The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-04-06
WORK OF CONGRESS,
ro.,densed Proceedings OF the Nm.
tiOnal Law Mill

tariff DEBATE Ill the house. GOlltlcal
sTeeches were wedged in at every OPP
rorflInity, and there was constant ma
nocnvering for political advantage.
Thp Democrats pressed the question of
71,fv on hides for the benefit of the
farmers with such vigor that Mr.. Hep
bIrp. an Iowa Republican, was drawn
mo The debate and made a strong
rlaa for dutiable hides. He demanded
that the house be given an opportunity
n vote on this question, and declared
that every Western Republican was in
fcvor of it. Mr. Cannon Of Illinois
also gave qualified Endorsement to
This demand The Republican leaders
defended their bill with vigor
THE ways and means committee held
thn floor with their amendments from
10 in the morning to o'clock in the
afternoon. About thirty-five were of
fnrad and adopted. Among them was
one admitting free Of duty ''boolzs, sci
pntffic apparatus, charts, maps, etc.
fo. scientific and educational purposes.
After that five more pages of the bill
vCor read, making twenty pages in all
of the 1862 pages of the bill. To-mor-
row the bill will be open for amend
mrf,t until 1 o'clock, an attempt to ex-
tend the debate having failed, after
which an hour on side will be al
lowed to close The voting will begin
at > o'clock.
Among the amendments adopted
were the following: Paper not spe-
ciaIlv provided for, 20 per cent ad va
loren: hats, bonnets, etc, unbleached,
u npr cent; bleached, 20 per cent;
making the duty on brushes uniform
Mt 40 per cent; qualifying the duty on
crude tartar dutiable at 1 cent per
mound. so as to provide that such tar
tar must not contain more than 80 per
cent Of bitartrate of potash; striking
out para graph 3S2, fixing duties on
Oriental. Berlin and similar rugs. Mr..
Dngley explained that the effect of
this amendment was to restore the
duties of the act of 1890 on carpets
TO change the phraseology of the en-
brOdered glove schedule to meet
recent decision of the board of general
appraisers. Another amendment pro-
vidcd that no gloves larger than size
should be claSsed as children'S gloves.
In the Senate.
Senator Allen, PopuIist Of Nebras-
ka. made a long speech in the senate
OH the unconstitutionality of tariff
taxes beyond those requisite for reve-
nue. Mr.. Allen severely criticised the
cared, reaped the main advantage of
tariff taxes. The senator's remarks
were in the nature of a legal argument
showing the constitutional limitations
OH the taxing power of congress.
Tie house amendments to the senate
joint resolution apr OPERATING S250,O00
for the saving of life and property
along the Mississippi river avs agreed
to and the resolution now goes to the
president.
The Cuban question was brought
forward again by Mr.. Morgan of Ala
bama, who presented a resolution re-
QueSting the president to inform the
senate whether letters had ben re-
Ceived by tn present and former chief
executive from Gen. Maxine Gomez,
commander Of the revolutionary forces
in Cuba. The resolution reciteS at
length the letters said to have been
forwarded to President Mckinley and
lis predecessor from Cuba.
The resolution concludes with a re-
quest that the president shall also in
form the senate whether teh Spanish
authorities in Cuba have refused to
allow cipher dispatches to be trans
mtted between the United States con-
sui at Sagua La Grande and the Unit
ed States consul general at Havana.
At p. m. the senate went into exec
utiye session, and at 4:25 adjourned.
Confirmed by the Senate.
Washington, March 31-The senate
in executive session confirmed the fol-
lowing nominations: James y. Elliott,
South Dakota, to be attorney for the
district of South Dakota; Edgar
Thompson Scott of Pennsylvania, sec
0nd secretary of the embassy of the
United States at Paris; James NJ. Mil
Exam, marshal for the Western district
OF North Carolina; James Kelly, re-
celyer of public moneys at Mangum.
Okla; Commodore Joseph n. Miller,
rear admiral in the navy; Past Assist
ant Surgeon II. 3. Fits, a surgeon in
the navy.
Washington, April 1. = With this
morning the duties imposed by the
DIngley tariff bill will be in force and
The present law will be a thing of the
past If the last amendment attached
10 the bill before it's passage in the
mousse fixing to-day as the day on
winch its provisions shall go into ef-
Ieet, should be in the bill when it is
nnaliy enacted and should be held to
De legal by the courts. The Republic
ans presented an unbroken front to
Tie opposition. All the rumors that
dissatisfaction with particular sched-
Ules of the bill might lead some OF
them to break over the party traces
proved unfounded. Five Democrats,
oae more than was anticipated, gave
the bill the approval of their votes.
I3eSe five Democrats are interested IN
the sugar schedule Three come from
louisiana and two from Texas. One