The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-02-23


! and directing the Clerk of th,
Honse to return to the Senate
This resolution will be voted or
J early this week, and its passage /,
expected, which will dispose of thu
Senate tariff bill. There have beer
in the last two days, three other
Revenue bill reported to the House
Mr.. McMillin, from the Ways and
Means Committee has reported q
bill which is the original Mills bill
with the cotton, meat, and chemi-
cal schedules left out. From the
same committee Mr.. Breckenridge
has reported a compromise meas
ure, which provides for free wool
free tin-plate, the repeal of the
tobacco tax, and the same woolen
and worsted schedules as the Mills
bill. Mr.. Randall, from the COM
mittee on appropriation has report
ed the Cowels internal revenue
bill, which repeals the entire to-
bacco tax and modifies other feat
ures of the internal revenue law.
All of these different measures
from Democrats do not speak well
for the unity of the party. A eau
Gus is to be held tonight when an
attempt will be made to agree upon
something, but the out look is not
assuring.
The clerk of the House has been
authorized bya resolution of the
House to employ four additional
enrolling clerks for the remainder
of the session. This is preparing
for rush of bills that always get
crowded through in the last days
of a session.
The House has given way to the
Senate and New Mexico will be
dropped from the Springer 'omni-
bus bill, and North and South Da-
kota, Montana and Washington ad-
mitted by Presidential prnclama-
tion. That is all right as far as it
goes. but cannot see why New
Mexico has not as good a right to
come in as the rest.
The Senate committee on terri
tories will this week report the
Oklahoma bill, and its early pass
age is generally regarded as cer-
tain.
The Treasury Department paid
out Oh account of pensions over
500, 100000 during the first part of
last month. Who says republicans
are ungrateful. Representative
Matson, who is chairman Of the
House committee on pensions, and
who was recently the Democratic
candidate for governor Of Indiana
retires after the fourth of March.
AS token of esteem his COLLEAGUES
on that committee have presented
him with a handsome French clock.
The presentation speech was made
by Representative Gallinger, Re-
publican, who expects to get elect
ed to the Senate from New Hamp-
shire.
Four hundred special policemen
are to be appointed in this city to
protect lis from the Republicans
that will attend Harrison's inaug-
uration. And it would be impossi-
BILE even now to throw a stone in
the streets of Washington without
striking some Republican candi-
date for some Federeral Office.
Mr. Coleman, lately Commissioner
of Agriculture, has been confirmed
by the Senate for his new position
and on Friday took the oath and
assumed the duties of Secretary Of
Agriculture. He has received and
is still receiving many congratula-
tions, personally by mail and by
wire.
Although assistant Postmaster
General Stevenson has been nomi-
mated Associate Justice Of the
Supreme Court of the District of
Columbia, he had no expectation of
being confirmed. A few unimpor-
tant nominations have recently |
been confirmed by the Senate but
there is no hope of anything better
during the eleven working days
now left to the present Congress.
The Senate has passed a resolu-
tion instructing the committee on
to consider the expedi-
ency of the Government purchas-
ing Dismal Swamp Canal with a
view of making it highway be-
tween the Chesapeak Bay and the
North Carolina sounds.
Although the session is 80 nearly
ended the introduction of q new
bill is frequent occurance. A
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