The Goodland republic., 1897-07-09
THE WoRK 81 coNeREss
CONDENSED Proceedings Of the Bsnsfs sns
House IN Extra Session.

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House ln Extra Session.
IN the senate On the Ssth two OF the most
important provisions, those relating to the Ha-
Waiian treaty Of reciprocity and the duty oa
coal. we've perieeteJ, Ehiie another source Of
much conflict, the reciprocity section, was pre-
sented to the senate. Aside from these large
items 6 great many miEQs ones, which have
caused more or less cOnfi!5t we're disposed Of.
The Hawaiian provision of the house bill was
restored after bries debate and without tins
formelity Of q vote. Senator Turpie Gnd.)
made long speech in support Of the amend-
ment for q two per cent tax on inheritances 20
raise revenue, ,... The house was not in session.
II the senate On the ist the finance commit
tee suffered several unexpected TeYerses dur
ing the progress Of the tarif bill, being defeat
ed on three important votes Cotton bagging
was placed on the free LIST by vote Of 30 to p,
and cotton ties also by vote Of p to % The
duty on white pine lumber vas reduced from
= TO ii per 1909 by q vote Of 81 to g. The
paragraph relating to the personal effects Of
/ persons arriving In the United States was mod
| lied so that the ELECTS taken abroad may be
brought back without limit, while effects acs
/ quired abroad and admissible free are to be
limited to SiC0... In the house Mr. Settle CIIy}
denounced the practice Of adiQurning every
| three days and Mr. Knowles Is d. rose TO a
question Of privilege and denied she report that
he had stated that populists had accepted 81. 800
from the proceeds Of Mr.. BTyan's book with
] the understanding that nothing should be done
70 prevent fusion IN 1900 The house then al
/ 1oUrned until the 5th.
| IN the senate on the I'd reciprocity and re-
taliatiCn were the two phases Of the tariff bill
that occupied the attention Of the senator's
| Senator Chandler N. H. said he would vote
| for the retaliatory clause with extreme re-
luctanee but he did not see how the clause
| could be avoided if the protective character Of
the bill was to be preserved. The retsliatOry
clause was agreed to by 6 vote SO to 10 and the
reciprocity clause by a vote OF 50 to is.... The
! house was not in session.
! WHEN the tariff bill was taken up in the SEN
ate on the Cd Senator Allison Qa) present
ed three new amendments, one Of them provid-
| ing for bounty Of one-quarter Of cent per
pound on beet sugar made from beets grown in
the United States from July, 1898, TO July, 1903,
After some debate the subject went over tenn
| porsrily and the senate completed the first
reading Of the bill the house section prohibit
! ing the entry Of all convict made goods being
agreed to and many other house administrative
/ provisions restored. The house was not in
session
TIE stamp amendment to the tariff bill
placing a tax on bonds, stocks, etc, was
agreed to in the senate on the 5th with little
| opposition and without the fOrmality Of a vote
Exemptions from the stamp taxes we're made
in the case Of state, county and municipal
bonds ana the stocks and bonds Of building
associations An effort by Senator Mills
! CTex to get books placed on the free list was
defeated, The house adjourned until the 7th
without transacting any business