Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-29
GOSSIP OF THE CAPITAL.
A Dull Day in the Senate and
 House.
THE TARIFF BILLS COMPARED.

Clerk Talbott Says the Senate Substitute
 Increases the Customs Taxes Many MILL
 ions Over the Mills Bill-Mr. Mills
 Says It Will be Reported This Session.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 2a.-The senate dis cussed the consular and diplomatic appropria- tion bill without action.
 The sundry civil appropriation bill occu- pied most of the time of the house. The sem ate bill was passed increasing the pension of soldiers or sailors who have lost both hands to $1OO per month. The senate concurrent resolution providing for the counting of the electoral vote on Wednesday, Feb. 13, agreed to.
 TARIFF BILLS COMPARED.
 The senate tariff bill has been printed and is now in the possession of most of the mem bers of the house. MT. Talbott, clerk to the house committee on ways and means, says the senate bill increases by many millions the custom taxes over those fixed by the Mills bill, and in the amendments adopted by the senate after the bill left the finance committee of the senate adds ill the matter of tin alone g, ,OOO, 900 and in the woolen schedule $2, ,0OO,- 900. He is preparing a comparison of the MILLS Dlll WlCn the senate the H. formation of the ways and means committee. Chairman Mills says he believes that the committee on ways and means will find 1t necessary to refer the senate amendments to the house tariff bill to the experts of the treasury department to secure computations on the probable effect of the changes pro posed, and this proceeding, together with the necessary, deliberate consideration that must be given to these amendments, which make such radical changes as are proposed by the | sections providing for 6 tariff commission l and those relating to undervaluation, will | take some time. Still he is positively of the | opinion that the committee will be able to | port the bill and amendments back to the house in season for its action this congress | AR. RRAGAN'S SUBSTITUTE TRUST BILL. 1 Mir. Reagan introduced in the senate an amendment to the Sherman antitrust bill in the nature of substitute. The substitute is l ill three sections. The first provides that all arrangements, contracts, etc, made for the purpose of preventing free competition in the importation, transportation, manufacture, production or sale, oi<ior the undue enhance ment of the price of any goods, wares or merchandise, or any manufactured article or articles of domestic growth or production; or the entering into any such arrangement in the District of Columbia, or the territories, or in any place under the exclusive j,lrisdic- ton of the United States; or for the trans l portation between states territories with | like intent whereby the cost of such articles is unduly increased to the consumer, or any person corporation is injured ill business are declared unlawful. Any person so in- | jured may recover double the amount of the damages and costs and attorneys fees in any | Federal or state court of competent jurisdic- ton.
 Section , provides that any persons or cor porations violating the provisions of this act, or any one acting for them, may be fined, not exceeding s1O,oO0, and any such person may
 be imprisoned in the penitentiary not to ex- ceed five years.
 Section makes the act applicable to com
 binations now i'll existence as we'll as those to be formed
 l PENNSYLVANIA vS. ILLINOIS. l The interstate commerce commission has
 filed an opinion in the case of William F.
 Rend, a Pennsylvania coal dealer, against the
 Chicago and Northwestern railway company,
 alleging unjust discrimination in the matter of coal rates that gives an unreasonable ad-
 vantage to coal producers in Illinois. The commission held that the complaint Is not sus. !, tained
 CONCESSION TO THE CARELESS
 The postmaster general issued circular te | pOSCnaSteTS announcing tnS passage or Gne
 law by congress which permits of the dispatch of special delivery matter upon which the ) senders have inadvertently failed to place the proper postage. The postmaster general di , rects that all such matter be forwarded with , out delay to the proper districts, where the 5 postage due is to be collected
 SENATOR vANCE's EYE REMOVED. , A serious surgical operation was success 3 fully performed on Senator Vance yesterday 3 afternoon. One of his eyes, which has caused him Q great deal of trouble was removed
 Three physicians were in attendance, and tn,
 operation was performed in few moments