Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-03-25

The speaker appointed the following
ways and means committee: Dingley
OF Maine, Payne of New York Dalzell of
pennsylvania, Hopkins Of Illinois, Gros-
venor Of Ohio. Russell of Connecticut,
Deliver Of Iowa, Steele of Indiana, John
son of North Dakota, Evans of Ken
lucky, Tawnev Of Minnesota, republic
cans; Bailey of Texas, McMillin of Ten
nessee, Wheeler of Alabama, McLourin
OF South Carolina, Robertson of Loulsi-
ana, and Swanson of Virginia, demo-
Gratis.
| Washington, March 19-ln the house
or representatives to-day, Chairman
Dingley, of the committee on ways and
means, reported the revenue bill and
asked unanimous consent that the
bill be placed upon the calendar of the
committee OF the whole. and it was so
ordered The bill is number "379."
which shows that 31S bills were intro
cue ed on the first day of the session, in
advaL ce of the bill which is to form
the chief subject of consideration at
the preat mt session of the Congress. In
the committee of the whole the House
bill will be numbered Il" and will re-
celvG consideration, according to the
special rule adopted, before and to the
exclusion of all other measures Mr..
DE- lZeli of Pennsylvania, from the COM
mittee on rules, then reported a reso-
hilton, providing that debate shall be-
gin Oh the tariff bill March % and con-
tlnue daily from 10 to O'Clock and
| from to II O'Clock elch evening UNI
will be debated under the five mirute
rule, and the bill be subject 70 amend
n.tuts until 3 o'clock p. NJ. March 81
when a vote shall be taken on the bill
The rule providing for the debate on
the bill and final vote was adopted,
yeas l7J, nays 1872. The program will
be carried out, and the Dingley bill will
be passed on schedule time Oh the last
day of this month.
In the senate the desks Of senator's
were decorated with the first copy of
she senate calendar, which contained
two Pacific Railroad bills aid Senator
Turpies resolution to provide for cleo
tons of senator's by direct vote OF the
people. Senator Burrows of Michigan
presented the petitin of Mr.. Addicks of
Delaware, announcing his contest of
the seat of Senator Kinney. The petit
ton sets forth the well-known claims
If fraud. Senator Chandler of New
Hampshire presented the claims of the
governor and secretary of state of
Oregon, covering the right of appoint
mCnt of Senator Corbett, This with
the Addcks claim, went to the COM
mittee on privileges and elections.
Washington, March 20.-Congress-
man Minor introduced into the house
bills to make Green Bay port OF de-
/ livery and to appropriate $l5O,OOO to
M up a new building there The house
,cok mp the remaining left-'ve" appro-
irritation bills, passing the agricultural
! 1ill. The house, struck out of the
indian bill the paragraph relating to
the opening of the Uncompahgre reser-
walton in Utah.
( Washington. March 22-Mr. Bailey
! (dem., Tex presented to the house
.ha minoritv report on the
tariff bill. The report is signed by
all the democratic members of the
ways and means committee and gives
heir ground for opposition to the bill.
/ 1t opposes the passage of the bill be-
cause it would compel consumers TO
pay more for manufactured goods.
The report says that the bill not only
encourages extravaganza, but teaches
the people to look to the government
for the promotion of all kinds of en-
terprises and makes them impatient
against public servants who believe that
list public servants who believe that
public moneys are trust fund to be
jealouslE guarded. The report con-
cludes: 1--WE are unable to offer sub
stitute for the pending bill because we
have not been allowed a reasonable
time to prepare one. Mr., Dingley
trep, Me.), chairman of the ways and
means committee, opened the debate in
favor OF the new tariff bill He was
followed by Gen. Wheeler dem, Ala)
for the minority, About Is members
attended the evening session at which
speeches in opposition to the bill were
made by Messrs. Robinson (dem,, Ind,
Green pop, Neb). Carmach dem,
TENN and Buckner (dem., Mich)