Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-09-05
WASHINGTON.
MICHIGAN SET RIGHT IN THE
RIVER AND HARBOR BILL.
Senator Sherman's Tariff Bill Am end
ment.
Mr. Clarkson Retires From the Post
ONCE Department.
WASHINGTON. Sent. 2. 1880.

TIE river and harbor conferrees COM
pleted the consideration of the bill to-day.
They have been at work on il for a week.
The Michigan senator's and members are
highly pleased with the results of the con-
ference so far as it effects the various
Michigan appropriations, for every one of
them has been acted on favorably. The
Portage Lake canals will be bought for
S350,000 The appropriations for tho inn
provement of the st. Mary's Falls canal
and Hay Lake channel stand. Muskegon
Hafbor is restored TO the house figure, and
the Sand Beach Harbor of Refuge appro-
priation is restored TO double what it was
reported to the senate. Mr.. Holman will
endeavor to defeat the canal purchase
amendment in the house, but there is no
likelihood that he win be able to make
effective opposition.
The resignation of First Assistant
Postmaster General Clarkson took effect
On Monday. Edwin Z. Fowler the chief
clerk Of the Office, who is mentioned as u
possible successor of Mr.. Clarkson, is act
ing as first assistant postmaster general
and will continue TO perform the duties of
that place until an appointment is made.
Mr.. Clarkson has accepted the position of
manager of a pneumatic railway company.
The name of w. b. Thompson of Hudson,
eX-Second assistant postmaster general, is
again prominently mentioned for the
Office.
Senator Sherman has presented the fol-
lowing in the senate, which he said he
would offer as an amendment 10 the tariff
bill at the proper time:
That whenever it shall be certified TO the
President of the United States that the
government Of the dominion of Canada
shall by law or regulation admit free of
duty into all its ports coal mined in the
United States. he shall make proclama-
ton OF that fact, and thereafter while such
law or regulation is in force coal mined in
the dominion of Canada shall be admitted
free of duty into all the ports of the United
States, and whenever it shall be duly GER
tilted to the President of the United States
that the government of the dominion of
Canada has declared desire to enter into
such commercial arrangements with the
United States as will result in the COM
plete and partial removal of duties
upon trade between Canada and the United
States, he shall appoint three commission
crs TO meet those who may be designated
to represent the government of Canada, to
consider the best method of extending the
trade relations between Canada and the
United States, and to ascertain on what
terms great freedom of intercourse be-
tween the two countries can best be Sc
cured, and said commissioners shall report
TO the President, who shall lay the report
before congress.
The reciprocity amendment to the tariff
bill reported from the finance commit
tee last week was the subject of an inter
view between Senator Aldrich and Mr.
Men1onca, the Brazilian envoy on special
mission to the United states. This amend
ment was reported after a consultation of
a general nature with Major Mckinley,
chairman of the ways and means commit
tee. and other republican leaders. In the
interview Mr.. Mondonca said that the
amendment as reported by Senator Aldrich
was satisfactory TO Brazil, and that she
would be one of the first countries TO make
concessions to the United States in return
for the removal of the duty on sugar. Mr..
Mendonca said that his government would
not only remove the duty on farm products
imported from the United States, but
would admit free United States agricultur-
al implements and machinery and railroad
equipments and supplies, including rail-
road. Brazil would also make reduction
of 20 per cent on the duty of leather goods
and clothing from the United States.
Mr.. Aldrich, from the senate finance
committee, gave notice of the amendments
he would offer to the tariff bill, which were
read for information. One of the amend
ments is reciprocity amendment. The
seccld is a proviso to the fish paragraph,
and it subjects fish to a duty of only one
and half cents pound when exported
from, or the product of any country, when
ever and only so long as American fishing
vessels shall be admitted into all the ports
of such country to purchase supplies lin
Guiding bait), and 10 land fish for shipment,
in bond to the United States without re-
s:raint.
Under the memorandum" agreed to by
the senate ON Tuesday the election bill goes
over until after election, and the tariff bill
will be voted upon on the Sth day Of Sep
TENDER. The republican members have
agreed among themselves that at the
next session, whether in December or two
weeks earlier, the bill shall be taken up
and considered day after day to the exclu-
sion of everything else. The whole time
from the day of their reassembling to the
4th of March may be consumed without
considering any other measures. 1t is as
serted now that even the appropriation bills
will not be allowed to interfere, and it may
happen that on the 4th of March none of
the appropriations for the succeeding fiscal
year will be made. The conditions arc
such as to make it Just possible that there
may be two extra sessions within year
one before and one after the regular short
session. but those who are counting on
devoting so rnuch time TO the election bill
will remember that the reapportionmont
comes 10 :cnIetime during this congress.