IN SCHEDULE J.-Flax, Hemp and Jute, and Manufactures of burlaps, bags for grain made of burlaps, bagging for cotton, gunny cloth, and all similar material, were stricken from the dutiable and put on the free list; the duty on collars and cuffs was increased from thirty five per cent. ad valorem to thirty cents per dozen pieces, and in addition thereto thirty per cent. ad valorem; and on shirts and all other similar articles of wearing apparel, from thirty-five to fifty per cent. ad valorem. The rate on all manufactures of flax, hemp, jute, or other vegetable fiber except cotton, was increased from thirty to thirty-five per cent. ad valorem.

IN SCHEDULE K.-Wool and Manufactures of the duty on wool of the sheep and hair of the camel, etc., in the form of roving, roping, and tops was reduced to a uniform rate of twenty per cent. ad valorem, from twenty-five per cent. ad valorem on that valued at not more than thirty-five, and from thirty per cent. ad valorem on that valued at over thirty cents per pound. On woolen and worsted yarns, valued at more than forty cents per pound, the rate was increased to forty from thirty-five per cent. ad valorem. On knit fabrics, valued at not exceeding forty cents per pound, the rate was reduced from forty to thirty per cent. ad valorem. On all manufactures composed wholly or in part of wool, valued at more than fifty cents per pound, the rate was increased to fifty from forty per cent. ad valorem. On ready-made clothing and articles of wearing apparel, valued at above one dollar and fifty cents per pound, the rate was increased from forty-five to fifty per cent. ad valorem. On cloaks and like outside garments for ladies and children, the rate was increased from forty-five to fifty per cent. ad valorem. On suspenders, braces, etc., there was an increase from forty to fifty per cent. ad valorem. Rates on all carpetings were increased. The increases varied from two and a half to ten per cent. ad valorem.

IN SCHEDULE L.-Silks and Silk Goods-the rate on velvets, chenilles and other pile fabrics was changed from ad valorem to specific. On silk suspenders, braces, etc., the rate was increased from forty to forty-five per cent. ad valorem.

IN SCHEDULE M.-Pulp, Papers and Booksthe duty on parchment papers, etc., was made specific.

IN SCHEDULE N.-Sundries-The rate on ivory buttons was increased from twenty-five to thirty-five per cent. ad valorem. Coal, bituminous and shale, and coke, were made dutiable, having been taken from the free list. There were several changes from ad valorem to specific rates in this schedule. The rate on unset pearls was reduced from fifteen to ten per cent. ad valorem, also on precious stones cut, but not set, from thirty to twenty-five per cent. ad valorem, and, if set, from thirty-five to thirty per cent. ad valorem. There was a general increase in the rates on men's gloves.

Other Changes in the Free List.

In addition to those above noted, the following articles were stricken from the free list: Ammonia, carbonate of, muriate of, or sal ammoniac and sulphate of; bacon and hams, and all prepared and preserved meats not specially provided for in this Act; bone char, suitable for use in decolorizing sugars; borax, crude, or borate of soda, or borate of lime; clays or earths unmanufactured, not specially provided for; oxide of cobalt; cocoanuts; guts, salted; curled hair suitable for beds and mattresses; seeds of all kinds not specially provided for in this Act.

The following articles were added to the free list: Amberoid; manilla twine not exceeding 650 feet to the pound; public documents issued by foreign countries; coal stores of American vessels, but none shall be unloaded; miners' diamonds; dressed fur pieces suitable only for use in the manufacture of hatter's fur; molasses testing not above 40 degrees polariscope test, and containing twenty per cent. or less of moisture; opium, crude or unmanufactured, and not adulterated, containing 9 per cent. and over of morphia; foreign postage or revenue stamps, cancelled or uncancelled; wool waste in form of slubbing, roving and ring waste.

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The proviso, "that if the article imported into the United States be produced in any country which imposes a duty on the same article exported from the United States, there shall be levied a duty on the same," was added to the paragraphs admitting free of duty crude petroleum or its products; plows, harrows, harvesters, reapers, agricultural drills, planters, mowers, horserakes, cultivators. threshing machines, and cotton gins; and sulphuric acid.

[For previous action on this question, see McPherson's HAND-BOOK OF POLITICS FOR 1892, pp. 255-258; HAND-BOOK OF POLITICS FOR 1878, pp. 171, 172; HAND-BOOK OF POLITICS FOR 1876, p. 192; HAND-BOOK OF POLITICS FOR 1874, p. 124.]

IN HOUSE OF Representatives—SeECOND SES-
SION, FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
A general Bankruptcy bill, known as the
Torrey bill, was reported from the committee
on Judiciary and considered in the HOUSE.

1893, December 8-The recommendation of the Committee of the Whole to strike out the enacting clause of the bill was adopted--yeas 143, nays III, (not voting 99):

YEAS-Messrs. Alderson, Alexander, Arnold, Avery, Bailey, BAKER of Kan., Bankhead, Barnes, Barwig, BELL of Colo., Bell of Tex., Beltzhoover, Berry, Black of Ga., Black of Ill., Bland, BOEN, Bower of N. C., Branch, Brawley, Bretz, Brickner, Brookshire, Brown of Ind., Bryan, Bynum, Cabaniss, Cadmus, Cannon of Cal., Capehart, Caruth, Cobb of Ala., Cockrell,

"AN ACT

To amend an Act to forfeit certain lands heretofore granted for the purpose of aiding in the construction of railroads, and for other purposes, approved September twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety.

"Be it enacted, etc., That section one of an Act to forfeit certain lands heretofore granted for the purpose of aiding in the construction of railroads, and for other purposes, approved September twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:

"SEC. I. That there is hereby forfeited to the United States, and the United States hereby resumes the title thereto, all lands heretofore granted to any State or to any corporation to aid in the construction of a railroad opposite to and coterminous with the portion of any such railroad not constructed and completed within the time specified in any subsequent Act, Acts or Resolution extending the time for the construction and completion of the whole of such railroad for the aid or benefit of which such lands were granted; and all such lands are declared to be a part of the public domain: Provided, That this Act shall not be construed as forfeiting the right of way or station grounds of any company heretofore granted, or lands included in any city, town or village site, nor as forfeiting the lands granted, to any State or corporation for the construction of any railway, where such State or corporation had so far constructed said railway, within the time specified in the granting Act or Acts, as to earn all the lands available under such grant or grants.

"SEC. 2. That all the rights, privileges, and preferences given, granted, or secured by the said Act approved September twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety, to settlers upon and purchasers of the lands forfeited thereby be, and the same are hereby given, granted, and secured to all settlers upon and purchasers of any of the lands hereby forfeited and restored upon the same terms and conditions and for the same periods of time therein specified, computing from the date of this amendatory Act."

Mr. HARTMAN moved to add the following as an additional proviso:

"Provided, That in all cases where any lands have been sold to bona fide purchasers for value, the title of such lands shall not be affected or im

paired by the provisions of this act; but the titles to all such lands are hereby confirmed in the holders thereof, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding."

Which was rejected-yeas 97, nays 113, (not voting 139, and "present" 2):

YEAS-Messrs. Adams of Pa., Aitken, Apsley, Avery, Babcock, Baker of N. H., Bartholdt, Bartlett, Bingham, Blair, BOEN, Bowers of Cal., Brickner, Broderick, Brosius, Bundy, Cannon of Ill., Childs, Coombs, Cooper of Fla., Cooper of Wis., Cousins, Curtis of Kan., Curtis of N. Y., Dalzell, Daniels of N. Y., DAVIS, Dolliver, Doolittle, Ellis of Ore., English of N. J., Fletcher, Fyan, Geary, Gillet of N. Y., Gillett of Mass., Graham, Griffin, Grosvenor, Grow, Hager, Hainer of Neb., Haines of N. Y., Harter, Hartman, Hayes, Heiner of Pa., Henderson of Ill., Hendrix, Hepburn, Hermann, Hicks, Hitt, Hooker of N. Y., Hopkins of Ill., Hopkins of Pa., Hull, Izlar, Johnson of N. Dak., Lacey, Lockwood, Loud, Lucas, Lynch, Mahon, Mallory, Marsh, Marvin, Meiklejohn, Mercer, Northway, Payne, PENCE, Perkins, Pickler, Powers, Quigg, Ray, Reed, Reilly, Russell of Conn., Sperry, W. A. Stone, Storer, Straus, Strong, Sweet, Tarsney, Thomas, Tracey, Tyler, Updegraff, Van Voorhis of Ohio, Weadock, Wilson of Ohio, Wilson of Wash., Wright of Mass.-97.

NAYS-Messrs. Alderson, Alexander, Arnold, Bailey, BAKER of Kan., Barwig, BELL of Colo., Bell of Tex., Berry, Black of Ga., Black of Ill., Boatner, Bower of N. C., Branch, Bretz, Brookshire, Bryan, Cabaniss, Cadmus, Caminetti, Cannon of Cal., Capehart, Caruth, Catchings, Clancy, Clark of Mo., Clarke of Ala,. Cobb of Ala., Cobb of Mo., Cockrell, Coffeen, Cooper of Tex., Cornish, Covert, Cox of Tenn., Crawford, De Armond, De Forest, Dinsmore, Dockery, Dunn, Durborow, Ellis of Ky., English of Cal., Epes, Erdman, Fithian, Forman, Goldzier, Gorman, Grady, Gresham, Hall of Minn., Hall of Mo., Hare, Heard, Henderson of N. C., Holman, Hunter, Hutcheson, Ikirt, Jones, KEM, Kilgore, Kyle, Lane, Latimer, Layton, Lester of Ga., Maddox, Maguire, Marshal, Martin, McCreary of Ky., McCulloch, McDearmon, McEttrick, McKaig, McLaurin, McNagny, McRae, Morgan, Ogden, O'Neil of Mass., Outhwaite, Paschal, Patterson, Pearson, Pendleton of Tex., Pigott, Richards of Ohio, Richardson of Tenn., Ritchie, Robbins, Robertson, Ryan, Sayers, Shell, Snodgrass, Sorg, Springer, Stone of Ky., Strait, Swanson, Talbert of S. C., Tate, Terry, Warner, Wells, Wheeler of Ala., Williams of Ill., Williams of Miss., Woodard-113.

The bill was then passed without division.
IN SENATE.

July 13-Referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 1894, July 20-Pending this joint resolution (H. R. 20), introduced by Mr. TUCKER, and reported from the Committee on Election of President and Vice-President and Representatives in Congress :

"JOINT RESOLUTION

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution providing that Senators shall be elected by the people of the several States.

"Resolved, etc. (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That in lieu of the first para graph of section three of Article one of the Constitution of the United States, and in lieu of so much of paragraph two of the same section as relates to the filling of vacancies, and in lieu of all of paragraph one of section four of said Article one, in so far as the same relates to any authority in Congress to make or alter regulations as to the times or manner of holding elections for Senators, the following be proposed as an amendment to the Constitution, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the States:

"The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, at large, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.

"The times, places and manner of holding elections for Senators shall be as prescribed in each State by the legislature thereof.

"When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.

"This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution." "

Mr. NORTHWAY moved to strike from paragraph one these words:

"And in lieu of all of paragraph I of section 4 of said Article I, in so far as the same relates to any authority in Congress to make or alter regulations as to the time or manner of holding elections for Senators."

Also to strike out the whole of paragraph third, as follows:

"The times, places and manner of holding elections for Senators shall be as prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof."

Which was rejected-yeas 67, nays 137, (not voting 143,"present" 4):

YEAS-Messrs. Aldrich, Avery, Baker of N. H., Bartholdt, Bartlett, Bingham, BOEN, Bowers of Cal., Broderick, Brosius, Bundy, Burrows, Childs, Cogswell, Cooper of Wis., Cousins, Curtis of Kan., Dalzell, Daniels of N. Y., Dolliver, Doolittle, Ellis of Ore., Griffin, Grosvenor, Hager, Hainer of Neb., Hartman, Hepburn, Hermann, Hitt, Hull, Johnson of N. Dak., Lefever, Loud, Lucas. Mahon, Marsh, Marvin, McCleary of Minn., Meiklejohn, Mercer, Northway, Page, Payne, Perkins, Phillips, Pickler, Post, Powers, Ray, Reed, Russell of Conn., Sherman, Smith, Sperry, C. W. Stone, Strong, Sweet, Taylor of Tenn., Updegraff, Van Voorhis of Ohio, Wadsworth, Wanger, Waugh, Wilson of Ohio, Wilson of Wash., Wright of Mass.-67.

NAYS-Messrs. Alderson, Alexander, Allen, Arnold, Bailey, BAKER of Kan., Baldwin, Bankhead, Barwig, BELL of Colo., Bell of Tex., Berry, Black of Ga., Bland, Boatner, Bretz, Brickner, Brookshire, Bryan, Bunn, Bynum, Caminetti, Cannon of Cal., Capehart, Caruth, Catchings, Causey, Clark of Mo., Cockrell, Coffeen, Cooper of Fla., Cooper of Ind., Cooper of Tex., Cox of Tenn., Crawford, Culberson, Davey, DAVIS, De Armond, De Forest, Dockery, Donovan, Ellis of Ky., Epes, Erdman, Everett of Mass., Fithian, Forman, Fyan, Goldzier, Gorman, Grady, Graham, Haines of N. Y., Hall of Minn., Hall of Mo., Hammond, HARRIS of Kan., Hayes, Heard, Henderson of N. C., Hines of Pa., Holman, HUDSON, Hunter, Hutcheson, Ikirt, Izlar, Johnson of Ohio, Jones, KEM, Kilgore, Kribbs, Kyle, Lane, Latimer, Layton, Lester of Ga., Livingston, Lynch, Maddox, Maguire, Mallory, Marshall, Martin, McCreary, Mc Culloch, McDearmon, Mc Ettrick, McMillin, McRae, Meyer, Money, Morgan, H. Mutchler, Neill, Ogden, O'Neil of Mass., Outhwaite, Paschal, Patterson, Pearson, Pence, Pendleton of Tex., Pendleton of W. Va., Pigott, Reilly, Richards of Ohio, Richardson of Mich., Richardson of Tenn., Ritchie, Robertson, Ryan, Sayers, Schermerhorn, Shell, Snodgrass, Stockdale, Strait, Straus, Swanson, Talbert of S. C., Tarsney, Tate, Taylor of Ind., Terry, Tucker, Turner of Ga., Turner of Va., Tyler, Warner, Washington, Wheeler of Ala., Williams of Ill., Williams of Miss., Wolverton, Woodard-137.

Mr. BRYAN moved to substitute this for the resolution printed above:

"That Section 3 of Article I be amended as follows:

"Strike out of the third section of Article I the following words: The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote;' and insert in lieu thereof the following words:

"The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The Senators shall be chosen by the Legislatures of the several States unless the people of any State, either through their Legislature or by the constitution of the State, shall provide for the election of United States Senators by direct vote of the people; then, in such case, during the existence of such statutory or constitutional provision, United States Senators shall be elected in such State at large by direct vote of the people; a plurality shall elect, and the electors shall have the qualification requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State Legislature.''

Which was rejected-yeas 88, nays 108, (not voting 153, "present" 2):

YEAS-Messrs. Aldrich, Avery, BAKER of Kan., Barnes, BELL of Colo., Berry, Bingham, Black of Ill., BOEN, Bowers of Cal., Broderick, Brosius, Bryan, Bundy, Burrows, Cannon of Ill., Capehart, Childs, Cockrell, Coffeen, Cogswell, Cooper of Tex., Cooper of Wis., Cousins, Curtis of Kans., Daniels of N. Y., DAVIS, Dolliver, Doolittle, English of N. J., Fithian, Griffin, Grosvenor, Hager, Hainer of Neb., Haines of N. Y., Hall of Minn., HARRIS of Kan., Hartman, Hepburn, Hermann, Hitt, HUDSON, Hull, Hunter, Ikirt, Johnson of N. Dak., KEM, Kiefer, Lefever, Loud, Lucas, Lynch, Mahon, Marsh, Martin, Marvin, McCleary of Minn., McCulloch, MCKEIGHAN, Meiklejohn, Mercer, Money, Northway, O'Neill of Mo., Page, PENCE, Perkins, Pickler, Post, Powers, Russell of Conn., Ryan, Schermerhorn, Shell, Sherman, Smith, Springer, Straus, Strong, Sweet, Tarsney, Taylor of Tenn., Updegraff, Van Voorhis of O., Wanger, Waugh, Wilson of 0.-88.

NAYS-Messrs. Alderson, Alexander, Allen, Arnold, Bailey, Baker of N. H., Baldwin, Bartlett, Barwig, Bell of Tex., Black of Ga., Bland, Boatner, Bretz, Brickner, Brookshire, Bunn, Bynum, Caminetti, Cannon of Cal., Caruth, Catchings, Clark of Mo., Cooper of Fla., Cooper of Ind., Cox of Tenn., Crawford, Culberson, Davey, De Armond, De Forest, Dockery, Donovan, Dunn, Epes, Erdman, Everett of Mass., Forman, Fyan, Goldzier, Gorman, Grady, Graham, Hall of Mo., Hammond, Hayes, Heard, Henderson of N. C., Holman, Hutcheson, Izlar, Johnson of O., Jones, Kribbs, Kyle, Lane, Latimer, Layton, Lester

of Ga., Livingston, Maddox, Maguire, Mallory, Marshall, McCreary of Ky., McDearmon, McEttrick, McRae, Meyer, Morgan, H. Mutchler, Neill, Ogden, O'Neil of Mass., Outhwaite, Paschal, Patterson, Pearson, Pendleton of Tex., Pendleton of W. Va., Pigott, Reilly, Richards of O., Richardson of Mich., Richardson of Tenn., Ritchie, Robbins, Robertson, Sayers, Snodgrass, Stockdale, Strait, Swanson, Talbert of S. C., Tate, Taylor of Ind., Terry, Tracey, Tucker, Turner of Ga., Turner of Va., Tyler, Washington, Wheeler of Ala., Williams of Ill., Wilson of Wash., Wolverton, Woodard—108.

July 21-The resolution was passed-yeas 141, nays 51, (not voting 158, "present" 1): YEAS-Messrs. Alderson, Alexander, Allen, Arnold, Bailey, BAKER of Kan., Baldwin, Barnes, Bartholdt, Barwig, BELL of Colo., Bell of Tex., Black of Ga., Bland, Boatner, BOEN, Bower of N. C., Bretz, Brickner, Brookshire, Brown, Bryan, Bunn, Bynum, Caminetti, Cannon of Cal., Capehart, Catchings, Clark of Mo., Cockrell, Coffeen, Cooper of Fla., Cooper of Ind., Cooper of Tex., Cooper of Wis., Cox of Tenn., Crawford, Culberson, Davey, DAVIS, De Armond, De Forest, Dinsmore, Dockery, Donovan, Doolittle, Ellis of Ky., English of Cal., Epes, Erdman, Fithian, Forman, Goldzier, Gorman, Grady, Graham, Gresham, Griffin, Haines of N. Y., Hall of Minn., Hall of Mo., Hammond, HARRIS of Kan., Harter, Heard, Henderson of Iowa, Henderson of N. C., Hepburn, Holman, Hunter, Hutcheson, Izlar, Johnson of N. Dak., KEM, Kiefer, Kribbs, Kyle, Lane, Latimer, Layton, Livingston, Lynch, Maddox, Maguire, Mallory, Marsh, Marshall, Martin, McCreary of Ky., McDearmon, McEttrick, McKaig, McMillin, McNagny, McRae, Meredith, Meyer, Morgan, H. Mutchler, NEWLANDS, Ogden, O'Neill of Mo., Outhwaite, Patterson, Pearson, PENCE, Pendleton of Tex., Pendleton of W. Va., Pickler, Pigott, Reilly, Richards of Ohio, Richardson of Tenn., Robertson, Ryan, Sayers, Schermerhorn, Shell, Snodgrass, Springer, Strait, Swanson, Sweet, Talbert of S. C., Talbott of Md., Tarsney, Tate, Taylor of Ind., Tucker, Turner of Ga., Turner of Va., Tyler, Warner, Washington, Wells, Wheeler of Ala., Williams of Ill., Williams of Miss., Wilson of Wash., Wolverton, Woodard

—141.

NAYS-MSssrs. Aldrich, Apsley, Avery, Baker of N. H., Bartlett, Bingham, Bowers of Cal., Brosius, Bundy, Burrows, Cannon of Ill., Curtis of Kan., Dalzell, Daniels of N. Y., Dolliver, Draper, Ellis of Ore., English of N. J., Everett of Mass., Grosvenor, Grout, Hager, Hainer of Neb., Hitt, Hull, Johnson of Ind., Lefever, Loud, Lucas, Marvin, McCall, Meiklejohn, Northway, Page, Payne, Perkins, Phillips, Powers, Ray. Reed, Russell of Conn., Sherman, Sperry, W. A. Stone, Taylor of Tenn., Thomas, Úpdegraff, Van Voorhis of Ohio, Wadsworth, Wilson of Ohio, Wright of Mass-51.