The Forrest City times., 1888-02-11
b.I.nce of tbe Or.rou A Washineton

balance of the Oregon 6 WAshington Indian war claims of 1855 and 1856. ana address the Senate on the subject. Mir. RiddIeberger made several attempts to expedite business 60 ae to reach his resolution for consideration In open session of the British treaty, but the Iiumh resolution for an investigation of the condition of the postal service took precedence, and the debate on this resolution was resumed. The Senate decided by a vote of 3s to g that when it adjourns to-day it will be until Monday. At 2 o'clock senator Kenns secured the floor to reply to the tariff speech of Senator sherman. All the circumstances, he said, justified the belief that that speech was ex- haustive Of the resources of the Senator from Ohio and the party of which he was a leading representative. which could be invoked in criticism of the Presidents message. The Senator from Ohio has dismissed the solemn warning of the President with . wave of the hand. He had treated large and growing Treasury surplus as matter neither requiring attention or justify ing apprehension. The great states man whom Mir. Sherman had quoted did not share such an opinion. Mir. sherman had garbled the words which he quoted from President Jefferson so as to justify his own opinion. MT. Jefferson had solemnly invoked a change In the organic law of the land to avert the danger of surplus. Gen. Jackson, Daniel Webster and success sion of Republican Presidents and Sec retaries of the Treasury had shared the apprehension expressed by President Cleveland. Republican statesman voicing such opinions had not been de- nounced as free traders. The voice of the responsible officials of the Govern ment was united in its expression of it's apprehension of the dangers which President Cleveland has called upon Congress to avert. No patriotic Amer ican, excepting possibly Mir. Sherman himself, calmly contemplates the un- necessary withdrawal and hosrding of money. Senator sherman had pro tested most vigorously against the Presidents declaration that the inter- nal revenue should not be done away with. In 1867 Senator Sherman him. self had expressed much the same opinion that he now so severely criti- cised In 1870 and in 1882 he had elo- quently and forcibly maintained much the same views. Senator sherman had charged that the Treasury surplus was due to the Presidents failure to exer- else his legal functions. This charge was based mainly on the fact that the President had opposed shipping sub sides. Upon such criticism the Presi- dent could well afford to meet the issue Senator Kenna then proceeded to discussion in detail of the effect upon the revenue and upon domestic interests of a judicious revision of the
 tariff, disputing almost every economic
 proposition advanced by MT. Sherman, and maintaining that the President's
 suggestions pointed the way not only to relief from burdensome taxations and the dangers of excessive revenue, but also to increased prosperity and the correction of innumerable evils with out disregard for any Of the established
 interests of this country.
 1 HoUsE.-On motion of Mir. Grosvenor of Ohio, a bill was passed regulating
 the construction of bridges oyer the i Muskingum River, Ohio. On motion
 of Mir. Sayres or Texas, a bill was passed authorizing the Secretary of l War to convey to the city Of Austin,
 Tex, a tract of land, known as the I Arsenal block, for educational pur- | DOBtb MT. DiOuut OA oCOi Ei3 tShot l the bill to prevent the transmission l through the mails as second class mat ter of cheap literature and requiring it | to be transmitted as third-class matter. Friday.
 HousE.-On motion of Mir. Rogers oi Arkansas, Senate amendments were 1 concurred in to the House bill to | nnpfch rnhhQrV hnrQlQrV and larceny in the Indian Territory MT. Dockery of Missouri, from the
 committee on Post offices and Post
 roads, reported bill authorizing the appointment of eleven division l advertisements of the Railway mail service. Committee of the Whole. Mir. Collins of Massachusetts, from l the Committee on judiciary, submitted adverse reports on bills to create a ] court of customs, and proposing con-
 stitutional amendment, empowering l Congress to grant aid to the common | schoo.s of the several States. Laid on i the table. The House then pro-
 ceeded to the consideration of private
 business
 | HousE.-The entire day was con
 sumed by the Lowry-White contest
 case. Nutting of New York follow ed
 Marsh of Pennsylvania. The former
 support the minority and the latter the
 majority report. Though not five out
 of the eigh. hours were allowed for de-
 bate, this case consumed probably 1 fully that much. A vote will be taken
 the first thing on Monday. The result
 is yet doubtful, though White seems to
 be gaining strength, more especially l through Ran iall's avowed intention oi 1 voting for l. m than anything else. l Cockrane's sech was the feature oi
 the case. He dilated on Whites war
 record and said no man who fought for l his adopted country as has the con
 testee should be expelled from his seat
 in the representative branch of the Ma
 tional Legislature because through
 some petty official carelessness the rec
 ord of his naturalization had been lost
 CT destroyed. The verdict of Whites
 large constituency should not be over
 ruled by such a technicality. He did
 not believe that man of Whites record
 would deliberately commit perjury in his evidence on the contest. The re- yised list of Democrats whom it is
 supposed will vote for White Is as fol- | lows: Ra dall, Raynor. Bynnm, Hol- man. Wi son. Macdonald, Weaver,
 Taulbee, Hone, McAdoo and Coch- | rane.
 Monday.
 SENATE.-Among the bills reported | from committees and placed on the calendar were the following; Togrant
 certain lands in the Willamette valley to the state of Oregon for public park. l To grant certain lands to the territory 1 of Wyoming for public purposes. House
 bill for public building al Springfield, | Mo. MT. Hoar from the select com mittee on the celebration of the cen-
 tennial of the constitution reported &
 resolution providing ''in addition to