Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-12
A FEELING OF ANXIETY
4 WISHINGTON NEWSPAPER FINDS
4 INDUSTRIOUS MARES NEST.

House and Senate Democrats Said to b.
at Issue on the Tariff Question:
Congressman Assaults Reporter-Civi
Service Rules Extended Arranging
for the Inauguration Bali-Pardoned
by the President.
WASHINGTON, December S.-The ssEyenins
Star" has the following: There Is a feeling
of great anxiety and depression among the
leaders OF the Democratic party in the
House on account of the course being
followed by Democratic Senator's ON tariff
matters. They are almost disheartened
by it. Tie Democrats of the ways and
means committee put their souls into the
fight in the House, and feel that the battle
is still on ana must be kept dp to the last.
They think the Senate bill should be
fought with the greatest persistency and
vigor, so that every defect in it may be ex-
posed, and it is felt that any other course
toward it would be equivalent almost TO
confession OF judgment. They are sur
prised at the passive way in which tn ,
Democratic Senators appear to be con-
ducting themselves.
Nearly all the hard work in getting up
the iacts and figures has already been done
by the ways and means committee, and
the Senator'S have but to possess them
selves OF the information, now easy OF
access. Yet it is complained they have
shown no disposition to do so and none
Oi them has undertaken vigorous cham
pionship OF the party cause.
III tho Dam fu rF@ =
that the defects that they think they see
in the Senate bill should be dragged out
into daylight and vigorously attacked and
denounced They do not care whether the
bill passes the Senate or not, and they do
not want to have to takeit upin the House
at all, this session. They desire that the
Democratic Senators shall make every
point possible against the measure, and
then, when it reaches the House. it will be
allowed to lie III committee. They say,
however, that the cannot afford to let the
bill go without criticism as it has practi-
caily so far, and that ii the Senators fail to
do their duty, the ways and means com.
mttee will be Obliged to take it up.
ASSAULTED A REPORTER.
About year ago George Harries, then a
reporter on the POST" wrote an article
which obtained wide circulation, setting
forth that Representative Martin, of
Texas, blew out the gas in his room at the
hotel. This afternoon Congressman Mar
tin met Harries in the corridor OF the Capt.
tUl and assaulted him by striking him on
the ear. Harries in consideration of the
Congressman age made no effort to retail
late, and Martin was seized by another
newspaper man and prevented from re-
peating the blow. No damage was done,
but the affair created some excitement in
the building.
Harries is one of the most popular
journalists here. He is now on the Even
ing Star" He says he will have the Con-
gressman arrested for assault.
THE CIVIL SERVICE RULES EXTENDED.
The President to-day issued an order ex-
tending the civil service rules and regula-
tiOns to the railway mail service.
ARRANGING FOR THE INAUGURATION BALL.
The committee having in charge the ar
rangrmcnts for the inauguration bail, have
decided to fix the price OF tickets for admis-
sion at So each. Forty-eight thousand,
seven hundred dollars have been subscribed
To the inaugural fund, aud fifty civic or
ganizatons, with d me .nbership OF IA, 600,
have announced their intention to partlcl-
pate.
PARDONED BY THE PRESIDENT.
The President has pardoned +. G. Boyer,
convicted in Utah OF unlawful cohabitdtion.
1he Senate subcommittee on finance, in
charge of the tariff bill, gave a hearing,
this afternoonf to John Jarrett, appearing
for the American tin-plate association. He