The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1888-01-27
CAPITAL BUDGET.

Indications OF a Lively SIUirmish-A Strike
Soon 1nded-NationaI Board of Trade
COnvention-Investiga the Reading
Strike-The New Law in Regard to THIRD
and Fourth Glass Mail Matter Given I'm
mediate Effect.
A LIVELY sKIRAusH IMPENDING.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-The indications
are that lively skirmish is IN reserve
among members of the House committee
on ways and means, and that it will
break out one of these days and be taken
to the floor of the House. The Republicans
of the committee openly charge the Dem
ocrats with design to throttle comment
upon the Tariff bill, which the major ity
are to lay before the committee, and a
scheme to go around the regular course of
procedure. They say the maj GRITTY in
tend to produce the bill for the revision
of the tariff in the committee first, in
stead of introducing it in the House, and
having it referred. as is the custom, and
that the design is to keep it from public
view and comment till it is reported to
the House from tie committee; that it is
in course of preparation, and it is to
come direct from the conference of Demo
Gratis to the committee, receive hasty con-
sideration and go to the House, and that
when it appears for the first time be-
fore the committee, it will have a
report with it. This will not only cut off
debate in the committee, they declare but
will not afford the country an opportunity
to discuss it itself until it is too late. The
| bill, as it will come to and go from the
committee, is to have a caucus pledge of
| support. This procedure the Republican
members Of the committee will protes
against, and they say there will be o
regular hammer and tOngs time of it
should it be necessary to stay the design
Of the majority.
SHORT BUT EFFECTIVE STRIKE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.-One of the sh ort-
est and most successful strikes on record
occurred a few days ago at the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing here. AN order
was issued directing that the girls who
act assistants to the men in charge of
the presses, be changed from press to
press. The execution of the order, how
ever, was strongly objected to,
/ as the pressmen are paid in
/ proportion to the amount of work
/ performed, and accordingly when the
/ assistants become accus stomed to the work
1 of each man it involves a material reduc.
tion in the amount of work accomplished
/ to have them changed. Upon receiving
| the order, a committee at once waited
/ upon the assistant chief o. the bureau,
/ and informed him that the pressmen
! had stopped work, and unless the
/ order was rescinded would at once leave
the building. Another commit tee was
| also delegated to wait on Chief Graves.
/ Before the committee had timo to see
! him, however, Mr.. Graves sent word that
/ the obnoxious order had been revoked,
and that it would not be necessary for
/ the committee to communicate with him
directly. The one hundred and eighty
| nine pressmen at once returned to
work, and the strike, which lasted
about thirty minutes terminated. A
strike in this department Iwould cause
serious Inconvenience as great skill is
required on the part of the men.
/ NATIONAL. BOARD OF TRADE CONVENTION.
! WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.-Ths National
| Board of Trade convention yesterday
/ passed resolutions urging Congress to re-
wise the National banking laws in con-
| sonance with the recommendation OF
Comp troller Trenholm, advocating the
refunding of four per cent. Government
! bonds at low rate of interest redeema-
BILE in annual instalments from 1891
to 1921, with view to the
use of the new loan as security
for National banking circulation; also
urging the repeal of the Law providing
for the compulsory purchase of silver
bullion.
The resolutions proposed by the New
York, Philadelphia, Boston and New Ha
dies to American shipping, were adopted
but ''free-ship" amendment was defeat
ed by a vote of go to 10.
Resolutions were also adopted recon-
mending the passage of a uniform pilotagt
law; the holding Of an internationa
maritime conference; favoring extra
dition treaties covering embezzlement
and recommending an amendment to the
Constitution so as to allow the Presiden
70 Oft "a in ioff foV
bills.
The convention last evening, aftel
several days Of interesting and very
industr work, adjourned sine die
The next convention Will open in Chicago
on the second Wednesday of next Novem
Der.
INVESTIGATING THE READING RAD RoAI
STRIKE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-At a meet n 2 ot
the House committee on commerce thi
morning the sub committee having under
consideration the Anderson resolution tx
investigate the Reading railroad strike
was discharged from consideration Ct the
subject and it was taken up by the full
committee, which was about evenly di
vided upon its advisability. Th
opponents Of the resolution hold
that Congress has no jurisdiction, anC
can not inquire into affairs between
employees and empl oyers whore public in
terests are not jeopardized; but that i
there is jurisdi ction, it is only through
the Inter State Commerce Commission
The final disposition of the resolution wa
postponed until next Tuesday, when rep
resentatives of the strikers will probably
be present and ask for favorable action by
the committee.
PROMPT COMPLIANCE WITH LAW.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.-Postmaster
General Dickinson yesterday promulgated
rules and regula tions in conformity witt
the new law just passed by Congress am
signed by the President yester
day, respecting permissible writ
ing and printing on second, third AM
fourth class matter. Under the regulation
the restriction as to writing upon thir'
and fourth class matter are substantial,
the same as under the old il
general, all restriction as to printing o.
these two classes of matter are removed
except as to reservation Of space neces
sorry for addressing the matter aud plac
/ the postage stamps on it. In all case
directions for transit delivery forward
ing or return are to be deemed part of tn
) address.
VIII Aid the Strikers.
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