Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1897-06-05
FROM WASHINGTON.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY
DOES mot GO FISHING
The Senate and the Tariff
Bill.
SENATOR 7JLLMAN'S IN
SITUATIONS.
A Senator'S Bad Break.
A Senator'S Bad Break
BROTHER SIMPSONS DILEMMA.

OROA Aou DIN DUN = UlL6M ~ a.
tFrom our regular Correspondent J
WASHINGTON, May 3lst, 1897
President Mckinley attended the
Memorial day ceremonies at Arlington
cemetery, where addresses were de-
hvered by Representative Dolliver. of
Iowa, and Hon: Webster Davis. As
sistant Secretary of the Interior. Mr..
Tracey l.. JefTords was orator of the
day at the Soldiers Home cemetary.
and the address at the special services
at tomb of General John A. Logan was
delivered by DIR. J. S. Raub. At Con-
gressional cemetary orations were de-
Hvered by Senator Cannon. of Utah.
aud Hon. J. A. Frear, of Wis. and
PRESIDENT Lincoln's Gettysburg ad-
dress was read 10y Captain w. q. Pref
niger, OF the Department OF Texas q.
"A X. AT st. ElizaDeth's cemetarv
mr.. L. J. Putnam was the orator. At
oak Hill cemetery the Grafton was by
Representative w. H. King. and at
Lee.
MADE GOOD PROGRESS.
The Senate has made good progress
IN considering the tariff bill by para
graphs, and the rule ado oted by the
republicans TO have stee ring commit
tee agree each night upon the nature
OF the paragraphs that are to be voted
upon the next day is working like
charm. The Committee has been sus-
tanned IN every vote taken by the solid
republican vote and in every instance
has also been supported by some popu.
list or democratic votes. The Jenden-
cy OF the steering committee has been
TO raise the duties above what they
were IN the amended bill reported to
the Senate, ana ii now looks as though
the bill would not differ very widely
from the Dingley bill as passed by the
House when 1t becomes "A law.
THE TAX ON BEER.
There has been so much republican
objection TO the increase of the tax ON
beer and to the proposed duty on tea
that both may be struck out of the
tariff bill and che revenue that thew
would have realized be provided for in
some other way, probably by a tax on
bank checks, deeds, mortgages and
other conveyances, but this has not
yet been July determined upon it is
only being discussed.
NOT INFLUENCED BY THE SUGAR TRUST.
Senator Aldrich, speaking for the sub |
committee that prepared the amend
ments TO the DingleY bill, includin
the sugar schedule, in reply TO Soma
tor Tillman's sensational insinuauion.
made the most positive denial that the
subcommittee was influenced by the
sugar trust or its agents. and stated |
that only one man outside of the three /
members of the sub committee (him-
self and Senators Allison. and Platt of |
Conn., knew what the contents of the /
sugar schedule we're before the bill
was reported TO the Senate. That
man was Senator Jones, of Nevada.
who IL member OF the Finance Com
mittee, having been originally put on |
the committee as republican and |
left on as populst, after his an
nouncement that he had become |
member of that party.
INVESTIGATION WELCOMED.
Senator Aldrich also stated that the
subcommittee would welcome the
most searching investigation of the
manner in which the sugar schedule
was prepared. The Senate will decide /
probably this week whether the Till /
man resolution, directing an investi |
CATION by special committee of five !
Senators, shall be adopted. 1t is pro-
bable that it Will be although nothing
was accomplished by the other sugar
investigation by the Senate three
years ago, and the head of the sugar |
trust walked out of Court last week on
"A verdict of mot guilty" when he was
tried for contempt in refusing to an
swer questions asked by members of 4
the Senate Committee.
Senator Morgan made an exhibition /
of himself and was compelled 10 take |
his seat by Senator Gallinger, who was
presiding over the Senate at the time. |
Mr. MORGAN CALLED TO TIMR.
Mr.. Morgan has bad case of Reed |
on the brain. He violated one of the
rules of Senate by specifically refer
ring to the other branch of Congress
and it's failure to act as Mr.. Morgan |
thinks it ought to act upon legislation |
that has been acted upon by the Sen
ate
1t is denied at the State Department
that the Sultan of Turkey fas refused |
to receive Hon James b Angel, for
merly President of the University of
Michigan, as U. s Minister. The |
stories to that effect probably origin
having that very thing occur and y no |
have been trying to fill the Turkish |
Minister'S mind with distrust of Mr. |
Angel. in order to bring it about. 1t |
is stated that DR.. Angel has engaged |
passage on steamer high sails from |
New YORK June 18th and expects to
start for ConstanUinople on that day. |
THE HOUSE TALKING MACHINE.
Representative Lewis. James Ham |
ilton Lewis he writes it, of the state |
of Washington, the man who had the |
temeritY to attempt to help Jerry
Simpson get periodically tumbled over
by Speaker Reed, is about as near to
being the talking machine" as he is
called as any man who ever sat in eth
err branch of Congress Three hun
dred words minute is about his gait
The House stenographers dread to