Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-04-08
Sixty-first Congress.
Washington, April 8.
SENATE.

washington April O.
SENATE.
Senator Beverldge, Of Indiana, was on
the floor of the Senate at It's session to-
day for the first time 10 several weeks.
BE has recovered from an operation al
the Johns Hopkins Hospital In BsIti-
more.
Senator Smith, of Michigan, present
ed q petition from 10000 people OF
Grand Rapids protesting against the I'm.
position of any tax on coffee or tea aud
several other petitions against free iron
ore.
Senator LaFollette reported the cen
sus bill from his committee and sn-
nounced that he would call 1t up Tor
consideration tomorrow.
The bill provides for an enumeration
of the unemployed and also Of dumb per-
Sous. An amendment Is also added OF
rather sweeping effect that hereafter all
examinations OF applicant for positions
| in the governments service are to be
held 10 the state or territory 10 which
the applicant resides. The bill re-
duces all of the salaries provided by the
House. It. makes the compensation OF the
director OF the census 81, 900 and that OF
the assistant director 81, 900. The special
agents are to get only IS day II the
| Ssnsts bill becomes law, although the
House provided "a. This Is the 6rst
evidence of reform and retrenchmenl
policy which, 1t is declared, the Senate
will follow 10 the present Congress.
Senator's Carter Smith, of Michigan,
and Guggenhelm offered resolutions,
which we're adopted, calling upon the
heads Of yario1s departments tor infor'
nation with regard TO the beet sugar
t-l..~.-y 80 VVuutIJ vvB-thU- rstL
similar facts as to the same Industry 10
Europe and what concessions, II any,
the EuTopeou governments gave 10 Their
colopies or dependencies In the tariff On
sugar produced by them.
| The Senate then went into executive
session and confirmed the nominations
of Charles P. Orr, to be United States
district Judge for the Western district Of
Pennsylvania; Harvey P. Sullivan, to be
United States marshal for the Third
Division OF Alaska, and large number
of postmaslers. Then at 1858, the
Senate adjourned until tomorrow.
HOUSE.
Acting 10 committee OF the whole, the
House today began the actual work oil
polishing up the Payne bill. Oonsldera-
ton was given to committee amend
ments, large number Of which merely
corrected typographical errors.
Au amendment was carried Increasing
from &c. 90 to $40 90 ton the duty on
iron bars in the manufacture Of which
charcoal Is used az fuel.
S.eel sheered OF rolled 10 grooves, was
changed from On a. vslorum duty to the
equivalent sp g. duty per pound, in
an amendment Which was agreed to. To
dfereutiate between bars and ingots, a
slight change was made, amounting to
3 cents per pound.
A heated collcquy followed the offer
iug of a committee amendment increas-
ing by / cent per pound the duty on iron
and steel wire, smaller than IL gauge
and not larger than Is gauge. Mr..
Payne explained that the schedules on
sll wire gauges bad been reduced, but
that through error the item which he
proposed to correct, had been made 8
quarter OF cent lower THAI the others.
SIR. LsttS, (dem. Neb,) declared the
INCREASE would fall on the farmers.
Mr. Payne denied It and Mr.. Hitch
cock (dem. Neb } took him 10 task. 81
would rather take the word of the gentle.
nam from Nebraska" be said, "then
that of any New York attorney. This
tariff revision is farce and confidence
game on the people Of the country and
falls particularly hard on the farmer"
Mr.. Payne explsined that the present
bill was a decrease from the Dingley
rates.
Mr.. Clark dem. Mo- offered az
amendment reducing the duty to BIS Of
cent pound. After Is minutes further
debate, to the surprise of the republi-
cans, the democratic whips hustled In
enough minority members to carry the
amendment, 1855 to l46.
Mr.. Hitchcock dem. Neb, immedi-
ately offered further substitute cut
ting in half all the duties imposed on
sire. Mr.. Payne made point of or
der against 1t.
| Chairman Olmsiei sustained the point Of
order, Mr.. Champ Clark appealed from the
| de ision and the chair was sustained by q
| vote Of III to l39. The Payne provision, as
amended by Mr.. Clark, was then voted upon
add was lost by vote Of 1876 10 III. All the
republicans voted against the reduction in
the rates proposed by Mr. Clark.
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