The Portland daily press., 1888-03-23
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Chairman mills Authorized to Re.
port His Bill to the House.
Maine Manufacturers Who Signed
the Memorial to Congress.
Senator Frye's Effort to Secure Ac-
ton on the Liquor Question.

tber changes have been made in the BILL
Lipseed oil was taken off the free list, and
placed at 10 cents gallon. Other changes
| take paris white off the free list specify
that fire brick Is not included with brick in
the free list, and makes the duty on mitlles,
| taretons crinolines, ETC., under the same
| rate as cotton cloth. Rice. cleaned and un-
| cleaned, is more clearly defined.
| The five Republican members OF the COM
| mittee this afternoon discussed the charac-
| ter of the minority report that they will
make. Mr.. Mckinley, who made the minor
| ity report against the Morrison. tariff bill in
the last Congress, was autnoTlzed ~ 70 write
this one. The report VIII not be submitted
| until some time next week.
The Question Of Imported Liquor.
The four Democrats OF the Senate judicia-
ry committee and Eyarts Of New York, have
made a majority report against Mr.. Frye's
| bill providing that the payment of duty on
| imported liquors shall not be held to author
| ize their sale contrary to State laws, main
| tanning that Congress cannot confer on
States any power that they do not possess,
| but expressing no opinion as to whether i'm
| ported liquors can be sold contrary to State
law. The minority of the committee, Ed
munds, Hoar, Wilson and ingalls, (all Repub-
licaas) favor the passage of the bill. All of
them say that they do not mean to be under
stood as holding the opinion that imported
liquors can be sold in violation Of State law,
but hold that the passage of such a law as
this is desirable. to put at rest all doubts.
They hold that Congress can give the State
power of this kind, and that 1t has done so
In the law providing that the payment OF q
United States tax, by liquor dealers, shall
not be held to authorize the business to be
carried on contrary to State laws.
The minority of the committee recommend
ed substitute for the bill as introduced by
Mr.. Frye, which covers the same ground, but
is so framed as to meet the objections of
some who had opposed the original measure
on constitutional grounds. The substitute
proposal is as follows:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and in
sert the following, VIII
That the payment of any tax, duty lmpost or
@ npIn OF ID respect @ 4 rne n.o
other intoxicating liquids or liquors shall not be
held to exempt the importer thereof, or any other
person or any such property from any penalty,
forfeiture, or proceeding that now IS or erheafter
may be provided for by the laws of any State ap-
nature, respecting the Manufacture, sale furnish
ing, or possession of liquids or liquors; nor shall
the. payment Of any such tax, duty, I'M
post or excise be held to prohibit or preclude any
State from imposing a tax or duty on any such
liquids or liquors or from making regulations in
respect to the same in common with and in re-
spect of other such liquids liquors not import
ed, or from enforcing Its laws operating equally
IN respect OF property imported and property not
imported, against any such importer or person or
against any such property, whether the same be
in the original package OF importation or not.
This amendment meets the approval of
Senator Frye, and he will make an effort to
have the BILL as amended, passed by the
Senate. The House committee on the judic-
iary, have referred Mr.. Dingley's bill, which
is in almost the precise language of the SUBJ
stitute proposed above. to MIR. Collins OF
Massachusetts, for investigation and report.
The Manufacturers Remonstrance.
Among the signers of the memorial sent to
Congress by New England manufacturers
demonstrating against changes in the tariff
which would result unfav0rably to Ameri-
can labor and manufactures, are the follow
ing from Maine:
A. NJ. Pusifer, treasurer Little Androsco ggin
E. 5. Davis, agent Continental Mills.
J. G. Coburn, agent Hill Manufacturing Go.
H. L. Pratt, agent Bates Manufacturing Co.
VIM. ID. Pcnnell, agent Lincoln Mills.
John w. Danielson, treasurer Lockwood Co.
Co., Kennebec Fibre Co. and Wentworth Spring
W k sh1rtleff, treasurer shurtlen Pulp and
i. q. Adams, president; Albert johnson, treas
urer, Knox Woolen Co, belts, lettings, etc.
Allen Woolen Mills, woolens.
John Aver, treasurer Dunn Edge Tool Co.
Benjamin & Allen, foundry machine shop.
L. A. Emerson, treasurer Emerson q Stevens
G. H. Bryant. treasurer Dustin s. Hubbard
Manufacturing Go.
John w. Hubbard president Hubbard II. Blake
Manufacturing Co.
CT. A. johnson, lumber and starch.
j. w. Bolton, starch.
Thomas H. Phair, lumber and starch
George H. Howe, lumber aud starch.
Albert Holmes, lumber and starch.
5. w. Collins, lumber.
E. p. Grimes lumber.
George F. Fabyan, treasurer Androscoggin
W: G. saltonstall, treasurer York Manufactur-
Samuel R. Payson, Kennebec River Mills and
VIM H. Bent, treasurer Mason Machine Works.
George Dexter treasurer Pepperell Manufac-
turing Co., and Laconia Co.
To be FavorabIy Reported.
The Senate committee on military affairs
today ordered favorable report on the
Manderson bill, providing that each State
which shall establish State homes for disa-
bled soldiers and sailors and their widows
and orphans, shall receive 500 for each
person cared for in the home for one. year
The House committee on the revision OF
the laws decided, by an almost unanimous
vote, to report the joint resolution proposing
an amendment to the constitution for the
election of United States Senators by the di-
rect vote of the people.
They Were Shocked.
The Capitol at Washington was struck by
lightning yesterday afternoon. 1t shocked
the Supreme Court, the Senate and the House
of Representatives. 1t put out the electric
lights, paralyzed the telegraph and telephone
wires, and destroyed portions of the sending
and receiving apparatus. The sky had been
clear until after / O'Clock, when the great
thunder storm rolled slowly down the Poto-
mac and across the city. 1t was two O'Clock
when it reached the Capitol. There was lit
tie or no thunder at first. Suddenly thun-
derbolt fell directly on the Goddess of Liber-
ty with terrific crash, which sounded to
those. who happened to be In the rotunda
like the rending asunder OF the dome. The
lightning ran down the sides OF the iron
dome, and catching ON the wires ran through
both wings of the building, while the thun-
der reverberated through all the Corridors
and seemed to shake the very foundations
The lightning ran through the Supreme
Court room, the Senate, the House and the
galleries. cleaning, glowing sheet OF ire
binding all eyes. Senators and representa-
tives leaped to their feet, while the people in
the galleries ran into the corridors. In the
press galleries balls of fire appeared on the
telegraph instruments, and ran along the
wires, rendering them useless.
Senator HaIe's Committee.
The Hale committee of the Senate to ex-
anime into the present condition of the civil
service, organized this morning and author
ized its chairman to select subcommittee
10 90 to Philadelphia next week. where the
first work of examining will begin.
Notes.
Elbridge T. Glover, of Dover, Me-, has
been granted a pension.
Senator Hale has secured ire l,,i the passage
tha Construction of a bridge across the st.
Croix river at Barring, Me. The bill appro-
nriates $1,000 for the purpose, and like sum
E to be appropriated by the Dominion gov
ernment, the bridge being an international
Miss Augustine Snead Miss Grundy), one
of the nest known Washington correspond
ents, died yesterday
Ith CONGRESS-.-FlRST SESSION.