The Chanute times., 1897-04-02
CONGRESSIONAL.


Three slight committee amendments were
adopted Also an amendment offered by Mr..
| Mahany, Republican, of New York, to in
crease the duty on white lead from 2H to
cents pound, the rate in the act of 1890.
The present duty is TX cents Mr.. Mahany
said the increase was asked for by a
concern which was independent of the
lead trust. II was adopted by a strict party
vote. The discussion covered wide range
of politi cal topics and at times was both in
teresting and exciting. BY far the most i'm
portant feature of the day was the attempt
of Mr.. Dockery of Missouri, Mr.. Cooper of
Texas and others, backed by the entire OPP
position, to secure a vote on an amendment,
| offered in multitude of forms, which pro-
vided that in case any article made dutlable
by the bill was controlled by trust or COM
bination, the duty on such articles
should be suspended. Mr.. Dingley
| made the point of order that the
| amendment YVES not germane to the
| dutiable list and would not be in order
until the free list was reached. For almost
three hours this point of order was fought
over and made the subject of Grimm ations
and recriminations The Democrats con-
| tended that If the amendment was ruled
out 1t would never be voted upon, as the
| free list in all human probability would
| not be reached before the final vote was
taken. The chair sustained the point of
| order. An appeal was taken, but the chair
| was sustained by strict party vote-15S
| to 104.
Another brief discussion of the civil serv-
| Ice occurred during the open session of the
Senate. Mr.. Galllnger, Republican, of New
| Hampshire, presented several forms issued
by the civil service commission to substan-
| tlate his recent statement that certain ap-
| plicantS for office were required to hop on
| one foot for twelve feet The matter was
| referred to the civil service committee
The rest of the day was devoted to the arbi-
| tration treaty In executive session.
March 25.-The four days general debate
the House on the Dingley tariff bill closed
| tonight The speechmaking to- day was
not of a very lively order, but the crowds in
the galleries continued. Five members of
the ways and means committee spoke,
Messrs. Tawney, Republican, of Minnesota;
Dalzell Republican, of Pennsylvania; Rus
sell, Republican, of Connecticut Payne,
Republican of New York, and Steele, Re-
publican of Indiana. The other spe akers
we're: Messrs. Talbert, Democrat, of South
Carolina: Clark, Democrat, of Missouri;
Mcguire, Democrat, of California; Gum,
Populist of Idaho; Cox Democrat, of Ten
nesSee McRae, Democrat, of Arkansas;
Grow, Republican, of Pennsylvania; Simp-
son, Populist, of Kansas; Curtis, Republican,
of Kansas; Burke, Democrat, of Texas,
Lentz, Democrat, of Ohio; Colson, Repub
lican of Kentucky; Hawley, Republican, of
Texas; De Almond, Democrat, of Mis- sSouri,
and Fitzgerald, Democrat, of Massachu-
sets.
The Senate had half hour open session
early in the day and then, after two hours
in executive session on the arbitration
treaty resumed the open session in order
to go on with the bankruptcy bill The bill
was read in full and Mr.. Nelson of Minne-
sofa offered a substitute differing in num-
ber of particulars from the committee bill.
The debate has not yet opened.
March 24-The third day of the tariff de-
bate in the House was almost as dull as the
first There was two notable speeches. one
by Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio, and the other by
Mr.. McMillin, of Tennessee. The other
speakers of the day session were Messrs.
Fox, Democrat, of Mississippi; Simms,
Democrat of Tennessee; Williams Demo-
crat of Mssissppi; Terry, Democrat, of
Arkansas; Sayers, Democrat, of Texas;
johnson, Republican, of North Dakota;
Evans, Republican, of kentucky; Maddox,
Democrat of Georgia, and Adams, Repub-
lican, of Pennsylvania. The night speakers
were Livingston, Democrat, of Georgia;
Belford Republican, OF New York; Brun-
dage, Democrat, of Arkansas; Bromwen
Republican, of Ohio; Castle Democrat, of
California; Brown, Republican of Ohio;
Kerr, Republican, of Ohio, and Omstead
Republican, of Pennsylvania. At L o'clock
the House adjourned
The Senate session lasted only half an
hour and no business was done beyond the
introduction of bills. Among these was one
by Mr.. Allen, Populist, of Nebraska to re-
peal the civil service law and to do away
with educational tests as a preliminary to
entering the public service. Senator Hoar
introduced bill to prohibit the reproduc-
tion of the Carson prize fight in the District
of Columbia or the territories by kineto-
scope or any other device, and to forbid its
transportation by mail or interstate COM
merce.
March 23.-In the House tariff debate the
speech of Mr.. Dollver of Iowa was the feat
ure of the day. He alternately aroused his
Republican colleagues to unbounded en-
thusiasm and convulsed the House with
laughter. Mr.. McLaurin, Democratic
me ember of the ways and means committee
from South Carolina, created mild sensa-
tion by boldly proclaiming himself in favor
of duty on cotton, and 1t was noticeable
that when he repudiated the free
raw material doctrines of Cleveland
and Carlisle. land those who had
prostituted the name of Democracy"
fully three fourths of the Democrats on the
floor sustained him with hand and voice.
The other speakers were Mr.. Gibson, Re-
publican, of Tennessee; Dockery De mocrat,
of Missouri: Newlands, Silverite, of Nevada;
Lacey Republican, of Iowa; Swanson, DEM
ocrat of Virginia and Cochra3, Democrat,
of Missouri.
The Senate was unexpectedly precipitated
into a civil service debate. 1t proceeded
for two hours, the civil service act and the
commission being under fire most of the
time. The discussion came up on reSolu-
ton to investigate federal removals at the
South omaha, Neb., office. Mr.. Gallinger
of New Hampshire characterized the civil
service as a humbug, and declared that
he would be glad to cast his vote to blot
out the system. There was continued ap-
plause in the galleries at this statement
Mr.. Allen of Nebraska called the civil SER
vice act monumental humbug," and Mr..
Wilson. Republican, of Washington said 1t
was 'humbug, delusion, snare and
fraud" The Massachusetts senators,
Messrs. Hoa- and Lodge, defended the law.
Mr.. Turpie of Indiana spoke at considerable
length in advocacy of the election of United
States senators by popular vote, detailing
the uncertainties and frequent scandals at
tending the present method of choosing
senator's