The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1880-04-10
lcono betwoon thom on The floor Of Tho Sen.

scene between thom on the tloor ot the sem
ate the other day was highly interesting.
There were some whispcrug5 Of a probable
duel, but it hasn't come oil yet.
If the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
has its way there is considerable probabili-
ty ofa new Indian war. The committee
has decided that the annuity money now
past due to the White River Utcs shall not
be paid them until they have brought in
the guilty members of their band. The
agreement or offer Of the Utes, submitted by
Secretary Schurz to congress, provides that
the Utes will do their best TO secure and sur
render the criminals, and they are willing
that the United States authorities shall come
among them and use all efforts TO capture
the guilty men, the Utes promising their as
sistance. Ouray, it is understood, claims
that this is all that would be asked of n
white community and all that can be ex-
pected of the Indians, and that as they have
agreed to surrender their lands and to settle
on homeseads, and to do all in their power
to assist in the capture OF the fugitive crimi-
mails, they can do no more, and ought now
to receive the money which has been with
held. Those who know the Utes say that
the agreement submitted by their chiefs aud
head men will be accepted by the tribe, but
that if Congress attempts to change it SO as
to fix greater responsibility on the Indians,
ii may be difficult 10 secure the acceptance,
and the result may be suspicious of the mo-
tives Of the whites, and possibly new out
break, which would cost several millions of
dollars to put down.
The inaction of the Ways and Means
Committee Of like the House which would
to at least sec propositions for lowering the
scale of duties discussed at this session. 1t
is said that the Ways and Means Committee,
to whom all billsO this kind are in order
of business referred simply bury everything
and this is true. 1t Is, under the rules OF
the House, within their discretion 20 do this
and thus prevent discussion, aud this is the
precise object of a majority of its members.
Messrs. Tucker, of Virginia; Morrison, OF
Illinois; Hills, of Texas and Carlisle, Of
Kentucky, arc four men out of thirteen who
strongly desire to bring the tariff into de-
bate before the House. They are all Demo
Gratis. or the remaining Democrats Mr.
Gibson, of louisiana, wants protection fol
sugar; Mr.. Phelps, Of Connecticut, like eX.
Senator Barnum, of the same State, the
| Chairman Of the National Democratic Com.
mittee, wants protection for manufactures
of his State, and Mr.. FELTON, is understood
to take little interest in the question. O
the Republicans Mr.. Garfield was fomerly
counted a revenue reiormer, but he appar.
emily now feels inclined to follow his party
and the remainder of his side on the com.
mlttee are all pronounced protectionists
Mr.. Wood, the chairman, has ideas of his
own for which he has never been able tC
gam the support Of either side. 1t is no Sc
cret that the Committee is sort of happy
family, the members of which do not teal
each other to pieces, simply because thai
would be imprudent.
A recent lecture delivered here by Mrs
NJ. Cora Bland entitled "Women WhC
Think" attracted good deal of interes
among Congressman and other public men
and a committee is circulating requst t,
have it repeated. Washington has beer
peculiarly favored in the lecture line thi
season though it is not, as one would sup
pose, the most successful field for lecturers
We have had Prof. Denton in a course oi
Geology, Prof.. Proctor on Astronomy, Prof
Carpenter on Mesmersm and those tw,
eminent theologians BobIngersoll Il and Rev
Joseph Cook on Theology. These are only
few of the more prominent out of at leas
dozen. Prof. Carpenter remained fiy,
weeks and mesmcrized the whole town
nearly.
The young woman who has been poster
ing Senator Hill about her baby these thre
or four weeks past, left the city Jew day
ago. She made several unsuccessful effort
to leave the child in Hills committee room
and at his house, and one day she called oi
Mrs. Hill and made such rumpus that a;
sistance was called in to get rid of her. Whe
she left she had plenty of money, thong
nobody knows where she got it. TIL
Senator declares he never gave her dolla
and that he would resist to the last all he
2 efforts to black. mail him--that she had a
/ ready injured and annoyed him all sh
4 could, and he would not haYe given her
cent to leave. If this is true the source
+ her supplies is enshrouded in myster,
= Some of the other troublesome women wit
their anonymous babies are still here-e'
pecially the one who attempted to take th
life of son of Senator Morgan some tim
ago. Dom PEDRO.