The Portland daily press., 1888-05-22
RIVER AND HARBOR APPROPRIATIONS.
How Maine Fares in the Senate's s
Amended Bill.
Mr.. FuIIer's Nomination to be Con-
firmed Without Delay:
other Live Topics from the City
Where Laws are Made.

WASHINGTON, May 21.-The river and
harbor bill, as amended by the Senate
committee, appropriates for the Penobscot
River, Maine, $4,000; the Kennebee river,
S75,000 Portland harbor, Me, $4,000; Mt.
Desert, Maine, $4,000; Back Cove, Portland,
$25 900; Little Harbor. N H., S25, 900; Block
Island, r. l., $4,000; Lubec Channel, Maine
$4,000; Bellamy river, N. H., $4,000; Paw
tucket river, r. l., $4,000; Green Jacket
Shoal, Providence river, $2S,0O0; Pawkatuc
river, r. l., $4,000; Housatonic river, Conn,
$4,000; Breakwater. Mt Desert, Me-. $780,
900; Moose-a-bec Bar, Me-, $4,000
The Secretary of War is authorized to
cause to be made proper surveys, plans and
estimates for the Hennepin Canal.
Republicans and the Mills Bill.
Judge Kelley thus disproves of report that
the Republicans had decided to prepare a
substitute for the Mills bill: SIT is true that
proposition was made by Messrs Mills and
Mcmillan to Messrs. Reed and Mckinley, the
only Republican members Of the committee
on ways and means they could find in the
House when they solicited the original con-
ference, which resulted in prolonging the
general debate. Messrs. Reed and McKin-
ley. however, declined to commit themselves
to the proposition, and said they had no au-
thority to speak for their Republican col
leagues on the committee or for their party
have considered themselves charged with the
duty OF submitting the proposition to their
colleagues. l never heard either of them re-
fer to the subject till this morning. in the
course OF an interview with Major McKin-
icy, consequent upon the appearance OF the
n
stitute for the Mills bill has been formulated
by the Republican party, nor has any person
or committee been authorized to formulate
such a Dill; nor. again, has anybody been
authorized by the Republican members OF
the House to make such an agreement as
Messrs. Mills and Mcmillan proposed. The
KepubIcan party can find no authority in
law or parliamentary precedent to justify it
In stalking the industrial and commercial in
terests of the American people upon the
throw OF single die or on bet between the
Junto that are pressing the Mills bill on one
side, and few inc0mpetents ON the other,
which IS what this story assumes to be prob
aole. Should such an outrage be attempted,
the names OF those who propose it would in
stantiy rise to national prominence. They
would go into history as the betrayers of the
cause OF protection when it was about to be
natlonalized. and to confirm the national
character of the Republican party by its dis
cussion the length and breadth of the coun-
party, the disruption of which would newt
ably follow the betrayal of the vital princi-
pie by which It defends the prosperity OF the
whole people,"
At meeting of the ways and means COM
mittee this morning it was agreed between
the majority and minority that the House
should not enter upon the consideration of
the tariff bill for amendments before We'd
nesday. Action after that day will depend
upon the result of the Republican caucus to-
morrow night.
The Next Chief Justice.
The Senate committee ON judiciary today
considered the nomination of Melville w
Fuller to be Chief Justice. A member of
the committee is authority for the statement
that the present status of the case warrants
the belief that Fuller will be confirmed at an
early day.
The Fisheries Treaty.
A caucus of Republican senators this af-
ternoon, in continuation of that Of last Fri
day, was called to formulate basis for the
united action already agreed upon, and to
give senators, not members of the foreign re-
latl0ns committee, further opportunity to
get posted upon points to be made against
the fisheries treaty. No action was takon,
the time being entirely spent in talk.
The Baptists.
The fourth annual meeting of the Foreign
Missionary Society of the Baptist church
began here today. The report of the execu-
tive committee was presented by Rev. j. N.
Murd0ck, ID. d., foreign secretary, and
showed that in Burmah, Assam, India, Siam
China, Japan, Africa and Europe there were
sixty stations and S31 0ut-statiOns connected
with which are 262 missionaries, 1898 native
preachers and 1896 churches, with 127,2
members. During 1887 there were baptized
in the missions 10,603 persons. The receipts
were SAIL, 1856, and the expenditures SAL, 1885,
leaving balance in the treasury of $24S.
Notes.
Representative Springer of Illinois today
introduced bill ito provide for placing on
the free list articles of merchandise and pro-
duction which may be controlled by trusts
or combinations.
Richard Perkins was appointed postmaster
at Bridgewater, Aroostook county, Maine,
today. vice Edwin o. Collins, resigned,
The petition of ID. ID. Dana, of Massaohu-
setts. for compensation for services rendered
at the time Of Lincoln's assassination, has
been adversely reported in the Senate on the
ground that he was only doing his duty.
Dana was an officer in the army, and pro-
cured information which, he claims, led to
the killing Of the assassin.
One Of the Rumors.
New YORK, May 21.-A special to the
Commercial Advertiser says that in the Sen
ate judiciary committee, today, the Republi-
cans had about made up their minds to re-
port adversely Mr.. Fuller's nomination as
chief justice, when letters were transmitted
by the President, signed by Judge Gresham,
Robert L. Lincoln, Walker Blaine, Judge
Drummond, Judge Turnbull and others,
strongly endorsing Fuller. This changed
their views, and Senators Hoar and Evarts
acknowledged that, though they had before
disapproved of the nomination, they would
vote on the nomination next Monday.
KNIGHTS OF LABOR