Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-04-15

wssmNoro~ April o.
TIE senate. aiicr a week All a hA.f COO.
s.icraiion. has fnal'y disposed ofthe Blair
EflcsiIonal bIii. which have mentioned
b.forc. ThIs hul which Is b. nf The
most Important of any brought before
either branch of Congress. hss now gore
O. ne House O. await consideration there.
Bat beca1se % she great accumulation 81
bills I'M nat housc. there now appears
lrtle chance 90 the favorsb,e consideration
% This important bil. unicss consent can
bc obtained o. sct aside al other mat.
ters
Auf A. the responsibility or any failure
O. pass This bIli viii belong o. the Demo
cratic party 70 has been urged hy usauy
promincui Representatives OF that party
that the senate BIN oasht o be taken up
a. h H. % avert the dagger of having it fsli
between ,ae two hoases.
The Senate. on Tuesday began The con
s.icrat.on OF the Navsi Appropriation bln
which passed tae House some three week.
ago. senator Hale. Of yolr State. has
charge OF The tin Daring The discussion
wednesday. Senitor Vest the champion
OF free ships. took occasion D. refer 10 hi.
% scheme. This broughi senator FRYE
. bis fsei To- isf,nse ola bll. Introduced
b. him. SIMILAR . tae Ding,ey shipping
bln The dl,cussloa between The two
s majors was sharp ant interesting.
Ofthe I've regular Appropriations which
have passed The House. only one the MI
iiary Academy has passed The senate. ths
Navai ban being The second Eight more
remain D. be passed by the House. and
clever. not ineiui.ng the Naval. BY the
senate ASH Is noN nearly the middle o.
April. this clearly shows how behini-
haui. not only The House bat the senate
IT, iu IT, regular business. The Naval BIN
Nj probably occupy the rest % this week
sni perhaps 20 over % next
TIE House nuishcd the Indian and Az
r.cuiturai Appropriation bill. ist week,
making. a. have said, Eve 10 all. Mon.
day Wa What might be- called "held day.
that l.. individuals were recognized ior
ths suspension % ne rules ant the passage
o. inf'vitusl propositions. Converse. n
Ohio. again attempted % bring before the
House hts proposition. % restore The duty
upon wool II viii b. remembered that
the gTth Congress lowered the duty on
wool a. wooden goods. Notwithstanding
ths fact that The Democrats were in favor
ofa stIn further reduction. theis orators
vent upon the stump 10 the fall eampslsn
o. iss3 and declared 70 the wool growers
that the only remedy for them was 20 vote
tie Democratic ticket aud thus place In
power a party. which was practically
pledged % q restoration % The duty on
wool By This means the Democratic
party gained nearly ten thousand votes. Il
i said. ana pikced if0Ndley In the guberD-
atoriL chair. Most of The OHIO Demo
cratic Representatives were thus necesss'
rny pledged 70 a restoration Of the duty on
wool Converse. One % them. took the
proposition In hand and. a. have said,
attempted 10 bring II before tie House
The motion was sustained BY those Demo
crats from Ohio. who felt themselves
bound By their pledges. together with q
few % their protection brethren. and many
Republicans. Bat the opposition which
lncladed all the Democratic tariff reform
ers. and few Republicans. Vas too great
and The motion wss lost Thus the Dem.
ocrats we're svsnped In their own scheme