Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-07-09
WORK OF CONGRESS.
THE WEEKS oolNes IN SENATE
AND HOUSE.
A Comprehensive Discs. Of tho Pro.
ceedings In the Legislative Cham.
bers at washington-Matters that
Concern the People.
Lawmakers al f.abo,..

,e' ssl.'' tne siik schedule and the tobacco
scneouie OF the tariff bill. and with thi,
acso1 pushed tie tariff leaders had the
! satisfaction Of knowing that ali the sched.
ules QI ~ Dill and the free list had beer
gone over once. There now remains only
to go through the bill second time. pass.
lns ON the items passed over. These are
vsrS numerous and important. including
hides. gloves. coal, tea and beer. Aftnr
that the lnternal revenue features of the
bill will bt all that remains. Progress
was rapid. although every paragraph re-
lating to carpets was stubbornly con.
tested.
An abrupt and startling hal, in the tar
III debate occurred in the Senate at o:3O
O'Clock Saturday. when. in the midst bs
passionate speech. Senator Pettiyrew.
silver Republican of South Dakota. w;,s
stricken with paralysis of the vocal cord
which brought his vehement speech to n
close with IL sentence half uttered. Tie
Senator was not physically incapacitated.
except in the sudden loss of the power of
speech. On motion of Mr.. Patt of Con.
necticut of the Finance Committee frl,er's
earth, wrought or manufactured, was ada.
ell to paragraph is at $3 Il ton. This pre.
clp!tated lively controversy between
MIR. Platt and Mr.. Pettisrew .silver Re-
publicam of South Dakota. which came
to an impressive climax when MIR. Petit.
grew was overcome in the midst of a
vehement speech. The debate proceed.
ed. but no further progress on the tariff
bill was made. and the awe-like feeling
OccasiOned by this incident led to an nd.
journment at 5 o'clocL.
The Senate made good progress ON til,
tariff hill Monday. lsposng of the para.
graphs relating to hides. which have bcel,
the source of much controversy. AS final.
ly agreed on the duty on hides is placed ui
20 per cent. nd valorcm in place of 1N
cents per pound. as originally reported b,
the Finance Committee The discussio.
driftcd into Il general debate OH trusts
and from that back to the sugar trust
MIR. Smith of New Jersey spoke asains,
the duty on hides. while Mr. Allen OF
Nebraska supported the duty. The new
paragraph was agreed to. 80. one
Democrat, Rawlins of Utah. and sevcr:l.
Populists and silver Republicans voting
with the Republicans in the affirmative
Among other paragraphs disposed of were
all those relating to gloves, IL substitute
for the paragraph on live animals. iror
ore AND stained glass windows. The res.
Olution authorizing the President to in.
vite foreign governments to participate
in the trans-Alississippi exposition Mt ON.
! aha was agreed to soon after the Senate
opened.
Several hundred pension bills were re
ported to the Senate Tuesday as the re.
suit of the first meeting of the Pension
Committee since the present Congress
uss,mble,l; Three general pension bills
were included, two of them amending the
, law of 1890. and another referring to
pro,>>tf il, pension cases. The tariff bill
was thei. lhlicn mp. and the paragTapn
$50 relating 10 watch movements. clocks,
ETC., perfected by striking ont the cla,lscs
on watches and Oh jewels for making
watches and confining tic paragraph to
/ those articles not made of china or por-
cclains. Pincapplcs We're changed to .
cents per cubic foot in barrels and pack.
ages and So per thousand i'll bulk. The
committee rates on lead ore C1llA cents Il
poundt We're agreed to. 30 to %. Mes: rs.
Heitfell. Mantle and Teller voted with
the Republicans in the affirmative and
Mr.. Allen with the Democrats in the
negative.
AS Il result of the rapid work on the
tariff Dill Wednesday the close of the long
debate in the Senate and the final vote
on the bill is felt to b" very near ut hand
Two of the most important provisions
those relating to the Hawaiian treaty
of reciprocity and the duty on coal-were
perfected. while another source of mucI,
conflict. the reciprocity section. was ma.
turesl by the Finance Committee and pre-
sented to the Senate. Aside from these
larger items Il great many minor ones
which have ciNSpl moro nr lose ..nptj.t
We're disposed of. The Hawaiian provis.
ion of tho House bill was restored afte,
brief debate and without the formality
of Il vote. This has the effect of leav
ing the Hawaiian treaty of reciprocity in
full force and effect. During the day Mr.
Turpie Of Indiana spoke in support of the
amendment. for IL 2 per cent. tax on inller
itances. His speech was notable for the
picturesque metaphors and the virulcncs
of his denulciation of the pending bill.