Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-06-08
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
VERMONT'S DELEGATION ENTER.
TANNED BY MR.. AND MRS. MORRILL,.
Serious Charges Against VI. w. Fuller
wbv His Nomination Is not Confirmed
The Mills Bin in statu Quo-Dem-
ocratic Dismay over the Treaty.
From our Regular Correspondent

From our Regular Correspondent.1
WASHINGTON, June 3, 1888.
Senator and Mrs. Morrill, entertained the
Vermont delegation in Congress at dinner
Thursday evening. The guests were SEN
ator aud Mrs. Elmunds and Miss Ed
munds, Senator Chandler, Col. and Mrs.
Walker, Representative w. w. Grout,
aud Representative John w. Stewart.
The table decorations were in re-
markedly good taste as is every
of Senator aud Mrs. Morrill, There
were vases of roses on the table, and n
bouquet of roses tor each lady and bout
toniere of rose buds for each gentleman.
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The Senate judiciary Committee held a
meeting Friday, to consider the nomi-
nation of Mr.. Fuller to be chi Justice
| but as certain papers which had been tele-
graphed for had not arrived from Chicago
nothing was done. 1t is understood that
the papers for which the Commit ee are
waiting is a transcript of the court record
in the case in which Mr. Dunlevy of Chi
cago charges that in 1881 Mr.. Fuller and
the clerk of the court were jury commits
sloners and drew a jury to try case in
which Mr.. Fuller was heavily interested
| The result was verdict for Mr. Fuller
and the consequent recovery of n large
| and valuable tract of swamp lands The
The general impression of the members
of the committee Is that Mr.. Fuller will be
exonerated, but they all agree that the
charge is too serious to be passed over
without careful Investigation. II the pa
pers arrive in time the committee hope
to be able to make its report Monday.
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The friends of Gen Black, commissioner
of pensions, who has spent two or three
years and many thousands of dollars of
government money In working up sol
diers' boom for himse for vice presideut
on the ticket with Cleveland, are very in
dignant as they see their favorite's chances
growing less and less for the much
coveted prize. They do not hesitate to
accuse Cleveland OF bad faith. They
say that while he had not
not openly indorsed the candidacy of Gen
Black, he knew what the generals friends
were doing and by his silence gave cou-
sent thereto, aud that i1st Il few days he
lore the TINE ton the convention to meet
be got himself quo ed in the newspapers
as saying that he did not think the CON
vention should select auy one who he'll
office under his administration for the sec
oud place on the ticket This action on
the part of Cleveland according TO Blacks
friends, was deliberately taken for the
purpose of preventing Black from recev-
ing the nomination. If these fellows don't
talk less they w II probably wake up some
morning and find that Black and them
selves have been turned out of the public
stables. Cleveland will not allow his
slaves to kick, if he knows it.
The democrats of the House have got
ten through SHINY attended caucus last
night resolution binding the democrats
n Am IL
tariff bill which have been approved nv
the caucus. announce that no more amend
mtnts will be considered
Ibe following are the amendments
adopted by the caucus during It's several
sittlngs Changes In the free list bags
or Jute for grain, added Glue, gelttine,
and all similar preparations, fish-glue or
lsinglasS, and licorlce Juice, stricken out
Palis green and nitrate OF soda added
bone black, ivoiy-blaCk, drop black aud
bone-char, stricken out china-clay or
kaoltne, dropped German looking glass
platter, added pums, pruneS and figs,
natter -furs not on the skin, marble Of all
Kinds, in blocks, rough or squared plas-
ter of paris, when ground or calcined
painting and statuary, stricken off the free
list.
The duty on licorice paste or rolls is
raised from four GIN the bllD to five cents
per pound, and licorice juice, which is
taken from the free list, is put at 80 cent
ad valorem. The duty on kaoline crude is
raised to 81 per ton !; china clay or kaolne
wrought 81 per ton. These were taken
from the free list. The duty on green
and colored glass bottles, walls, demi- |
johns, pickle or preserve jars and other
plain, nodded or pressed green or colored
bottle glass, not cut or painted, is raised
from u of per cent to cent per pound
he duty on unpublished cylinder crown
and common window glass larger than Is
I to y
cents per pound. The old duty of sl7 per
ton is restored on slabs and bilets of steel |
A duty of 40 of cent per pound il
placed on iron or steel with longitudinal
RIBS tor the manufacture of fences. The
old duty Is restored upon wood screws |
New type is reduced to 10 per cent ad valo-
rem. Rice -four and rice meal is reduced
from 20 TO 10 per cent ad valorem. (This
was the only amendment adopted last
night
The duty on bags and bsgging-bagging
for cotton, composed of fax, hemp, jute,
gunny-cloth, is changed from 10 per cent
ad valorem (as in the bilD to " cents per
pound. The duty on carpets is increased
from 30 per cent las in the bilD to 40 per
cent ad valorem. Card cloth is increased
from 10 to 90 cents per square yard. The
duty on India rubber fabrics, India rub
Der boots, etc. lis restored to the present rate.
The duty on marble, taken from the free
list is fixed at 40 cents per cubic foot.
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AS lave before stated the tart fl bill will
not be considered this week, owing to the
absence of many prominent democrats,
who hive gone to the St. Louis conven-
ton. r. no more progress is made than
dur Lhe time the bill has been discussed
und@r TIE hve-minute rule it will simply
be ln5,' -sible to reach vote at the pres
ent, session of Congress, unless the rule
under which it is discussed shall be
changed or the republicans shall change
the tactics which they have thus far fol
lowed.
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The fisheries treaty, which will soon be
up for further discussion, has already put
the democratic senators into condition
nearly approaching panic. They realize
that in this Dublic debate thav nra placad