Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-01
THE WORK OF CONGRESS-.
Condensed Proceedings of the Senate and
HOUSE in ExSra Session.

concerned t>rOFee0EngS or the senate Emu
House in Extra Session
THE senate made great progress the tariff
bill on the 21St. covering IS pages The last two
schedules of the dutiable list. covering paper
and manufactured sundrieS, were completed.
with the exception OF hides gloves, coal andc
some lesser articles, which went over. The
free list also taken up and completed----
The house. under special rule, adopted q bill
approprating 500. 600 for the repair of dry dock
Nos at New York. which recently was discovered
20 be leaking badly Mr. Dingley CNe), from
the committee on ways and means presented
favorable report joint resolution Tz-ovid-
ing that foreign exhibitors at the Omaha expo
sition in 1898 may bring to this country labOrerS
to prepare and have charge OF exhibits An
adjournment was then taken until the s4th-
THE wool schedule caused a somewhat excit-
ing debate in the senate on the ssd- 1t deyel-
oped- the first serious disagreement on the re-
publican side of the chamber and led TO . warm
Personal exchange between Senators Carter
GMonts4 aud Foraker tO.) enc hand ana Sen
ator Allison Qa), inacharge of the bill. the
other Senator Vest CMo) also made an IRON
iel Speech Finally the duty hrSt-claSS
WOOL was agreed te at Is cents per pound and
on seeord-class wool ii cents, which is between
the house and senate rates in each case The
house was not IN session.
IN the senate on the g3a SeHatorzAllen (Seb-)
rose to j slestien of personal privilege and
nIasie {. denial Of the published charge that
WSiliani j Bfsa had contributed s1,5O0ts the
PSpGAtst cause IN order tie effect fusion Sena-
tor Morgan lAlaJ introduced a bill6or the an
sehedale- of the tariff hill vas then taken up
and the paragraphs resatine to wool were
completed The speeches of the day were
nasty on TECHNICAL lines The committee rates
on wool were finaflS a&reed to VIZ Four cents
per pouna On third-elslSss Ws:ol valued at ten
cents or less Per psuriEi. and seven cents per
p9sEtiit an tAfrt1-SsaSs wssst valued above ten
cents per pound. ..s The hSussS was not n seS-
sion.
THEIRS Ras stubfeerp SaateSt IN the senate
on tha saith ever the dutiss OF manufactured
goods Senator Ca1srS fLau1 spoke for two
hours against protection and severely ar
ties On yeol and other Ia " materials Senator
Spsonsr IWiS1s acting fer senator Cullom
QI.l- who NuS FdSents presented a petition
signed 6S lo8pic citizens. OF Chicago protesting
against the proposed Increase IN the tax on
hsarI Resolutions Of TSETrRt st the death OF
Congressman Cooke were pasSSi and an escort
of avs senators was appointed to attend his
funeral The Sudden stealth of Mr.. Cooke ull)
was announced IN the house by Mr. Foss QlL)
and tbs customary resolutions were adopte7
and a committee to attend the funeral appoint
| ed The house then sd iourIied till the 2sth-
THE senate on the 2sth completed the wool
schedule the silk sShsdule and the tobacco
schedule of the tAsis ha4 They will now have
to so through tbs b1i u second time and con-
slider the itsIns which have been passed ever
/ Including hides, gloves. coal, tea and beer
| Theirs was strong contest against the pro-
posed duties On silk fahr3cs ana the paragraph
/ was only passed by Il mn1prity OF tive. The to-
bacco Schsdu1e went thr9ugh with littl6 fr1c-
ton. after the committee had advanced the
/ duty slightly on wrapper and leaf tobacco
Senator Chiffon FraSsf gave notice of al
amendment he will effsr - the tariff bill pro-
Hibiting Interstate commerce III articles manu-
I featured by trusts. making the offense punsh
| able by three years Imprisonment, The reso,
luton of Senator Hale tAI&J to restrict the
privileges Of eN-Senatars ON the floor was refeS
rsd to the comnSlttss On rules The house wa:
i not session.