The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-03-30

ueudle mas not yet opened Amended
credentials were presented in behalf
OF John w. Henderson, appointed bv
the governor OF Florida to the seat va
cateu by Mr.. Call. 1t brought out n
statement from Mr.. Hoar ac+in0
chairman of the COMMITTEES on nriy'
iieges and elections, that action on the
pending election cases. was DELAYED nv
the uncertainty as to the committee
organization of the senate. The re-
Vlsed credentials were referred TO the
elcctlonS committee. Mr. Stewart OF
Nevada said the general feeling was
lhat the senate was capricious in it's
actlonS on these cases and that there
should be some definite and final set
tleInent of the whole subject. The
executive session was concluded at 3
O'Clock on motion of Senator Hoar,
who suggeste dthat the bankruptcy bill
could be taken up with profit The sug-
geStlOn was accepted.
Washington, March 81. - The tariff
bill was thrown open for amendment
under the fiye-minute rule in the house,
but seven weary hours of work only
served to dispose of 8 of the 162 pages
OF the bill. All the amendments Of
fered by the Democrats were rejected.
dIlGLuulCulS
were adopted and also one to increase
the duty on white lead from PIP to 3
cents per pound, the rate of the act OF
1890. The present duty is 1 II cents.
1t was adopted by strict party vote.
The discussion covered a wide range
OF political topics, and at times both
interesting and exciting. By far the
most important feature of the day was
the attempt of Mr.. DOckery of Mis-
souri,, Mr.. Cooper of Texas and others,
backed by the entire opposition, to Sc
cure vote on an amendment, offered
in multitude of forms, which pro-
yided that in case any article made
dutiable by the bill was controlled by
q trust or combination, the duty upon
such article should be suspended Mr..
Dingley made the point of order that
the amendment was not german 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. The Democrats con-
tended that if the amendment was
ruled out it would never be voted on
as the free list in all human probable
ity would not be reached before the
final vote was taken. The chair sus-
tanned the point of order. An appeal
was taken but the chair was sustained
by q strict party vote-15S to 1O4.
Another brief session of the civil
service occurred during the open ses-
sion of the senate. Mr.. Gallinger of
Nebraska presented several forms is
sued by the civil service commission to
substantiate his recent statement that
certain applicants for office were re-
quired to hop on one foot for twelve
feet. He said his statement had been
challenged by several penny-a-linerS,
and by one member of the civil service
commission. The senator read the
'hOpping" provision and several other
questions as to the weight and height
of the typesetters, which he character
lied as absurd. Referring to the size
and weight requirements, Mr.. Gal
linger said: "Phil Sheridan could not
have served the government it the
civil service commission had got after
him" The matter was referred to
the civil service COMMITTEE. A resolu-
ton was adopted asking the president
for information as to the death of two
American sailors at Santiago de Cuba,
also resolutions asking the attorney
general for information Of any propO-
sition to sell the Union Pacific railroad.
At u 80 o'clock the senate went into
executive session and at adjourned
until Monday.
Washington, March 29-The progress
of the house on the tariff bill was
even slower than ever. Only five
more pages of the 1872 of the bill were
disposed of, making fourteen pages in
all in the two Of the five days allowed
for consideration under the five-minute
rule At this rate only thirty-one
pages of the bill will be disposed or
before the bill comes to a final vote.
Only five amendments were adopted,
all of minor Importance and each an.
amendment of the ways and means
committee. All the questions in
volved in the tariff, with occasional
incursions into the realm of the finan-
cial theories, furnished fruitful topics
for the members. Fully two hours
was spent in the discussion OF whether
the foreigner or the consumer paid the
tax. This question bids fair to con-
sumo much more time before the de-
bate closes. If more progress is not
made night sessions will be held.
Representative Walker introduced
two bills relating to banking and cur
rency, entitled, respectively. ITO
modify the national banking laws so
as to provide the people with a safe.
ample, elastic and cheap currency"
and ito call in ard cancel the paper
money now injuring the prosperity OF
the country