Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1894 — FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. [ARTICLE]

FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.

In the Senate, Thursday, the Lodge bribery resolution, which cameover from Wednesday, was laid before the Senate by the Vice-President, and Mr. Lodge took the floor and said that if there was any truth in the charges that attempts to bribe. Senators had been made the public'should know it. After several amendments had been offered and agreed to the resolution was p issed and a committee of live Senators was appointed to investigate the charges. Tim tariff bill was then taken up. The Republicans continued the filibustering tactics alreadyinaugurated. Various amendments wero considered. Numerous attempts to force an adjournment were made my Republicans which the Democrats defeated.

At 8:20 p. m.l no quorum being present, Sorgcant-at-Arms Bright submitted his report, which showed that of the absentees on the roll call ten Senators were absent from the city, two could not be found, one. Mr. Morrill, had declined to attend arid nineteen wete either present now or had roported that they would immediately respond to the request. This did not satisfy Mr. Harris, lie was in favor of adopting more heroic measures. He moved tocompel the attendance of the absentees. At 10:49, after sitting for eleven and a half hours, and after some very sharp and plain talk on both sides, the Republicans succeeded in forcing an adjournment, although the battle was in reality a drawn one. 'A compromise had been practically agreed upon before adjournment by which the sessions of tiip Senate are to begin at 10 o’clock after Monday, The Senate. Friday, passed eleven pages of the tariff bill in five hours. The Republicans won their first victory in the efforts to secure higher rates than those granted by the majority. They induced the Democrats to take rough building and monumental stone, limestone, freestone, granite, sandstone, etc., from the free list and place them on the dutiable list at 7 cents per cubic foot, and to increase the duty on this class of dressed stone from 20 to 30 per cent, ad valorem. The feature of the day was the denial of half a dozen Republican Senators that any agreement had been reached to allow the bill to ultimately come to a vote and the bold announcement of Messrs. Frye and Dolph that they stood ready to go to any length and use any parliamentary methods to defeat the passage of the bill. Mr. Morgan’s resolution calling upon the At-torney-general for Information as to the existence of a sugar trust in violation of the law was adopted. At 4:50 the Senate went into executive session.

In the House, Friday, the sugar bounty question was brought up. Mr. Boatner gave notice that he would offer an amendment providing that the Secretary of the Senate and the Sergeant-at-Arms should respectively deduct from the monthly pay of each member and delegate the amount pf his pay for every day ho was absent without leave, except on accourft of sickness of himself or family. Representative Cannon questioned the propriety and courtesy of the House, declaring by its actions to Senators that there was not poing to be any sugar bounty lu the next fiscal year. Mr. Bingham, taking at bis fext the appropriation of 9300,003 in the last appropriation bill for investigating the alleged pension frauds, made an attack on the pension policy of President Cleveland and Commissioner Lbchren. At 9 o’clock a recess was taken until 8 o'clock, when private pension bills wore discussed.