Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-06-12
THE WORK OF CONGRESS.
Condensed Proceedings of the Senate and
House in Extra Session.

Condensed Proceedings OF the Senate and
House in Extra Session.
THE senate on the I'd completed more than
half of the metal schedule of the tariff bill
Senator Vest (do.) secured reduction from
to TX per cent per pound anvilS. being the
first change made without the assent of the
committee, and it was owing to the hstless
manner of many senators in voting Senator
Tillman Is CD secured the adoption of q reSo-
luton directing the judiciary committee to in
quire into the recent decision against the South
Carolina dispensary law. with a view to report
The house was not in session
THE senate the Sd got about ten
pages in the metals schedule of the tariff bill
All amendments were voted down and the
finance committee sustained There
exciting debate over motion by Senator Till
man Is CO to take his resolution for inveSti-
eating alleged sugar speculation by senators
from the committee and bring it before the
senate The motion was finally with
resolution, which adopted. asking
the state department TO investigate the
port that the bones of American soldiers
killed at Buena Vista, Mex, in 1s47. were
bleaching in the at that place In the
house Mr.. Terry (Arl>-) tried to secure
sideration as a privileged matter of a resolu-
ton for the immediate appointment of the
committee on foreign affairs, but it was ruled
out The senate bill to prevent collisions in
land waters of the United States passed
and the conference report on the sIndian APP
preparation bill adopted The house then adj
journed until the 18th
THE senate made little progress the tariff
only seven paragraphs being considered Sem
ator Mantle (Mont) spoke for two hours on the
wool schedule, urging increased rates for the
wool-grower. Senator Butler On. c. made n
speech about the income tax and referred
the haste with which the railroad pooling bill
was being urged Immediately after the supreme
courts decision on the antitrust law. This
brought Senator Cu1lom> (Ill) to his feet who
denied the statement that the pooling bill was
being pressed with indecent haste Senator
Vest (Mo) protested against the proposed
The house was not in session
THE senate resumed the consideration of the
tariff bill the 5th. The first paragraph of
the wood schedule, relating to hewn timber.
was agreed to at L 4 cents per cubic foot When
the paragraph relating to sawed boards, etc,
was reached Senator Jones (Ark.) referred to
the heavy burden it imposed the west and
Senator Vest (Mo.1 denounced the taking OF
white pine from the free list and placing it at So
per 900 feet, making the duty. he said. abso-
1utely prohibitory ON this wood Senator Bacon
(Ga-) replied to Senator Vest and said the aver
age rate of the schedule only 20 per cent
The house was not in session
THE senate on the 7th disposed of the lumber
paragraph of the tariff bill and defeated the
motion of Senator Vest (NIo) to place white
pine the free list by vote of IS nays to 20
yeas and the schedule agreed to
ported. Senator Quay Pa-) presented several
proposed amendments to the tariff bill, one be-
Ing to strike out the duty on tea and substitute
a duty of per cent. ad valorem all arti-
cles proposed by the bill to be placed in free
list, these duties to continue until July 1, 1901,
after which the articles to be exempt from
duty The house passed two senate bills for
bridges over the St. Louis river and the Pearl
river, Mississippi. Mr.. Grosvenor (O) then
moved to adjourn but Mr.. Bailey CTex.) said
the democrats felt constrained to oppose the
motion on account of the Cuban resolution and
the bankruptcy bill being undispoSed of. The
democrats cheering the announcement of the
vote. Mr. Grosvenor Immediately demanded
the yeas and nays, when the previous motion
was reversed by a vote of 81 to az, and the house
adjourned until the 10th.