New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-12
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THAT COMING TARIFF BILL"
INFORMATION THAT Is NEWS TO THE MINORITY OF
THE WAYS AND MEANS.
WASHINGTON, Jan. IL lSpeciaD-" The Star to-
night says;
"The work on the tariff bill to be presented to
the House by the Ways and Means Committee Is
progressing rapidly. 1t is expected that the Dill
will be put IN the House within about two weeks"
This paragraph will be regarded in the light Oh
"news" by the Republican members OF the Ways
and Means Committed for they have not heretofore
been informed officially, that tarii pil ~
course OF preparation. or course ~ is km4"n
that Colonel Mills came to Wasnil I no Win Or
behaved that he and one or two other Democratic
members of the Committee have been Tor some
time engaged in making large addltlons 10 tne
free list and radical reduction OF rates In certain
directions II is also stated on what seems, 10 oe
pretty good authority, that chairman Nii's mn
several Of his Democratic colleagues, II not al %
them are opposed to giving the represchtatiTes Vi
any American industry an opportunity 10 ep ne" "i
in its behalf The reason asslgmed iar oodnd With
Information of that sort and that no more u
needed Probably it would be too mnch 70 , eM-
Moot that Colonel Mills should realize that nous
trial conditions are constantly changing so una.
the of 1880 or even tar tr"stwortbV
fave Eye years nrss Sd Is nHa %n0
." T. can he stated as a fact that the minority OF
the Ways and Means Committee have not fe a
revenue S bill and it Is hardly probable that such .
a measure will be reported to the House TINS month
ARMY AND NAVY INTELLIGENCE.
WARRINGTON. Jan. 1.-THE leave of absence
Granted Second Lieutenant James W. Benton, 9th
Cavalry. November TO- has been extended one
month. Ordinary leave of absence for hiteen
DAVIS has been granted First Lieutenant Alexis X.
Paxton. 9Th Infantry, in addition to the exten-
sion granted October 15 on surgeons certihGaa on
First Lieutenant Thomas z. Woodbury. mas pecn
transferred frem Company to 9Th, lnfantry'
First Lieutenant William c. Mcfarland from Com
pany I to Company X. ,. r,ux,,
First Lieutenant Samuel Mercer Marine corps,
has been ord,red to duty in comma nd OF tne Mr,ne
Guard on the Saratoga, now al lhe Noiio '
yard -, ,o..;., poord
NJ Which Rear Admiral Jouett is president have
| returned to Washington from New YORK where
they made thorough inspection OF the lreit3 pn.
Enterprise and Npsic. now being htted ont loc
sea They report that the two last-named YES
sells are in good condition and VIII be reauH iTt
sea after few minor repairs nave -, pee, mi into
! dry dock AGAIN and have her bottom scraped ne
| fore she can start her cruise to the , Souun
Pacific. Sailing orders were issued to the Eh'er-
| prise and Nipsc.
SMITHSONIAN REGENTS IN SESSION
WASHINGTON. JAN II t'peciaD.-The regular
| annual session Of the Board of Regents OF the
Smithsonian Institution took place today all oi
| the members being present save the venerable
| Senator Morrell and Professor Asa GRAY, both Of
| whom were prevented by serious illness, ana
President Noah Porter, who could not SO mahaee
his affairs as to be in attendance at this meetlng
The Board rapidly transacted the routine business
of examination and approved of the operations OF
the establishment during the past year, ana uIani IL
mously agreed to resolution asking congress W
give the entire control Of the new National Museum
| over to the Smithsonian Institution. ms
Museum, now in its infancy Will soon grow TO an
1te1,x nf
| interest and value II is now so extensive that
| G.. Brown Goodc, the ssstant secretary OF the
who Is now IN s charge rent mas made
| by the President as United States Commissioner OF
Fish and Fisheries. One of the pleasant features
| of the meeting to-day was, the temperance Of
| Sunset Cox as Regent he having been newly
| appointed last week. He was the Dean OF the
Board until the time Of his beng crSwdea oIs by
ago General Wheeler, Of Alabama, succeeds
Wilson, of West Virginia, William Walter Phelps
was reappointed Regent by Speaker Carlisle yes
| terday The Senators who are members of the
| Board are Messrs. Morrill, Gibson and Cullom
RELIEF FOR PEPPERMINT GROWERS.
| WASHINGTON JAN IL. (SpecialI.-The pepper
mint growers of Wayne and Yates counties, New
| York and the growers of that herb in Michigan
| and other States will be glad to learn that the
| Treasury Department has rescinded the order OF
November which allowed dealers IN Japanese pep
permint oil who imported it in bond for reshIpment
10 foreign markets to break up the original pack
ages and put up the oil in bottles OF the same
size and as erdor TO have been
| issued without careful consideration or at ieas'
under msapprehsnsion as to Its e SMt ON no. no.
turned to Washington after the II olidays he 1ound
| awaiting him petition signed by nearly one
thousand persons Interested IN 'ne forth the
| destructive effects of the order II adnereu 10.
He called the attention of Assistant secretary ac
| Maynard to the matter and on Saturday the oruer
was rescinded, although it was not officially pro-
mulgated until to-day.
DISCUSSING THE CHINESE KUESTIoN.
WASHINGTON, Jan. II tSpecdl)-The House
Committee on Foreign Affairs held meeting to-
dav at which the subcommittee were appointed
after which Mr. Morrow Of California, introduced
the subject of the exclusion of Chinese Immigration
This led to an informal discuss ion in which several
| of the members expressed their views A prom
| nent member of the committee subsequently ex-
| pressed the opinion that no action IN lne matter
| will be taken for some time to come Inc com
mittee will call on the Secretary of State In body
| tomorrow.
THE CLAIMS OF NATHANIEL MCKAY.
WASHINGTON Jan. II tSpeciGD.-Thc Senat
Committee on Claims to-day reported favorabll
The claims of Nathaniel Mckay and the executor
of Donald Mckay giving them the right to brn'
suit in the United States Court of Claims for los
| on building monitors for the government durih
the war The losses we're caused ny chS Ma 1n
nartment The claim is more than twenty year
| old.
RESCUED AGAIN BY MR. RANDALL
WASHINGTON. Jan. IL lSpecial.-There was
funny scene in the House TO-DAY when on stric
party vote the Republicans rejected Statesman
. | Springer's demand for the previous question 6y
| majority of thirteen over the Democrats. Tn
statesman from the Sangamon offered resolution
| giving the Committee on Territories, OF whicn ne 1
Chairman, authority to have printed and ooun'
any documents relating TO matters before that com
mittee which 1t ght see fit. . .
Mr. Reed blandly inquired whether 1T would no
be we'll to give all the committees the same au