The western sentinel., 1888-12-13
absorb about s75.oooo. 600; the Direct

absorb about s75, 10000, 900; the Direct
tax bill, which will amount to nearly
| 20,0000,000. and the lord knows how
many other hills in the same line
They will probably run the expense
of the Government up to over $780,
/ 100000 within two years. They will
soon get rid of the surplus. That
will not long be a standing menace to
"You can look out for the money to
fly said Senator Vest yesterday
"The Republicans have got every
thing ana they will make appropria-
tions right and left. they will pass
the Service Pension bill, which. will
use up at least $250,0000, the
Blair Educational bill, which will
jects is to make tie already larger ap.
! preparations of the Fiftieth Congress
appear 10 be enormously extrava-
| giant. s.
Gen. Harrison's administration as il
has been 10 Mr. Cleveland's. The
Republicans will, no doubt, call in
the S60,000,000 now out in the nation
al banks, and that with the extrava-
CANT appropriations, viii bring about
well, | will not continue the subject
further. Wait, and you will see"
-
Attorney General Garland, in his
report, calls attention anew to the
| ever increasing calendar of the Fed
eral Supreme Court. With full
bench of fairly vigorous workers the
cases disposed of last year were less
by sixty-seven than the number OF
new eases brought. This is a good
showing by comparison, but it proves
beyond question that under the best
conditions the Supreme court cannot
keep up with its business and that
some relief for its congested and in
creasing docket OF arrears is impera-
lively demanded, even though Con
gress gives little heed to it.
~
The House Committee on Foreign
Affairs, met yesterday and organized.
Mr.. McCreary, of Kentucky, being
the second member OF the committee,
was made chairman, in place of Mr..
Belmont, who has vacated his seat to
act as Minister to Spain.
**
Senator Butler introduced a joint
resolution extending the Presidential
term to six years.
The name of Perry Belmont, the
new Minister to Spain, was yesterday
dropped from the rolls of the House.
*x*
Senator Plumb, in the course of the
discussion on the Tariff bill in the Ser
ate yesterday, made statements which
show that there is at least one Repub-
lican Senator who. believes there is
need Tor tariff revision and reduction.
He called attention to duty on silver
ed glass as proposed by the Finance
Committee This amount, he said,
caused every bureau manufactured to
cost from two to three dollars more
than it otherwise would. 1t was not
made in the United States, he said,
and therefore ought to be placed on
tree list. He also referred to the eX-
lstence Of the steel trust in the United
States, and said that large amounts OF
money had been saved in the construc-
tion Of the State House of Texas and a
public building at Wichita, Kan, by
the purchase OF joints, beams, etc,
abroad.
**
A roll of manuscript bearing the
stamp of the State Department, and
tied with red and blue ribbon, was
presented to the Senate yesterday by
Senator Ingalls,, the President pro-
tempore They were the certified
copies of the vote for electors in Kan
sas, Maryland, North Carolina and
Georgia. The sending to Congress of
such returns through the Secretary of
STATE sbeing an entirely new proceeding,
a slight debate arose as to their dis
position. On motion Of Senator Sher-
man, however, who thought the pro
cetdings were extra constitutional,
the law requiring that retnrns should
be sent to the President of the Senate,
they were referred to the Committee
on Privileges and Elections. The ac-
ton of The Secretary Of State is in ac-
cordance with the law of 1887.
Representative Mills, chairman of
the Ways and Means committee, is
suffering from slight relapse of his
illness of last spring, which in all
probability, will necessitate his leav-
ing the House for a while to seek quiet
and rest in some of the resorts in Vir-
ginia or North Carolina. When Mr..
Mills returned to the Capitol last
Monday, he was looking exceedingly
well, but the strain of the campaign in
which he took a leading part, seems to
have weakened him considerably. He
said yesterday that he was feeling far
from we'll.
The political complexion OF the
next House is still uncertain, although
there is very little DOUBT that the Re
publicans will have small majority.
Up to yesterday 100 certificates out Of
325 have been received by the Clerk
of the House, and Mr.. Clark admit
that the result is very close and will
require an official count to decide.
The doubtful districts are the four in
West Virginia. one in Tennessee and
Bacon's district in New York.
" hi.e Senator Beck's condition has
improved somewhat it is improbable
that he will be in his seat in the Sen
ate this session. He has been stopping