Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-07-08
THE woRk OF eoNeREss.
Condensed Proceedings of the Senate and
House IN. Extra Session. -

Condensed Proceedings of the Senate and
House in Extra Session.
TIE senate the 18th disposed of the para
graph relating to hides. agreeing TO duty of
20 per cent ad Nalorem. in place of IL cent per
potind. as originally reported By the commit
tee Among other paragraphs disposed of were
those relating to gloves. q substitute to the
paragraph relating TO live animals. iron ore and
! stained glass windows Senator Davis CAinn)
reported from the committee on foreign rela-
tons amendment 70 the general deficiency
bill to pay $1,000 TO the families eff the three
Italians 1ynched at New Orleans In the
! house Mr. Shafroth tCol) introduced "a bill to
ehEaGS4ge the economical administration of
the EeSernmGnt'' by deducting a percentage
frem the salaries of government officials when
tAS expenditures were greater than the re-
ee1s5S> Mr.. Crumpacker 1nd.) introduced a
resolution fer constitutional amendment reg
Hlating the anAe%ation OF territory by the
United States Tlze house thsn adjourned to
the Isl
e9S ta1s s9th the estate disposed of the lead
Paragraphs Of tbs tariff bill. the committee
rate of IL cents Per pound on lead ore being
agreed co. On pas lead the rate was Increased
fpepa cents to 2s( cents pound. the duty of
IS s2ntS en- lead in sheets, etc, being retained
Senator TEllmaR Is. c. made Speesh on his
amendment to the tariff bill providing s1OG
head tx on immigrants ana restriction
against all these not coming to the United
Ssstss e become citizens. but his amendment
was defeated, only three votes being cast in
fsF@r efsit and - against -. The house not
{ in session
important provisions. those relating to the Ha-
waiian treaty Of reciprocity and the duty on
esa1, were psrfe2tSd. while another source OF
much conflict, the reciprocity section was pre-
seated to the senate. Aside from these large
HEmS q great many minor ones, which have
caused more or less conflict, were disposed Of
The Hawaiian provision of the house bill was
restored sitter brief debate and without the
formality of a vote. Senator Turpie Qnd. }
made a long speech in support of the amend
n-ent fer two per Gent tax on inheritances to
raise revenue - The house not in session.
IN thS senate on the list the finance commit
t tee suffered several unexpected reverses dur
ing the progress of the tariff bill being defeat
cd On three important votes Cotton bagging
was placed on the free list by OF 30 p,
| an&acotton ties also by vote OF 20 to p. The
duty white pine lumber was reduced from
y to 81 per 1cU0. by vote OF 81 to 81. The
paragraph relating to the personal effects of
persons arriving in the United States was mod
1hed so that the effects taken abroad may be
brought back without limit while effects ac-
CURED 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 aEl denied the report that
he had stated that populiSts had accepted 81. 500
from the proceeds of Mr.. Bryan;S book with
| the understanding that nothing should be done
to prevent fusion in 1900. The house then ad-
journed until the 5th.
In the senate on the I'd reciprocity and re-
taliatfon were the two phases of the tarif Dill
that occupied the attention of the senators
Senator Chandler On. H. said he would vote
for the retaliatory clause with extreme re-
luctance but he did not see how the clause
couldloe avoided if the protective character of
the bill was to be preserved. The retalia tory
clause was agreed to by vote 80 to 10 lid the
reciprocity clause by vote of 80 to 1S--.- The
house was not in session.