The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-12-15
WASHINGTON NOTES.

The Tariff Commission, in their report to
Congress, state it as their opinion that the re-
duction viii reach twenty-five per cent. The
reduction in many cases is from forty-iye to
fifty per cent. If the reduction reaches the
amount at which the Commission aimed,
they say, and if there is any truth in
the allegation OF the opponents of the
present economic system that the duty on
articles, such as are produced in this country,
whether in manufactures or agriculture, en-
hances the price to consumers, not only of
what is imported, but oftthe domestic produc-
ton to the amount of which the duty is a
measure, then the reduction proposed by the
commission would benefit consumers to the
extent of a hundred million dollars.
The issue of standard silver dollars from
The mints for the week that ended December
2, was $4,000, against s52S, 200 for the cor
responding period last year.
Senator Johnston, of Virginia, is said to be
eXasperated at Bright, the Seargeant-at-Arms,
for having dismissed the Johnston appointees
on the Senate force. He told Bright that he
would have redress If he had to demand caucus
action, and, should he fail to receive salts
faction there, he would vote with the Republi-
cans to displace Bright as Sergeant-at-Arms.
1t is stated that Bright removed one of
Johuston's friends to make room for an ap-
plicant to whome Bright owed afinancial OBJ
legation
Gen. Bingham, Chairman of the House Post
Office Committee, states that his committee
viii report in favor of reducing letter postage
from three cents to two cents on the half
ounce.
In the case Of John Hitz, late Swiss Consul,
and President of the Washington German
National Bank when il failed under indict-
ment in Washington for fraud in connection
with the settlement of the affairs of the bank,
Judge Wylie decided that Hitz was not ex-
empt from trial for the offense. The trial will
consequently begin soon.
In Washington a citizens committee ap-
pointed to secure greater protection against
burglars and sneak thieves, has been furnished
with valuable clews by the noted three card
monte men, O'Leary and Murphy, now in the
District jail, and private detective has been
employed to verify them. If the detective
succeeds, the committee will make present.
ment to the grand jury and make public the
system of dividing spoils between professional
thieves and certain members of the Washing
toE police.
Secretary Folger has ordered the cancella-
ton of bonds delivered to the United States
by the executors of the late Joseph L. Lewis,
amounting to $4,000. These bonds will be
included In the reduction of the debt for the
present month.
The sugar importers and refiners of the
country who are bitterly opposed to the recon-
mendation of the Tariff Commission with re-
gard to duty on sugar are assembling at
Washington for the purpose of urging Con-
gress not to adopt that recommendation.
They say while nominal reduction from ten
to twelve per cent is recommended no actual
reduction is in fact proposed, and that to adopt
the recommendation of the commission would
be to make the law even more complicated and
oppressive than it is now in its relations to the
sugar interests.
Application was made to the Supreme Court
pf the District of Columbia recently for Q