Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-03-26

Will the Fitz John Porter Bill BE Again
Vetoed?

WAsHINGToN, March 1S.-Gcneral Dent.
who is General Grants brother-in law.
while speaking upon the Fitz John Porter
bill, said that he was at the White House
when General Porter called and asked for
a second court martial. Il never heard
man SO positive in his convictions He
said he had Cafefully gone over the brief
and was satisfied that the findings of the
Court were correct. He turned to General
Porter and III a tone Of surprise said
General Porter, you should never want To
have this case reopened. You should new
er ask for another trial. There is too
much evidence against you, Why, find
evidence enough to have warranted your
CONJUNCTION and execution. Iou got off
remarkably easy. Had | been member
of that Court, considering the testimony
as ii appears, | should have been compel
led to vote to order you shot, | do not
know what reasons led General Grant to
change his mimi. That has always been IA
mystery to me-" General Dent also said
that President Cleveland will veto the
bill if it passes the Senate ON the same
ground us taken by President Arthur.
Likely to BE Confirmed.
WAsHlNGTON, March lS.-The Senate
committee on finance has voted to report
favorably upon the nominations of mum
Der of internal revenue collectors whose
predecessors are suspended, and is likely
to report all nominations before it within
few days. a mutual understanding be-
tween the committee and the secretary of
the treasury has been reached covering all
suspensions from and nominations to
offices which have no fixed tenure. The
nature OF the arrangement is not made
public, but considerable number of let
tiers have recently been sent by the secre-
tary TO the committee in response to an
equal number of inquiries and the cor
respondence is still in progress. This ar
rangement covers all nominations before
the finance committee.
The Safety of Ocean Passengers.
WASHINGTON, March 1S.-A great mum.
Der of letters We're received at the treas
ury department, yesterday, from people
III New York, Chicago, Boston and other
large cities asking if Secretary Manning
could not compel transatlantic passen-
ger steamers to make more adequate pro-
vision in the way of boats, RATS, etc, for
the preservation of life in case of acct
dents" The supervising inspector of
steam vessels, Mr.. DumOnt, stated yester-
day that the department was powerless to
act in the matter except in case where "A
vessel was outward bound. Vessels bound
to America from foreign lands are bound
by the laws of those countries and the
United States authorities could do nothing
more than protest if they carried no life
saving appliances whatever.
Strikes Cost the Countr S3OO,OOO,OOO
Last Year.
WAsHINGToN, March 21.-The first an
nual report of the bureau of labor has
been submitted by Commissioner Carroll
ID. Wright to the secretary of the interior
ana Will be printed Immediately, The re-
port Will cover about 500 pages, contain
ing facts, figures and deductions concern
ing industrial depressions of novel and
interesting character. Out Of the total
number OF mines factories and similar
establishments in the country about ~
per cent were idle during the past year,
and 100000 men were out of work which
means loss to the consumptive power of
the country of 100000 a day or more
than S3OO,OOO,OOO per year. The individ-
ual yearly earnings would not be far from
5000 each representing total earning of