Nevada County picayune., 1888-05-23
WASHINCTONTOPlCS.
Weekly Budget of News From the
 National Capital.

WA>HINGToN. May, 18th, 1888,
 Representative Mills expresses confidence in the final passage by the House of his tariff bill without any amendments radical enough to change the bill in any material way, Other members of the house are not so confident They believe that a tariff bill will be pass ed by the House but that it will diff fer materially from the original Mills bill. The general debate on the bill ends tomorrow, but just what is then to be done has not yet been settled. Two propositions are being consider ed. One is tt leave the tariff bill to go over until after the St. Louis Convention, and get that Convention to endorse it so strongly that no democratic member will dare to vote against it. The other is to cut off all amendments at the general de- bate and take vote on 1t at once. The last idea is very inviting to the advocates of boIdness in politics but rather frightful to the more conserv- ative and timid members of the par tv. If the President were asked to decide the matter he would undoubt- edly advise the latter course. be- cause every amendment accepted for the bill would weaken it as pOliti- cal issue.
 The Senate committee on priVil- legcs and elections reported unani- mously in favor of the legality of the election of Senator Turpie, of lndi- ana, whose election was disputed by certain republicans.
 Secret sessions of the Senate are not likel D to be abolished for long time to come. By more than three fourths majority the Senate decided this week, against considering the Fisheries treaty in open sessions.
 Senator Vests resolution provided for select committee to examine the questions touching meat and products of the United States, to- gether with the transportation of the same, has been adopted by the Sen ate. In his remarks on the subject Mir, Vest quoted a table showing the amount of beef consumed per capita among the principal nations of the world in l20 pounds per head, there fore he contcnded that anything affecting meat and its production and transportation is of vital import ance to every single inhabitant of this country.
 Upon recommendation of the Ma val Board, Secretary Whitney has granted Messrs. Camp X Sons, the ship builders of Philadelphia, an eX tension of four months time for the completion of the new vessels Balti- more, Yorktown and Nesuvius.
 The republicans of the Senate com mttee on the Judiciary have post poned the consideration of the nomi nation of Mir. Fuller to be Chief Jus tice of the United States until next Monday.
 Representative Fitch, of New York city is the first and so far the only republican member of the House who has publicly an nounced his intention of support ing the Mills tariff billl, he made speech in favor of revenue reform on Wednesday.
 Which party will control the Sen ate after the 4th of Next March is question often asked these days. On the 3rd. of March the terms of 2G Senators will expire, thir number be- ing equally divided between the parties. One of the republicans Riddlebergia of Na.-has had a dem ocratic successor elected, and the rest are pretty sure to be succeeded by republicans, with the possible ex- ception of Oregan. The demo- crats may secure q Senator