The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-02-21
rhs Tariff Agitation

aspiri lg leaders of the Democratic party ,
-Ran1ll and Mills-on the tariff ques- !
ton. 1t viii be remembered, that
month or SO ago, Mr.. Cowles, a Democrat
c member of Congress from North Caro-
lima, introduce bill to repeal the to
bacco tax, and N )vel its reference to the |
Appropri ston co nmittee. of which Mr.,
Randall is Chairman. This was an extra
ordinary movement, as ordinarily such
legislation goes to the Ways and M aans
G nnmittee, Of which Mr. Mills is Chair
man. BIt Mr.. Cowlps knew that Mills
would never report his bill, as 1t would
interf re with his free trade program,
The motion to refer to the Appropria
ton Comnissee was carried by decided
majority whch seriously offended Mills
AMI ,elhro red him as the leader of the
House. Although it was nos the purpose
of Mills To repo.t on the Senate tariff
bill at this time. as soon as he learned
that r .ndall would Oh Friday report the
Cowles bill. be hastily called his Com
mi tee ,gether and reported the original
MiIs bill with slight notifications, in
ste ID Of the Stna.e bill, and raised the
conssi' u .iona point that the Senate bill
was obnoxious to the Constitution, mas
| much as all revenue bills must originate
/. the House. The further purpose was
to Ire his bill precedence over Mr.. Ran
d4l', bill, and his he succeeded in do
ing. Int it will not prevent the consid
eration Of the R.ndall.Cowles bill. If a
majority of Congress favors it, On Sat
urday Mr.. Randall submitted his bill. 1t
repeats all internal taxes on cigars. che
| ROOFS. cigarettes, on snuff, all descriptions
of manufactured tobacco: special taxes On
manuf lcturers of cigars, on dealers in
tobac 20. and on peddlers of tobacco. The
Secretary Of the Treasury estimates the
surplus revenue for 1859 at S53 900 eco;
this Dill reduces taxes $50 900, 900. so that
If pas ,ed it will leave but $4,000 600 sur,
pl Is and re';e 70 the people from unneces-
sary taxation. Attention is directed to
the fact that these nterna! taxes bear most
heavily upon this farming interests and
that all internal taxes that were imposed
upon C. pital have already been wiped out.
TIE committee concludes by saying that
the bill holds out a simple and practical
method of reducing the surplus revenue.
On the same day the Ways and Means
Committee completed the McMil.in bill,
which it claims reduces the revenue
$4,000, GOO. 1t contains all the free list
tof Ito n 70 obo
cotton and iron schedules of that bill, re
tails pig iron, structural iron and tin
plate schedules of the Mills bill. Another
bill reducing tie revenues $40 900 900. pro-
pose by Mr.. breckenridge, of Kentucky,
was also agreed to. The hill contains the
tin-pate, free wool. wooden and worsted
clothe schedule of the Mills bill, and the
internal revenue section of the same bill.
The conflict between these measures
will bring up bitter fight betwe- Ran
dali and Mills. The Randall bill can become
a law if the House should pass it and the
Pres dent sign it, The Mills McMillin-
Breckenridge bills cannot, because the
Senate will not agree to the free trade
policy embraced therein. The Republi
cans would support the Randall report, be-
cause there is something practical in it,
a ID at the same time it is not an assault
upon our industrial system, and conse
quen :ly upon tbs basis of the business of
the country. 1t will be developed in this
contest which of the parties favors reve-
nue. reduction and which is friendly to
! hnp p,,fa ofu nd luhn
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shot Dead In kHis Bed.
A dispatch from Gloucester G. H, Va,
| tIdTe ed the iseh,-oeyo.-s. T Ross
VINO formerly practiced law in Baltimore,
shot and killed George Hughes, his uncle.
at this place last night about seven o'clock
Hughes was wealthy Irishman, who set
tt I'd at Gloucester fifteen or twenty years
ago. Ross is a prominent Republican
polit Gan, and once represented the county
in Ghe legis laturt. The cause of the deed
is shrouted in mystery. Ross confesses
to Line sh ,oting. but is silent as to its
cause. Hughes was asleep ip bed when
shoi Ross married Miss Rhoda Shipley,
of Ba tmore. He is now in jail"
A fuller statement of the tragedy oc-
Cured n the Dispatch of Saturday. From
il we learn that Ross was ADOPTED by
H lghes. eduoa ed by him. aid lived in the
same house. Hughes wife died some
mon Tbs since, and after that Ross married
q young lady. of prepnssessng appearance
and lovely character, and brought her to
! >e il the family. Coming home on the
evening of the tragedy. she remarked to
him that his uncle had made improper
propo sals to her. He went into the cham
!, Der of Hughes and stated to him what his
wife had told him and asked him whether
or not it was true. He replied that it was,
Ross drew revolver and shot him instant
~. and then went into the room where
his wife was aud told her what he had
!. done, and then sent for neighbors and a
physician, and for the coroner. In the
meantime he walked about the premises
in very unconcerned manner, smoking
cigar all the time, and appeared cool aid
collected over lha affair. 1t ia further
stated that both Hughes and Ross had
been drinking for several days, and that
the former BIZ d retired early. complaining
of feeling unwell. The property belong
ing 70 Hughes was in his wfe's name, and
when sh. died he fell heir to it. Ross and
Hug les we're very ford of each other and
nothing tefore bad occurred of serious
nature to estrange them. 1t is said Rosa
inherits a vein of insanity. and to this is
attributed by some his action.
,
. Hon Page Norris.
, We were gratfiad to notice in one of
our exchanges that Hon, Page Morris,
form arIy O. Lynchbarg had been elected
. Judge Of the City Court of Duluth, MINI
4 Mr.. Morris possesses fine legal and
, ella siaai attalnments. is a gentleman
of spotless integrity. firm in his convic-
| lions and courl geons in their maintenance
and defence. He was at one time the
Republican candidate for Congress in the
9th district. AMI poled a fiattering vote.
but not er olgh TO overcome the Demo~
> CRATIC majority. He was also post master
, of Lynchburg for term of years and en-