The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-04-03
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delusion and nothing less than hum I
bugging of the people, has been
overloaded with amendments by the
Senate. OF c0urce everybody here
knows that this bill, if it was law,
would not hurt single trust. Mr..
Sherman himself has admitted that
the bill is only intended asa warning
to the trusts, and lie might have
added, that it would also If passed
prevent the passage Of any 9th er
measure that might be introduced
with the intention to really injure
the trusts. Perhaps that is what it
is really intended for. Congress can
break up every trust existing in this
country inside of ninty days whenever
it pleaseS to do so. An that is me-
cesar is to remove the tariff from
the ar:Iclts dealt in by the several
trusts.
Senator Chandler is one of the class |
of republicans who believe that this |
Government exists for their special |
benefit. Having recently put man.
who was his private secretary, into |
the Navy department as chief. clerk
of one of the bureaus, he now has the
cheek to introduce a bill to increase
that chief clerks salary from 81 300
to s., 500 u year.
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The House passed the Chicago
Worlds Fair bill with amendments
providing that women should be rep
presented upon the board of managers
and that the fair should be held from
April to October 1898, There is no
doubt of the early passage of the bill
by the Senate. Circumstances have
overcome whatever serious opposition
there existed in that body.
The republicans of the Senate have
struck Il streak Of industry and agreed
to meet daily at IL O'Clock instead of
u. They have also decided in caucus
that the Montana steal shall be called
up on Monday and remain before the
Senate until the theft is cOnsumated,
to be followed in regular order by the
dependent pension bill, the admins
tratiYe customs bill, the land for
fixture bill, the Jones silver bill, and
the bills for the admission of new
States. An attempt was made at
this caucus to bind the Senators to
support a Fede raj election bill, but it
failed most ANONYMOUSLY. 1t is only
by the aid of king caucus that
Federal Election bill can lie carried
in either House or Senate.
The House committee on Territories
has practically "turned down" the
applications of New Mexico and
Arizona to become States. at the
present session, by deciding to post
pone further consideration of bills
for their admission.
| Bills to allow Gen. Crooks widow
a pension of $4,000 3 year have been
introduced in House and Senate.
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The Republicans Of the Ways and
Means committee of the House have
not been able to stand the pressure
brought to bear upon them by the
announcement Of the items in their
tariff bill. Already they have de.
cided that hides and raw silk shall go
back upon the free list, and the
sugar people are demanding with a
prospect of success that the cut on
sugar shall not exceed % per cent. It
is impossible to say how soon the bill
will get before the House. 1t has
not yet been discussed by the full
committee.
The president and secretary of the
Virginia Republican League, of this
city, have been arrested under the
civil cervice law prohibiting the
soliciting of campaign contributions
from Government employees. 1t wa!
done with the intention of making
these test cases in order to get ;
judicial construction of the law
~
q The Civil Service Commission; moi
satisfied with the largely increased
: appropriation it had already asked
t for, has submitted a supplementary
= estimate to Congress asking fol
$37 900 more.
Secretary Proctor wants tn
Pension bureau transferred from tn
2 Interior to the War department. II
9 says the work could be done TIER
u cheaper.
It The republican members of tn
e House committee on Election mus
: have had some pretty severe twinge
!, of conscience of late. This weel
d they have decided two contested
: election cases in favor of the sittInj
) democrats.
!. General Bunkum has occupied tn
floor of the Senate for the create
part of the present week. No legis
lative body ON earth is farther from
l. the people than the Senate of tn
If United States, but that does not pre-
y vent the liberal use of platitude
u about the "dear people,"
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If The House has passed the bill 70
Is the admission Of Wyoming Terri