The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-28

ties.
A iife-size portrait Of ex-Prssident Gar
nei1 mas been purchased for the room of
tGe mouse committee on appropriations.
Congressman Sprlngrr's friends conf
&c ~ predict tilft he viii De Secretary OF
TIE Interior IN Mr.. C.ereiand's Cabinet
mere i 81 impression in Washington
That the C1lotn Commission bill will bass
SAe Senate. The Reagan bill seems 70 have
bot slim chance
Efe.i ID. Grant i candidate for vacant
capt iiney n the Office of the quareermaseer
onel Amos Webster
Notwithstanding recent statements 70 the
effect tat the gtatl ii the United States
4feaS1r- ms Steadily increased SINCE J m
/ t'ie fact Is tlist the actual gold balance
not eoverei by cert hcates out,tanding mas
decreased By over Sii, 10000 nee thar
date.
Great prep7raIi6ns are being made for
tue inalytlrat on. Thousands of mattresses
are oIr Fred I rent, and prices for windows
Contributors are stid TO have been made
TO cover the expenses, but no large sums
uils.
the work Of the Investigating Committee
appointed 10 look INTO the matter OF alleged
utut rvaiaation of imported goods at the
New aTk CustRnl-Eouse mag extend to an
/ oFeruaiiiIg II the entire department. Sew
! eral trunkfu.s OF complaints OF irregularities
ne SAID to be on tie at the Treasury in
Washington.
The Committee on Public Lands reports
TO the House OF Representatives that Eu-
ropeaA mob emen have acquired ABOUT twen- |
| ly-9ls miytlon acres IN the United States |
aila tla- foreign capital will before many |
ears possess tsel1 OF one hundred million |
acres more oy the foreclosure of American
railroad bonds.
Members Of tie House at Washington
wiio are Interested in the pres -rvatiOn of |
the SRtnlsa'-banking system are irving To |
devise = n IN br which the Mcpherson and |
Potter bills may b. combined and brought
10 :; Vote. the prospect for the success of |
Suct 4 scheme $ thought however, to be
lar IrpB Re SSurlng.
Among the ems included in the River
ans lilrb r bill IS one of 500 100 for the !
iienlenih Clnal. For the Missouri River |
4'@.,o3 Is appr3priat d, with $50, 100 addi- |
no al Tor sl,eei!l purposes. the biliappro- |
PIRATES in ait 81, 80, eco Estimates pre- |
par ii ov eng neerS in charce OF the various |
improvement amounted to SS4, o., 800
Three reasons were given in the Congo |
Conference Tor the particip patton of Ameri- |
ca IN us ue!l eratluns-frSt, that America |
was tie first Power to oilicia Iy recognize |
tie African International Association: sac |
ond, tlat the pppu alton of this country ill., |
ciul $4,000 negroes whose parent cOun- |
trS l. Africa; ami, tnrd, that Americans |
msl-li, explored the country.
To tie stat ment that the proposed ipono-
shioA by the German-IJYernm nj of a dis /
crlmlatlh- tar II upon American cereals |
Wau q be VOCATION OF the treaty with |
Prussia Gf lS9o answer is mad, that the
German Empire is not the Prussia of ISIS,
IuiS wound seem TO imply that the treaty If |
153s with Prussia Is no longer in force be- |
tween the United States and Germany.
The Stale Department ut Washington tal1s
the ground tlat the treaty is still operative.
Spe tker urls g says that there is no
PROBABILITY OF an extra session of Congress.
lie thinks there is no danger Of n failure TO
pas any or Tic appropriation bills. The
talk OF an extra session, he declares. comes
: on the peop.e Interested in the pending
treaties. These treaties are dead so far as
+ e present Con zresS is concerned and 1t is
not likely that the next Administration VIII /
ne nriined u take tHem up in view of the
ltct That the general sentiment of the
Denocrl ic party Is against them.
Gov klnke1d OF Alaska is in Washing
ton trying L secure the passage OF law by
/. 'uSr'ss which shall meet tine necessities
at ~ ctNe III his Territory. AtpreSent the
Executive has no authority to speak of, no. |
body observes tie ltw, and liquor is sold |
one ily desp te prOhIbitory legislation The
Governor GOES not think that Alaska should
given 4 Territorial form OF government |
lie Is in favor of a Council, which should
toe empowered 10 regulate affairs. No ac-
ton is exp c, ell during this session OF Con-
grtsS, but CIV knkead looks for some
thing IN the future.
A decision has been rendered in the Unit
eli Stlt > supreme Court in the polvgamy
case of RudSer Clawson. Clawson was
toun guilty OF po ygamy in Salt Lake City
ana WITS sent ucej 10 four years impriSon-
meitt aud - line. He appealed TO the Su-
p e'ue Cnurt OF the Territory, and applied
10 the court that sentenced him for release
on bali. The application was denied. and !
the sued out VII of habeas corpus in the
Supreme Court of the Territory, This court |
oTecru.e ell the p tition, whereupon appeal |
WAS sakeu 10 the United States Supreme |
Court witch affirmed the deeisionns the |
cOutt below.
AGRICULTURE.
The Agricultural Appropriation bill wss |
re9erted to the House Thursday by the |
Committee on Agriculture. Il provides for |
,DL84 apprOp alton OF S!46, S20, or Sos 900 |
1858 f'"'n Tor the current year. and about |
S154, 600 less than tho estimates. The re- |
port as not 4 unanimous one, and it is un- |
derStoOd tlat one appropriation in the bill |
will provoke lively discussion and much |
opposition IN the House. as well from the /
minority of the Committee as from good |
many other members. u is the provision |
which authorizes the Commissioner OF Agri- |
culture to use any part of the 0pprOpriat on |
fGr the Bureau of Animal Industry as ''he |
may deem ueo .ssary OF eXpadient and in |
such manner as he may think best to pre- |
vent the spread OF plsuro-pneumonian not TO
conflict with the existing law" This pro
vision, Ii Is held by its opponents, leaves al
together too mach to the discretion OF the
head OF the department. Among the mem
beers OF the committee who Will offer vigor-
Gus opposition to It'll Chairman Hatch. who
| hopes To have it stricken out on POINT OF
order.
NEWSPAPER POSTAGE.
/ Tho House Committee on PostofI1ces and
/ Post Roads Will cons der various bills reia-
/ i've y the reduction of newspaper postage.
| Ine C0mmttee Is in receipt OF a memorial
/ on the subject prepared by Messrs. MOrri-
| son, MmntOrd, ID. r. Locke, and William
! Penn \ Ken. q committee representing
/ newspap : publishers in the west and
| Northwest. This committee was appointed
/ AT ihe Ia annual meeting of the Western
| Associated Press held at Detroit to call TO
/ the att -IltiOn of Congress the inequalities
/ OF the postal laws bearing on the rate
clarEcet for newspapers and periodicals.
! Tie memorial says in part: Newspaper
4 pu3l sherS aye nOs mendleaIts, but they
/ calm tn iaye such relations TO the diffusion
| OF light ami knowledge among the people
| which We uld irStaUd was one of the objects
Tor which the postal department OF the gov
efuinent was created as gives them the
ririt to demand fair hearing and just
| treatment. Tue incnn .ruty in the law re-
fer Ell tn above would, to a stranger to our
tssjitgtlous, MITIGATE that the government
lnOHel with disfavOr on al publications
circu atng beyond the confines of the ooun-
II III Which they are published. We GER
tailiy understand such IS not the case, but
believe . will be unwise for Congress to
| permit su II inconsistency to remain on our
statute books. We hope You will add meth,
lng II the Lurtlens Of publishers now frae,
out ask that ynu VIII diminish the burdens
/ OF those for whom we Sneak ~