Show 1 LITTLE MADE A featureless day in the house debate several amendments to the allson bill agreed to spirited discussion inthe senate on the hawaiian question the speech of washington jan fo very little progress was made with amendments to tho tariff bill the republicans under the leadership of burrows mado another struggle to secure the right to offer amendments alternately with wilson but the chairman held in view of the president of proceed ure when the mckinley bill was under consideration wilson on behalf of tho committee was entitled to perfect the bill before thrown open to miscellaneous amendment several minor amendments were agreed to the most important being that to increase the duty on condensed milk two cents a pound almost the afternoon was spent w discussing the date upon which free wool and a corresponding reduction on wool should go into effect no conclusion was reached at the night session arnold mcdermond and ellis addressed the house and at 10 the house adjourned the house session washington jan 16 the honeo resumed consideration of ahe tariff bill wilson immediately began offering committee amendments the airet was to reduce the duty on furs for hatters uso from 20 to 10 per cent the next amendment wai to place on the free list in addition to books printed over twenty years hydrographic charts also agreed to an amendment changing tho rate on sugar of milk from 20 per rent ad valor em to 2 cents per pound occasioned considerable sid erable debat ethe republicans declaring that it waa a new industry inaugurated in 1890 and the proposed reduction would ruin it and protesting against the bringing up of our children on imported articles breckinridge defended the committee amendment an amendment on the tobacco tax restricting an increase in the tax on cigarettes from 50 cents per 1000 to to those wrapped in paper was agreed to offered an amendment to make the free wool schedule go into effect august 1 1894 this was vigorously opposed by johnson democrat of ohio and warner democrat of new york but on different grounds the former claimed alie amendment delayed alie benefetto benefi tto come from free wool too long and the that if woolen manufactures did not have free wool in time to give abo people cheaper woolen goods dext winter ha waa in favor of allowing alie present duty to stand in order to give the farmers a market for wool during the coming season bowers republican of california asked if he had not claimed fieo wool would increase the price of wool went on the free list in february but if it could not go in effect the market should retained bo this year this precipitated a general discussion in which payne springer simpson johnson and cannon took part then explained the amendment at length the debate on the date which the wool schedule should go into effect was taken up by grout moses bowers blair hall bryan bland brackenridge of arkansas johnbson of ohio hermann eiloo henderson montgomery weadock blair marsh loud and hartman the latter in denouncing alie whole bill and tho predictions of its author called attention to his prophecy of the universal revival of business when the sherman law was repealed considering the result of that prophecy said he amid a storm of republican applause and laughter 1 I dont know whether lio ia a prophet a son of prophet or only tho mouthpiece mouth piece of the stuffed prophet of buzzards bay bihon then tried to obtain vote on tho question but without success at 30 without action on the pending amend ment the house took a re cese until tonight the senate washington jan 16 tho hawaiian controversy was again brought to tho attention of alio senate today and a half hours spirited discussion between hoa gray and daniels over the president last message afforded hoar an opportunity to speak and ho showed by quoting from tho hawaiian constitution that the queen in her recent protest that she could not promise amnesty to members of alie provisional government was only confining herself to the limitations of the constitution which does not confer on the crown such absolute right of er amnesty but requires the pardon bo granted only by the concurrence of the cabinet and other constitutional officers gray and daniel made some pertinent interruptions and threw upon minister and his actions all tho responsibility for methods of procedure had necessarily grown out of the hawaiian imbroglio the speech of gallinger on the tariff question ques tiou wag attentively listened to by ilia colleagues tho the federal election laws coming up in regular order palmer the discussion in an argument in lavor of the bill 1 I havo read the minority report eaid lie and have given attention to the historical statements mado by it I 1 bavo no symanthy with the beato legislation to which the report alludes lor I 1 believe the only constitutional government can bo made effective is to give tho fullest effect to the principles plea of a republican form of government I 1 have no doubt that if the colored people of tho south had been treated with confidence they would have seen their identical with those of their late masters but now the relations between theja tely enfranchised and their neighbors are better I 1 was always in favor of protecting the negro in big right to a ballot after alie celoso of palmere remarks ft communication from the secretary of the treasury in response to the resolution of alien of nebraska in regard to gold coin in the united states november was laid before tho senate A bill to a port of delivery at bonners ferry idaho was called up by debois and passed alie senate then adjourned |