The record-union., 1897-06-30

WASHINGTON, June 29.-After te-
dious discussion of the tariff Dill
throughout the day the Senate wound
up with a half hour of lively and
amusing colloquy between Senators
Tillman of South Carolina and Chand-
Ter of New Hampshire. The former
had proposed an amendment to the
tariff bill, providing a 500 head tax
on immigrants, and a restriction
against all those not coming to the
United States to become citizens. Mr.
Tillman made an earnest speech on the
depressed condition of labor, but he
was soon diverted from his theme by
Mr.. Chandler. The latter, adopting a
style of mock gravity, directed the dis
cussiOn toward Mr.. Cleveland's admin
istratiOn. This in time brought from
Mr. Tillman a criticism Of the late
President, while Mr.. Chandler pro-
tested against the assaults on Mr.
Cleveland by a member of his own
party. When the fun had been fast
and furious for some time, the Till
man amendments were defeated-yeas
3, noes 4S-the three affirmative votes
being cast by MesSrS. Butler, Quay and
Tillman
During the day the Senate disposed
of the lead paragraphs, the committee
rate of 11a cents per pound on lead ore
being agreed to-30 to %. The other
paragraphs considered were compara-
lively of minor Importance.
WASHINGTON, June 29.-Several
hundred pension bills were reported to
the Senate to-day as the result of the
first meeting of the Pension Commit
tee since the present Congress assem-
bled. Gallinger, in charge of the COM
mittee report, stated that it had been
decided to report favorably all those
bills which had been formerly passed
by either branch of Congress or had
been favorably considered in commit
tee. The general pension bills were
among those reported, two of them
amending the Act of 1890, and another
referring to proof in pension cases.
It took half an hour to read the list
of private pension bills When it was
concluded Morgan of Alabama COM
mented on the fact that the men
named IN these bills must wait for
relief owing to the inaction of one Of
the branches of Congress. At this time
Congress was without the opportunity
or liberty to pass one of these pension
bills. Congress was not even then in
session, asserted Morgan. The lawyers
OF the country would look into this
question, and there was a great deal
of trouble ahead over this question of
Congress being in session.
At first Morgan urged the adoption
of resolution postponing all action
in pension bills until next December,
but he was diSsuaded from this, say
ing his main object was to call the
attention of the Senators to the manner
in which they were Knocked by every
bill reported to an inactive Congress.
The tariff bill was then taken up
and paragraph 1S9. relating to watch
movements, clocks, etc, perfected,
striking out the clauses on watches and
on jewels for making watches, and con-
filming the paragraph to the articles not
made of china, porcelain, etc.
The foregoing changes led to ex-
tended opposition from Vest and Jones'
Lodge answered that the watch in
dustry had been revolutionized by
American machinery. American
watches We're so much better and
cheaper that no handmade watch
: could compete with them. Now the
Swiss makers had bought American
! machinery and operated it with COM
paratively cheap labor. Lodge exhib-
. ited Swiss watches which purported to
be of American make, and as such were
Invading the American market.
Pine apples were changed to Z cents
per cubic feet in barrels and packages,
and 81 per thousand in bulk.
Vest asked what climatic and sani-
tary reason justified these heavy du-
ties.