Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-04-21

so as to limit the distribution to eight
years-seven millions for the first
year, ten for the second, fifteen for
the third, and then two millions less
each year until the eighth when the
appropriation is to cease. The naval
bill is now before the upper House,
and the defenseless coast, war ships,
bureaus of ordnance, yards and docks,
equipment, construction, repair, and
steam. engineering, are points under
discussion.
This week the tariff bill will be
called up by its author, and then the
bittcrest and longest debate of the
season will begin.
The Usage Indian delegation now
in the city called upon the Secretary
of the Interior and presented re-
quest to be considered hereafter as n
civilized tribe, and to be included in
all laws with what they call the other
five civilized tribes. Secretary Teller
told them he would so recommend to
the present Congress, but in that case
they must farm. raise stock. and send
their children to school. The Usage
Chiefs replied by reminding the Sec
rotary that the Usage council had re-
Gently passed a compulsory education
law, and that their school houses
were now full. These Chiefs are tall,
fine looking men, and have an extern
sive bank account, the proceeds of
the sale of lands. They visited the
Hampton schools where they have
children.
1t has become notorious of late
years that the expenses of the funer-
ais of members of Congress are I'M
reasonably heavy, and in many eases
the detailed lists of expenditures
have excited the matter into public
scandal. The committee on accounts
has made q thorough investigation,
and will provide against similar eX-
trayagances in future, though no for
NAL report on the subject will be
made.
The investigating committee hav-
ING declared that the charges against
Gen. Boynton were not sustained by
the evidence, and that there was nc
ground for action by the House, wher
the resolution was called up the re-
port was adopted without debate.
: A number of petitions have beer
: received by the House committee
protesting against any reduction o
: lifetime of patents. Members o
the committee say the petitions mus
be due to misrepresentation on tn
part of the inventors of the country
and they want all persons interested
to know that the committee ha
unanimously reported against the bill
shortening the lifetime of patents.
e The President spent Easter quietl
} with his family and declined to Sc
0 visitors on Good Friday. The Whit
S House is visited now by hundreds O
+ strangers daily. On one day Of tn
a week it was estimated that five hun
: dred persons, a large proportion c
: whom were bridal couples, passe
II through its portals, and admired th
e decorations of its suite of parlols.
/ Mr.. Morrison is determined to fore
l. the fighting of the tariff question, an
e has announced that he will call u
IS his twenty per cent horizontal redu
Is ton bill tomorrow. Mr.. Kelly WI
II raise the question Of considerable
Is and will call for the yea and nay vot
} This will compel both sides to mu
$ ter their forces and the result W
re show how parties are divided upc
l. the vital political issues of the da
Il Should the House decide to consid
re the bill, vote may not be reach'
~ until after both the national conye
s. tons have met and adjourned.
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