Abilene weekly reflector., 1897-06-10
SUGAR RESOLUTION.
The Senate Has Some Excitement
Over the Proposed Investigation.
The HOUSE PASSED SEVERAL BILLS.
A Committee Of the Reform Club at WASH
ington TO Watch the Tariff BILL
President Mckinley's Visit
to Nashville.

WASHINGTON. June 4.-The senate
made good progress on the tariff bill
yesterday, covering about ten pages OF
the metals schedule and almost COM
pleting it. The formal contest against
the measure was maintained, but all
amendments tending to change the
bill as represented were voted down
and the finance committee sustained.
The debate was mainly of technical
character the republican senators con-
tinuing the policy of refraining from
making speeches. Before the tariff bill
was taken up Senator Tillman, Of South
Carolina, gave the senate another hour
of exciting controversy over the pro.
posed sugar investigation. He de-
Tended himself from published charges
relative to his administration of the
governorship Of South Carolina and
then moved that the committee having
charge of the resolution be discharged
from further consideration of it, thus
bringing the subject directly before
the senate.
Mr. Gallnger, of New Hampshire, in
behalf of the committee, made spirit
ed protest against this course and also
argued that the senate should not turn
aside from its public work to investi.
gate charges affecting the private
character of senator's There were fire.
quently lively exchanges between Mr..
Tillman. Mr.. Gallinger and Mr.. Jones,
of Nevada but in the end Mr.. Tillman
withdrew his motion.
Mr.. Vest, of Missouri, offered reso-
luton, which was adopted, reciting
that the skeletons of American soldiers
killed at Buena Vista in ls47 were now
exhumed and asking the state depart
lnent to investigate the subject and re-
port the facts to congress. A letter
was read in this connection from Con-
sul-General Crittenden saying the mat
ter should receive the attention of the
authorities at Washington. A clipping
was nclosed stating that the bones of
American soldiers were bleaching in
the sun.
The house proceedings yesterday
were enlivened by single incident,
the attempt Of Mr.. Terry, Of Arkansas,
to secure consideration as privileged |
matter of resolution for the imme.
diate appointment of the committee
on foreign affairs. 1t was ruled out of
order. and an appeal taken from the
decision of the chair was laid on the
table by strict party vote. Mr. Simp- |
son, the populist leader, was absent,
and several bills were passed by unani-
nous consent. The Frye bill, to pre-
vent collisions In certain harbors,
rivers and inland wates of the United
States, and the senate resolution for
the relief of the Ell Paso food suffer-
ers, amended so as to make the appro-
priation Of $4,000 available out of the
unexpended balance Of the appropria-
zion for the Mississippi floods, were
passed, and the conference report on
the Indian appropriation bill was
adopted. At 1850 p. m, the house ad-
journed until Monday.
TO WATCH THE TARIFF BILL.
WASHINGTON June 4. The tariff re-
form committee of the Reform club has
establish ed headquarters at room II
Corcoran building and intends to main
tain an organization till the close of
the pending tariff legislation, James
G. Parsons is in charge of the under
taking here. Calvin Tompkins, the
chairman of the committee, has been
here for the past two days and states
that he has completed arrangements
for the satisfactory conduct of the
work. He says that the presence of
leading business men has been al
ranged for representing the following
industries: Cotton, lumber, wool,
woolens, linens, silk, paper and to-
bacco. Representatives from these
trades and industries will be present
in Washington in advance of the de-
bate which is to take place in the SEN
ate on each schedule, so that ample
for discussion will be pro.
gided.
MR.. MKlNLEY's VISIT TO NASHVILLE.
WASHINGTON, June 4.-The president
has modified the plans for his trip to
the Nashville exposition so as to leave
here at noon on Wednesday, the 9th,
instead of at nine a. IN. June 10, as
planned This is to allow
him to be in Nashville on Ohio day.
The special train will reach Nashville
M 7.30 n m Junp IT,