Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1894 — THE NATION’S SOLONS. [ARTICLE]

THE NATION’S SOLONS.

SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Oar National Lew-Makers and What They Are Doing for the Good of the Country— Various Measures Proposed, Discussed and Acted Upon. Doings ot Congress. The Senate continued Wedne*day to entangle Itself in the amendments to the tariff bill. The House passed the bill to authorize the East St Louis and t-t Louis Bridge and Construction Company to btolld a bridge across the Mississippi River at St Lou la Mr. Springer, of the Committee on Banklog and Currency. reported favorably his bill to suspend the 10 per cent tax on State bank Issues during money stringencies, and gave notice that he would call It up a week later. Mr. Cox gave notice ot an amendment to repeal for all time the 10 per cent tax. The House then went Into committee of the whole on the naval appropriation bill. It having been agreed to limit debate to seven hours, each side to have half. Mr Meiklejobn stated that at the proper time be would offer an amendment providing that if the daniaze sustained br the Government from the substitution by the Carnegie Company of fraudulent plates exceeded the sum of 1140,000. the amount of the damage should be recovered from the company. Mr. Pendleton repllel to the charge that the President was influenced by the publication of Andrew Carnegie’s letter favoring tariff reform. No one would believe that Mr. Cleveland would think a letter from Mr. Carnegie on the tariff question was worth $140,000 or would be worth any sum at all. After some discussion the committee rose and the House at 4:30 adjourned.

John Patton. Jr., the new Senator from Michigan, was sworn In Thursday to succeed the late Senator Stockbridge. The Senate devoted its time to discussion of the amended tariff bill he emblems ot mourning covered the desk of the late Representative Robert F. Brattan, ot Maryland, on which lay a bunch of roses when the House met. ’lbe message of the President transmitting Hawaiian correspondence was laid before the House. Some routine business was transacted, and Mr. Ketn called up the House bill for resurvey of Grant and Hooker Counties, Nebraska, and asked unanimous consent for Its’consideration. The bill was passed. The House bill granting the railroad companies in Indian Territory additional powers to obtain right of way for depot grounds was passed. Mr. Talbot briefly’ announced the death of his colleague, Mr. Brattan. and offered the customary resolutions. The resolutions were adopted, and the Speaker appointed the following committee to attend the funeral’ Messrs. Talbot, of Maryland. Jones, of Virginia; Causey, of Delaware; Berry, of Kentucky; Meyer, of Louisiana; Hepburn, of lowa, and Hudson, ot Kansas. The House then, at 12:33 p m., adjourned.

Friday, after a prosy debate and agreeing that hereafter for an indefinite time the tariff should be taken up at noon each day, the Senate adjourned. After action on some minor bills the House went into committee of the whole to consider general appropriation bills (Mr. Richardson, of Tennessee, in the chair), and the naval appropriation bill was taken up. The debate continued some time, taking on a very acrimonious character, and charges and countercharges of “colonization” in the navy yards were freely passed. At 5 o’clock, it being Friday, the House, according to custom, took a recess until 8 o’clock, the evening session to be devoted to private bills on the calendar.

onday the Senate made but little progre in the tariff bill discussion. In the House several unimportant bills were passed. The only important one gave the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric Railway Company an entrance into Washington. When the District of Columbia bill was taken up the even tenor of business was interrupted by a negro in the center ot the gallery arising In bls place and shouting: “Mr. Si eakerot the House of Representatives.” Instantly the House was in confusion, and all eyes were turned upon the new orator in the gallery. '1 he Speaker, who was the flrst"to regain his composure, directed the doorkeeper to remove the man. He was ot powerful physique, however, and the doorkeeper was unable to oust him for some time, the negro endeavoring to deliver his alleged divinely Inspired message to the effect that the Lord had commanded him to come to the Speaker of the House and order him to pass the Coxey bill Other portions of his message referred to the Capitol, the White House and the treasury, but the exact purport was not learned In the confusion. The interloper was finally ejected and business resumed. The resignation of Representative Barnes Compton, of Maryland, was laid before the House, after which a bill was passed authorizing the Braddock and Homestead Bridge Company to build a bridge over the Monongahela River at Homestead. Pa. At 4:08 the House adjourned.

Consideration of the tariff bill was resumed in the Senate Tuesday after several bills of minor Importance had been passed and a resolution. Introduced by Mr, Allen, calling for information as to the number and class of persons unemployed In protected Industries, had been discussed and laid over. Three items in the chemical schedule were passed and that Mr. Aldrich broke in with an amendment to place a duty of 15 per cent, on coal tar products, which was defeated. Am'onj the bills presented in the House was one from the committee on labor, reported by Mr. McGeen, making Labor Day a holiday. It was placed on the calendar. The naval appropriation bill was then taken up. The paragraph authorizing the secretary of the navy to use 5450,000, appropriated by the act of March 2, 1889, for the construction, armament and equipment of three torpedo boats to cost not more than $450,000, whs adopted, and the bill was then passed. The House then went into committee of the whole and the agricultural-appropria-tion bill was taken up. No amendments had been made in the bill when, at 5:05 o’clock, the committen rose and the House adjourned.