Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-07-20
LIVE WASHINGTON TOPICS
A VOTE ON THE MILLS BILL TO BE
TAKEN SATURDAY..
An Effort to take up the Fisheries Treaty
and to Reach a Final vote,in Few
Days-Postma"ter Morse of
Montpelier Confirmed.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE Mills tariff
Dill being under consideration in the
House spirited debate arose over the
Whlskey tax, and the positions the two
parties occupied. After several amend
ments mad been rejected the last section
OF TIE Dill was read and on motion of Mr..
Bynum the date upon which the bill shall
go into effect was fixed rs October |. 1888
The committee then rose A few para.
graphs of the bill had been passed over in
formally and their consideration will be
proceeded with tomorrow The vote on
the iinal passage will be taken Saturday
at 1870 a. m.
WASHINGTON, July 1S-The House
went into committee of the whole on the
tariff bill to-day. Primulin was stricken
from the free list. The first paragraph
THAT placing cotton, ties or hoops on the
Tree list) was considered. All iron and
steel hoops, not thinner than No. 20 wire
gauge, were placed on the free list The
existing rates of duty were restored ON
cement, whiting and par white, and the
uuty on paris green was fixed at 12% per
cent au valorem.
Inc pottery schedule wps taken ND and
the duty on china, porcelain, earthen stone
or crOckeryWare WAS increased from 45 to
% per cent ad valorem The duty on
green or colored glass bottles was made
cent instead or q OF cent, the same
rate fixed by the republicans in the act OF
1888. Breckinrldge offered committee
amendments striking out the flint and
lime glass bottle paragraph, and raising
the dutiss on cylinder aud crown glass
pollsned, not above "A by 60 inches, from
10 TO ~ cents per square foot, and above
that size from 25 to 30 cents, and on nm
polished cylinder and common window
glass, not exceeding 10 by Is i'll hes, from
cent TO ~ cents per pound; on sizes
not exceeding l6 by "a inches from
- cents to ~ cents; on sizes not
exceeding "A by 30 inches from
| IL 10 cents and sugar above that from
to 2 . cents
Mr.: Reed asked for an explanation of
the changes proposed. Mr.. Breckenridge
replied that the gentleman did not repre-
sent the consumer. Mr.. Reed said it was
a part and parcel of the fallacy which gov.
erned the whole bill that one side of the
chamber represented the consumer. He
charged the other side instead of being
animated by any real desire to re
duce taxation, We're animated by
poiltlcal motives and the gentleman
from Arkansas should have man
nood enough to acknowledge it
.
agreed 70. Mr.. Mills moved to strike out
| he clause liking the rate of duty on to
Dac ., mus restoring the present duty. /
MI Latollette spoke five minutes upou |
the motion and desired farther five miu- |
ut'', but Mr.. Mills declined to yield and .
upon ms motion the Committee rose for .
| ne purpose of limiting the debate. Mr.. /.
Il!IS moved that all debate on the pend
lug paragraph be limited to one minute
he republicans being again refused five
minutes declined TO vote, thus leaving the .
House without a quorum.
In the Senate.
Mr.. Teller's tisherle. sp -ecn again wen,
over on account Of his ind'sposition. Mr. !
Hoar gave notice that Mr.. Frye would
ext Friday ask The Senate to proceed .
Wltn the consideration OF the ii ,hery treaty
ana would urge the Senate to continue the .
discussion until it Is ended and then that
Il vote ne tAkel Withont further DELAY
lac senate then TOOK up the Senate bill /
lpf the formation and admission INTO the
| mon of the state Of Wash ugton to be
composed OF the present territory OF Wash
lh9ton ana par. of Idaho. a substitute
Was offered cOuiiuing the area of the new
state to that of the present territory OF
W asAlngton, After scusslon the Senate
without action proceeded to executive bus
hess and adjourned.
Hossip About the London and St. Peter
burg Missions.
The retirement OF Mr.. Lathrop from the
position of minister to Russia, on the
ground of i'll health, has given rise 10 a
lnmber af rumors, some interesting and
,ome absurd, as to his probable successor.
ihat Mr. LathrOp assigned The real reason
or hls retirement there can be no douD-.
Ills retirement Is received with much l..
Sret by the State depart ment, where be
laS been regard ; as one of the ablest
representatives o the foreign rvice.
)ne OF the reports is that Mr.. Phelps is t.
De transferred rom London to ST. Peter
lurg, and part of this rumor is thN5
representative Collins II Boston, iEa
'esldiug officer at the 81. Louis con.
entlon, is to be sent to London us an aid
0 secure the lrsn vote, which even dem ,
crats DO not appear 10 think is :
ttached TO Cleveland with the hooks of ,
iesL Mr Collins has announced his per-
7 tueut retirement from politics ard that
e intends 10 devote himself Zealuusly TO
ne practice OF iAw while he i Yet yuuug I
hu mas an EXCELLENT chance to 2 an com ,
etence FOR his family. Besides, 1t is very ,
lurh 20 be doubted whether Cleveland. D.
: much rs ne may need the Irish vote,
'o0l venture To semi Mr.. Collins To the
'Ult OF -. Jalnct. n l. not very long
nee Nh Collins was followed aud perse ,
ditc by BrllSh dettcilNsS while in lie
thI' ana ne was uHJ-cJed to many id
J .hilcs because lie rested under the Y
j -h on OF beng "suep Mr. Bay
.p "il uatuly tecommeud the appoint j