| Show i TON I 1 the tito tariff bill pill amended in ill the he AND FINALLY PASSED xo no quorum in the hoase A short session Ses b 8 the ih central apera at the or the inquiry gen mccook called to irizona ord natee and fortification 3 TUE 1 slim washington sept 9 in the sen son ate the tariff bill wae wan taken up the pending question bei being 0 R on gibbons Gib sona sons amendment to reduce the sugar test from 80 degrees to 75 rejected ed in reply to a question iron from edmunds presiding officer ingall ingalls ruled rule that und under erthe the arrangement cutting off debate today to day answer or asking questions auest questions baited ions by senators won would d be bs prohibited gibson offered two other amend ments to the sugar section rejected carlisle moved to strike out of the pogi section all paragraphs relating to IT bounty U Y rejected yeas 23 naye nays 24 4 a p party a t y vote 0 t e G gibson b s 0 n moved 0 e d t to 0 or see strike 5 oat out t the h s auar u g a r section t 0 a isn and I 1 a aub u li the sugar clauses of t the he mil mills a bill rejected yeas 25 nays 35 15 eustis moved to ins insert art the provision that the bounty eliell apply to all sugar bugs r produced er 0 deuced in 1890 rejected A aldrith d rich then moved the reciprocity amendment proposed by him september let and accepted the verbal modification of it suggested by hoar evarts moved ae as tate the amen amendment dment propose proposed d by him at laet list nights session ee eion and which merely directs the tho president to comman communicate cat the facts to congress rejected jeaa 30 naye 35 all thu the damoc democrats rats voted in the affirmative as alao also did dolph evarts and saunders edmunda edmunds alsi als moved modification oi of the aldrich amendment in a similar sense seam re its ejected yeas 6 n naye ays EO CO the vote on the reciprocity amendment men t offered by aldrich for far the finance committee was then agreed eed to yeas aea 38 days nays 20 19 plumb moved for he the appointment of a custom commission commie sion which was adopted the commission is to be composed of five disinterested disinterest 63 persons to bo be appointed by the president by and with the advice and consent of the senate to continue in office offic six ix years u niesa sooner removed officers eds move for inefficiency neglect of duty or malfeasance malen sance in office bo NO more than three of them are to be iro from the same lotical parly party and t heir salary to bo be with travel ing e x aud and hey they arc are to hate have a clerk stenographer messenger mee enger and such other clerical cleria il assistance as its they may require the provisions forta for it lie duties 0 of the commissioners commission ra are lengthy and ezban tive among other thing things they are to examine into and ascertain the average pr ce ct of commodities imported into the united states both at wholesale and retailing ret retail ailin in the united slates bates and in the foreign places of production the bate sale or shipment for the twelve twelvemonths months preceding aud and the six months following any apy change in in its dune and this inquiry shall be carried back hack 25 years if deemed advisable by the commission and shall extend to all the facts bearing it 1 g upon the matter in in any nay way the profits to of capital the tile rates 0 of af pf wages a goo general welfare etc eta to liv ascertain certain thi quantity ru and A value of the same or similar coin m produced in the united states during the same period and to ascertain whether particulars rates have operated to increase or diminish the production in the united states etc to ascertain in what particulars the customs duties existing from time to time operate injuriously or favorably to american manufacturers and productions the effect of customs duties upon the price of the agricultural productions of the tho country their bale ale in the united ats states to a market and consumption in the united states to ascertain the effect of euch such duties ai as affecting employment and the wages of 1 labor and a comparison coin pon with other countries to ascertain the growth and development ol 01 the principal manufacturing industries affected by the tariff schedule in england france germany belgium and the united states state for the last twenty five years ears and to ascertain the relative cost of transportation in those countries and the united states A separate vote was demanded on the committee amendment striking out the internal revenue sections in relation to tobacco tue amendment waa was agreed to and the sections were 0 struck out yea yeas SO 30 nays 25 the next vote was ou on the reciprocity amendment offered by Aldrich aldrichjr Aldr ichor jor the finance committee to y yeas heas 38 nays 29 the 0 next vote was on the amendment to pa paragraph r a aph lowering the sugar standard at and a r d to be admitted free of duty from no 10 16 to 13 agreed to yeas 39 nays 24 all ali reserved amendments having been disposed of the presiding g officer 5 r announced announce ehlt the bill was now 0 b be fore abo senate for amendment plumb called tor for a separate vote on the committee amendment striking out of the bill the provision for a bounty of a dollar a pound on silk reeled from cecooni produced in the united states amendment to strike out agreed to yei 52 nays 5 bev sev eral amend amendment menti were of ferel and re ejected and then the question was shall the bill be he engrossed and ordered to the third reading 11 on that question yeas and nays were taken and resulted yeas yens 33 naya nays 28 party vote the bill was read the third time ond and the question stated shall the bill pits pies aldrich thereupon moved an adjournment journ ment but withdrew the motion 10 as to hold executive session ces Bion soon after which the senite adjourned THE RIM in order oriler ami and all bani take part 1 la Is them washington sept 9 D deputy entity pen ion C mnina focer caarl charles a T lincoln wai today to day before the ream committee ho ile testified that the completed fil flies system recommended by lemon did not coin commend to hie his judgment claimants without attorneys attorn were placed at a disadvantage by it probably less than uve fire pr cenk cent of the original oli ginal cla claimants imanta were without attorneys an attorney might secure considerable advantage in time of adjudication b by certifying that claims were complete piete when they were not so wt wit I 1 ad J k A T aesa nes did not think any I 1 particular attorney a had been benefited by he the order washington neton naton att attorneys ator an as a hole might have been benefited for time 0 location he lie did not believe the be degree degre cof 0 partiality or favoritism bad had been shown ban by an officer or employed of 0 the pension on bureau towards any attorney the new order was giving more satisfaction to the country at large than the original p an and bad co aalde n bly expedited business although some injustice was w w aked perhaps I 1 toward r d il imants NJ with th attorney it 11 Roes groesback back a mechanical engineer in to tell how ho he mot met gincer in mem memphis ahls several years ago frank fran k J A smith who he hd had been told was abo patentee of auni a veysal refrigerator commissioner raum objected to the lini lin 3 of inquiry cooper insisted that ho be would prove by the witness that smith as working on the citizens tirena ci of memphis trying to create a corporation jost just a as bad been done here bore that the citizens citi iene of memphis emphis Al invested and rid the patentee de camped juet just as b he bad done in california afterwards that he next came to the pension office ae as the best beat place to work and organized organ ired a scheme with the aid of the head of the bureau that wae was a fraud commissioner raam interrupted to eay say that cooper took hie his refrigerator charges from certain newspaper articles the men who wrote those articles knew they were lie ilea and cooper today to day knew 0 w they were false lie had not pro proven v en hie his charges her and now bought sought to throw out a dragnet drag net to bring in other thines things to break down in which he Ita juanm tim wag was interested lie did not propose to have hie private busi business nees r subjected i c ted eitai to s euch u ch investigation unless t the b house 0 directed r e t ad it lewis argued for a fall and fair in y ifan it an invention was impracticable and worth leethe country ought to know it because bo believed an officer of the united states should not ue hig ilia official position to boost any worthless enterprise in answer to a question cooper said he be did not know that be he could prove that gen ramn knew the invention to be a fraud lie ile could prove be he ought to know after A i te r farther i u rth e r discussion d ia c u s s i on the t b e m matter ve went n t 0 over v e r a and n d S smyser m y r e r wa was a r re e ailt called iter d cooper asked it he bad not told lewis a member of the committee that be he bad had no money interest in the stock 8 smyser m replied that he told lewis while hi le the stock was entered in bis his name be ha did not own all of it but represented some gentlemen in ita ohio this brought lewis to bla his feet and there wae was a wordy war between himself and smyser for or sometime bome time lewie lewis finally admitted he be might have misunderstood understood him adjourned THE sept 9 omo bicher quorum borum a appearing ppe aring midgen offered a r resolution qi 0 O ution directing tho the sergeant at st aroas arms to summon suro naon the abl en tees brecki Breckinrid n r KO 0 of f kentucky e n t n c k moved ov e cdx to I 1 lay 1 haagens Ha 1 agene geu jr resolution 1 ay on on ta the d table lost yea 40 bays days SO 90 said aldi i was w evident that the news from maine maino GO so demor demoralized A lazed bis his democratic friends ae as to ran render der them incapable of doing a any y basilere bui bas inee inere today he therefore moved that the house adi adjourn ourn agreed to GD gen mok mccooks promotion inteli 1 cat ions sept 0 9 brie brig gen alexander mud mccook has bus been ordered to proceed from ft leavens worth kansas to angeles cal and assume command of the department men t of arizona in accordance with the clauso clause in the last fortification bill the president has appointed a board consisting of col george goorge 11 II mendell ot of the corps of ei ginders gi col henry W closson ath artillery and col A A buffington of tho the ordnance department with major batton of the ordnance department as recorder to inquire in quire into the facilities for producing steel forg forgings ings for high power guna guns at or near the pacific coast and in the vicinity of the rock island arsenal and in the vicinity of the indianapolis arsenal and at some point on or near the gulf coast and the advisability of erecting V gun un fac factories for the fur furnishing nishi n g of the high p power ower guns to be mounted in the fortifications at benicia arsenal in california or at the rock Is island a n d arsenal or at the indianapolis ii arsenal n or at some point on or near the gulf coast the board is also to ex amine amino and report as to the capacity cost of erection tion and equi equipment 01 of Tent each such gun factory the h he first meeting of the board will be held at new york about the instant |
