The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-04-15
CONGRESSIONAL. ],
summarized from the proceedings of the pas. week

HoUsE.-The House went into Committee of the
Whole on the State Of the Union. Mr. Covert1Dem
revision of the tafif' am argued especially in favor
of a reduction oftne duty on steel rails, and in favor
of placing chrome ore on the free list. MIR. Joyce
for the appointment of a commission on the subj CT
Of the alcoholic liquor t'afic....Mr. Willis Dem. of
BY Il a doaissiile an n. aP Mr. Fasiop 1b Der : & Rasa sSi aa-
dressed the committee in support of the bill 10 pen.
sion Mexican seterans;r-M vi; Davis Dem: Of No
service and direct trade between the St4tes of the,
Mississippi Valley and Brasil...Mr. Berry (Dem. Of
gra, ion of the Ehinese......M Sparks (Den. of u D
spoke in relation to the question of interstate COM
meree, arguing that 1t was in the power of Congress
to fix the tariff Of rates to be charged by ipter-Staie
railroads for the carriage Of freight..-Mr. Lowe
(Dem. Of Ala, spoke against the funding bill.
sENATE-In accordance y 18th the spirit ofreduction
orial IVES presented by MIR. Wbyte from cigar
manufacturers asking for a reduction of the tax ON
a pot.ion was presented BY M. Pendieton from the
type flunders OF Cincinnati a ainst q reduction of
duty on type; referred...... q bill was introduced by
hibiting farmers and planters from, selling left to-
bacco directly at retail 10 conEumers without a
special tax.....The bill to ame s Sections 2262 and
250l of the Revised Statutes in relation 10 settlers
affidavit on presumption and committed homestead
entries was opposedby Mr.. E%lmunds, and advocated
I by Messrs. Jones, of Florida, snd Mr.. Teller, and
passed. 1t permits the afiday1ts rtquired, by those
statutes to be ma te before Coun y Clerks instead Of
! before a register or receiver Oh the land district thus
equalizing the provisions in this respect of the home
stead and ~emp laws.-...The bill r~atifyiDg
the Ute agreement was taken up. Mr.. Dawee spoke
in opposition to the bill He said it provided for the
support of four thousand persons Tor an ind finite
length OF time, and wou d cost at least four million
d,llars. Mr.. Morgan, OF Alabama, coincided with
Mr.. Dawes.
HOUSE, Mr.. Davis, tof Mo- introduced a bill
requiring the Postmaster General to mail, on the
LIST Of every month, to every me9b Of Congre :,
during the preceding month .-..Mr. Arm6sld intro
duced a bill providing that producers of leaf tobacco
may sell the same in quantities not exceeding ten
hours were spent listening to Mr.. Springer, in q
personal explanation in reply to a statement pub
lshed in tie Washington Post, concerning bis con-
duct ia the Donnelly- WashburR election cass.....A
restitution introduced by Mr.. Weaver, 10 the eff ct
that all currency, whether metallic or paper, shall
be issued, and its volume controlled by the Govern
mens, and not by or through bank corporations,
with other appendages thereto, was defeated by q
ton of public buildings at Paducah, Kentucky, and
Charlestown, Vest Va, and for the repair OF build.
ings at Cleveland, ehio-::.A motion by Mr.. Town
charge the c. mwittee on, Ways and Means from
furth;r consideration of the bill placing salt, printing
Manufacture OF printing paper on the free list, and
put it on its passage. was lost by q vote Of l1ato So
not the necessary two-thirds in the affirmative.
SENATE. : The House joint resolu' ion authorizing
the Secretary of Wsr to lend ten United States fsgl
to the Centennial Commissioner of Nashville wa
passed. A joint resolution allowing employees of thu
I SoN IL - III OAANS AOAAeoy V1N4 B"J "N
passed $780, The bill ratifyirg the Ute agreement wa
asain taken up. Mr.. Pendleton advocated the bill
He said that a large appropriation was made in tn
bill for schools, but after all, he thought the mos
effective method of ed ueation was to grant propert.
lights. In his argument he asserted that 1000
whites were depressing 1000 Indians, which T
quired a war on the part of the Government witt
either the one or the other, unless the arrangement
stipula e6 in the bill be ratified. This Mr.. Telle
(Rep. of Gil J denied, saying that the Utes were no
maitreated by the whites CT Colorado, but the trou
bile was due to the maladministraton on the part Q
the Interior Department.
HoUsR.-Mr. Atkins Dem. of Tenn Chairman Q
the Committee on Appropriations, reported III
naval appropriation bill, which was referred to tn
Committee of the Whole. 1t is accompanied by
short report which states the estimate on the Nav
Department amounted to STA. sos. 147, TO whic
should be added S94,672, recommended as necessar
for torpedo experiments, photographic work, and 70
the naval Observatory y, making a total of sl4,61S,s2
OF this sum the committee recomm ends the apprc
!, priation of S14, 3S5, 797 Including $50, 800 that is al
propriated out of the naval pension fund for tn
= support of the naval asylum at PHILADELPHIA, beir
3 reduction Of S2;S. 023 from the estimates. TIL
naval bill of last year appropriated S14 o29, 96S {
. 1856 1913 less than present biIl......F. Wood, Chair
man of the COMMITTEES on Ways and Means, reporte
! back the resolution calling on the 81 cretary of III
i Treasury for a statemen of the rate of duty on in
r portations for the last five years, and what woul
= Ia his Judgment on each article 80 imported, hay
. yielded the maximum amount of revenue. Adop.ei