Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1897-06-25
occurred the addition Of rev para


view 10 compensating the cotton manu-
facturers for the recent action Oh the
senate in placing raw cotton on the
dutiable list. An executive session was
held before adjournment.
FRrpAY.-The tariff bill hung In the
sente to-day, less than one page OF the
fax schedule being disposed OF. Inc
house rates on hacked and unhackieo
Aax were agreed to. On tow OF tisx
Mr.. Allison moved to substitute $Zo
per ton for the committee rate OF 10
per pound. Agreed to. Mr.. Aleu- Oh
iowa. presented a substitute for para
graph 325 providing: "Single yarns
made of jute not finer than five lea one
cent per pound and 10 per cent; ad
yalofem. Agreed to. On thread ana
twf6e, Mr.. All son moved to substitute
the rate of lac per ponnd and to
for each lea above five. Without com,
plotting this paragraph, 327, the Dill
was laid aside and at 5 o'clock, after an
executive session, the senate adjourned.
SATURDAY. day was rendered
noteworthy in the senate by the defeat
of the finance committee on four I'M
portant paragraphs in the faS, hemp
and iute schedules of the tariff bill.
These we're the paragraphs relating to
floor mating, plain iute fabrics, bur-
laps and cotton bagging. The Demo
Gratis were enabled to carry their point
against these paragraphs, by the assist
iapee of the silver Republicans and
Populists and by the help Of Messys.
Carter and Hansbrough. straight Re-
publicans, on the paragraph relating to
mating. 1t was the first vote during
the consideration of the bill on which
any Republican had broken away
from the party and naturally
occasioned some comment A motion
to strike out the two paragraphs In
regard to burlaps and cloth for cot
ton bagging was carried--3l TO
%. The effect of the vote is to leave
these articles on the free list. The sill
yer Republicans and Populists who
we're present all voted with the Demo
Gratis, but no straight Republican did
so. Going back, Mr.. Jones, OF Ar
kansas, moved to strike out paragraph
339 (plain woven fabrics of single iute
yarns.) This motion also Prevailed
29.to %. Mr.. Allison. in behalf OF the
committee, proposed a mobilization Of
paragraph 344, in regard to woven
fabrics, reducing the rate on articles
containing between so to 100 threads
from &c to 2ac per yard; on those be-
tween 100 and $50 from 7c to &c, and
on those OF mere than $50 threads
from loo to &c. The committee amend
ments were accepted. The next para
graph, 345, was agreed to without d.
vision. This concluded the hemp
schedule and brought the senate face
to face with the wool schedule. There
was an evident indisposition on all
sides to take up the wool question, AMI
after the passage, at the instance Of
Mr. Mantle, of bill providing for
the erection of public building at
Butte, Montana, to cost $500, 10000,
the senate went into executive session
and at 4:1O adjourned.
HOUSE.
MoNDAY.--The house to-day ad-
journed until Thursday after session
that lasted forty-fve minutes The
only attempt to transact business, was
a request by Lacey, Republican of
Iowa, for unanimous consent for bill
for the relief of residents of Greer
county, Oklahoma. Mr.. Henry, Dem
ocrat Of Texas, promptly objected, and
then, after the usual Democratic pro-
test against the Republican policy OF
not appointing committees the house
by SO to rs, with Is present and not
voting, decided to adjourn. Before
the session adjourned the hub of q
wheel woHnd around with a monster
petition, said to contain 5000, 900 sig
natures, appealing to congress to re-
cognize the Cuban insurgents as bel
ligerents, was wheeled into the space
in front of the speakers rostrum. 1t
had been in circulation throughout the
United States for about six months
and was presented to congress by Rep
resentative Sulzer, of New York.
THURSDAY. The house was in ses-
sion an hour and q half to-day, most OF
the time being taken mp with roll calls.
Mr.. Sulzer, Democrat, of New York,
succeeding in injecting into the pro.
ceedings a brief speech in favor OF
Cuba, in which he denounced Weyler
as ''thief" and murderer. The
bill for the relief of the residents OF
Greer county, Oklahoma, was pass d.
At 1:35 pm. the house adjourned until
Monday.