The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-05-06
From Washington.

1919, winch was tue GATE OF Jle ia
bles in the last report of the comp
troller to congress, as forty, with
capital of $5,3I2,O7O; total numbe
of banks gone into voluntary liqui
dation in the same period, nine
with a capitol of $1,300,O00, in
cluded among which are three golC
banks of California, with a capita
Of 500. 600, that went into volunta
ry liquidation, and were reorgan
lied as currency banks. No banks
have failed during the last nine
months.
Congressman Dunnell has intro
duced bill adding to the free list
many articles that are in common
use among the people, namely
chairs of all sorts, nails and spikes,
nuts and bolts, butts and hing
es, and horse shoe nails. 1t is Mr..
DunnelPs intention to obtain from
the Committee of Ways and Means
the authority to include these sub
jects in the bill which Is now being
prepared by sub committee.
The bill will pass that is now be-
fore the house, which provides that
all telegraph messages shall be
deemed TO be the private papers of
the sender and receiver of the
same, and shall be protected
from unreasonable search and seiz-
ure and from production as evil
dence in judicial and legislative pro-
ceedinGs to the same extent as
communications sent by the Uni
ted States mails.
Representative Tucker, chairman
OF the committee of seven of the
Ways and Means Committee with
the consent Of the sub committee
will present to the full committee a
schedule which he has prepared,
with the understanding that no
member of the sub committee shall
be committed in favor of the bill,
in whole or part, the object being
TO bring it directly before the full
committee. Among the articles
which 1t is proposed by the bill to
place on the free list, are wood
pulp, chrome, iron ore, rags, salt,
trace chains, halter chains, various
manufactures of iron, which enter
into the composition of agricultu-
raj implements, books, magazines,
periodicals, etc, and among those
upon which it is proposed to re-
duce the tariff are paper, printing
materials, bichromate of potash,
wooden and worsted goods, hats and
straw goods. Mr.. Tucker believes
such a bill, while it is by no means
as comprehensive as the advocates
of the general tariff would desire
will harmonic the widely conflict |
ing views and 'btain sufficient favor
to secure its passage by the House. |
Senator Ferry has been circula-
ting for signatures of Senators a |
petition from the Woman Suffrage |
Association asking that women be
admitted as delegates to the Nat
ional Republican Convention. Ev-
cry Senator signed but Conkling, |
Edmunds and Booth. The last |
named is bachelor.
At the cabinet meeting Friday |
the President rendered Postmaster
General Key tue United States
judgeship for the eastern and mid
die districts of Tennessee, which |
was accepted.
The following is a statement of
United States currency outstanding
this date: Old demand notes, $5IO,-
090; legal tender notes, all issues,
1916, 6S1, 016; one year notes OF
1868, $47, ll5; two-year notes OF
1868, $4,000; compound interest
notes, $347 $40; fractional curreA CIV,
all issues, $I5,6O4, SOL; total, $780,
677,542.
The house spent Friday on the
bill amending the law in relation to
internal revenue. The most notice
able feature of the discussion was
the vigorous attempt OF Southern
members, especially those from
South Carolina, North Carolina,
Georgia and Tennessee, where
moonshining most prevails, to eX-
empt their constituents from the (
necessity of making any returns
to the Government for the privi
lege of distilling. A number of {
were offered propos- !
ing to, allow farmer to make all {
the brandy he wants to from apples {
or peaches raised on his own farm, {
paying any tax; allowing
him to make eighty gallons with
out paying tax, and eXempting ev- I
cry distiller, small or great, from t
any tax on the first sixty gallons '
he produces. Vance, of North J
argued in favor of allow c
ing every man to distill as high as il
sixty gallons from the fruit of his e
own orchard without being taxed. II
The bulk of the Democrats voted
for these propositions, but the Re
publicans and small number OF
Democrats combined TO defeat a
them as fast as they were brought l
forward.
A caucus of Republican Sena- b
tors was held Saturday, for the f
purpose of interchanging views on O
the adjournment question. No a
caucus action was proposed or Ia e
zen, but entire unanimity OF senti- n
nent was developed in favor of CO W
)peration with what is understood e.
- be the purpose of the Democrat u
&c leaders, to bring about the final 5
of the present session W
)f Congress by the first of June. a.
The general impression seems to p
De, that in case the session be not eC
ended before the meeting OF the W
National Convention, N
here will be sstrong probability e:
If it's being prolonged for some e,
hing before the adjournment Of di
he Democratic Convention.
In the house OF representatives
IN motion of Mr.. Money, of Mis- -
issippi, resolution was adopted
authorizing the secretary of war to "
'end four thousand rations to Ma u
on, Mississippi, for the use If the W
uierers made destitute by the ter %
IDLE cyclone of the twenty fifth of a.
April. W
Seymour can unite the democra- it.
y of New York, and only when an