The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-03
Senate Will Talk Tariff !
Month. Mckinley SAYS.
4 MOUSE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS.
Federal Election and Anti -Gerryman-
dering Bills Won't Pass.
Senator Morrill, Opposes silver csiaags
The I.AiAn ApprsPrfastea Bili--
House Insisss an Service Pensioa--ssn-
stsrs Tearing Tariff Bin = Pseces.

srondent ct the New York Mail cssi Exprsss
tesegraphs: Major Mckinley said this
afternoon: The silver bill viii become .
law this session, although il il not . sure
thing by any means There is q demand
ior u from every direction and don't
think ne ought 10 adjourn before the
silver Oil Is passed. The House will de-
vote itself 20 the measure within q few
days fes. this viii be long session; We
VIII not adjourn. in my Judgment. siil late
IN August The Senate viii talk tariff for
whoid month. presume. No. don't
believe We viii pass either = federal elcc-
tor or anti-gerrymandering bill"
Two hours were spent BY the Republican
members OF the Senate finance committee
this morning in consideration Of the tariff
Dill. The time was devoted to the sched-
ule Of wool and manufactures thereof.
Progress was slow. considerable difference
OF opinion being shown over the rates Of
duty on timber.
The snleiters' lobby is the strongest Of
any At the capitol. was remarked in The
corridor today during discussion OF the
tariff bill. Look out for the duty on lead
ORE The Senate committee on finance
today adopted . method OF procedure
which indicates that some important
changes may be made in the schedules Of
the Mckinley tariff bill which were most
sharply debated in the House, lead ore
among the others. The Republican ma
iorisy Of the committee selected the schcd-
dulles for sugar. wool. lead ore. and one or
two other articles and decided not to con-
slider them until after the minor schedules
had been agreed upon. Under the latest
decision Of the committee prior 70 this
mornings session. il had been agreed that
the Democrats should frams their own bill
and the Republicans another. thus taking
the debate away from the full committee.
but the more important schedules the
committee decided TO consider in full COM
naittce. The Montana men who are work
ing for the iesd ore duty. think thas the
battle will thus have 70 b. fought over
again. Sanders is Watching the committee
closely and viii make : request to retain
the schedule, and Representative Carter
said that II any public hearings wers given
be would appear before the senate COM
mitlss in favor Of ~ position h took in
the House.
The House COMMITTEES on Indian affairs
to-day compistsd Tie consideration of me
general Indian appropriation bill. 1t pro-
vides for the physical and educational wel-
fare OF the red men literally. the total
amount recommended for educational pur-
pcses being $52aa. 900 for the day and indus
trial schools and 500. 900 for the construc-
ton Of new school buildings. The bill con-
fains . revised salary list for the Indian
agents, whose pay is rated according to the
responsibility Of the position. Appropriar
tons for Indians in Washington are: Sal
aries-umatiIia agency, i.aU0: Neah Bay,
81 600; Yakima, 1880; Coiville, $i.GO;
Puyallup, 81 600. To carry out treaty stip-
ulations in the way of clothing rations and
annuities and Colvilles. s., 100;
Snohomishes and allied tribes, 81 900; Waila
Wallas, Cayuses and Umatilias, So 500; in
cidentals, 81 CO.
The House this afternoon took up, on
motion of Mr.. Hermann. the bill author
izing the secretary OF war TO reimburse
the state Of Washington for quantity OF
army stores borrowed by the state OF Ore
gon during the war with the Nez Perces In
Gians. The bill was passed bv unanimous
consent under suspended rules. The value
OF the arms borrowed by Oregon was
si2 sos When the war was over the prop
cIts was cs&iief tbct Ut t8fnt4 Nd-HfHE-
ton territory has several times made de.
mand for the return Of the property. but
though bills have passed the Senate the
House has never relieved Oregon OF its in
debsedness till lately. on Mr.. Hermann's
motion, IL was passed.
The Republican caucus tonight. after Q
prolonged discussion. instructed the repre-
sentatives of the House 10 insist on the
service features of the pension b;E and en-
deavor to secure provision that no PEN
sion shall be less than 81 per month. The
ansi-gerrymandering bill was next taken
up and discussed at length. The subject
OF a national election law was next con-
sidered. Lodge and Rowell presented their
report After an explanation the caucus
adjourned, leaving them. as well as the
McComas bill, for another caucus Silver
legislation was not broached.
The correspondent of the Chicago Fssrs
,elegraphs to his paper: II is not at all
probable that there wiii ne any silver Iegis-
lation AZ this session OF congress The
market 70. bullion shows during the last
week that this impression Is not only
prevalent in the most reliable congress
s:onal circles here, but 81 Wall Street there
has been an unloading OF bullion within
the past few days which has depressed
prices. ard 1t Is likely that there viii be
still further decline.