to 95-l00 cents per pound.
600. The house passed two comparatively unim-
portant resolutions and then adjourned until
the l4th The motion to adjourn was resisted
and resulted IL o tie vote-sT to 81 but Speaker
Reed saved the motion by yotlae aye.
THE senate on the nth had test vote on the
sugar schedule OF the tariff bill which resulted
IN the adoption OF the republican caicus
amendment changing the house rate OF l,F5 per
pound by the close vote of 81 yeas to 30 nays
The first paragraph OF the schedule was not
disposed Of at the time Of adiournment Tur-
pie t[nd) Oh behalf OF the democratic mem-
bers OF the finance committee presented an
amendment to the tariff bill providing for an
Inheritance tax Senator Harris Chhn.) in-
troduced a resolution declaring that the presi-
dent had authority to take care of the bonds of
the Union Pacific and branches by using the
surplus fund. The resolution went over. The
house was not in session,