Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-25
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON. March %
SENATE.

Among the bills introduced ana re-
ferred was one by Mr.. Foraker to pro-
vide modern organization Of the ar
tillery of the army. =,
Mr.. Paecoe presented, in an amen4eu
form, the credentials of John a. hen.
derson as Senator from Florida, under
appointment by the governor until the
next meeting of the State legislature IN
April next.
Mr.. Hoar stated why no action
had been taken by the committee
on privileges and elections in the mat
ter of the admission of Senators under
appointment of governors. He sup
posed that, by the retirement OF lts
chairman (Mr. Mitchell, of Oregon, he
(Mr. Hoar) being next in committee
might act as temporary chairman. but
he supposed that the matter OF filling
vacancies on committees would be set
tied in day or two, and he had not
thought it wise to call meeting OF the
committee on privileges and elections
with three or four vacancies in it. He
would, however, call meeting OF the
committee at once if Senators interest
ed in the matter desired action to DE
taken while these vacancies existed.
His own opinion was that it would be
better to wait until the committee va
cancies were filled.
Mr.. Pascoe dsclaimed any idea OF
wishing to find fault with the commit
tee on privileges and elections, and on
his motion MIR. Henderson's credentials
were referred to it.
At 1920, on motion of Mr.. Davls,
acting chairman of the committee on
foreign relations, the Senate proceeded
10 the consideration with closed DOORS
Of the arbitration treaty
The afternoon executive session OF
the Senate was devoted to the consd-
Grafton OF the general treaty of arbltra-
ton with Great Britain, Mr.. Chiffon OF
Texas, making Il speech on his amend
ment 10 the first articles. He was fire.
quently interrupted by Senators Hoar,
Davis and Gray.
HOUSE.
The fourth and last day of the gen.
eral debate on the tariff bill brought
forth request at the opening of the
session by Mr.. Bailey for an extension
of two hours of the debate. He stated
that he had been under treatment for
sore throat and his physician said, and be
knew, that it would be impossible for
him to occupy the floor for an hour to
day.
Mr.. Payne snid the feeling on the re
publican side had been that it would
be better to devote more time to the
five minute debate and less to the gen.
eral discussion. At least until Chair
man Dinglev arrived he must object to
the request.
Mr.. Taloert opened the discussion in
fifteen minute speech against the bill
He said this tiresome debate reminded
him of preacher of whom he had once
read who discoursed to his people
on the major and minor prophets.
He dwelt so long on the first list that
when he came to speak of the minor
prophets, and asked Nov, there's
Hosea; where shall we put him 2" A
good old deacon replied well, you
can put him in my seat; I'm going
home" The bill, he said, was unnec
essary, unjust and undemocratic. It
tended to more widely separate Dives
from Lazarus and emphasized the
statement of another preacher who
said it was condition aud not the.
ory confronting ua, "the theory being
that there were few very rich men
and the condition leing that there
were a. sight of poor ones"
Champ" Clark made one of his
characteristic speeches against the BILL
As an American citizen and in sympa-
thy with the people whom he repre-.
sented, he was dead against the bill.
As democratic politician he would
rejoice in its passage, for it would COM
pei every merchant every time he
made sale across his counter to make
a democratic speech to the purchaser.
Unless the Senate radically amended
the bill, democrats would have 100
majority in the House in the next Con-
gress and in 1900 would elect their
President, the people thus again COM
ing to their own.
Mr.. Clark said that ordinarily he was
q peaceable man; but charges had been
made on the other side in the course Of
this debate that made him regret the
law against manslaughter could not be
temporarily suspended. daughter
"When an able man like Mr.. Hopkins
of Illinois, and brilliant man like MIR.
Dolliver OF Iowa." he said, assert that
the Wilson bill is free trade measure,
it is an outrage on common sense, truth
and decency. do not concede to any
protectionist the right TO define what
free trade MEANS" lie ridiculed the du
ties laid on agricultural products, assert
Jog that it was impossible to give the
farmer any protection on his products.
He made great fun of the duty OF
two cents gallon on milk. Cpd like
to see gallon of Canadian milk" said
be, "by the time it got down into Jerry
Simpsons district in Kansas. Itwould
set the hogs teeth on edgeif fed to them
for swill." Oaughter)
The free list afforded him q fine field
for the exercise of his sarcasm. but
you doubted the duty on white pine"
he said. When he was boy ne heard
George H Pendleton say in speech
that the most grateful incense to the
nostrils OF man was public applause.
There was man named Goodyear, he
went on. who went before the commit
tee on ways and means, and he struck
the same philosophical truth that
Pendleton had uttered.
He read from Goodyear's testimony
the statement that Maine had always