Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-07-10
THE WORK OF CONGRESS.
Condemned Proceedings of the Senate and
House in Extra Session.


House in Extra Session.
In the senate on the 30th two of the most
important provisions. those relating to the Ha-
waiian treaty of reciprocity and the duty
coal, were perfected. while another source of
much conflict, the reciprocity section. was pre-
scented to the senate Aside from these large
items a great many minor ones, which have
caused more or less conflict, were disposed of.
The Hawaiian provision of the house bill was
restored after brief debate and without the
formality of vote Senator Turpie Qnd.)
made a long speech in support of the amend
ment for a two per cent tax on inheritances to
raise revenue 49, The house was not in session
In the senate on the LIST the finance commit
tee suffered several unexpected reverses dur
ing the progress of the tariff bill, being defeat
ed on three important votes Cotton bagging
was placed on the free list by vote of 30 to 25.
and cotton ties also by vote of % to D. The
duty on white pine lumber was reduced from
q to 81 per 1,0U0. by vote of 81 to 81 The
paragraph relating to the personal effects of
persons arriving in the United States was mod
flied so that the effects taken abroad may be
brought back without limit, while effects ac-
quired abroad and admissible free are to be
limited to S100-- In the house Mr.. Settle (ky-)
denounced the practice of adjourning every
three days and Mr. Knowles Is. d. rose to a
question of privilege and denied the report that
he had stated that popul1StS had accepted al, oOo
from the proceeds of Mr. Bryan'S book with
the understanding that nothing should be done
to prevent fusion in 1900 The house then adj
1ourned until the 5th-
IN the senate on the I'd reciprocity and re-
taliation were the two phases of the tariff bill
that occupied the attention of the senator's
Senator Chandler On. HI said he would vote
for the retaliatory clause with extreme re-
luctance but he did not see how the clause
could be avoided if the protective character of
the bill was to be preserved The retaliatory
clause was agreed to by vote 33 to 10 and the
reciprocity clause by vote of 80 to 18- The
house was not in session
WHEN the tariff bill was taken up in the SEN
ate the Sd Senator Allison Qa) present.
ed three amendments, one of them provid-
ing for a bounty of one-quarter of cent per
pound on beet sugar made from beets grown in
the United States from July, 1885, to July, 1903
After some debate the subject went over tenn
porarily and the senate completed the first
reading of the bill, the house section prohibit
ing the entry of all convict made goods being
agreed to and many other house administrative
provisions restored. The house not in
session
THE stamp amendment to the tariff bill,
placing bonds, stocks, etc, was
agreed to in the senate on the 5th with little
opposition and without the formality of a vote
Exemptions from the stamp taxes were made
in the case of state, county and municipal
bonds and the stocks and bonds of building
associations. An effort by Senator Mills
CTex) to get books placed on the free list was
defeated The house adjourned until the eth
without tranSacting business