Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-23
COMMITTEE WORK.
several Amendments Made to
mills, Tariff Bill.

Mills Tariff Bill.
WASHINGTON, March 22.-Tbe Com
mitlee on Ways and Means to-day
fonaal}y directed favorable repor
for theSMrftfs tariff bill The bill wa.
amended this morning at the instanc,
of Democratic members as follows
Twenty-Five per cent. on tarletans
mulls and crinolines changed to the
present duty 40 per cent. duty or
paddy fixed at l cent per pound
whiting and paris white stricken from
the free list and the duty fixed at
pr cent. ad valorem; linseed re-
moved from the free list and the duty
fixed at 0 cents per gallon. Fire
brick was also excepted from the free
list The committee adjourned sub
ject to the call OF the Chairman. The
present understanding is that the bill
will be reported to the House on Sat-
urday.
PUBLIC LANDS.
Favorable reports were ordered by
the House Committee on Public
Lands, on the following resolutions
Buc ,anan's, calling on the secretary
Of the Interior for information in re-
gard to alleged frauds perpetrated by
the California. Redwood Company
Whites, calling for information re-
specting the Rocky Mountain forest
lands; Whites, calling for report OF
Special Agent Bowen, on timber
lands; Peters,, calling for information
in regard to certain delays in entries
OF public lands, and one by Anderson
of Kansas, calling for information in
regard to the condition of land grant.
ell to aid Pacific Railroad Compani e.
This last resolution was amended
by striking out the last paragraph
directing the committee to frame a
bill declaring the forfeiture OF grants
which was done because the matter
is already under consideration by the
committee in connection with the
general subject of forfeitures.
ELECTIONS OF SEN ATORs.
The House Committee on Revision
of Laws decided almost unanimously
to report joint resolution proposing
an amendment to the constitution fol
the election Of United States Senators
by the direct votes OF the people.
JUDGES SALARIES.
The House Judiciary Committee or
dered the Oates bill, fixing the sala
ries of United States District Judges
reported to the House. The salary
OF the judge for the Northern Distric'
Of California remains unchanged. Ir
other western districts salaries arc
increased from S3 800 to $4 900.
CIVIL SERVICE INVESTIGATION.
The Senate Committee to examine
into the present condition of the civi
service, organized this morning and
toe subcommittee was authorized to
go to Philadelphia next week to ex-
anime Witnesses.
MILITARY MATTERS.
The Senate Committee on Military
Affairs ordered a favorable report OF
the Henderson bill, providing that
each State which shall establish State
hom, for disa bled soldiers and sailors
and their widows and orphans shal
receive 800 for each person who may
be cared for in the home for q year.
WAR RECORDS.
A subcommittee OF the H.use
Committee on Military Affairs organ
lied to-day to begin inquiry into mat
ters alleged III the Grosvenor resolu
ton, touching the insertion Of I'M.
official lists in the Rebellion records
Cutcheon submitted a memorandum
of facts in the case as revealed by the
records. They relate entirely to the
conduct of the Fifteenth Pennsylvania
Cavalry at thesbattle of Murfreesboro
1t is stated that in the appendix OF
volume 20, series /, part 2, prepared
by Colonel Lazelle, is list Of
453 members of this cavalry or.
ganization who are repres+ nted az
having gone to the front and having
been en- gagged in the battle of Muir.
freesboro when the body Of the same
volume shows a list of but about 200 oi
those engaged. 1t is stated that while
the list given in the appendix purports
to have formed part Of an official repor,
to General Rosecrans, it is merely ar
article which appeared in several Phil
adelphia newspapers. The official re-
ports in the body of the work show 8
total of sixty-four names of members
of the regiment who took part in the
battle, which do not appear in this
appendix. The committee decided tc
subpoena Colonel Lazelle in charge Of
the records publication, Genera
Grosvenor, mover of the resolution
and General Rosecrans to appear be-
fore it and give their testimony.
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