Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-07-02
SENATE AND HOUSE.
WORK OF OUR NATIONAL LAW.
MAKERS.
\ Weeks Proceedings In the Hall. OF
couEress-lmportant Measures Dis
cusscd aud Acted Upon-An Impnr.
tial Resume of the Business.
The Nnsionai solos,..

pages. The last two schedules of the |
duti0blc list. covering paper and MANN
featured suntiries. were completed. with |
the exception of the paragraphs on |
hides. gloves. coal and some lesser ar
tickas. which Went over. This advanced \
the Senate to the free list. which WAS
completed in three hours. Early in the |
day the wora and silk schedules vert |
over with an agreement that WOO. would |
he taken up 1'ue~c:ly. After that the to-
baesn schedule. THE reciprocity provisions
md the Internal revenue portions of che
bill! rs wen Us the many isViatod para
graphs passed over remain TO III. coiisits
cred. The progress Monday was so mark
w6s 81 feeling that tile end wNe not fnr
off. The House. nfter tlse aynsovtd of
the journal. adopted bill a;4,-opiatin.:
Sloo.eRN for the repair of dry dock No
= at New York. Mr.. Ding.ey IT Mssna,
from the Committee on Ways and Mea1f4A
presented n favorable report on a ioint
resolution providing that foreign eNllibI
tors at tho Omaha exposition i'll 1898
mny bring To this country !ats.err to
prepare and have charge of exhibits. Two
amendments provide that the Secretary
Of the Treasury shall tiX THE Number of
lal,orciS 10 enter the country and t.lAs
they slrnl! leave the United States With
in three months from tho termination Of
tle exposition
An exciting; debate marked the consiti-
Grafton of the WOO. schedule in the Senate
Tuesday. 1t led To IL warm personal en-
change between Senators Carter of Mon
taua and Foraker of Ohio on the o.pe
hand and Mir. Allison of Iowa. in charge
of the bill. On the othes. MIR. Foraker
asserted that un agreement concerning
rates Oh certain woofs wsle being VIC
lated nnd that under such circumstances
every Senator would I've free to ,4t for
himself. MIR. Allison declared hc could
not be driven by threats. Mr.. C;lr,cp.
who had aroused the storm. elhlcavored
TO have tho paragraphs relating To carpet
woods go over. but Mr.. Vest objected
Mr.. TIer of Colorado also spoke against
delay. Aside from this interruption fair
progress was mad" ON the wool schedule.
The duty OH tirs:-class WOO. w0s agreed
to at 10 cents Ier pound and Oh second
cless wool II cents. which is between tho
House and Senate rates in e;h.h c;l<e.
The rates OH tl,i,d-class WOODS went over.
Most of the other amendments related to
the classification of w.s2s. My. Jones of
Arkansas spoke against the entire schet
u'e as severely oppressive ON the coll
sumers of woolen goods.
After contest lasting I'll Weines>
day the Senate completed the paragraphs
of the wool schedule relating to raw WOOD
and advanced into the features reiltin:
to manufactured wooden goods. The day
was devoted largely to 81 discussion OF the
effect OF tariff rates on the price of wool
and the speeches We're OIL technical HGtA
in the main. MIR. Quay made u strong
effort to have the House ad v;liorein rates.
on thirl-class wool adopted, but he was
,,efeated-19 to II. The committee rates
We're then agreed to. viz. ! cents per
pound on tllird-class wool valued ut 10
cents or less per pound. and cents per
pound on t'hirt-class wool valued above
10 cents per pound. The schedule was
completed up to paragraph 3G4, relating
to cloths. knit fabrics. etc.
\ stubborn contest over the duties OH
manufactured WOODEN goods occupied the
attention of the Senate throughout Thurs.
day. 1t was day of constant roll cll:s
and of cross fire debate on the effect OF
the duties in advancing rates. Many
amendments were proposed to reduce the
rates. but these were rejected by decisive
majorities. Less than five pages were
disposed of during the day. carrying the
Senate through paragraphs $40. the first
of the paragraphs relating to carpets. An
air of gloom pervadcd the House. owing
to the death of Mr.. Cooke of Illinois. The
blind chaplain. in his invocation, referred
feelingy to Mr.. Cookies death as n great
public calamity. After the reading of the
journal the Speaker announced the recele
tion of an invitation from the Belgium
Chamber of Deputies to the members OF
the House to attend the international pMr-
iamentary conference in favor of arh-
tration. which will begin Aug. g. Mr.. Fu,s
of Illinois. OIL behalf of his delegation,
then announced the death of his colleague,
MIR. Cookc. The customary resolutions
were adopted and Il committee to attend
the funeral WAS appointed. consisting OF
Messrs. Foss, Prince, Beiknap Of IN.-
nos: Moody of Massach,lsetts, U,nlc-
graft of Iowa. Boyce of Indiana, BaiIey
of Texas. Hunter of Illinois and Dins-
more of Arkansas. Then. as a further
mark of respect the House adjourned until
Monday.
The SelEttc Friday completed the wool
schedule, the silk schedule and the tols,t,,,
schedule of the tariff bill. and with thts
accomplished the tariff leaders had the
satisfaction of knowing that aN the sche>l-
u!es of the bill and the free list had leen
gone over once. There now remains only
to so through the bill second time, pass
ing on the items passed over These are
very numerous and important, Including
hides, gloves. coal, tea and beer. After
tf:rt the internal revenue features of the
bill will lie all that remains. Progress
was rapid. although every paragraph re-
lating to carpets was stubborniy con-
tested.
For the Blind.
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