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THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
THE TARIFF COMMISSION BILL
PASSED.
Vote OF the House In DetaIl-Span-
fsh- A merIcan Claims FIIz-JOhn
POrter-BIaIr and Shipherd.

fsh- merIcan Claims FIIz-JOhn
POrter-BIaIr and Shipherd.
WASHINGTON, May 6.-The House, al
11:25, went into committee of the whole,
Mr.. Robinson, of Massachusetts,, in the
chair, on the tariff commission bill.
A number of amendments were offered
and rejected, and at 800 the committee rose
and reported the bill to the House.
Mr.. Kasson, of Iowa, asked unanimous
consent to take from the Speakers table the
Senate bill on the same subject, to
strike out all after the enacting clause and
insert the provision of the bill agreed to in
committee.
Mr.. Springer, of Illinois, objected.
Mr.. Miles, of Texas, moved to recommit
the bill, with instructions, to the Commit
tee on Ways aud Means, to report within
thirty days The bill is based on the prin-
ciple that no more money should be COL
lected than is necessary to the wants of the
government economically administered.
The motion was lost-yeas ", nays Isl.
AS only one motion 10 recommit with in
structiOns is permitted under tie rules, the
effect of Mr.. Miles motion was to prevent
Mr.. Hewitt, of New York, offering the res
olutiOn, which he indicated in his speech,
delivered recently.
Mr.. Hewitt thereupon asked unanimous
consent to offer resolution to a similar eff
feet, but Mr.. Boyne, Of Pennsylvania, OBJ
1ected. The previous question was then or
dered on the bill, and Mr. Kasson took the
floor to close the debate. At the conclusion
of Mr.. Kasson's speech the bill was passed
yeas ISL, nays SO.
The following is the detailed vote on the
bills:
Yeas-Aldrich, Anderson, Atherton, Bar
bour, Barr, Bayne, Bingham. Bliss, Bow
man. Brewer, Briggs, Browne. Brumm,
Buck, Burrows of Missouri, Burrows OF
Michigan, Butterworth, Calkins, Camp,
Campbell, Gambler, Cannon, Carpen-
ter, Chase, Chapman. Clardy, Crapo,
Cullen, Curtin, Darrell, Dawes,
Deering, De Motto, Dezendorf, Dlngley,
Dwight, Ellis, Ermentrout, Errett. Farwell
of Illinois, Ford, George, Gibson, G dshalk,
Grout, Guenther. Hall, Harmer, Harris of
New Jersey, Hszeltine, Haskell, Hauk. Ha-
z!eton, Hellman, Henderson, Hepburn. Hew-
fit of Alabama, HILL Hiscock, Hoblitzell,
Hoge, Horr Hubbell, Hubbs, Humphrey. ia
cobs, Jones of New Jersey, JOrgensen, Joyce,
Kasson, Kelly, Kenna, Ketchum, Klotz
Lacey, Lewis, Lord, Lynch, Marsh.
Mcclure, Mckinley, McLane, Miller, Moore,
IL
Neal, Norcross, O'Neill, Pacheco, Page,
Payson, Peelle, Peirce, Prescott, Pound,
Raredall, Rauney, Ray, Reed, Rice
OF Missouri, Rice of Massachusetts,
Rich, Richie, Robinson Of Massachusetts,
Robinson of Ohio, Ross, Russell, Ryan,
ScovIlle, Scranton, Shattenberger, Shelley,
Sherwln, Shultz, Skinner, Smith OF Pennsyl-
vania, Smith of New York, Speer, Spooner,
Steele, Stone, Strait, Talbot, Taylor, Thomas.
Of Tnmncond nf
Tiller, Updegraff of Ohio, Upson, Valen-
tine, Van Horn, Van Vorhis, Wadsworth,
Wait, Walker, Ward, Watson, Wedder,
White, Williams of Wisconsin, Willis,
Wilson, Wise of Pennsylvania, Wise of Vir-
ginia, w. A. Wood of New York and
Young-15l.
Nays-AikeD, Armfeld, Atkins, Beach,
BelfOrd, Belmont, ,Beltzhoover, Berry, Bland,
Blount, Bragg, Buchanan, Buckner, Cald-
rick, Cook. Cox Of New York, Cox of North
Carolina, Crsvens. Culberson, Cults, David
son, Davis of Missouri, Deuster, Dibble,
Dowd, Dunn, Dunnell, Evins, Farwell of
Iowa, Finley, FOrney, Garrison, Guuter,
Hammond OF Georgia, Hardenbergh, Hatch,
Herbert, Herndon, Hewitt Of New York,
House, Jones of Arkansas, King, Knott,
Latham, Liedom, Lefevre, Manning,
Nation, McCoid, Mckenzie, McMillin.
Oates, Orth, Phister, Reagan, Scales, Shack
eIford, Singleton of Mississippi, Springer,
Stockslager, Thompson of Kentucky. Till
man, Townsend of Illinois, Tucker, Turner of
Kentucky. Updegrsff OF Iowa, Vance,
Warner, Wasnburn, Wellborn, Whitthorne.
Williams Of Alabama, and Willis-83.
On motion OF Mr. Calkins, Of Indiana, a
resolution was adopted permitting the con-
testsnt in the Alabama contested election
case of Matson vs. Oates to withdraw his
papers. This leaves Oates In possession Of
mis- seat.
Mr. Hubbell, of Michigan, introduced a
bill to enlarge the powers and duties Of the
Department of Agriculture, which was re-
ferred.
The House then, at 5:25 adjourned.
BLAIR AND sHIPHERD.
The examination OF Senator Blair was re-
sumed before the Foreign Affairs Committee
to-day. The most important part of the
investigation was that he declined to pro-
duce his correspondence with Shipherd,
which he said was strictly private and conf
Dental. and growing out of their relations
of attorney and client.
In answer to questions relative 20 the cor
respopdence, he said he knew nothing
whatever of the loss of certain papers from
the State Department, nor OF any govern
ment official being interested in affecting
the policy of the government in the interest
of the claim, nor of an effort or expectation
OF securing the friendly intervention of this
government, nor Of an expectation of an
effort to prevent the establishment of peace
between Chill and Peru unless these claims
were allowed.
THE SPANISH AMERICAN CLAIMS.
The results of the conference between
Secretary Frelinghuyson and the Spanish
Minister, Francisco Barco, were promul-
gated to-day In the form of protocol.
In this document it is agreed to extend the
time for examining and deciding cases be-
fore the Spanish American Claims Commits
sion till the first of January, 1888, In con-
sequence Of the death Of the arbitrators, and
the advocate on the part of the United
Ssates.
FITz JOHN PORTER RELIEVED OF PORTION
OF HIS SENTENCE.
The President has issued an order reliev-
ing General Fitz-John Porter of so much
OF the court martial sentence as de-
barred him from holding any Office of trust
under the United States.