M'laurin Sworn In

Washington, June 1. - The senator from South Carolina, John L. McLaurin, who succeeded the late Senator Ëarle, was sworn In at the opening of the session Tuesday. This establishes the personnel of the senate as it will reinain for some time, viz.: Republicans 43, Democrats 34, Populists 7, silver Republicans 5, vacancy 1 (Oregon); total 90. Masón submitted a petition from the National Business league urgir.g aqi jo uopou aAiioajid pue sj-etpsuiiu! tariff bill and stating that this was the general sentiment of business interest. The tariff bill was taken up immediately after the disposal of the routine business. Mr. Aldrich withdrew tne proposed committee amendments to paragraph 90, china, tc, leaving the. rates as reported by the house, viz. Decorated, 60 per cent. ad valorem; undecorated, 55 per cent. Jones of Arkansas moved to reduce these rates to 35 and 30 per cent. respectively. Without debate a vote was taken and ho proposed amendments were defeated - yeas 23, nays 34. McEnery and Cannon voted with the Republicans in ihfi negativeandHarrisof Kansas and Ileitfeld with the Democrats in the affirmative. In other respects the vote was on party lines. The paragraph was amrnded to omit clock cases and was then agreed to. The senate finished the glass schedule, a few paragraphs going over and than the marble and stone schedules wera taken up. The house Tuesday witnessed a sharp attack on the speaker by Simpson and Riohardson because of the non-appointment of the committees. On motion of Dingley, by 90 to 55, the house upheld the speaker's refusal to recognize the resolution of Lewis of Washington relative to Cuba as privileged. A special order was then presented for immecliate consideration of a resolution providing for transportation of supplies to India and permitting the use of any vessel, instead of restricting the sending oL fa mine reliei in Arrferican ships. After further talk by Simpson and others concerning the alleged autocratie power of the speaker, the order was adopted.