Fate of tariff bill hangs as Senate debate rages
Washington July 21 Dramatic Senate session on the 1604 tariff bill toppled by Democratic speakers with Hill West and others leading. President’s letter defending free raw materials cited as provocative while GOP critics warned against weakening protections. Veto forecast looms amid party clashes and caution from senators.
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Senate Tariff Clash Echoes in High Stakes Debate
The Senate and House sparred over tariff reform as Gray and Aldrich clashed on presidential influence and Democratic principles. A pivotal exchange with Hill and Vilas centered on sugar duties, with Blanchard and Caffery weighing in as speakers warned against restoring sugar trust favors.
VICAS Proposes Sugar Tariff Change After Speech
The article cites VICAS proposing to drop the eighth central differential on sugar following a speech by Gray. It notes the economic implications and references the concluded remarks by Gray.
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Conditions of Trade and Finance in New York Report
Dun and Co Weekly Review notes unsettled tariff outlook and political stalemate. Gold exports resumed reduce revenue gaps. whisky taxes limit treasury balance while customs receipts rise from delayed exports. Wheat prices slide while corn and steel show mixed signals. liabilities modest, manufacturing shares smaller than average.
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Sugar Trust Probe Expands Inquiry Into Senators
Washington July Senate sugar trust inquiry committee broadens scope to uncover origins of rumors affecting acts and seeks to identify the tester witnesses source. The panel plans to interview a resident of Washington about past testimonies and insists on hearing all parties before advancing charges.
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Tariff in the Senate Contacts and House Differences
The Senate debates tariff passage with rival views from the House. Senators seek to resolve differences via conference and acknowledge concessions. Washington reporting notes the bill’s path and the president’s awareness of concessions while urging passage.
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Popular election of senator main item for constitution vote
The House paused a constitutional amendment resolution on popular senate election by direct vote. The measure failed to secure amendments from the Senate and conference committees were named to resolve differences while labor groups pressed for Attorney General Olney’s enforcement.
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Hottest Day On Record Reaches 114 In Shade
Yesterday the city endured extreme heat with the thermometer at 114 degrees in shade at 3 PM and 140 in the sun. From noon onward the shade readings ranged between 105 and 115 degrees as the record heat persisted.
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Measures to regulate immigration bill debated in Congress
Washington officials discuss Representative Stone’s immigration bill shifting inspection to foreign ports under consuls and Meiklejohn’s proposal to tax foreign immigrants at 100 dollars per capita. The measure limits immigrant entry by wage impact and exempts relatives of American citizens and those declaring intent.
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Conferees endure threats amid tariff bill fray in Washington
Amid tariff bill debates in Washington on July 23 officials report threats of violence against committee members. Senator Jones says he has received multiple anonymous letters urging action and warning of coffins. The dispatch notes illiteracy in the letters and lists several recipients and other political developments from the interior and navy departments.
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Gorman Attacks Cleveland Over Compromise Tariff in Senate Speech
In a dramatic two and a half hour Senate address, Gorman charged President Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle with knowledge and approval of concessions in the compromise tariff bill. He called witnesses West Jones and Harris, read interviews with Carlisle, and asserted the president sanctioned all actions while critiquing Cleveland personally. The speech stirred galleries and prompted repeated admonitions for order.
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Voorhees Rebukes Coxeyites Plea for Hearing at Capitol
A Coxey delegation met with Senator Voorhees in the finance committee rooms to seek a hearing on their unemployed protest. He lectured them, said a hearing was unlikely, and condemned Coxey’s strategy of rallying vagrants near the capital. He urged Coxey to lead by example and employ his followers.
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Interrogations on Cleveland and the senate compromise bill
Leaders interview Vest Jones and Harris discuss the president’s stance on the coal and iron amendments, Carlisle’s explanations, and Jones’s claim of Cleveland’s support for the modified measure. Gorman criticizes Hil and accuses Cleveland of violating constitutional norms.
No explicit subject noted of defiant quote
A clipped quotation expresses defiance against charges and power in the country, stating that there is no force to silence the speaker longer, not even the president with patronage.
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Promises and Partisan Debate Over Sugar Duties
In a Senate session recounted by a stenographer, Gorman argues that free sugar in the McKinley bill pressured higher duties on other goods, praising Republican tactics while signaling party resolve to support a duty-bearing Mills bill. He asserts a pledge to uphold the party line, with Voorhees and White voicing alignment, as the session adjourns amid chaotic prospects.
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Insistent Claim That Cleveland Usurped Power in Strike Action
In Denver July speech Governor Waite argues that the president may invade a state with federal troops upon emergency. He cites section 4, article 4 of the Constitution. He warns that a railroad strike could be treated as an interruption of commerce and factory strikes may force federal troops to compel work at low wages.
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Labor Unions Plan Chicago Convention and Labor Merger
Leaders of the American Railway Union discuss a Chicago convention around January to form the American Labor Union. Plans call for absorbing the Knights of Labor and the Federation of Labor, with rail unions to join later. A general strike is hinted if demands are not met, around May Day.
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Tariff Debate Pushes House Toward Reduced Duties
Representative Harter of Obie proposes a bill to cut all taxes and duties after Sept 1 to 12 percent ad valorem while preserving certain higher rates. The treasury secretary would set uniform duties and adjust internal taxes. the measure aims to ease tariff complexity amid a heated senate discussion.
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Bravely Rescue At Rockford Tragic Trestle Accident
A 15 year old girl named Alice saved her younger sister on a Illinois Central trestle when a fast train forced them to leap. Alice was injured falling from the trestle and onto a barbed wire fence. The family’s mother and two children were also hurt. Elsewhere in Zurich officials see a cattle surplus shortage era as beef prices rise and Swiss markets seek American shipments amid a violent crime at a saloon.
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