Show effle tariff bill read by paragraphs amendment offered by allison resolution on bights of citizens to assemble in the capitol Is shelved washington april 25 the senate presented an appearance of calm after a storm the galleries were only halt filled while the democratic senators gave evidence 0 tense of relief that alio first step in alie tariff debate was concluded other bills were introduced and appropriately referred the principal one being a bill by defter and referred to the committee of the dietrict of columbia entitled a bill to provide work for unemployed in the district of columbia alien asked immediate confide by the senate for the resolution declaring that citizens of the united stales have the right to peaceably assemble in washington enter the capitol ground or the capitol itself and that adv threats of violence to lucli persons will be a clear violation of their constitutional rights and law abiding citizen must not be disturbed in the full and free exercise of their constitutional rights objection was made and the resolution went over the house bill to ratify the reservation of certain lands made lor alio benefit of oklahoma territory was passed A long argument hollowed loll owed harris request tor unanimous consent to consider me tariff bill from 1 to 6 each day of this week harris put the proposition in the form of a motion he said it could go over until tomorrow the tariff bill was then taken up to be lead by the birst formal reading of the bill was dispensed with Aldric li spoke against alio bill when alio first amendment was r ached that of fixing the date when the bill shall go into effect he paid that no one knew the form in which alio bill would be prevented finally for the vote of the cenate for the newspapers gave their information that negotiations were in progress on the democratic side for alie purpose of catching vote for the passage of the bill what i the senators authority for that statement inquired vest 1 I deny it emphatically and decidedly does the aerator from missouri moan 0 o sav that negotiations aro not going on between senators on that side of alio chamber looking to securing votes to pass the bill asked Aldric li vest replied that it was an absurdity for any one to hold eliat any senator waa responsible for the charges contained it the senator from missouri eaid Aldric li ays that no such thing is going on then it is going on without his knowledge or connivance or consent no one can say what shape the bill will be in when put on its passage will atie income tax be in it will the augar tax be in it piatt republican of conn followed on the sime line of argument during platte speech the intention of the republicans to keep alie democratic senator in their beets and incidentally to delay alie bili was made manifest by the suggestion of fry that there was no quorum present during the roll call a number of senators came in so alie call elbowed sixty senators palmer of illinois eaid that if all the harm had already been done as was asserted by the two preceding speakers he did not seo what objection there could be in passing the bill Aldric li said that lie had not claimed all the harm was done on the contrary lie believed it biad barely commenced the country was suffering from a paralysis of trade and of business alie term paralysis eaid palmer indicates a condition short of deatle I 1 understood the senator to say some time ago that if cleveland were elected it would paralyze the country if the logical result of cleveland election is the passage ol 01 this bill lie is right in his replied Aldric li palmer went into a discussion of the beneficial effects on lie agricultural products of the country whick lie predicted would follow alie passage of the tariff bill dolph asserted that law had raised alie cost of farmers products mentioning ham lard bacon and other articles even though this was not de the purpose of the bill gray asked how the workingmen were by raising the cost of bacon lard flour and other things needed by laborers while wages to buy them were decreased aavo an illustration showing liow the value of farm lands had increased by manufacturing allison an amendment striking out the date at which the bill should take effect and then leave the dale a blank allison after tills long interruption resumed alie remarks and asserted that he had not eaid the bill n not be passed by the thirtieth of jane he expected to aid its passage anyway aldrich suggested an amendment that the bill should go into effect five months after its passage to vest objected the latter part of the day waa occupied with good natured bantering by both aides of the chamber and silver speech by stewart and at 6 the senate adjourned the house washington april 25 hepburn republican of iowa after the reading el the journal in tho house today made objection to its approval and forced the yeas and nays on the motion for approval hepburn adhered to his de 1 allow absolutely no busi bew to be transacted by cn aninious until the terms were made for on friday night of the bills the journal was approved to 0 honee then went into committee 5 fassy ru of the whole bailey of texas in the chair and resumed consideration of the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill cannon continued the role of an economist insisting upon an explanation of every small increase offering amendments to reduce the appropriations wherever the opportunity offered warner moved to increase the rank of the consulate at barcelona spain to that of consul general and the salary to 1500 to herman of oregon offered an amendment to reduce the salaries of the consuls at amoy canton and china 2500 to ho severely criticized criticised the treaty recently negotiated bv yang yu and secretary gressam Gres bam that treaty he said was designed to reverse the policy of excluding chinese entered in and would permit chinese laborers to come in in direct contravention of atie exclusion laws passed by congress sd wilson of washington asserted emphatically that at the present time when the waa debating the bill to extend the provisions of the geary exclusion law the president in company with alie chief mongolian who presided over the state department was signing a treaty with the chinese minister to nullity the act of coutress Cou fress hermans amendment was defeated 29 to 69 offered an amendment providing that all tees of every character collected by consuls at liverpool hiag kong amoy canton tien tain havre callao prague antwerp valparaiso colon Chin hiang buchan iwankow bordeaux belfast bradford glasgow kingston manchester vera cruz mantanzas basle and montevideo should be turned into the treasury and their salaries should be sole compensation pensa tion the amendment was defeated 55 to at the committee rose and the house adjourned |