The Bozeman weekly chronicle., 1888-04-18
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Points Political, Personal and Pertinent.

The Democratic programme is to get
the tariff bill disposed Of before the
meeting of the st. Louis convention in
June. From the present outlook. the
chances are rather against vote being
reached by that time, but the effort will
BE- made all the same. The chances of
the final passage of the bill have largely
incTea- cd lately, and while it is by no
means certain now that the bill will pass,
it Is more than probable that it will. At
anv lat" the arguments over the bill
will place this whole question in nlain-
er light before the country than hereto
fore. People will, in consequence, look
into the question thcmselves-pcople
Who have in the past taken some lii.
cal demagogrle's statement of il az true
and the result cannot fail To be a eain
for the revenue refurners
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The Senate has speitt more than
week wrangling over the House bill
authorizing the secretary Of the treasury
to purchase United States bonds with
the surplus. The Senate il net divided
on party lines, as both parties have held
caucuses to try TO agree what should
be done. The Silver Senator's of both
parties insist on amending the bill in
some manner to increase the purchase of
silver by the government.
So
The House has had its wrangle toe.
The cause was the bill to refund the de
rect taxes paid by the several states into
the United States treasury. A large ma
jority of the House favor this bill but
owing to the peculiar rules under which
the body works determined minority
can, by flibusterine. delay ard some.
times even defeat legislation. The op-
thod On Wednesday, and succeeded in
keeping the House in session until 230
a. M, Thursday morning. All day and
all night were spent in dilatary motions.
Such furious flibustering had scarcely
ever been seen since the foundation of
the House of Representatives.
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Senator Sherman says the report that
he had or intended to retire from the
race for the Preside ntlal nomination is
entirely untrue. In a little over two
months from now he will wish he had,
and next November he will hate him.
self for ever having even INDUCED tie
| hope of becoming President of the Unit
ed States. Nor will the kn.wledge that
he has lost some the contents of his
ba rrel, add to the comfort of his
thoughts.
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1t is understood the six Justices of the
Supreme court are in favor of the pro-
motion of Justice Field, of California, to
the vacant Chief Justceship. Until the
appointment of Mr.. Lamar, to the
Supreme bench, Justice Field was the
only democrat of the Supreme Court
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Governor Hill, of New York, is short
ly to announce publicly that he is not
and never has been candidate for the
Presidential nomination. He is Cleve-
land man. Mr.. Cleveland expressed
himself to friend this week as being
highly pleased with the prospects of the
Mills tariff bill in the House and also with
the prospects of the democratic party in
the coming campaign.
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Gen. Clark the clerk of the House Of
Representatives, says he Is tried of hear
ing the House denounced for doing
nothing. lie can prove by figures that
it has done more work than any of its
predecessors ever did so early in the ses-
sion. 1t has passed up to date 2s2 private
and l29 public bills,
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. The Public Lands Committee of the
House has reported bill forfeitinG
about 10000 COO acres of the Northern
Pacific, Southern Pacific and Ontonagor
' land-grants.