Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-10
NATIONAL LEGISLATORS.
Indications That an Amended
 Tariff Bill Will Pass.
SENATOR iSuALLs, PROPHECY

He Believes the Two Houses wim Com.
 to an Agreement Before the Adjourn
 ment of the Fitti.iIl congress-A Di
 rectory of the Tir, -iirst Congress.
 WAsHINGToN, Dec lo Tine opening week
 of the second seSsioa ef congress " Is not
 noteworthy il any respect, except for the 1 small amount of bt,siness transacted and the
 surprising scarcity Of i.ew legislation pro l posed
 The number of bills and resolutions in | troduced was singularly small, and none of
 them were of any especial note The senate resumed immediately the consideration of | the tariff bill, in accordance with the agree ment made before the adjournment in Octo-
 Der. 1t seems now as though the promises l made at that time were to be fulfilled and l that the tariff measure was to occupy the | entire attention of the senate until it is dis l posed of This IS the programme now, and unless 1t Is modified ali o5hef legislation will be side tracked until lhe tariff bill in its
 amendei form has passed the senate. There
 seems to be no reason to doubt that it will pass, although thera will h. certain changes
 made before it viii be acceptable to all of the Republct members of the senate This was foreshadowed ~~ the action of Senator Plumb on Thursday in introducing an
 amendment, which e aftclw ard withdrew,
 reducing the rate proposed in the bill for
 certain forms of iron. The action of Sena-
 tor Plumb was generally regarded as feint
 to bring out the amendments to the bill
 which it is understood are to be accepted by the committee to concila;e the western sem ators.
 Speaking of the possibilities of tariff legis- lation to representative of the United Press, Senator 1ngalls, president pro tempore of the senate, said: ''There is no doubt that the bill will pass the senate, although it will
 be amended I think, in accordance with the wishes of the west I think the lumbar schedule will be modified, and that the iron schedule will be reduced. The west will also ask modification of the sugar schedule
 We will want bounty equivalent to the reduction made by the bill With the 50 per cent reduction which it is now proposed to make, cent a pound will be sufficient protection to this young industry, Even with this bounty the cost of sugar to the people will be greatly reduced, for we cannot hope, for the present at least, to supply a very large proportion of the sugar consumed in this country"
 Do you think the bill will pass the senate before the Christmas holidays@ Mir. IngaIls was asked
 II. is possible" was the reply, "but do not think we can finish it by that time We will go ahead with it, however, to the ex clusion of other business, until it is dis posed of"
 What do you expect the hause to do with itg'
 ''l believe that it will get into conference | and that before the Fiftieth congress ad- | Journs the two houses will have agreed unon blL. What sort of a measure it will be it 1 would be difficult now to say, but I believe | we will come to some agreement A great l many Democrats in the house sympathized | with the Republicans last session, and, now | thas the election IS over, believe it will be | impossible to hold the party together,n
 There are two special orders on the senate calendar for the coming week One of them is the Pacific railroad funding bill, They will give way to the tariff bill It is not mn likely that a caucus of Republican senators Will be held late in the week to determine upon amendments to be proposed to the bill.
 The house for the coming week will he buslly engaged on matters of importance Tuesday and Wednesday are set aside for the consideration of the direct tax bill. On thursday the District of Columbia appro- priation bill is booked for consideration.
 Friday-private bill day-is likely to be in the discussion of the N;cararno canal bill, which was unfinished when tbaa house adjourned last Friday. It is not likely that any Saturday sessions will be held until after the holiday recess, which, from present will begin on Saturday, Dec. 23
 THE FIFTY-FIRsT CONGRESS-.
 The congressional directory for the nresent session, which has just been complsted. con tains an unofficial list of the members of inc flfty-hrst congress. This list was comnletad with great care by W. H. Michaels, clerk of the senate committee on printing, by per Sonal correspondence with the returning off, cers ot each of the several states and with the candidates who have received certificates It gives the Republicans the house bv g. ma jority of five, the parties, according to his standing 165 Republicans to 16O Democrats. MT. Michaels gives each party | 5wo members from West Virginia. The Third Tennessee district he gives to the Re oubllcans. In this district the governor of ,he state has been enjoined from givinp . certificate to MT Evans, the Republican who has majority on the face of 'he returns. MT M1chaels says that he has made careful inquiries in this case. and ha ieves Mir. Evans will get his seat hut if is possible that certificates may be issued tol both candidates " 1
 POOR JAMIsoN's INSANE IDEA George W. Jamison, the insane man ,vho vas arrested Friday for persistinp in at- emptlng to see the president, was taken hack Q his home at Hartsville, Bucks county. Pa y his brother-in-law. His insanity was ,aused by the death of his wife last summer de went to number of clergymen at his lome and asked them why the Lord had afflicted him above all other men by taking lis wife away from him when he had never ione any wrong. He was not satisfied with $ he answers of the ministers, and looking lpon the president as the highest authority D the country, came down to ask him , bout it.
 Sings in His Sleep. PITTsBURG, Dec. 10.-Robert Chessman. of i. stna, Is suffering from an affection of the . leart, complicated by the impairment of his z bronchial tubes This latter affection neces-