The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-05-11

MIRACULOUS DISPLAY on INDUSTRY IN CON-
eREss PRosPEcr OF AN ADJOURNMENT IN
SIX wEEKs-cAUsEs THAT MAY PRoEoNe THE
SESSION.
Rfom Regular Conespondent)
WAsHrNeToE, D. c. May s, 1880
During the past week Congress has been doing
rapid work on appropriation bills, and this has
revived the expectation Of an early adjournment
The fact that the Naval bill was passed by the
Senate Just as it went over from the House. and
the Fertilization bin was agreed to last week,
and the Postofice bill was reported Saturday,
has given the prophets an opportunity to predict
that the necessary business win be disposed Of
and that Congress will get away by the 1st day
Of June, or, at the very farthest, by the 18th Of
June. There are other matters besides the ap-
preparation bills that stand in the way of an ad-
journment Many of the members believe that
they will be held to strict accountability unless
they do something to change the tariff laws.
On the 5th of April Mr.. Townshend. of Illinois,
moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill to
admit salt, printing type, and materials that en-
ter into the manufacture of paper, free of duty.
The motion was rejected because a two-thirds
vote was required. But the vote stood 113 to
so, majority of thirty three in favor of the bill
This majority Of thirty three cannot force the
Ways and Means Committee to report bill, but
they can prevent the adoption of q resolution to
fix the day of adjournment until they shall have
had an opportunity to vote upon bill, or bills
revising the tariff to some extent at least Promi
nent advocates of tariff revision talk in that
way, and declare that they will make the tariff
an issue against the adjournment question.
Much important werk has been arranged for
the present week. Tuesday evening there will
be session to consider the Steamboat bill; on
Wednesday Mr.. King will call up the resolu-
tions in relation to the inter oceanic ship canal
on Thursday after the morning hour, the ques-
ton of protecting the California mines from
debris from the miners will be called up. We'd
nesday and Friday evenings have been assigned
10 the committee on the District Of Columbia,
and an effort win be made to assign Thursday
night to the bill to organize a court of pensions
Representative Tucker, of Virginia, chairman
of the subcommittee of seven of the Ways and
Means committee of the House, to whom was re-
ferred the various propositions to reduce the
tariff, has been engaged for several days in q
thorough Investigation OF the subject, with q
view of preparing a bill which they will agree
to report to the House. With the consent of the
subcommittee, Mr.. Tucker will. on Tuesday,
present to the full committee the schedule which
he has prepared Among the articles which it
is proposed by the bill TO place upon 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 ag-
ricultural implements; books, magazines, peri
odicals, ETC., and among those upon which it is
proposed to reduce the tariff are paper, printing
materials, bichromate of potash, woolen and
worsted goods, hats and straw goods.