Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1890-05-16
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cents a ton for every thousand miles
sailed by American built and owred
vessels of more than 500 tons burden,
and the other provides for the formation
of an American built and owned ocean
service by authorizing the Postmaster
General to make contracts for carrying
ocean mails with four classes of vessels
ut from 81 to $6 u mile, according to
class, for the outward voyage. Mr..
Frye stated when making his report,
that if these bills became laws he had
reason to believefhst within three years
a line of tho best ships IN the world
would be put on between New York and
Liverpool, and that another line would
be running between New York and
South America in less than two years,
and these would be but the beginning.
These bills have been indorsed by
boards of trade and chambers of cons
merce all over the country and also by
the National Grange aud the Farmers,
but that did not preventive democratic
members of the Committee-Senato
Coke and Vest, from stating that they
did not agree to the report of tho COM
mittee. The idea is too progressive for
the democrats.
The idea of an argument between the
Senate aud House republican caucuses
on asilver bill has, practically been
abandoned. The House will pass tho
bill agreed upon and the Senate will
amend it and leave it to q conference
Committee to arrange q compromise.
The House committee which has been
investigating the civil service commits
sion, devoted the greater part of Sat-
urday to hearing arguments by both
sides. A report is expected from tho
committee this week.
Tho House has defeated the inter-
national copyright bill, and poor
people who occasionally buy cheap
books havo no reason to grieye about
it.
The House has passed the diplomatic
appropriation bill, also the legislature
executive and judicial appropriation
bill.
The Presidenthas signed tho bill pro-
1lding temporary government for tho
territory of Oklahoma.
Representative Henderson, of Iowa.
has introduced bill providing penal-
tv of $4,000 aud imprisonment for five
years, or both, for sending obscene liter
AZURE through the mails.
Representative McCreary, Of Ken
lucky is ono of the few level headed
democrats in the House. Saturday
afternoon he made a strong speech in
favor of reciprocity with the South and
Central America republics and stated
his belief that the recent Pan American
Congress would be recorded IN history
as a success, and that it would be re-
membered as the first step in the social
and commercial union of the American
republics. The speech was frequently
interrupted by the applause of the
House.
Ex-President Cleveland's visit to
Washington the latter part of last week
has furnished the political gossips with
something to talk about for some time
to come. He came ostensibly to attend
to a case before the supreme court, but
as the case in which he is counsel, was
known to have been put off until tho
fall term of the court before he came,
it is evident that that was not the real
real cause of his visit He called ut tho
White House and paid his respects to
tho president. He also did a good deal
of circling around among the democrat
ic politicians and thak is probably the
real reason for his coming here; he has
entered the field for the nomination in
1899.
The date when the Mckinley tariff
bill will 90 into effect has been changed
to July 1, 1891.
Secretary Window thinks the amo unit
of money in circulation.should be in
creased at least ESQ, ,OOO, 600 a year.
Senator Vest has made lengthy re-
port upon the investigation made by
his committee Of the fresh meat traffic.
He says the railroad and steamship
companies discriminate against the
shipment of live cattle in favor Of the
dressed beef people all the time. The
committee has prepared q bill which it
will enable the Interstate Commerce
Commission to put a stop to this dis
eliminating.
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