Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-29
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, March %.
SENATE.

Among Gne peLltlOnS auu oIuoi P"i'oAS
presented by Senators this morning,
was memorial from the Monroe Doct,
rine Club, of Philadelphia, presented
by Mr.. Qusy)in favor of Senator Cnll-
toms amendment to the arbitration
treaty, and in opposition to the treaty
without that amendment, characterlz.
ing it as "a craftily constructed political
treaty, designed Qike the treaty of 1871
to advance the interests of England to
coerce the United States into the adop-
ton of reciprocity treaty with Can
ada"
Mr.. Morgan presented his minority
report in the Pacific Railroad matter.
Mr.. Hoar reported from the judiciary
committee bill to prohibit the repro.
duction in the District of Columbia and
Territories, by kaleidoscope or kindred
devices, of pugilistic encounters and
it was placed on the calendar.
Mr.. Gallery, from the committee on
commerce, reported joint resolution
appropriating $3.50, 900 Ito be made i'm
mediately available) for the improve.
ment of the Mississippi from the head
of the passes to the mouth of the Ohio
| river. This sum is to be taken out of
the two and half millions appropri-
ated in the last river and harbor bill.
| The preamble states that the expendl-
ture is necessary to relieve the flood
| sufferers and to preserve the lives and
! property of citizens and the govern
ment works on the river. The joint
resolution was passed.
Mr.. Allen offered resolution de-
claring that the Congress is not possess.
ed of constitutional power to impose
taxes on articles of daily consumption
by the people, for the express and
| avowed purpose of increasing the pri-
vate fortunes of any class of it's citizens
at the expense of the masses. The res.
olution was laid on the table, Mr.. AL
len stating that he desired to speak on
it tomorrow.
| Mr.. Pettigrew offered a resolution
which was agreed to, calling on the
civil service commission for state
ment of the reasons why laborers and
| workmen in the government printing
office and in other departments of the
government are required to submit
themselves to competitive examination,
contrary to the provisions of the civil
] service law.
Mr.. Berry, from the committee on
public lands reported, and the Senate
passed, bill to approve compromise
and settlement between the United
States and the State of Arkansas. The
bill approves and gives the full effect
of law to the compromise and settlement
effected February %, 1895, between
: Secretaries Carlisle and Smith and
Governor Clarke, of Arkansas, in re-
gard to debts due from Arkansas to
the United States and claims of the
State against the United States. The
agreement is to the effect that upon the
payment by the State of Arkan-
sas to the United States of the sum OF
1872 in money and the payment of 16O
| 81 900 bonds of the State held by the
United States; the State to pay in all
the sum of $3.50, 572, all claims and de-
mands of the United States against the
State of Arkansas, and all claims of
the State against the United States are
to be cancelled and finally settled.
The Senate then went into executive
session on the arbitration treaty.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Richardson objected to the ap-
proval of the journal because there were
only so members present and demanded
the yeas and nays. The roll was then
called and resulted Yeas ISL nays 2;
present 2; total 165-not quorum.
Pending the call of the House,
Messrs. Kleberg (dem. Tex.) and Jones
(dem. Va.) appeared at the bar and
were sworn in.l
The second rollcall showed the pres
ence of a quorum and at lilo the jour-
nal was approved and the reading of
the bill resumed. In making the an
nouncement of the vote Speaker Reed
said: "The chair hopes that members
will find it convenient with their pri
vate engagements to be present when
the House meets. We have already
lost an hour and ten minutes to day
beause members have not been atten-
i've to their duties"
Several amendments proposed by the
committee on ways and means were
agreed to as follows:
Increasing from two to woand-a-
half cents pound the duty on gelatin,
glue, isinglass or fsh-glue, prepared
fab bladders or sounds, valued at not
above ten cents pound; bauxite, crude,
81 ton.
In answer to questions by Messrs.
McMillin and Wheeler as to the necss-
sity for imposing this duty, Messrs. |
Grosvenor and Dalzell stated that q |
strong appeal was made for protection
to this article by Mr.. Maddox (dem.,
Ga.) and from Alabama, in both of
which States bauxite was found in |
great quantities, sufficient to supply the
whole country. The amendment was
intended to equalize conditions SO that
the American product could be trans,
ported to New York and sold in COM
petition with the French clay which
was transported over the ocean at
merely nominal rate. Bauxite, it was
explained, was the base OF alum and
aluminium
Mr.. Grosvenor read letter from an
Alabama producer, walking over to the
democratic side while doing so.
Mr.. Walker (rep., Mass.) suggested
that those on the republican side could
hear better if the gentleman would re-
main at his desk.
Mr.. Grosvenor.-My mission is to
call sinners to repentance. 1t is not
necessary for republicans to hear me.
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