Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-09
OVER THE PRESIDENTS VETO.


postmaster's friends regard very
highly.
OVER THE PRESIDENTS VETO.
Bill Passed Rearra,ging the JndScial Dis
tricts In Texas, 81 to I.
Early in the day the bill rearranging
the judicial districts of Texas was
passed over the presidents veto by the
unusually heavy majority Of 81 to 1.
the negative vote being that Of Caffery
of Louisiana. Speaking Of the bill Mills
said the burden of the presidents OBJ
lection was that the judge of the court,
the clerk and the marshal opposed the
change. For years the development of
Texas had demanded the change, but
every time il was attempted there was
the opposition Of the court officials. who
desired their convenience consulted
rather than the convenience Of the pub
lie. And SO, in this case, the president
had accepted the views of the court
officers rather than the representatives
of the people. 1T is strange to me-"
said Mills, that the president does not
consult the fifteen representatives from
Texas-thirteen in the other house, and
two in this-instead of accepting the
view of the court officers"
Hoar said he thought the senator from
Texas did the president a great injustice
in saying he was moved solely by the
wishes of the court officers. On the
contrary, said Hoar the president took
the very strong position that but forty
five cases had arisen in five years in
the locality of the proposed district.
That was a very strong and valid OBJ
lection. The senator thought it was
out-weighed. however. by the growth
of Texas and it's future needs, and he
therefore would vote for the bill de-
spite the veto.
The effect of the vote is to make
the bill law without further reference
to the president, as it already has passed
over the veto in the house. Pettjgrew
sought to have the bill relative to
amending the timber culture laws re-
called from the president to correct an
error. Hill of New York interposed the
legal point that it was beyond the power
of congress to take a bill out of the
hands of the president to amend it on
matters of substance. 1t might over
come the veto power by Withdrawing
a bill from the president when it was
about to be vetoed. The resolution went
over.
At 1 o'clock, on motion of Sherman,
the senate went into executive session
and so remained until adjournment at
5:25 p. m. During this time Sherman
made his plea for the ratification of
the Anglo-American arbitration treaty,
and the senate voted, with only nine in
the negative, to consider the treaty in
secret session.
The house devoted the whole day to
District of Columbia business, and eight
bills of more or less local importance
were passed. The certificates of cleo
ton of the presidential electors for
warded to the house by the secretary
of state were submitted and ordered to
lie on the table in anticipation of the
counting Of the electoral vote tomorrow.
The conference report on the immigra-
ton bill was presented, and notice given
that it would be called up today. The
speaker appointed Grosvenor of Ohio
and Richardson of Tennessee as tellers
on the part of the house to count the
electoral vote Wednesday.
PROGRESS ON THE TARIFF BILL
Tin Plate, Steel Rails, Iron Ore, Etc, Given
Rates of Duty.
Washington, Feb. 9.-The Republican
members Of the ways and means COM
mittee yesterday dealt with the iron and
steel schedule of the new tariff bill and
made considerable progress Tin plate
was put at Is cents a pound, which is
q compromise rate, as the Wilson duty
was IL cents. and the Mckinley duty
% cents. Steel rails, iron ore and man.
featured iron in some forms, including
pig iron. and bar iron, the committee
decided to leave at the present rates
The senate placed these articles in the
Wilson law at considerably higher rates
| than they were listed in the original bill
passed by the house, and the present
duties have proven satisfactory to the
| manufacturers, few Of whom have
| asked any increase.
Cotton ties, which the Wilson law
| placed on the free list, will be returned
| to the duitable class. The committee
decided to put a duty on them of one
| tenth Of a cent a pound in addition t1
the rate on the iron Of which they are
made.
Murray VIII Make No Trouble.
Washington. Feb. 9.-Representative
| George Washington Murray, of South
| Carolina, the only colored member OF
the house, who. 1t was reported several
days ago, would object tomorrow dur
ing the course OF the counting Of the
electoral vote on the recording of South
| Caroline's vote on the ground that the
election laws Of that state were uncon-
| stitutional. yesterday announced that
| he had abandoned all idea of interrupt
ing the proceedings.
Insolvent Bank Dividends.
| Washington. Feb. 9.-The comptroller