Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1897-05-15
TREATY DEFEATED.
Tariff Bill Reported in the Senate
Congressional Proceedings.

Tariff Bill Reported in the Senat.
congressional Proceedings.
James Hamilton Lewis of the state o
Washington has fairly won his spurs il
congress. He took the leadership Mon
day of those democrats and popnlists op
posed to the republican pol'cy of nothing
! but tariff legislation. He offered a reso
luton which Speaker Reed not be
/ lieve any of the opposition would offer
made strong, digni1ied speech upon it
and although defeated, has attracted the
attention of the whole country. Tonigh
everybody here is talking about his maid
ell effort, and no speech of a new member
has created more interest since the free
silver argument made by Mr.. Towne OF
Minnesota early in the last congress
Democrats opposed to Mr.. Bailey are
hailing him as their leader, populists
count him as one of them, and the re-
publicans say he has given them the first
real party battle of this season. The leg
islation of Mr.. Lewis was: THAT the
speaker be directed to Immediately ap-
point the committees of the house.
After a recess covering practically II
day, the senate met Monday with large
accumulation of routine business and sew
eral important questions, including the
Morgan Cuban resolution, awaiting atten-
ton The attendance was unusually
large. Among the bills introduced was
one by Senator Chandler Of New Hamp-
shire for the issue of certificates of in
debtedness up to $4,000, 900 to meet de-
ficiencies in revenue. 1t was referred 10
the finance committee. The executive
session was largely devoted to the consid-
Grafton of the Anglo-Amercan arbitra-
ton treaty.
Tariff Bill Reported.
Senator Aldrich presented the tarl1f
bill to the senate today and gave notice
that it would be called up Tuesday, the
18th instant. The time for the bill to
take effect is made July instead of May
1, as provided by the house: and the
words of the first paragraph "or with
drawn for consumption stricken out.
The bill was reported to the senate to
the surprise Of the senator's and the pup
lie. All the members of the committee
were present. The democrats examined
the bill for nearly an hour, making run
ming comments upon 1t. They announc-
ed that they were against the bill as
whole They soon understood that Sem
ator Jones of Nevada was going to vote
with the republicans, and realized that
there was no possibility of changing the
bill They had no desire to make any
factious opposition, and when motion
was made by the republicans to report
the bill at once, the vote was taken
promptly. All the republicans with Sen
ator Jones of Nevada, voted for the mo-
ton, and all the democrats voted against
it, the vote standing to 5.
A final vote on the free homestead Dill
was taken and the bill passed, AZ to IL.
The sundry civil bill was considered, but
was not completed. The item of s., s3 S333
for continuing the improvements of the
Mississippi from the head of the passes to
the mouth of the Ohio river was amend
ed SO as to be Immediately available.
Arbitration Treaty Defeated.
The senate Wednesday defeated the ar
bitration treaty by a vote of 43 yeas, 26
nays-not the required majority OF two
thirds required by the rules. The vote
was preceded by short spirited debate,
introduced by Senator Mills of Texas,
who made a strong appeal to the senate
against ratifying the agreement. He as
serted that as amended the document
was most Objectionable, not to say con-
Trajectory, in its terms. Among those
who waited in the senate corridors to re-
ceve the news was Michael Davitt, who
appeared much pleased at the result.
The open session in the senate was de-
voted to the sundry civil appropriation
bill, which was not completed up to the
time of adjournment. Senator PettigreW
offerd an amendment authorizing the
president to suspend the order OF PreSl-
dent Cleveland withdrawing millions Oh
acres from the public domain and con-
stituting them forest reserves. The
amendment also proposed an approprla-
ton of sl50000 for surveys of these lands
In the course of the debate Senator Alli-
son stated that the main portion OF the
amendment had been prepared by the
secretary of the interior under the eye OF
the president. Senator PettigreW added
that assurances had been giVen-he would
not say from whom-that if the amend
ment was adopted the president would
suspend the order.
Senate Committee Places.
The senate committee changes give
chairmanships to the following: Census,
Carter; coast defenses, Mcbride; educa-
ton and labor, Kyle; university of the
United States, Wellington; to examine
the several branches Of the civil service,
Foraker; immigration, Fairbanks; library
Wetmore; manufacturers, Mason; naVa!
affairs Hale; privileges and elections,
Chandler; printing, Lodge; public lands,
Hansbrough; relations with Canada,
Spooner; territories, Shoup; transporta-
ton routes to seaboard, Platt of New
York No silver republicans are cared
for in the list. Kyle of South Dakota is
included as though a republican. The
places now held by silver republicans are
left blank
Sundry Civil Bill Passed.
The sundry civil bill was passed by
the senate Thursday with the amend
ments that the forest reserve order be
set aside; authorizing contracts for the
Improvement of the Mississippi river to
the amount of about $4,000, 600 for two
years in advance of appropriations of
congress; appropriating $4,000 for con
tnuing the investigation of the fur seal
fisheries and increasing the appropriation
for the Omaha exposition from 100000 to
$780, 600. The republicans of the house
followed up their Endorsement of Speaker
Reeds policy of postponing the appoint
ment of committees by establishing the
policy of bi-Weekly meetings, through
the adoption Of a resolution reported by
the committee on rules, providing that
the house shall meet on Mondays and
Thursdays until further action. On this
resolution the democrats and popullSts
were soldly arrayed against the repub-
licans and it was agreed to by vote
of 1O1 to So, after a partisan debate The
opposition, led by Mr.. Bailey of Texas,
was based on the ground that the pro-
gram would prevent the consideration OF
the bankruptcy bill.
THE IDAHO STATE MEDICAL BOARD