New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-02-01


STATE AGENT
S' 'h'''"A" " W, s,Irxcroy Thursday, Jan 81 1907
III, Motley correspondence was ulo s,-' - NJ
halo in the Senate during the MOI ~, Tho
,y,,driols dfended the Secretary OF STATE Oh 'h0
~ tIo character of the information mr.
s,I5 -, yos such as to demand an explanation.
- - ronEed that the letter OF MI seward
l Iiaaroditable 10 tho country, and there Is no
,auino when the discussion would have endeo' hau
80 The arrival of / O'Clock compelled It's postpone
INT tiu Tomorrow. The Tariff bill then came up
III +optb successive day. A new crop OF amend
r,onts seemed to have grown during the night
The recognition Of the Chair was as eagerly Sought
40 ON the day the bill first brought up MI I'
,deu aDpealed to the friends of the nil not " io
= too heavily and said if they expected II 10 oe'o
law this session they must let a vote DO t"No Wy
80 7Te most important amendment adopted To-
t1,at Of Mr. Wilson'S increasing the duty on
,,oolon Goods. and graduating it according 10 inc
.,oI;t,, ~ the articles. Another amendment sus-
Id Cor two years the existing laws competing
A. pacific Railroad to purchase American lron' An
;roct immersion prevails as TO the changes maze
IN the Tariff bill since its introduction to the SENATE
They are not nearly so numerous as IS supPoSeu'
great many amendments have been offered OuU inc
nronortion of those adopted is not large Inc senate
eets Tonight and no doubt will SIT I'LL the Hllai
vote on the bill is taken
O,.o pTbe Tariff bill has passed the Senate by
q vote of q to 10.
This was another day of work in the House Inc
Diplomatic and Consular Appropriation blll' winch
hos been before the House for several days, was
fn,r nassed TODAY. The important features of the
bu are the striking out Of the appropriation for sal
arv to James f. Harvey as Minister TO Portugal ana
the reducing the mission to Rome from a Minister
resident 70 Consul At the present time our Govern
mont has n Minister resident, Consul, and Nce-Coh-
,,,l renresenting it at Rome Hereafter the aTduous
syties of the post Will be burdened on one poor
Consnl The West Point Military Academy AppIO-
,,riation bill was passed. Some two hours was con-
rmed in debating the Indian Appropriation DILL ll'e
mint at issue being the proposed transfer Oh 'Ie
Indian Bureau from the Interior to the war depart
ment The discussion was very interesting MeSSls'
Scbencl Kasson. Darling Sloan and Ross spoke in
favor of transfer, while Messrs. Window, Highly ana
Henderson advocated the retention of the Bureau
vitb the Interior Department. Window made a
LONG sneecb. and quoted extensively from the
DooIttle Nesmith- Foster report on Indian affairs,
sbonying the corruption and mismanagement exist
inc in The Governments present mode OF dealing
with Indians and charging the same to the War
Department. His arguments were very good
a. Cor 40 they went but while he pointed out the
defects in the management of Indian affairs and
charged the same to the War Department, he never
once injured how the matter could be remedied
Opinions were so equally divided that the
proposition transferring the Bureau TO the
War Department was adopted by 70 Yeas to 20 Nays.
After disposng of a lot Of bills etc, the Speakers
table, the House, in Committee Of the Whole, took
mo and discussed until the adjournment the Harbor
Fertilization Appropriation BILL Nr. Hale gave notice
heyould call up the Civil tenure4fO ffice bill tomor-
row and would ask avOte at O'clock. Sidney Clarke,
who has been absent FOR the ppst ten days taking
part in the Kansas Senatorial cntest has returned
and appeared in his seat to-day.
The call made by Mr. Sumner, in his resolution for
the correspondence Of Mr. Seward IN which he based
his letter 10 Mr. Motley, will not be responded TO
even if it passes the Senate The person who wrote
the letter is an agent Of Mr.. Seward, and is now
an applicant for place. 1t is BELIEVED that Mr..
Adams, Mr. Marsh, and other Minister'S and COnsuls,
who respect their own character more than the
emoluments of their Offices win rot remain silent
under the implied rebuke conveyed to them IN Mr..
Stewards dispatch to Mr. Motley.
Interested parties we're before the Ways and Means
Committee to-day, urging them 70 reduce the tax on
alcohol They discussed at lenrh the question Of
abolshing the tax such articles as come into gen
eral consumption and finally decided to take it off
of leather, butter and cheese. They also decided,
through the efforts of Mr. HoOpG to repeal the tax
of five per cent on the gross receipts of newspaper
advertising. The Subcommittee who are examin-
ing into the whisky tax. are endaYoring to get in
their report before Saturday. They have another
session tonight There is diversity Of opinion in re-
gard to the question Of reducing the tax OF whether
it ought to be reduced at all The chances now arc
that there viii be no reduction this session.
The House Committee on Foreign Affairs met TO-
day to consider the Mexican question but the Com
mittee were not ready to act Several prominent
gentlemen, who are DESTROYS of securing some legs-
atien at this session. desire to be heard before the
Committee prior to its taking any action The SEES
sion is so far advanced that it is hardly probable that
anything viii be done before adjournment
The Reconstruction Committee are expected soon TO
make report on the several plans now before them
looking to the restoration Of the Southern States
Their views have not, however, yet taken definite
shape There seems to be no doubt that some mo-
vision will be adopted by which to avoid the effect of
any possible recognition of the Southern States in
their present conditions by the United States Su
preme Court.
he result OF the recent investigations into the con-
duct Of Commissioner Bogy was seen to-day in the
strong vote by which the House determined TO trans
fer the Indian Office to the War Department The
Indian Committee will report on the conduct of Mr.
BOgy next Monday, and, although the Government
is struggling hard to support him. there is no doubt
that bis official conduct will receive severe censure
from Congress
1t is authOntiyely reported that the Impeachment
Committee have to-day sent for the Rev. j. c. Head
ley the writer Of Gen. Bakers History Of the Secret
Service. Mr. Headley is also required to bring all
the books letters and papers placed in his hands by
Gen. Baker
The Finance Committee Of the Senate have agreed
upon new bill for increased pay of the clerks which
will be introduced tomorrow or next day. 1t adds