Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-06-04
IN CONGRESS-.
Synopsis of thu Doings of the
House and Senate.
SIMPSON AGAIN ATTACKS REED.
The House Upholds the Speaker IL
His Course-Scnators Continue
Discussion of the Tariff
Much Progress Made.

Discussion of the Tariff
Much Progress Made.
Washington, June 2.-There was q
lively session of the house Tuesday
at which the policy OF Speaker Reed and
the republican majority We're again
made the subject of attacks by mem.
bers of the minority. Mr.. Richardson
(dem., TENN and MIR. Simpson (pop,
Kan.) led the onslaught for the mi
nority. The majority position was ably
defended by Mr.. Henderson (rep., Ia.)
and Mr.. Grosvenor (rep., o.. The ap
peal of Mr.. Lewis (dem., Wash.) }, taken
last Thursday from the decision OF
the chair, that resolution relating tc
foreign affairs did not constitute q
question of privilege, was laid on the
table, and after the skirmish over the
methods of procedure three special or
ders were successfully adopted, by two
of which the senate bills making a
special appropriation for the govern
ment printing Office and for granting
the secretary of the navy authority to
y
contributed supplies to India, were
passed.
The other provided for the considera-
ton of the Frye bill, to prevent col
lisions upon harbors, rivers and in
land waters of the United States con-
nected with the ocean. But Mr.. Payne,
in charge of the latter bill, was forced
to abandon it for the day to avoid the
point of no quorum. The conference
report on the sundry civil bill was
adopted The compromise relative to
the revocation of President Cleve-
lands forest reservation, excited some
comment. Mr.. Loud (pop., CALI OBJ
jected to one feature of the compro-
mise, but the opposition was not car
ried to the point of division.
Mr.. King (Utah) introduced resolu-
ton directing the speaker to appoint
the committee on foreign affairs on ac-
count of the tendency of grave ques-
tons relating to foreign affairs. The
resolution recites the fact of the pas
sage of the senate resolution recogniz-
ing the belligerency of the Cuban in
surgents and the complications in Ha-
wall, which 1t says imperil the inter
ests of the United States in those is
lands.
In the Senate.
Washington, June 2.-The senator
from South Carolina, ] ohm L. McLaurin,
who succeeded the late Senator Earle,
was sworn in at the opening of the SEES.
sion Tuesday. This establishes the
personnel of the senate as it will remain
for some time, viz: Republicans, 43;
democrats, "a; populists, z; silver re-
publicans, S; vacancy, (Oregon); to-
tai, 90.
Senator Mason (rep., Ill.) submitted
petition from the National Business
League urging immediate and effective
action on the pending tariff bill, and
stating that this was the general SEN
timent of business interests.
The senate made good progress on
the tariff bill Tuesday, advancing to
the important metal schedule. During
the day the paragraphs covering mar
BILE and stone, china, glass, brick and
tiles were completed, with few minor
exceptions. Senators Vest (AIo.) and
Jones (Ark.), in behalf of the minority
OF the finance committee, proposed nu-
merous amendments, which were de-
feated by majorities of eight to four
teen. The votes were on party lines.
Constitutional Amendments.
Senator Pettigrew introduced a bill
to provide for the submission to pop
ular vote at the congressional election
of 1898 of the following questions:
Shall congress at once enact a law pro-
viding for the immediate free and unlimited
coinage of silver and gold at the ratio of
sixteen to one.
Shall the constitution of the United
States be SO amended as to provide for the
election of United States senators and of
the president ard vice president by direct
vote of the people,
It is made the duty of the secretary OF
each state to forward the result of the
vote to the president, who is required to
transmit the statements to congress.
Senator Davis' Amendment
Washington, June 2.-Senator Davis
has introduced proposed amendment
to the tariff bin providing that nothing
in the act shall be held to repeal or i'm
pair the provisions of the reciprocity
treaty with Hawaii.
Senator Davis says that the treaty
contains solemn declaration that it
should not be abrogated except upon
one years notice. The bill as it came
from the house contained provision
substantially the same as the amend
ment of Senator Davis, but it was
stricken out by the finance committee.
Denies Tillmnn's Charges.
Washington, June 2. Senator
Smith, of New Jersey, made brief per-
sonal statement in the senate Tuesday
afternoon in reply to the newspaper
charge repeated in the senate by SEN
ator Tillman that he (Smith had spec
ulated In sugar stock He said:
''Mr. PRESIDENT During my absence from
the senate the other day ascertained from
the record that in very remarkable de-
liverance by the senator from South Caro-
lima (Mr. Tillman) he became sponsor for
newspaper clipping, in which my name
was mentioned in connection with the
schedule in the pending tariff bill.
ut Is only necessary for me to say that
the statement in the newspaper clipping
in question Is absolutely and unqualifiedly
untrue. / have not during this session of
congress bought or sold directly or indi-
rectly a single share of sugar stock, nor
ut any time prior to this when any legis-
lation affecting the value of sugar or sugar
stock was pending"
The Public Debt.
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