Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-01-28

licans to the brilliant and distinguish
ed statesman. The EX-Secretary
passed through the long contest I'M
scathed, and he wears his n wv and
crowning hoLor with becoming mod
esty and characteristic dignity, In
accordance with custom, the new As
sociate Justice was assigned a seat on
the extreme left fhis fellow Justices.
The Senate had under considera-
ton the Blair bill, but as usual,
reached no conclusion. MesSrs. Blair
and Reagan had rather a
heated discussion 0N over the
third question, inwhich the former
was decidedly worsted. Ex-Justice
of the Supreme Court, Strong, eX-
presses theopinion that the bill lis
unconstitutional. ilugqa9sk-. iHil
90 Senator Hoarhas introduceda SER
vice pension bill, whichcis the most
radical measure of the kindEyet pre-
scented, providing asst does that all
officers and.enlisted men who Observed
in the army, navy, or marine corps,
including regulars and volunteers at
any time during the ciYil war, shall
be entitled to a pension Of one cent
for each days service, in addition to
any pension granted for disability.
This, in face CT the fact that SIS,
500, 900 will be spent on pensions this
year, and the further fact, that the
House Committee calls for $50, 100000
more for the same purpose next year.
Comment is unnecessary.
Both the Senate and the House
have passed the bill appropriating
the sum of $685., 900 to establish agri-
cultural experiment stations as at
tachments to the various agricultural
colleges throughout the country.
Owingto the absence from sickness,
of Speaker Carlisle, and Mr.. Willis,
who has succeeded Mr.. Morrison as
the Democratic leader of the House,
the proceedings of that body were
less interesting than usual the past
week. Half day was consumed in
obstructing consideration of the bill
introduced by Mr.. Wilkins, of Ohio,
to increase National bank circulation,
and the balance of the same day was
devoted to speech making over the
acceptance of pictures ofthree Speak
ers of the House furnished by Massa-
chuSetts, whose counterfeit present
ments have been added to historical
portrait gallery that graces the south
wing of the capitol The principal
orators were w. P. c. Breckenridge,
of Kentucky, and EX-Gov. Long, of
Massachusetts, and a great crowd
packed the floor and galleries to hear
their eloquent utterances.
Another day of the valuable time
of the House was wasted over the
consideration of the Carlisle-ThOrbe
contest. For some unknown reason,
thirty-five Democrats were absent in
New York, and the Republicans sui
lenly refused to vote, thus blocking
the wheels of the House. But Mr.,
Crisp, Chairman of the Committee
on Elections, announces his determi.
nation not to permit the transaction
of other business until this contest is
settled.
The tariff reformerS have won the
first preliminary skirmish in the
Ways and Means Committee. Mr.
Mckinley, Of Ohio, who shares with
Reed, of Maine, the Republican lead
ership of the House, moved to take
up his bill to repeal the tobacco tax
but the Democratic majority refused
to discuss any specific tax reduction
bill, proposing to consider that elias,
of bills only in connection with the
general tariff reduction bill. The
. resolution was passed by strict par
tyvote 10 to 4.