National Republican., 1883-02-06
ON THE AVENUE.

der He didn't mean anything by It. Could
anything have been moro ludicrously affected
than the bombastic announcement that he
would see Mr.. Burrows elsewhere n declara-
ton which was given with all the Major
Blood, sab, dramatic force he could command"
al wonder If Randall is going to adopt
duello tactics in his speakership canvass"
was the exclamation of colleague, when the
railway candidate for speaker nared up be-
cause Mr.. Burrows dared question the truth
fulness of his statement that the friends and
advocates of the bonded whisky and Dakota
bills had formed o combination. RandalPs
very singular behavior on the floor was the
occasion of more talk than anything that oc-
Cured during the entire day.
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The house is unquestionably mcditating n
fight with the senate in defense of one Of its
dearest prerogatives, the right to originate all
revenue bills. The senate has tackled its
tariff bill to house internal revenue bill as
an amendment thereto, and will pass it In
that shape "When it comes before the
house." said Mr.. CallSins of Indiana, yester-
day, in discussing the matter with n friend,
"a point of order will be raised that the
amendment is not germane TO the subject
matter of the house revenue bill, and that the
senate cannot attach an entire tariff system
to our bill in the form of an amendment. The
point of order will be sustained"
=" But" interposed the other show will
that help you? The whole question will be
referred to conference committee, and the
house will have to stand by the report"
1.-THE house confreres," replied MIR. Calkins,
"will touch only such portion of the senate
bill that relates to internal revenue matters,
and will ignore the tariff revision portion
altogether. We have no objection whatever
to the senate taking its tariff bill and
tacling il to the enacting clause of the house
bill, but it certainly has no right to originate
p. tariff bill, and the house will insist on its
rights in the premises. Ifnobody else raises
this point of order 1 will do it myself. There
is right and wrong way Of doing business
and it should be done the right way or not at
ALL"
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Senators Window, Saunders, and Ferry
: were in their seats again yesterday The
Minnesota and Nebraska legislatures have re.
lieved the two first named gentlemen of all
anxiety ON the senatorial question: and as the
, Michigan legislature has taken weeks va
cation, Senator Ferry finds time to run down
to Washington for a few days. In converse
, ton with the avenue man Senator Ferry
said last evening: "Touching the sena
torial question, have only this to say: re-
ceived the caucus nomination for United States
/ senator, getting full two-thirds majority
and have no doubt of my ultimate success
, With regard to the reports concerning my
business affairs, / have nothing whatever t
say, and do not want any statement to go ou
, from me about it. Let them make what they
, can out of it,"
The senator appeared to be in unusually
good spirits and did not bear himself like
man who has been ruined either financially
or politically. One of his friends is authority
for the statement that the Ferry brothers have
| invested about 100000 in their Utah mines
and that until it is ascertained what there il
to show for this large outlay the senator can
not know exactly his condition. He will
) have advices from there in q day or two, it il
understood, which will put an end to his un
certainty.
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: Mr.. Jay Hubbell differs from Senator Ferry
= as usual, on the senatorial question. "Ofon,
: thing you can rest assured" ho informs hi
4 friends "and that is Tom Ferry is dead cocl
: in the pit. He cannot possibly be reelected.
Y He further more states that he (Hubbell) is no
y in the field, and that he will only be candi
$ date so long as he can injure Ferry thereby
5 He says that when the legislature takes VI
+ this matter again it will have decided to elec
4 a new man. He gave no clue rs to tn
. indentity of the dark horse, or where it !
( being groomed and trained. The only defnit
y information he has is that the next senate
\ will be o republican, nominated by republi
4 cans, and elected by republicans without tn
r assistance of greenbackers or democrats.
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G Tho attempt which was made yesterday t
f pass q bill through the house recognizing tn
rights of one set of owners of 10000 acres q
. land on the Michigan peninsula, the title q
: which is claimed by the Ontonagon Railwa
company and by prior owners and settlers
y brought on one of the pretticst and hotties
fights of the session. Messrs. Horr and Hui
q bell Of Michigan, and Carlisle, of Ken
j. tucly, fought the bill, and Mr. Robin
o son, of Massachusetts,, championed it, con
II densing half days argument into
Y five minutes speech, which was n model q
y tersencss, vigor, and clearness of expression
g The territory in dispute is part of an oil
y land grant voted to tho state twenty-fv
= years ago. Under the suppositiSn that it ha
apscd, n Boston canal company and about
thousand settlers possessed themselves of
If by purchase and other means, but in 1880 til
h railway company under the authority of II
l. act of the legislature dumped tho claim,
Is and now seeks to dispossess tho other fellows
Much of the land Is very valuable for il
4 timber and for its mineral deposits, 1t is est
70 mated to be worth two or three million dollars
Two formidable lobbies have been laborin
J. with congress for and against this bill, and
u is openly charged that Il large number of on
y, congressman have beon abusing their priv
legcs by going upon the floor of the house an
. attempting to influence votes, Tho bill II
., forred to came within eight votes OF goin
:, through with two.third majority. Th
~ title to about 100000 acres, in addition to thG
directly mentioned, hinges upon congressionj
-o action on the pending measure.
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nt Old members of congress agree that for II
rs tense activity and persistence of purpose tn
70 lobby this winter is ahead of anything see
VI in Washington for many years. 1t is charge
II that ex-members of congress are lendin
q, themselves openly TO the furtherance of a
sorts Of jobbery, and availing themselves
to- Is.I ,1,a..s