Show XLYII CONGRESS SECOND SESSION SENATE Washington 17Vest moved that a committee of five senators investigate the whole subject of the Yellowstone Park leases and requesting the secretary of the interior in-terior not to act till the committee reports Laid over The tariff bill was taken up after a long and fruitless debate on Blairs resolution to inquire whether the New Hampshire legislature can lawfully elect a senator HOUSE Washington liThe elections committee reported in favor of Sessinghaus against Frost in the Missouri contested case Laid over The House resumed the tariff bill in committee of the whole Bayards amendment reducing the duty on sugars of 13 to 16 Dutch standard from 3 to 24 cents a pound and Kassons putting the rate at 2Mi were under consideration considera-tion In committee of the whole Dun nell announced that the republicans would abandon the tariff bill and severely censured his party for deluding de-luding the people Kassen blamed the democrats for delaying the bill Haskell moved that the committee commit-tee rise and that all debate on succeeding suc-ceeding schedules of the bill close in an hour Carlisle raised the point that the motion was not in order A discussion dis-cussion on the point is now vigorously vigor-ously proceeding Haskell Hammond Ham-mond Randall and Carlisle being chief speakers Hammond saying rather than see this outrage consummated con-summated he would offer a million amendments himself Randall made a rather conciliatory speech but threatened that the Democrats would become obstructionists if forced to it |