The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-06-19
THE WORK Or CONGRESS.
Condemned Proceedings of the Senate and
House Extra Session.


IN the senate on the 10th Senator Tillman Is.
c. made n speech in favor of the amendment
for export duty on agricultural products,
but the amendment was defeated by vote OF
10 yeas to 80 nays. The sugar schedule was
then taken up and Senator's Jones (ArlS), Vest
CMo) and Caffcry U4a) spoke in opposition to
the rates proposed. No final action was taken
on the schedule further than the withdrawal Of
the original senate committee amendments.
This leaves the house provisions OF the bill
with an amendment increasing the house differ
ential from S15-lOO0 to 95-1O0 cents per pound
The house passed two comparatively unim-
portant resolutions and then adjourned until
the 18th The motion to adjourn was resisted
and resulted in a tie vote c-s7 81, but Speaker
Reed saved the motion by voting aye
THE senate on the 1lth had a test vote on the
sugar schedule of the tarif bill which resulted
in the adoption OF the republican caucus
amendment changing the house rate OF l.eo per
pound by the close vote of 30 yeas to 30 nays.
The first paragraph of the schedule was not
DISPOSED of at the time OF adjournment Tur-
pie Qnd.) on behalf of the democratic MEM
bers OF the finance committee. presented an
amendment to the tarin bill providing for an
inheritance tax Senator Harris Q<an) In
troduced a resolution declaring that the presi-
I 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.
SENATOR ALLEN CNeb) introduced In the
senate the 18th q resolution declaring
against the distinction made in the special
and privateS The senate then took up the
tariff bill, the pending amendment being that
OF Senator Jones (Ark.) to the sugar schedule
Senator Vest (Mo) arraigned the schedule and
insisted that 1t was utterly indefensible The
house was not in session
II the senate on the 18th Senator Allison
Qa.) made q speech in defense Of the sugar
schedule of the tariff bill. declaring that the
refneries receive less protection under the
senate schedule than under the existing law.
Senator PettigreW IS d. spoke in favor of his
amendment to place the free list articles
controlled by trusts and Senator Allen (Neb)
urged legal procedure against the trusts Only
one roll call occurred, that on the amendment
by Senator Lindsay Qky.) to place all sugar on
the same basis. This was rejected % to %.
Senator Hoar (Mass.) offered an amendment
for the appointment by the president OF q COM
mission OF five members to investigate the sub
ject OF sugar production and the best means OF
supplying the American market The amend
ment was referred to the finance committee 80.
A monster petition, said to contain o0,OOO 600
Names appealing to congress to recognize the
Cuban insurgents as belligerents, was pre-
sented to the house by Mr.. Sulzer IN. W. The
house adjourned to the 18th, without transact
ing any business
THE senate completed the consideration OF
the sugar schedule of the tariff bill on the 18th.
It places sugar not above No. 10 Dutch
standard one cent per pound and 0S of cent
for every degree above s.. and on sugars above
No. Is Dutch standard Los cents per pound;
but sugars testing below 81 degrees lilo cent
per pound shall be deducted. The Pettigrew
amendment relating to trusts was tabled by
vote OF IS 70 % The agricultural schedule was
then resumed. Senator Tillman Is. CO. gave
notice of an amendment to the tarin bill pro-
viding for O head tax Of 500 on all immigrants
to the United States and making IL q misde-
meanor for any person to enter the United
States for the purpose of engaging in trade or
manual labor without intending to become q
citizen. =. The house was not in session