Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-23
Attracting Considerable Attention
in Both Houses.
sHERMAN's NEW YORK STRENGTH
Democrats Who Will Vote Against
the Mills Bm-Bids For Finishing
Nebraska City's Building
Sheridan Ill.
Only Second 20 the Tariff.
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in the present congress 1.-THE tariff bill alone
excepted) has attracted more general COM
ment than Senator Paddock's bill for the
erection Of postofice buildings which is now
under discussion in the senate. The measure,
while somewhat amended in the committee,
and reported back to the senate as a com-
mittee bill, is fairly Senator Paddock's, and
is so considered by the senate and spoken of
by the press. The Nebraska senator first of
any one In the senate or house introduced a
bill of this character in ongress and the
various measures since sent to the committee
have each and all been constructed on his
plan. The only notifications made in any of
the proposed bills have been in the line Of
minor details. The main features have been
left untouched. In the debate on the measure
the amendments offered have all been to-
wards changing it back towards the Nebraska
senator's original substitute, and when it is
finally passed 1t will be on the lines first laid
down by him. Several hours were given up,
both yesterday and to-day in the discussion
of the measure. In the house Mr.. BlounJ's
bill Is drawn on the same line.
The object OF the bill, and which obtains for
it the support which it is receiving, is
the purpose to do away with the granting of
the large appropriations for buildings in GER
tain towns and cities, and adopting instead a
general one for the construction of postoflice
buildings in all towns of q certain size. In
other words, as stated in the debate, it is in
tended to adopt a general equitable system
which gives no preference to any locality or
TO any section of the country, but provides
postofhce buildings, and also where it is
practicable, accommodations for other de-
partments of the government. The specific
object of the bill is to diminish special legis-
lation by congress, and every session appro-
priating money for public buildings at par
ticular places. Under Senator Paddock's
original measure the cost of the buildings
was dependent upon the gross receipts of the
offices for u term of years preceding.
In the present bill the arbitrary limit
Of sos, 600 is fixed. 1t is probable that
thisc change will not be sustained by the SEN
ate and that the amount in each case will be
left to be determined by the supervising
board. Another feature of the amended bill
is one providing that the postmaster general
shall be authorized to accept sites By dona-
ton. This has already been stricken out on
MIR. Paddock's initiative as being unjust to
the west and south, where the people are less
able to donate valuable ground to the govern
ment than in the Weather communities Of
the east.
TnIRTY-FoUR VOTES FROM NEW YORK.
Information is received here from New
York that thirty-four out of the seventy-two
delegates from that state will vote for Sher-
man under the leadership of ex-senator War
ner Miller. Mr.. Miller has always been
looked upon as a Sherman man and he
has been at the head of the Sherman
organization in New York state. He IS a
cool headed, far sighted, energetic leader,
and the Blaine-D epew faction were compelled
to put him on the delegation to Chicago in
order to prevent a lively row. Mr.. Miller is
very friendly with Depew. however, and
would not object to supporting him for the
presidency, but he is violently opposed to
Blaine. and while he might vote for him at
the polls If Blaine were nominated, he would
not give him more than n passive support.
There is a feeling, however, that Senator
Sherman's strength is not permanent; that
the delegates from the southern states will
not stick to him, but will scatter and run as
they did when they were supporting Arthur
i'll the convention of 1884.
DEMOCRATS AGAINT II MILLS BILL.
The democrats who will vote against the
Mills bill through thick and thin are as fol-
lows: Merriman, Mahoney, Bliss, Stahl-
necker and Campbell, and perhaps Cum
mings, of New York; Randall and Sowden,
Of Pennsylvania; Pidcock and McAdoo, of
New Jersey; Vance, French and Granger,
of Connecticut; Foran, of Ohio, and Till
man, of South Carolina. Although the latter
is said TO be pledged through thick and thin
to Randall, he recently authorized an inter
view III lIt SHuTltSlDu NCWS anu COURIER
which sounded very much as though he was
trying TO hedge and would support the bill
under certain conditions. Several other
democrats will vote with the gentleman
named against the free wool clause and that
clause removing the duty from lumber.
Several of the representatives from the Gulf
states have heard from their constituents on
the lumber question. and will vote with the
republicans.
bidders on THE NEBRASKA CITY
Ili1g tNarn onanal tn-1ou hv thn S1nprviGinn
architect of the treasury for the labor and
material required in the completion of the
interior finish, including the lathing, plaster
ing; joiner work, wood flooring, stairs,
marble work, glass, hardware, painting,
polishing, plumbing and gas fitting on the
court house building at Nebraska City. The
bidders were as follows: Thomas Driscoll,
Washington, for oak $50, 900, cypress $50. 500;
cypress S20,9S5; Mccarthy II Baldwin,
Washington, oak S99, 900, cypress SO, 900;
Henry Wales, Nebraska City, oak S24, 1913,
cypress So, 7S7; John Meyers Son, Pales-
tine, Tex, oak S24,49I; John O'Connor,
Buffalo, oak SD, 195, cypress $685. sos; Robert
Mitchell, Cincinnati, oak s23,9SS.
GENERAL SHERIDAN ILL.
There is Il report in quiet incubation to-
night among the intimate friends of General
Phil Sheridan that he is dangerously i'll at
his residence in this city. General Sheridan
returned last Saturday from a long trip
to the west, and is Frustrated from nervous
ness. He spent some days trampIng around
the new post ut Chicago, and when he re-
turned was completely worn out. There
was u consultation of his family physicians
Drs. Reilly and Yarrow-this evening,
and they refuse TO give any particulars re-
pardiug the generals condition. Colonel
Mike Sheridan, the generals brother, said
tonight that the latter was not seriously i'll,
but friends believe that there are causes for
apprehension.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The comptroller of the currency to-day APP
proved the Importers and Traders bank, of
New York, rs reserve agency for the Hamil-
ton County National bank, of Webster City,
In. also the National Park Bank, of New
York, in place OF tho United States National,
us reserve agent for the First National, of
Tobias, Neb., and the American Exchange
National, OF Chicago, as reserve agent for the
First National, OF Rapid City, Oak.
ID. ID. Houck, deputy sherifl of Omaha, for
merry OF this city, is visiting his brother, S.
Houck, of Washington.
Representative Wm. l.. Scott of Pennsyl-
vania is determined 10 be heard. He has
ordered 400, 600 copies OF hls tariff speech in
pamphlet form, and given notice tnat each
member of the house can have 1900 ana each
democratic senator 1900 for distribution.
IL costs him about 50, 900.
Senator Paddook's bill providing for a
bridge at Nebraska City was passed by the
senate to-day. The drawbridge section was
stricken out by the committe. il being OBJ