Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-06-03
WASHINGTON NEWS BUDGET
Senator Turpie Attacks the Policy of
Putting High Rates on Low
Priced Articles.
SOME LATE ARMY ASSIGNMENTS MADE
Sharp Discussion Over Tillman's Mo-
ton to Discharge the Committee on
Contingent Expenses from a
Consideration of the Sugar
Investigation Reso-
luton.
SOME LATE ARMY ASSIGNMENTS MADE

Washington, June 3.-Senator Tillmar
moved that the committee on contingent
expenses, be discharged from considera
tion of the resolution for an investigs.
tion of the charges in regard to sugar
speculation, and that the resolution be
brought before the senate.
Senator Gallinger, member of the
committee, said he objected to Senator
Tillman's motion, and added that the
committee would make report after
carefully considering the matter. Sena-
tor Vest quoted from speech by Thur.
man regarding the demand made at one
time by the Louisiana senator for an in.
vestigation. Senator Thurman said a
senator of the United States, had re
course to the courts the same as any
other citizen, and no other investigation
was ordered. Senator Tillman said he
was not concerned as to the charges
against himself, but he proposed to have
these charges investigated, because an at
tempt had been made to attract attention
from the fire he was building in front.
He saw no reason why any senator should
not want charges investigated. What he
wanted was to find whether the senate, or
any senator belonged to the sugar trust.
Senator Gallinger said the question was,
whether the word of Senators Aldrich and
Smith was to be taken by the senate. He
said the charges against the committee on
finance and Senator Smith, were vague
and indefinite. Senator Tillman said
what he wanted was to bring the news.
papermen before the bar of the senate,
and put questions to them, and if they
refused to answer to put them in jail.
If they had lied about the senate or sena-
tors, they should be punished for con-
tempt.
Senator Gallinger said there was no
necessity to railroad the resolution through
the senate. Tillman replied that railroad
ing was necessary, as congress would
adjourn as soon as the tariff bill had
passed.
Senator Gallinger referred to the last
sugar investigation, and considered it an
outrage that he and other senators were
dragged before the committee of inves-
tigation to swear that they were honest
men.
Senator Tillman said the necessity for
swearing senator's, was because witness
had exculpated one senator then refused
to answer as to the others, leaving the
others under an imputation. This wit
ness had been sent to jail for refusing to
answer, and now he would be compelled
to answer.
Senator Tillman said he would not ask
the senate to discharge the committee, If
Senator Jones of Nevada, the chairman,
had not told him he had not been able to
get the other mem bers to meet with him,
Senator Jones of Arkansas, said the
chairman of the committee could not have
made such a statement, because it was
not true.
Tillman-"He told me he tried to get a
meeting and could not" Jones of Ar
kansas-"The chairman of the committee,
will not 80 state, in his place in the SEN
ate, as there has been a meeting of the
committee to consider the resolution"
Tillman then withdrew the motion to dis
charge the committee, saying he did not
wish to cast any imputation on the COM
mittee.
THE CUBAN QUESTION.
Mr.. Terry, Democrat of Arkansas, TO-
day endeavored to get the Cuban ques-
tion before the house as privileged
question, by offering resolution declar-
ing it the sense of the house that foreign
affairs committee should be appointed to
consider the matter. By vote of 80 to
65 the house sustained the speakers
ruling, that the resolution should not be
privileged. The consideration of the Fry
bill to prevent collisions on certain har-
bors, river and island waters of the
United States was then begun.
THE REPORT ADOPTED.
The conference report on The Indian
appropriation bill has been adopted by
the house of representatives.
TuBpIE's OBJECTION.
Speaking on the agricultural features
OF the tariff bill today, Senator Turpie
attacked the policy Of putting high rates
on low priced articles. He said the bill
was practically q bill to pension the
cutlery manufacturers, and to pension the
great "army of prosperity" of the last
campaign.
FRYE BILL PASSED.
The Frye bill to prevent collisions in
the harbors, rivers and inland waters oi
the United States, has passed the house.
ARMY APPOINTMENTS.
Acting Secretary of War Meiklejo ohn
this afternoon announced that Brigadier
General Wade had been assigned to the
department OF Dakota at st. Paul, and
that Brigadier General Graham would &c
to the department of Texas at San An.
tonic. This leaves vacant the depart
ment of Columbia, which will be assigned
to Colonel Merriam, when he shall be
promoted next week to be brigadier.
general.
FIXING THE DUTIES.
Senator Vest's substitute for the cut.
lery paragraph, fixing 70 per cent as q
maximum, was lost by q vote of 23 to 81,
An amendment by Senator Jones fixing
the maximum rate on cutlery at 60 pei
cent Was lost by q vote of II to 20. The
committee amendments were then agreed
to. The paragraph relating to shotguns
pistols, etc., was amended to made the
rate on revolving pistols IS cents each
and rs per cent advalorem, and then
agreed to.
The building Collapsed.