Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-02-18

e based on the revenues of last year. The
! greatest reduction ON any one article il
!. in the case of sugar, where the new duty
. will result in decrease of So. 0tl0, 600
!. in the receipts. The additions to the Tree
l. list will involve loss of IS 500 900 and
I the reductions made by the bill on other
articles about $5,000,000. Slight hut
. general reductions have been made i'll The
! case of woods, fax, linen and hemp cot
= tons, window glass, plate-g glass of high
quality, earthenware and china, where
the duty is believed to be excessive. The
: duty on rice, marble, castor beans and a
fewchemicals is also slightly reduced
The bill is likely to come in for a
: severe and exhaustive an overhauling as
his famous horizontal scheme. There ap-
pears to be quite as wide a difference OF
opinion among members who have seen
and noted its provisions as there was
when the former measure came before
Congress. Scarcely single member can
be found but can offer an amendment or
two. No half dozen in Congress could
be found who would agree on any par
tleular schedule, though in pinch on
final adoption of tariff revision bill the
lines would be closely drawn. Colonel
Morrison will have harder time this ses-
4
| perienced before. There will be a bitter
and determined fight and Mr.. Randall
will show that the strength of the protec
| tionist5 has been in no way seriously
| affected by the reorganization of the
House. Mr.. Randall will assume the
| offensive against the Morrison measure
BLAND BEATEN IN COMMITTEE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-The silver fight
was resumed in the House committee on |
coinage, weights and measures to-day.
For several hours this afternoon and |
evening the committee discussed and |
voted upon propositions, without coming |
to an agreement in favor of any one. Mr.. |
James bill ''to maintain the parity of |
silver and gold" represented the views ex-
pressed in the resolution introduced last
Saturday and was urged rs rejecting
those of the administration. II was in.
tended as a substitute for all other bills
on the silver question. 1t authorized the
President to enter into negotiations with
foreign powers for the purposeuf makiup
treaties with them, binding them to open
their niiuts to free coinage of silver, with
full itgnl tender power, at uniform
ratio to gold TO be agreed upon. The |
piesi lent was authorized 10 appoint com
uiss!pnors to carry on such negotiations
md III case no such treaties were made or !
ratified before designated time the COM
pulsory coinage section of the act of {
February 2Sth, 1873, was to be suspended.
The committee voted down the bill 8 to :
1, those voting favorably being James, +
Hemphill, Rockwell and Scott. Z
At the evening session Representative G
Reagan's unlimited coinage bill was voted
down, Lanham, McCreary, Bynum and
Bland alone voting for it. The COM
nittee finally agreed, z to 5, to report ad- {
gersely Representative BANDS bill for
rec coinage of bullion in the hands of A
private holders and applying the provi-
lion of the act of February 28th, 1878, c.
or issuing certificates on the deposit of a
liver dollars to such coin. u
Representative James will make the ~
majority report and Representative Bland ii
will make minority report recommend. re
ng the passage of the bill. til
WAsHINaToN, Feb. 16.-Attorney- Gen OF
raj Garland, in an interview to-day, said r.
10 had nothing new to say respecting the a
manner in which he became connected ~
nth the Pan Electric Telephone Com IA
any, or the circumstances under which fir
he Memphis suit against the Bell Tele- al
hone Company was instituted by direc- &C
ion of Solicitor General Goode. His
statement to the President last 70
october embodied everything he knew ~ ~
bout these matters, and his attitude in 81
egard to them hasnot changed since then. pr
Besides this" Mr.. Garland added, sit la
ow appears that an investigation cover
lg the whole question is to be had by A
he House of Representatives, and am Is
lad of it, and hope it will be thorough,
nd that all there is of it will be revealed nc
nd made public. In advance of this in nu
estigatioD, which heartily welcome, / VI
eel disinclined to go into the subject in IN
etail. l will say this, however: It is bo
sserted by some persons that as 1 am a on
lember of rival company to the Bell pr
and the government is now ca
rosecuting a suit against the Bell as
atent, this suit may result to my benefit S SI
nd advantage, and that, too, while am ~ ~
t the head of the department of Justice, d de
trough the solicitor. general, through M
1hom the suit is to be carried on, and su
hat, therefore, something should be done ca
y me to relieve myself and the admins th'
alton from the apparently delicate stu an
ion indicated.
II have considered this suggestion in -
j its bearings, as far as l am able, and u
'cognize the fact that there is much in it 40,
orthy of thought. I have discussed in !
y mind most thoroughly what could 90,
i'd ought to do, in view alone of this las
ate of the case and / have determined ing
take steps to meet this in way that in
III, think, receive the appreciation of we
people who really desire to be salts. laI'
I'd. This would be OF once consum- Sao
ated, but as the investigation by the VIII
ouse is now to proceed ! do not think it opt
sht for me to do anything, or to explain low
lat intend to do, until the investiga- n
N is concluded, as my motives in view mex
- D. tIisne oe hhscon- mel
may be, will carry out
d execute the determination / have {
,ched and of which / have already maj
oxen; and more than this 1 hope you cha
not expect me to say or indicate" bill
When asked whether this statement con
his withdrawal from the mai
binet, Mr.. Garland responded, mo, it it il
es not tho
PENNSYLVANIA LOCAL ELECTIONS, mas
Tho local aloct;o,, =, ph;Io,z,,,,,,;a his
day resulted in the return of all the ool
aea,,+ d a,1,,l,1;oa,, oo,,,,o;I,,.. =, eXn
ndidates for reelection, with the excep ~!
n of P. G. Mason, the present incum- S an J.
Mt in common council from the Ninth, Oi'i
10 was defeated by Charles Roberts,
, independent Republican candidate, :
10 was supported by the Democrats
d by the old committee of one hundred Doi
ment in the ward, headed by Joel j. ,ere
lily. The Republicans also elected all ne ner
Dir new men in Republican ward, and Inc
~ won the select councilmen in the OF
Twelfth and the select coun- wns
man in the Republican Twenty-first, ny ~,
ich for three years past, owing to glri
publican qdarrels in the ward, had I MOI
en- represented by DIR. Trite, Demo. lht
It Thus they gain two select council MN
N from the Democrats, while
the common branch they gain
3 in the Twenty fifth, which r, ~
3 entitled to an additional repre- dnn
native on account of the increase in hon
ables in the ward. The next city coun- Frit
, which go into office on the first Mon sigh
Y of April next, will consist of 1903 Re tons
blicans. 81 Democrats and Indepen- arg
nts, sub divided as follows: Select ndl,
neutrality-suspicious., "a Democrats, 4; "'''
nmon counoil-Republican 20; Demo.
its, IA; Independents, Q. Mayor Smith,
q said, voted against John Bardsley, u,
regular Republican nominee for com who
m council in the Twenty-eighth ward. tiiv,
IN Chester Henry Hinkson, Republican. cam
s elected city treasurer over Daniel dell
binson, Democrat, by $50 majority. ~