Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-01
CONGRESSIONAL.


for amendment under the FIVE minnte rul,
IN the House to-day. Seven weary hours o.
work only served to dispose of nine pages o.
the 102 pages Of the bill All amendment
onered by the Democrats were rejected
Three slight committee amendments were
adopted Also an amendment offered by Mr.
1ahany Republican, Of New York, to In
crease the duty on white lead from ~ t
cents apound, the rate in the act OF 1890
The present duty is III cents Mr.. Mahany
said the increase was asked for by
concern which was independent OF the
lead trust II was adopted by strict party
vote. The discussion covered wide range
OF pOlitl cal topics and at times was both In.
teresttng and exciting. BY far the most i'm.
portant feature of the day was the attempt
OF Mr.. Dockery of Missouri, Mr. Cooper OF
Texas and others, backed by the entire op-
position, TO secure vote on an amendment
offered In multitude of forms, which pro-
Vided that In case any article made dutiablG
0y the Dill was controlled by trust or com.
bination, the duty on such articles
should be suspended. Mr.. Dingley
made the point of order that the
amendment YVES not germane to the
dutiable list and would not be In order
until the free list was reached For almost
three hours this point of order was fought
over and made the subject of examinations
and determinations The Democrats con-
tended that If the amendment was ruled
out 1t would never be voted upon, az the
free list, In all human probability, would
not be reached before the final vote was
taken The chair sustained the point OF
order. An appeal was taken, but the chair
was sustained by strict party vote-15e
10 104.
Another brief discussion of the civil serv-
| occurred "a 81 he
Senate. Mr.. Gallinger, Republican, Of New
Hampshire, presented several forms issued
| by the civil service commission TO substan-
Liate his recent statement that certain ap-
| plicants for ONCE were required to hop on
| one foot for twelve feet The matter was
referred to the civil service committee.
The rest OF the day was devoted to the arbi-
tration treaty In executive session.
March 25.-The four days general debate
n the House on the Dingley tariff bill closed
tonight The speechmaking to-day was
not Of very lively order, but the crowds In
the galleries continued Five members of
the ways and means committee spoke,
messrs, Tawney, Republican, of Minnesota;
Dalzell, Republican, of Pennsylvania; Rus.
sell, Republican, of Connecticut; Payne.
Republican, of New York, and Steele, Re-
| publican of Indiana. The other speakers
we're: Messrs. Talbert, Democrat, Of South
Carolina: Clark, Democrat, of Missouri;
| Mcguire, Democrat, of California; Gum,
Populist, of Idaho; Cox, Democrat, Of Ten
nesSee; McRae, Democrat, of Arkansas;
Grow, Republican, of Pennsylvania; Simp-
SON, Populist, of Kansas; Curtis Republican,
Of Kansas; Burke, Democrat, of Texas,
Lentz, Democrat, of Ohio; Colson, Repub-
lean, of Kentucky; Hawley, Republican, Of
Texas; De Almond, Democrat, of Missouri
and Fitzgerald, Democrat, of Massachu-
sets.
The Senate had half hour open session
early in the day and then, after two hours
in executive session on the arbitration
treaty, resumed the open session in order
10 go on with the bankruptcy bill The bill
was read in full and Mr. Nelson of Mime
Iota offered substitute, differing in anum
Der of particulars from the committee bill
The debate has not yet opened
March 24-The third day of the tariff dc
bate in the House was almost as dull as tn
arst There was two notable speeches, on
by Mr.. Grosvenor, of Ohio, and the other b.
Mr.. McMlllin, of Tennessee. The othe
speakers of the day session were Messrs
Fox, Democrat of Mississippi; Simms
Democrat, of Tennessee; Williams Demo
GRAFT of Mississippi; Terry Democrat,
Arkansas; Sayers, Democrat of Texas:
Johnson, Republican, of North Dakota
Evans, Republican, of Kentucky; Maddox
Democrat, of Georgia, and Adams, Repub
lican, of Pennsylvania. The night speakers
we're Livingston, Democrat, of Georgia;
Bedford, Republican, OF New York; Brun-
dage, Democrat, of Arkansas; Bromwell,
Republican, of Ohio; Castle, Democrat of
California; Brown, Republican, of Ohio;
Kerr, Republican, of Ohio and Omstead,
Republican, of Pennsylvania. AT IL O'Clock
the House adjourned.
The Senate session lasted only half an
hour and no business was done beyond the
introduction of bills. Among these was one
by Mr.. Allen, Populist, of Nebraska to re-
peal the civil service law and to do away
with educational tests as preliminary to
entering the public service. Senator Hoar
introduced n bill to prohibit the reproduc-
ton of the Carson prize fight In the District
of Columbia or the territories by kineto-
scope or any other device, and to forbid its
transportation by mail or interstate COM
merce.
March o. in the House tariff debate the
speech of Mr.. Dolliver of Iowa was the feat
ure of the day. He alternately aroused his
Republican colleagues to unbounded en-
thusiasm and convulsed the House with
laughter Mr. McLaurin, a Democratic
member of the ways and means committee
from South Carolina, created mild sensa-
ton by boldly proclaiming himself In favor
of duty on cotton, and 1t was noticeable
that when he repudiated the free
raw material doctrines of Cleveland
and Carlisle. land those who had
prostituted the name of Democracy"
fully three-fourths of the Democrats on the
floor sustained him with hand and voice.
The other speakers were Mr.. Gibson, Re
publican, of Tennessee; Dockery, Democrat,
of Missouri; Newlands, Silverite, of Nevada;
Lacey, Republican, of Iowa; Swanson, Dem
ocrat, of Virginia, and Cochra3, Democrat,
of Missouri.
The Senate was unexpectedly precipitated
into 4 civil service debate. 1t proceeded
for two hours, the civil service act and the
commission being under fire most of the
time. The discussion came up on a resolu-
ton to investigate federal removals at the
South Omaha, Neb., ONCE. Mr.. Gallinger
of New Hampshire characterized the civil
service as a humbug, and declared that
he would be glad to cast his vote to blot
out the system. There was continued APP
plause in the galleries at this statement
Mr. Allen of Nebraska called the civil SER
vice act a monumental humbug," and Mr..
Wilson, Republican, of Washington said II
was a 'humbug, delusion, a snare and
fraud" The Massachusetts, senators,
Messrs Hoar and Lodge, defended the law.
Mr. Turpie of Indiana spoke at considerable
length in advocacy of the election of United
States senator's by popular vote, detailing
the uncertainties and frequent scandals at
tending the present method Of choosing
senator's
iowa Wants Only Regular Doctors.
DIES MONIES, Iowa, March 27.-The