The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-10-11
SENATE rRooEEDINes.
A Gratnity to Mrs Waite-Eate on
the Tarffs.

WASHINGTON. Oct. Io.-ln the senate
Hale presented tue MAJORITY report OF the
special committee 10 examine into the
operation Of the civil service law. and
said the minority report would be pre-
senfed hereafter.
The house bill for the retirement Of An
drew J. Smith, colonel ef the Ninth cav
alrs, Was taken up aud passed with an
Amendment making the retiremeu, rank
eoionel Of eAsaiary instead Of brigldisF-
general.
The senafe then took up for considcrn-
iion the bali 10 ray sSl75 10 ihe widow OF
Chiel Justice Waite, being the balance of
his ears salary. Hoar advocated the tilf
Berry opposed the bill. arguing tha, every
dollar dae To the chief justice hst been
paid 10 himself or his widow, aud tue sum
proposed TO be paid was simply a dou0tiUa
ar gift II the chief justice had b en- nn-
able 10 save money out of his ssiary OF
sla,oC0 year. he must have lived in q very
eXtfaNAgaui way.
Coke. member Of the Judiciary com
mltlee, said he had oppressed the bill in
committee and Was opposed to IL now.
1esrge. another niemper Of the jlldicl Try
e0mmiuee, also opposed the bill
after further discussion the bill was
passed, Berry having Withdrawn his call
Tor The yeas aud nays
The senate then resumed consideration
Of the iafiH bin. aud was addressed BY
seniatires, he said. had discharged its auiy
by sending to she senate a bill which in IT,
general scope complied with she demands
of the people. the pledges OF The party aud
the bold. Inaaly and emphatic fecoinneu-
daiions If the president. The senate bill
sas n sapersiruetare of protection es cted
uu framework of revenue reform. That
much al least the president aud his party
had Mresten ffam the grosp Of monopoly.
The reduction Of duties on one article was
attended by an increase Of duties ou au-
other. hut il vas TO be remarked that iae
reduction was cn The products OF agfisai-
ture and the increase ON those Of nsnu
faesurv.
At the close OF Bates speech cullam oh
tanned the fioor ana the tar Il bin went Oser
uatil to-Taorf0w.
A message from the president was pre-
senied sua read. yetoing tae bal ior The re
lief of tae executors OF Joseph II. Maddox
for payinen; ON account OF losses aud dam
sses sustaiDed By seizures of tobacco cir
tBg the war The president refers 20 iise
fact that the claim was barred by adverse
decisions of the courts. that L bad been
then pFescnied 10 coaefrss, beginning
with the Forty second keonzTess. ..SaG had
been passed now. when favorable coudi-
ii0ns existed aud that be fails "a aPrreei-
aie the equities thai entitie the claimant -
a further hearing The bill aAd messa1s
were referred 10 the committee on claims.
D0llsh Introduces JOINT resolution
att AoTixiug the executive departments 81
the government. the national museum the
Smithsonian Institute. etc. 10 ssnd fer es-
hlbttion. ~ the Paris exhibition III $50,
zach articles as they msy have on haaG.
and 20 Use for that pHrpose The uneNpended
bg auee ~ the appropriation sof thr Gu
cluuAii SIzfsiiiun.
Hpar efiticiscd the phraseoingy ~ the
foiut rcsoiutiou g. .'unInt anillg a.ic utterly
unworthy 0f the senate
lAciph ssig Il had been prepared az the
stale ueyarime,.t.
fhe resolution vas placed 'oa the cal.
eDdar. All CURSED.