The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-06-03
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Naalied 70 Order and Forced to Take
HIS sseat-Further Progress Made
IN Considering the senate
>Sa Tariff Measure.
Washington, May 31.-The senate re-
sumed its work at noon Saturday with
the usual calm prevailing. hotwith-
standing the stormy events Of Friday.
Senator Mills, of Texas, secured consid4
GRAFTON for a joint resolution author
lzing the secretary of war to use rations
for the relief Of destitute persons in the
district overfowcd by the Rio Grande
river near Ell Paso, Tex, and appropri-
ating $4,000 for this purpose. Senator
Mills read a telegram from the mayor
and city officers of Ell Paso saying that
500 houses had been destroyed, that
5000 people were destitute and that the
condition was beyond the power of
local relief. "5
The joint resolution was then passed.
The tariff bill was then taken up on
motion of Senator Aldrich. who called
up the paragraphs relating to china,
crockery, porcelain, etc, which had
been>passed over. Senator Aldrich, in
behalf of the committee, withdrew the
senate amendments to. paragraphs 80
and 81 and stated that the house rate
would be allowed to stand. Senator
Jones, Of Arkansas, objected to partial
consideration of the china schedule, and
1t was finally agreed to let the entire
schedule go over.
j The bill was then considered from
the point reached Friday, viz, para
graph 100. An agreement was reached
striking out the provision that all
auted, rolled, ribbed Or rough plate
glass when ground or otherwise OBJ
:scured shall be subject to the same rate
of duty as finished cast polished plate
glass unsilvered:
The debate on plate glass and the ex-
istence of trust became protracted.
Senator Jones read a number of letters
complaining of the methods of the Pitts
burgh company, and he declared en-
phatically that the action of that COM
pany was un-American and outrageous.
Senator Aldrich defended the rates
of the bill. It was not true, he said,
that the rates on plate glass were to
be increased as asserted by Senator
Jones, or that plate glass was an arti-
Gle OF necessity to the common people.
Plate glass was not an article of general
use by the common people. 80.
The changes proposed were simply
Encouragement of the rates in the Nc
Kin1ey and the Wilson acts. The SEN
ator from Arkansas (Jones) had taken
one of the items and had hung the
changes on that one item as though it
applied to all of them. Commenting
on Senator Jones' statement that the
Pittsburgh Plate Glass company was
the largest of it's kind in the world, Sen
ator Aldrich declared that this was all
evidence Of American energy and enter
prise, and was no cause for raising or
lowering duties.
After lengthy debate on the plate
glass schedule, Senator Jones', of Ar
kansas, motion to reduce the rate on
rough plate glass from eight to five
cents. was defeated; yeas, FL; nays, 20.
r." Morgan Attacks Hecd.
An exciting incident occurred during
the discussion when Senator Morgan
(de1n., Ala.) was called to order by Sena-
tor Gallinger (rep., N. H.), who. was
temporarily in the chair, for severely
criticising the inaction of the house of
representatives. Senator Morgan de-
clared the speaker of the house was en-
forcing an automatic trapdoor rule, by
which representatives were assembled
and dispersed. and he characterized
this action as an outrage against popu-
lar rights.
Senator Frye (rep., Me.) first gave
warning that protest would be made
against criticisms of the other house,
and when Senator Morgan vehemently
] repeated his >criticis1n Senator Hale
rep, Me- made point of order against
him. The temporary presiding Of
ticer directed Senator Morgan to re-
sumo his scat and then ruled that he was
out of order. .&-
The Alabama senator, somewhat
cha@ined, was about to appeal from
the decision of the chair when Senator
Hale withdrew his point of order, and
further friction was avoided. Senator
Morgan resumed his criticisms during
the tariff debate and made the point
that congress was not in session, in ac-
cordance with the constitution, the
house OF representatives having vacated
its functions. 49, -. y ss raes IN
p After a sharp contest with the tariff
leaders Senator Quay succeeded in car
rying the motion to adjourn over the
Decoration day celebration to-day. f'5.
Sugar Investigati0n. /. g.
Washington, May 31.-A favorable re-
port to the senate will be made on SEN
ator Tillmarl's resolution for an investi-
cation into the truth of reported spec
ulation in sugar stocks by senator's.
An agreement to this effect was reached.
in AN informal conference by Chair
man Jones with his colleagues on the
committee on contingent expenses, to
which the resolutio on was referred Sem
ator Tillman says that when the reso-