Senators Lift Veil on Gorman Tariff Fight and Cleared Name
In the Senate tribute to the late Senator Arthur Pue Gorman, Senators Tillman and Blackburn challenged charges of party perfidy linked to the Wilson-Gorman tariff. They recounted private talks in 1880s New York, suggested President Cleveland bore blame, and asserted Gorman faced unjust censure for actions tied to tariff policy and sugar duties, urging history to set the record straight.
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Tillman
Blackburn
Cleveland
Senate
Democrats
New York
Gorman
Eulogies Pros and Bills Dominate Senate Session
Congress condensed sentences to eulogies for the late Senator Arthur Pus German of Maryland while minor bills passed in the morning. The Indian appropriation bill to be taken up, river and harbor debate occupied the afternoon amid varied speeches. A tax measure faced no changes and was defended by leaders above Mr. Gorman, whose calm demeanor stood through triumphs and defeats alike.
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Senate
Arthur Pus German
Maryland
House
Gorman
Indorsement on Brownaville Soldiers Tabled in House Subcommittee
The Military Affairs subcommittee by party line voted to table Representative Sims of Tennessee on his resolution commending the President for discharging colored soldiers involved in the Brownaville Tex incident. Sims may refile to discharge the committee and bring the measure to the House with Speaker recognition. Democrats Hay and Clayton opposed tabling. six Republicans voted to table, including Hull Capron Young and Bradley.
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Military Affairs Committee
House
Representative Sims
Tennessee
Brownaville
Tex
Sims
Miitary Committee
Messrs. Hay
Virginia
Clayton
Texas
Messrs. Hull
Iowa
Capron
Rhode Island
Young
Michigan
Bradley
New York
Honor Gorman Memory Lords of Upper House Praise His Public Life
The Senate paid its last tribute to late Senator Arthur Pue Gorman of Maryland yesterday. Regular business paused at 2 30 p.m. as thirteen prominent Senators lauded his private and public life. Senators Aldrich Frye Allison Clay Hale Cullom Blackburn Spooner Overman Elkins Carmack Tillman Whyte delivered or commented on his leadership and character, defending his public service against aspersions.
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Arthur Pue Gorman
Maryland
Reaper
Henry Gassaway Davis
Gorman
Davis
Lwate
Gorma
Rayner
Aldrich
Rhode Island
Kean
New Jersey
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Cleveland
Blaine
New York
Allison
Iowa
Clay
Georgia
Hale
Maine
Cullom
Illinois
Blackburn
Kentucky
Spooner
Wisconsin
Overman
North Carolina
Elkins
West Virginia
Carmack
Tennessee
Tillman
South Carolina
Whyte
House Seeks Conress Authority Over Child and Female Labor
The House Committee on Appropriations urged the Judiciary Committee to report if Congress may regulate child and female labor and improve conditions for workers. An investigation funding item may be included in an upcoming appropriation bill. Andrew F. Burleigh accused the copper trust of opposing a Yukon Alaska railroad charter. House Interstate and Foreign Commerce fixes next Tuesday for final action on the sixteen hour railroad bill and the Sherman two cent per mile measure.
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House
Congress
House Committee On Appropriations
Tawney
Judiciary Committee
Appropriations Committee
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Senate hearing on tuberculosis registration provoked medical debate
The Senate District Committee heard physicians oppose a bill to register all tuberculosis cases while Gen Sternberg and Dr Carr defended registration as part of the fight against the disease. Dr Shute proposed a charity-only registry and Johns Hopkins' Dr Jacobs supported broader reporting, noting improved detection in Maryland. The committee planned to study the measure with no action expected this session.
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Senate District Committee
Gen. Sternberg
Senate
W. P. Carr
Carr
Dr. Carr
Bir_ Gallinger
D. K. Shute
George Washington University
Medical Society
New York
John P. Thomas
Shute
Sternberg
Baltimore
Jacobs
Johns Topkins Hospital
Maryland
Gallinger
Senate Raises Letter Carriers' Pay in Free Delivery Offices
The Senate yesterday passed a bill increasing salaries for letter carriers in free delivery offices. It fixes the first year's salary at 800 dollars with a $100 annual raise until a maximum of 1200 dollars is reached, and records the measure in the post-office appropriation bill.
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Senate
LIGHTHOUSES FUNDING APPROVED BY HOUSE COMMITTEE
A favorable House committee report endorses a 1 640 000 appropriation within a total 21 640 000 package to establish keepers dwellings at thirty lighthouses with per dwelling limits set at six thousand dollars. Garfield meets Indian Affairs subcommittee amid Five Civilized Tribes legislation talks. Senate also approves pension hike for 5 000 war survivors from two to seven ten dollars monthly.
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Garfield
James R. Garfield
Secretary of the Interior
Subcommittee On
Indian Affairs
Five Civilized Tribes
Senate
Probing Cotton Exchanges Urged for Investigation
The House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce approved a report favoring a resolution to investigate all cotton exchanges dealing in futures. The inquiry covers New York and New Orleans as primary, with Memphis and St. Louis also involved, and seeks to determine if price fluctuations arise from contract practices or conspiracies affecting commerce. The New York Cotton Exchange pledged full cooperation, offering access to books and records.
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House
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Department of Commerce and Labor
Livingston and Burleson
Lovering
New York
New Orleans
Memphis
St. Louis
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Bureau of Corporations
Walter C. Hubbard
New York Cotton Exchange
House Committee
Favorable House Report On Philippine Agricultural Bank Bill
The House Committee on Insular Affairs reported the Philippine agricultural bank bill favorably after weeks of consideration. Democrats on the committee opposed the measure. The bill would permit the Philippine government to insure an incorporated bank's average annual income at 4 percent on invested agricultural loan capital. The bank could charge up to 10 percent interest on loans, or the government could advance capital to start the undertaking if private funds fail to mobilize.
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Philippine Agricultural Bank
House Committee On Insular Affairs
Cape May Harbor Plan Attacked as Railroad Scheme
Members in the House denounce a Pennsylvania Railroad plan to fund Cold Spring Inlet harbor at Cape May New Jersey to aid private yachts and seaside development by a real estate concern. Illinois representatives call it an engineered boondoggle by Cape May Realty Company. efforts to strike the appropriation are expected.
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N. J
Newport
United States
Madden
Illinois
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Burton
Committee On
Rivera and Harbors
Rodenberg
Ilinois
Pennsylvania
Pittepure
Tiinois
Givens
Veterans greet the Senate its elderly Democratic trio
Former Senator Henry Gassaway Davis age eighty three, Senator Whyte eighty two, and Senator Pettus eighty five are welcomed in the Senate by Vice President Fairbanks, each receiving a rosebud as dignitaries exchange good natured remarks about Democratic faith and long service. Chaplain Hale joins later.
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United States
Henry Gassaway Davis
West Virginia
Senate
Bacon
Georgia
Whyte
Maryland
Fairbanks
Pettus
Davis
Chaplain Hale
Clark muses on Burton fame and Roosevelt fate
Champ Clark ruminates in the House about Theodore Burton using a deep Chicago to Gulf waterway for lasting fame. He jokes about renaming the river Burton and weighs Roosevelt’s post White House options, including Senate Harvard, Missouri presidency, literature, or perpetual Hague tribunal role, drawing broad laughter.
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Gulf
White House
Theodore E. Burton
Rivers and Harbors Committee
Champ Clark
Missouri
United States
Burton
Mr. Mahon
Roosevelt
United States Senate
New York
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Congress
Joan Quincy Adams
House
Tennessee
Andrew Johnson
Harvard University
University of Missouri
Repblicans
Hague Arbitration
President and canal dream cited in heated committee discussion
Legislators debate who should manage a potential Isthmian Canal amid calls to boost Mississippi River and city levee funding. Mr Shackleford backs larger river appropriations while Rodenberg proposes raising the river bill to 1 million dollars. Rainey accuses the measure of empowering steel trusts as the House adjourns at five.
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Panama Canal
Balboa
Pacific Ocean
Shonts
Wallace
Shackleford
Missouri
Rivers and Harbors Committee
Missouri River
Garrett
Tennessee
Mississippi
Rodenberg
Hols
Rainey
Uhnois
Watch Trust
Copyright bill opposed by Victor Herbert
Victor Herbert, writing on behalf of composers, denounces a copyright bill reported to the House by Mr. Currier as failing to protect works from phonograph and perforated roll reproduction and depriving composers of rights. He favors Senator Kittredge’s bill, urging Congress to support it to ensure fair royalties from manufacturers while benefiting the public and publishers. He argues royalties of about 100 dollars yearly would aid composers supporting families versus being exploited by manufacturers.
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Tam
House
Currier
Victor Herbert
Kittredge
Congress
Kean Seeks Closed Doors For Congo Debate
In the Senate yesterday the Congo Free State resolution from Senator Lodge was scheduled on the calendar. Lodge was absent, but Cullom asked it be delayed as Lodge plans to offer remarks next week. Kean announced he would request the Congo discussion proceed behind closed doors.
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Lodge
Congo Free State
Senate
Cullom
Ledge
Hale
Congo
Heyburn Calls for Cabinet Rules to Senate
Senator Heyburn addressed the Senate condemning the presidents policy and interior secretary. He introduced a resolution requiring each cabinet officer to send the Senate copies of rules and regulations for the various service branches. Earlier he charged the government is a body of rules and regulations. Senator Lodge introduced the Navy personnel bill hoping to inform Senators, though action this session is unlikely.
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Heyburn
Secretary of the Interior
Yart
Lodge
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