The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-06-04
TARIFF QUESTION DISPOSED OF
A Special Message.-Forelgn Com
msrce. River and Harbor Bill.

A Special Message. -Fore'gn Com
msrce.-Rlvsr and Harbor BILL
The President, like everybody
else, is glad that the House has
disposed of the troublesome tariff
question. There are two other
things which the President wishes
to see done before adjournment;
one is to pass q pension bill, and
the other to provide the means for
carrying out the recommendations
of the recent Pan-American Con-
gress relating to closer CONNER
cial relations between the United
States and the countries of Central
and South America. AS a starter
in the latter direction the President
this week sent special message to
Congress asking that the amount
estimated as the quota o. the United
States of the expense VI making the
preliminary survey of the proposed
trans-centinental railway be appro-
priated. This railway is one of the
grandest projects of the age, and
prominent engineers have express
ed the opinion that it is entirely
practicable. To build it would
make fitting close to the nine
tenth century, the most remarka-
BILE hundred years in the history of
the world, and its beginning at this
time will make the Harrison adj
ministration occupy proud place
in the place in the pages of Ameri-
can history.
The conference committee having
charge of the two pension bills,
which haxe respectively passed the
House and the Senate, have not
yet reached an agreement, but the
spirit of the discussion has been
such, as to remove all doubt Of an
early agreement. This is disap.
pointing to nobody but the demo-
Gratis who are opposed to pension
legislation of any kind.
The Presidents anxiety to have
something done. by the present Con.
gress towards increasing our foreign
commerce Is attracting attention
and it looks as if something wa
to be done in that line at least
For more than twenty years thi
question has been more or les
prominent. President Grant in,
special message.to Congress, date
March "a, 1870, said upon the sui
ject. "A nation of the vast an
ever increasing interior resource
of the United States, extending, a
it does, from one to another of tn
great oceans of the world with Q
industrious, intelligent energet
population, must one day possel
its 4ull share of the commerce
these oceans, no matter what Il
cost. Delay will only increase tn
cost and enhance the difficulty
offosp inn kho vo,,,,Ik
There seem to have been a chan,
of front in the House in regard
the river and harbor bill, and
now looks as though it would
passed this week. It has been u
der consideration ever since u
tariff bill was passed. 1t CARR
an appropriation slightly in exec
of $2O,00O,OOO and it's friends 8,
that it is the best bill of the xii
ever framed.
The President has directed tn
the United States flag shall
from the top of the White Hou
every day in the year. For a null
Der of flag has only been raised
special occasions.
Senator Wilson, of Iowa, has 81
ceeded in pushing aside the sily
bill for the time being, and TOM
row the Senate will take up the
subjecting imported liquors to
provisions of the laws of it's sevsl
states and continue its conside,
ton until disposed Of This bill
to Offset the "original package" ,
cision Of the United Ststes Suprel
Court,
The Hoase committee On the
dietary has decided, by . vote
eight to seven to report favorabl,
joint resolution proposing q con.
tutianal amendment giving
right OF Suffrage to women.
The same committee has decit
to report favorably the bill max
1t . felony for any election offit
or any person officially eoauec
with an election to change the