Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-10-04


bill will not be made public until it
is reported TO the Senate next week,
but it is generally understood that
it makes a reduction of about $685.
100000 Sugar is reduced so per
cent, the entire tobacco tax is re-
pealed, also the tax on alcohol used
in the arts. The bill is very long
one, as it revises the whole tariff
schedule. Republican Senators say
that the bill will be passed before
any adjournment takes place.
have it from what / regard as a
trustworthy source that Mr.. Cleve-
land is seriously thinking of push
ing aside Chairman Brice and the
National Democratic committee and
taking personal charge OF the New
York canvass. He is dissatisfied
with the management of the com
mittee.
So dilatory has Congress been in
passing the regular appropriation
bills at this session that it has been
necessary to pass five joint resolu-
tons making as many extentions of
the old appropriations.
Representative Nc Comas, of Mary
land, came very near having per
sonal encounter on the floor of the
House with Representative McMill-
an, of Tennessee, this week. 1t all
came about through Mr.. McComas
asking unanimous consent to intro
duce resolution fixing two days in
January for the consideration of the
Blair educational bill. Mr.. McMill-
an objected, and several bitter things
passed between the gentlemen, when
they started toward each other with
clenched fists. At this point sever
al members got between them and
prevented further trouble.
The Oklahoma bill was up in the
House Monday and caused quite a
rumpus. Mr.. Holman endeavored
to secure immediate consideration
of the Senate bill extending the
laws of the United States over the
public land strips, but he failed.
The Treasury Department has sub
mitted to Congress an estimate of
$4,000 to pay the expenses of the
electoral messengers from the sew
eral states for bringing the votes Of
the electors for President and Vice
President at the coming election to
the seat of government. These
messengers are paid 25 cents per
mile one way. The messenger from
Annapolis, Maryland, gets the
smallest amount, $1,000, and the
messenger from Salem, Oregon, the
largest, $988--.
Senator Chandler has introduced
a resolution authorizing the Senate
committee on privileges and cleo
tons to sit during the recess and to
proceed to such places as it may de-
sire to take testimony in Investigate
ing the Louisiana outrages. 1t does
not seem at all likely that there will
be. any recess this year, although
many members think there will be
one of ten days to enable members
to 90 home to vote.
Senator Stewart has introduced a
bill for The exclusion of Chinese
laborers. 1t embraces many pro
visions in former bills, and proposes
to abrogate all treaty stipulations
relating to the entry of Chinese
laborers into the country, and de-
clares that hereafter Tie coming Of
such laborers and their right to re-
side in the United States will be re-
garded and determined by the laws
of the United States. Ii also re-
quires every Chinaman now in this
country except members of the lega-
ton, to be registered and to take out
certificate of registration within
six months, the certificate to be sur
rendered to the customs officers if
the holder shall leave the country.
Senator Plumb made n carefully
prepared speech in the Senate in
which he showed the falsity of the
claims of the Democratic party in
relation to the public lands. Mr..