The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-07-02
L. WoRk oE coNaREss.
Condensed Proceedings Of the Senate sna
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House in Extra Session.
| In the senate On the 23d Senator Allen Q1eb)
rose to a question Of personal privilege and
made denial Of the published charge that
William J Bryan had contributed 81 800 to the
/ pOpuiist cause In order to effect fusion Sena-
] tor Morgan (Ala) introduced bill for the au-
nezation Of the Hawaiian islands The wool
! schedule Of the tariff bill was then taken Up
and the paragraphs relating to raw wool were
/ completed The speeches Of the day were
mostly on technical lines The cemmitteeGates
/ on wool we're finally agreed to viz: -Four cents
I Per pound on third-ciass wool valued at ten
| cents or less per pound, and seven cents per
/ pound on third-eiass wool valued above ten
! cents per pound The house was not in ses-
| sion.
THERE vas a stubborn contest in the senate
| on the oath over the duties On manufactured
] goods. Senator Gallery Ga.) spoke for Two
hours against protection and severely az
raigned democratic senators who voted for dU-
/ ties on wool and other raw materials. Senator
/ Spooner {Wis), acting for Senator CuIlom
! IlL), who was absent, presented a petition
/ signed by 103O0G citizens Of Chicago protesting
/ against the proposed increase in the tax on
| beer. Resolutions OF regret at the death Of
| Congressman Cooke were passed and an escort
/ OF five senators was appointed to attend his
/ funeral. The sudden death OF Mr.. Cooke GILL
was announced in the house by AIr. FOss qll)
| and the customary resolutions were adopted
and a committee to attend the funeral appoint
ed, The house then adjourned till the 18th.
| THE senate On the 18th completed the wool
! schedule the silk schedule and the tobacco
! schedule Of the tarif bill They will now have
| to 90 through the bill a second time and con-
/ slider the items which have been passed over,
| including hides, gloves coal, tea and beer.
/ There was strong contest against the pro-
| posed duties on silk fabrics and the paragraph
! was only passed by majority Of two. The to-
| baceO schedule went through with little frloz
| ton, after the committee had advanced the
/ duty Slightly on wrapper and leaf tobacco.
Senator Chiffon TEX gave notice Of an
| amendment he will offer to the tariff bill pro-
| hibiting interstate commerce in articles manu-
| featured by trusts, making the Offense punish
able by three years Imprisonment, The Tes5-
/ luton OF Senator Hale [He) to restrict the
! privileges Of ez-senatOTs On the floor was fefef-
red to the committee Oh rules, 90. The house was
not ia session.
| Ar the opening Of the session Of the senate
/ on the 2eth Senator Vest t1dO) called atten-
! ton to the absence Of 8 quorum and 10 minutes
| were required to secure one. Senator Harris
! (Kan.) then presented the report upon the Pa
-ciic railroads agreed to BY the committee.
/ Senator Morgan (Ala.) severely criticised the
! course Of the government in the matter and
! announced that he would ask the senate on the
/ 18th to consider the subject Senator Allison
| Qa,) said he would resist taking up any other
matter until the tariff bill was disposed Of
| The tariff bill was then taken up Soon after,
while Senator Pettigrew Is. D. was replying
/ in a vehement manner to a taunt made by SEN
/ atOr Platt a. Y. } that the South Dakota SEN
| ator was protectionist in some things and not
ia others, Senator PettigreW was overcome and
/ failed to enunciate his words distinctly and
| then took his seat without finishing his SEN
| tence. He was taken into the cloak room and
| a physician summoned, who pronounced his
| ailment as a slight stroke Of apoplexy, causing
| partial paralysis Of the vocal chords The in
/ cident caused quite sensation and led to an
unusually early adjournment. -. The house was
not In session.
THE senate on the 2sth disposed Of the para
| graph relating TO hides, agreeing TO duty Of
20 per cent ad valOrem, in place Of IL cent per
| pound, as originally reported by the commit
| tee Among other paragraphs disposed Of were
! those relating to gloves, a substitute to the
! paragraph relating to live animals iron ore and
/ stained glass windows. Senator Davis (Minn }
| reported from the committee on foreign rela-
| tons an amendment to the general deficiency
| bill tOpay 5000 to the families Of the three
Italians lynched at New Orleans. In the
house Mr., ShafrOth Coll introduced "a bill TO
! encourage the economical administration OF
| the government" by deducting percentage
| from the salaries Of government officials when
/ the expenditures were greater than the re-
/ ceipts Mr. Crumpacker Qnd) introduced a
| resolution for a constitutional amendment reg
ulating the annexation Of territory by the
/ United States The house thsn adjourned To
| the ist