The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-04-26
Our Washington Letter.
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From our Regular Correspondent
The long expected Tariff debate has
at last begun in the House Of Repre-
sentatiyes, and it is destined to be the
bitterest and the most exciting as we'll
rs the longest quarrel of The session,
In expectation that the initial fight
over the bill would take place on
Wednesday, the Republican and
Democratic Members whose duty it is
to secure pairs for absentees, were
kept busy during the morning hours
in seeing that the vote of no man
should be wasted and that all the pairs
should contain the name of an advo
cate and an opponent of the measure.
When the Chairman OF the Ways and
Means committee moved that the
House 90 into committee of the whole
for the consideration of the Tariff bill,
there was no division, and the propos
ition was agreed to. Immediately
upon the assembling of the committee
Mr.. Eaton Of Conn, objected to the
bill coming up and the vote was then
taken upon the question whether it
should be discussed. BY the close
vote of one hundred and thirty-eight
to one huddred and forty, the only
Giving issue secured hold and Mr..
Morrison took the floor in support of
his bill His speech was written and
it was a carefully prepared argument.
During his effort Representative Mil
iken asked, GLOW much do you eX-
pect this bill to reduce the revenues"
Mr.. Morrison replied From twenty
five to thirty millions and it is esti-
mated the reduction Of taxes will
be double as much" NIessrs. Kel-
" and Mills made the first arguments
in opposition.
The House has also given some at
tenti0n to matters concerning the Dis
trict of Columbia during the week,
and the amount that Congress will
probably allow the District to use, as
shown by the Appropriation just re-
ported, is over one and half million
dollars. This money is available for
improvements, and the salaries of of
ficers. The District Commissioners are
to be given supervision Of charitable
institutions, and large sums Of money
are to be expended at their discretion.
Among the regular weekly flood Of
new measures that poured into the
House on Monday was a graded in
come tax bill for the benefit of mil
lionaires, introduced by Congressman
Turner Of Kentucky. The comment
made upon it was that it was too just
to be passed.
Representatives from the Boards of
Trade and Chambers of Commerce of
various cities are bringing arguments
to bear upon Congress to stop the
coinage Of silver dollars for at least
two years, and also to discontinue the
issue of one and two dollar bills, in
order to bring into gradual circula-
ton the surplus silver now in the
Treasury. Mr., Smith Of New York
offered memorial to that efecl sign
ed by two thousand six hundred bust
ness men, and while addressing the
committee on coinage said much trou-
bic was experienced for want Of small
change. There was plenty OF it in
the Treasury but it could not be got
ten out. To this Mr.. Bedford replied
Enthusiastically you will never get
it out so long as you have a New / ork
Secretary"
The Senate passed the literally
amended Naval appropriation and is
now proceeding slowly and carefully
with the bill for Il Uniform System Of
Bankruptcy So far it has decided
among other things that any person
owing probable debts exceeding three
handred dollars may voluntarily pc
tition TO be adjudicated bankrupt
The first deadlock Of the session is
predicted over the Naval appropria-
ton bill, the Senate amendment Of
which the House will consider today.
The increase of over six and a half
million dollars is spoken Of as prepos-
ferrous by the committee and there is
no PROFANITY OF compromise. Inc
majority Of the House IS not very
friendly to the present naval system.
There are suspicious of fraud in the
proposed increase Of appropriation for
steel cruisers. a prolonged deadlock
between the two Houses would at
least not be favorable to the interests
Of the Navy.
Railroads had another stirring up
in the Senate yesterday; Interstate
Commerce and Land Grant forfeitures
being the topics Of the day. Senator
Wilson, of Iowa, paved the way for a
regulation Of freight rates, and Sena
tor Slater attacked the unearned
grants of the Northern Pacific rail
road company.
Elc Dynamite Sua.