, 1870-01-21
a Vote to be Taken on the
Measure To-Day.
Debate in the Honse on the Print
Ing Of Commissioner Wells
Report.
p: Substitute for the House Census
Bili Reported In the Senate.
SpecA Despatch to The Chicago Tribune.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. "a,

The WAyE and 1lenus COMMITTEES this morning
spent &helr session On The h.oc and leather aues-
uun. 4 delegation oi half dozen gentlemen
who fAvor the entire nbroSnnon Of the tariff On
hides WAS heard. It consisted Of Messrf. g. ".
Allen, Of Milwaukee: O. l. Grant Of Chicago;
II. Pomerpy, Of Clncinnati; and 8, 4. sp.u1dtug,
r. B. spooneS, and Chsncey Coon OF Boston.
with Mf. Allen 81 spokesman. The comm!tteo |
give the delegation credit for the clear and ter8e
Hanner tn which they presented their case. MI.
Allen said that before the war there was large |
export trade from this Country IN leather and man.
utactures, which has now been wholly broken up, |
pazi,y by reaIon Of the high price Of labor, bnt
malIly By the 10 per cent duty on hides, while the
Cauadlaua, who pay no duty. and hare no internal
taxes on this interest, are aole to undctael in all
foreign markets. lie further ssd that foreign |
aEd domestic hides do not come into competition,
for the reason that they nre tafel} used IN making
the eane ARTICLES TIE Rbfoga:1on Of the duty,
would rot therefore, 10 ans great extent interfere
with the trade IN the domestic article. The eous-
mt1tee did not u Ae action On the questions raised
On this particular duty.
DAWES and TIE PENSBVLyAkIAss.
Soue OF the Penny are greatly 1ncensed
at pares, because Of biz speech on Tuesday,
Hhlca, whatever otter ot1eCt II may hare, En-
douotedly Killed bill giving about million DOL
1trB to League Islnnd. ForpeJ leads Oh In hs
paper this morCiDg by throwing dirt, and SEQ
neld supported by several Of his associates. 1ol-
loved In the Houte With speech that no one
would hare believed be coud ever allow himself
to nake. 1le 1nsIuAted. but declined TO make
himself responsible fer It, charging that the mo-
t1re behind uawca' speech Wa4 disappointment at
not being elected Speaker last spring. TILE
laugpsge caused sscene OF cnrhdefa'
bic excitement, and Waa properly cnatac-
te1tzed by Dawes 81 .au inHu1t to HI.
D.aine and the Pennsylvania delegation as well ~
NJ Ia 3AAt n
easier It IL for members 10 profess economy than
It Il for the Chairman Of the COMMITTEES On Ap-
proprtat1ors to get support from memhers when
hc t1feg to Fold the House 10 economy Of accon.
Tue vEE01h1A BILL N TIE SENATE
The1e !s now rome p1ofpect tnat the Virginia
questlon Will be disposed of aoue nme before
GUNNER cprnes. The Sena1e spent anohef day in
debate, getting tWo or three long speeches, sev-
egal abort ones, and about an hour OF bitter and
dssgraceful wraugling. An agreement waa
1naliy made, Just az it Tas once
before, to take a vote. aud
o'clock Tomorrow u nxed upon for tue time for
dlsposing Of the matter in any possible form It
Inay present. The House nay ait on Saturday,
but Is not likely 10 do 20, and II the agreement Of
the Senate IL kept, the bill Will not reach the
lower bzanch till Monday. II 1t paused "a It now
Etandt, VIZ Blrg rgham.s Dill, With Edmuuds' amend
uent, there Wil1 be . hard dgnt 0ndet Buffers
lead, to send 1t to committee and get somelhing
with more condition..
MODEST GoyruHon-
The Tonao's Suffrage Convention has been
Te.J complimentary from nrst 10 last, To
Governor Campbell. Of Wyoming, fol
s1gn1ng the bill gT.ng woiucn the right to Tote In
that Territory. The Governor has been here all
the wecE, but eItrene Hudesty prevented him
from going down to the hal! and receiving proper
honors in peraon+ He put IN az appearance to.
day, EoEeref, 8ud NAa Enthusiastically invited 10
Aeat on The stand. but his dtl1ldeuce again pre-
vented him from stepping forward to be seen By
the ladies. He compromised the matter, however,
This eyen1ng By calling on Hrs. Cad5 Stanton and
other leaders Of the movement, pJ whom he Was
sracioualy received.
COMMISSIONERS WE1Ls' REPORT.
The printing OF Con1ulsa!oner Wells IT,
port ha1 nnally been ordered by Coz
Kress to the extent Of 1900 copies The
question gave rise to 81 ANIMATED debate this
afternoon IN the uouse, occupying nearly tTo
houta and bringing out about twenty memoers.
The high ta1tu men, under the lead Of Kelley and
III ynnrd, pitched tnto the report vigorously. and
dld not spare the character Of Wells hfmself, Gle
OF ftheu-hccafthy, Of Eev Tork-Roing 70 tar a.
to compare hin 10 Benedict Arnold. They were
beaten, however, BY gote Of 1873 10 81, and the
negative msy perhaps be taken a1 the active
strength Of the extreme rro:ecuoulsts.
DEAF ACrE C1LlsGE.
Tbs twelfth annual report Of the Deaf and
Dumb College here Is to-day 1nade public. 1t
showa the whole number Of pup!D under in.
strucaon last year a. ia, Of whom 81 were IN
the scnool st date Of tne report. The e1pendi.
faEfs 51r carrying on the institution and putting
up LeE butidlDgs were about G,ooD. The cstl.
mates for the coming year are $7,7oo
for support Of the sehoo', and $4,000 fol
nslshtpg the buildings begun by order OF Con
2rees. The inht1tut!on, In ail departments, IL II
anou,lsatng ceIditiou.
JUDGE KELLEY's EXPLANATION.
Judge keley IL charged In soue Of the yresterr
papefa with being Interested In certain i,or
works tn Ohio This 10 an entire mistake. AZ be
briefly explained today, the peraon being another
individual Of The same name. lie has no property
whatever In Ohio, and IN neither interested dt.
fecny CT indirectly IN mining OF nnuufactu13ng
establishments anywhere.
THE cENsCs ELL.
paesed ty the House before trc tecess has beeu
sttargled in the Senate committee, and Mr. Conk.
LEG to-dHy reporfed IN tavor Of taking the nex.
cenEus N Tho aaue m%nner aH the last one was
taken, except that the Secretary Of the
Interior Is 10 prepare euch new scnedu ule1
u rhe changes in the constitution make n.:ce$
HatJ. This courze IT the committee ID mach rc
Eretted hr ali Who wish au improvement. II ths
bill IL paased IN this form 1t Will probably get 1at<
conference coumittee, where aoue fea.urcs o.
Ga1neltA tnl nsJ be aaEed.
Nls5fssirr1.
The news from M1sslss,ppl ia that the Ieots1a,
ture has elec:ed Reave!s ~ Senator for the tern
e1pllns March, ISL, and General Ames 10, the
fern e1Fts1ng March, 1915. anQ Governor Alcorp
for the term beginning In March, 1871, and ending
March. 1877. Reaves Is coloYed 1nan, apd one
OF the present State Senators. Nothing Il Known
Of him he1e The Democrats arc hos71ned At tho
tdca Of nas.ng negro brought into the Upper
blaGch o! Cop2ress within month or s.x week.
FrRDs In TIE TREASURY.
Ihe 1reaauIJ Department nas now nbouk 3ss,-
ooo,0o8 II coin On hald nnd tx, ,ooo, 600 more Ii
god cefudcA!es. The currency balance has becp
dawn down to about 81. .oe,o 900, though there Ia
considerable HIN In the vaatts which hsa bean
passed 10 the credit Of the VARIOUS ci.sprsiue Of
nce1r- The rece!prs 10 far thl& month hsye been
xatnef A8ht,aud the requaiuouA from other Depart
ments comparatively heavy.
fAEt6ArrAF AAf1EnA
The House Foreign Relations Committee had
zone talk on fArAsua5a an matters, but aid NOT
complete their action on tho report dram ap by
hi, O1th. They have got IN immense mass Of
sestimory that ntVeT will be ready to be tead Il
Printed, aud 1t Is not probable either branch Of
volTed.
THE SCHOOL QUESTION.
The entire body Of school ot1lcials In this CIT
ard George;oHn held q meeting today, and
adopted memorial to ConGresG asklnR grant Of
1,oo0 G4 acres Of land for echooi purposes IN the
District, AID II will be presented to-norros, VIII
Ire o1ats oi bin carrying oot III tcFua.
.-... plkfxk PARTY.
opehtr Blaine gave dpne. party this evening
Grant, the Vice preEdept General shermsn and
Mues chse1 1nasice Chase and Daughter, Secretary
11Ga And VIE. secretAr, Boutwell, and vie. and
1#o or kRFee nemoefs Of the House.
TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
-..-- NOMINATIONS.
WSUKGT0N, Jan. 4u,-i ne nn,r ,o,,,..t.r.
aert to the 6rnatc to-oaI by the Ftssdsnf HeTe ~
military character, ind noIe Aoare he rant n n
1nx GOLD rAs1c 1svEe71o.uox
The Committee on BAtklbE Auu Cprrenev ~
day ezstaanea Chss J. oaeotn ~ Nj BaosoeS.
CCsTONs kIcK1rTA
En4tQu1k Fece3pts t94t week, t2sG,d8.
1HH woAAN SUFFRAGE CoHTkoT1ox.
In the Wornan suGrtRe Convention to-day, Sen
ator Wlson wa ! speaker. senator Ttp:on waz
pTendent- resolution, presented On TIE nsst
day Of The meeting, Ii fa.or Of s.1seen.a
female sunf3ge1 wss adcp ed.
PRINCE Arr HUkB PR0r05Kn V1AIr
Prince Arthur ana sutse leaves Montreal to.oay
He E1u remain IN New YORK on Friday n'ghS and
lease for Washington on faturdap morning. He
WI be fo-noEruw 1t tho Bre'oolt aonss. but El1
nnt receive or pay any s1AtS, ~ Il IL hls Intention
a!tet LEAVING Warrington TO return TO New fork
sno ana epetd syme days there. The Prince will Be
tae guest Of III. Thornton during his stsy. IN
mnaeln naselngton: saturday c:e entng Mr.. AID Ata.
5Ahho!ntou ~ Will 1uT1te Al the m+mUerr 1t the Bnt-
liz MoaaKa a6aKaaon, who ril meet tne Prince On
r. tneodas ~, b ill psy his respects "a
ad,ur sa,hs &c as 81 u ne esenipg there Etu Be
!oxitE Rens!en e. are loyitsd: The Y,cs Prns.,
81 T@es 'os.aee cnsse 0eneral snesusn, seaa.
tTners LII NO at the meunera OF the Cabinet
s,1c 1s.s q Eemoess OF TO Eao1cet a9d pplp-
!ns.le S1s?s OILY N!u be iuv1ted. Qa Tnesdsy