The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-13
THE TARIFF QUESTION.
It Refuses To Be Quiet, but Threatens
to Come Up Again.
Hewitt Introduces a Bill In the
House, and O'Neii, of Missouri.
Will Move Another-Capi-
tai News Items.

WASHINGTON CITY, May Bon motion
Of Lore, of Delaware, the house took up and
passed the senate bill to prevent and punish
counterfeiting within the United States of
notes and bonds or other securities of foreign
governments Eaton, of Connecticut, from
the committee on foreign affairs, reported a
resolution referring to the president the
petition and papers in the case of
W. M. Webster, who claims to have
been deprived of his land in New Zealand by
the officers of the British government: adopt
ed. The speaker then proceeded with the
usual Monday morning call of the states and
territories for the introduction of billSfor ref
erence. Among those introduced were the
following: By Payson, of Illinois, to restrict
the occupation Of public lands in the territor-
les to American citizens and to put
lumber on the free list; Belford,
to prevent the sudden contraction of the ma
tional bank circulation. The bill forbids the
retirement in any one year by any solvent
national bank of more than 10 per cent Of
its circulation; Rockwell, Of Massachusetts,,
providing for a public building at Spring
field, Mass, to cost $500 600; Cox, of New
York, to place Gen. Grant on the retired list
of the army
Hewitt introduced bill to modify existing
laws relating to the duties on imports and in
ternal revenue taxes. and to enlarge the free
list
Tucker introduced bill to repeal all taxes
on tobacco; also to repeal the duty on fruit
spirits
Similar bills were introduced by Cabell.
Barbour introduced a bill to complete the
distribution of the surplus of revenue among
the states entitled thereto under
the act of 1856. Cobb, of Indiana,
from the committee ON public laws
reported a bill to repeal the presumption and
timber culture acts; placed on the calendar.
The house then went into committee of the
whole on bills reported by the District of
Columbia committee The bill appropriat-
ing $500, 900 from the district treasury to
complete the main sewerage system of the
district came up as unfinished business.
In the senate, Pendleton presented petit
ton from the Cincinnati board of trade,
praying for legislation to build up an efficient
navy, and for the better protection of Ameri-
can shippers of merchandise in foreign ports;
also, memorial from the presidents of the
Cincinnati chamber of commerce and board
of trade, and the Industrial exposition, pray
tA6 ASA OuO p<looSSSC VI INC DLL AA aAo u IhS
cotton exposition at New Orleans
The chair laid before the senate the mem
orial Of the American Medical association
praying for legislation to prevent the spread
of epidemic diseases. Mcmillan, from the
committee on Judiciary, offered resolution
autorizing the committee TO inquire into the
facts connected with the claims of the gov
eminent against the Central & Union Pacific
| railroads; agreed to.
Van Wyck Moved to take up his resolution
| directing the secretary of the interior to
withhold from the Northern Pacific Railroad
| patents to certain land grants. Agreed to-
Conger said there was legal question In
volved, and he thought the resolution should
be referred to the Judiciary committee for
| its opinion. Besides, it was questionable
whether the senate should direct an executive
| officer not to execute the law.
The motion went over and the Indian ap-
preparation bill was taken up.