Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1897-07-01

political, personal, and industrial,
which have characterized the de-
bate this week. It is perfectly
clear to the senate that the people
OF the country, both those who
believe that the new tariff will
bring better times and those who
do not, want the tariff bill passed
and the senate is going to pass it.
Agreements have been reached
upon all the schedules over which
there was division among the
republicans, and it is difficult to
seee what is to prevent final
vote being reached by the close
of next week.
1t will be an honor seldom ac-
corded to a new member of the
senate, even when he is of the
same politics as the majority,
should the republican members of
the senate judiciary committee,
to which the whole subject was
referred for consideration, decide
to recommend the adoption of the
antitrust amendment to the tariff
bill offered by Senator Pettus, as
the best amendment proposed, as
report says they will.
The fact was very clearly dem
onstrated in the senate this
week that the necessary votes to
pass the tariff bill could OILY be
obtained by granting the greater
portion of the demands made by
Senators from the wool-growing
states. This was made apparent
to everybody just after the sei1ate
had by the unexpectedly large
majority of SIS to Is voted to adopt
the finance committee anehdmet1t
reducing the house rates on
thlrd-class wools from II to 10
cents. There was mote OF less
excitement on the floor jist after
that vote was taken when Sena-
tor Carter said iripressively:
"The vote just taken discloses a
purpose to make reductions in the
rates on raw woods. The day of
reckoning is yet to, come. The
votes which have combined for
this reduction will hot combine
to pass the bill Senator Fora
ker added to the Excitement by
intimating bad faith on the part
of Senator Allison and the COM
mittee. Senators Allison, and
P1att of Conn.,, replied on behalf
of the committee. Senators Vest
and Teller nagged the republic
cans by charging them with de-
laying the tariff bill. But it was
a case of must with the commit
tee. and after a hurried consu1ta-
ton without leaving the chamber
Senator Allison off cred til e
amendment demanded by the
wool incorporating that secured
wool of the third-class shall pay
thtee times the duty of unsecured
wool of the same class, and it was
adopted by vote of % to 26 and
everything became calm again;
but the incident shows how easy
it would be to raise storm that
would wreck the bill.
Senator Butler this week called
1up and read his resolution direct
ing the senate committee on
privileges and elections to inquire
into and report upon the practical
bility of applying the principle of
the initiative and referendum to
federal legislation, and Senator
Perkins reintroduced his bill of
last session providing for the
appointment of a commission for
the investigation of labor, agri-
cultural, and industrial conditions
and problems.
Somebody mutt have been mis-
taken in announcing when Mr..
Calhoun first retaftied from Cuba
that his report was unsatisfactory
to President Mckinley. Presi-
dents like otheT men, do not re-
ward their agents whose work is
not Satisfactory, and the respon-
sible position of comptroller of
the treasury has been rendered to