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substitute provides in accordance with the re-
quest Of the pTesidents OF aEricu@iturMa @ e. Coz
COMMITTEES ON Education und Labor for an
arnroprIation OF $4,000 on juno 80 1891, 70
ehoh State and Territory for rs agricnltnTrai RAJ
$1,000 until tire total amount given to each
State and Territory reaches s25.O00 yenr.
About n dozen representatives OF the mo-
lasses boilers OF the United Sthtes were heard
to-day by tho Ways and Means Committee in
favor OF the allowance Of bounty OF one cent
per pnund on sugar made IN THIS country Wy ir1 ,hn
present narrow margin Of protection would oe
wiped ont II sugar IL rneed, on tho free list
unless q Eounty replaces the duty In their case.
ms is proposed for the benefit OF the sugar
growers. ,-,. ,...,
PennsyivGnin also addressed the committee.
through r. !. Dunn its Chairman, In OPPOSE
tlon o the nroposltion to Increase tho duty on
tobacco. They maintained that ,SumRtrn
wrappers had been II Eodsend to the American
grower OF illlor tobacco as Il gave him mar
obtain. II the American farmer would plant
seed haMun he could sell It at So cents ~, =
BE- COMPENSATED for the proposed Increase. on
imnorted wrappers by u higher duty ON In
ported cigars as ESrsons who sm0ESd nrctbay lnp3btT
bought them because they wero imported.
It IL definitely anu uounced that Col Clarkson
wifi cease 10 Ee First Assistant Postmaster
General in June. Gossip us to tho namo OF bis
successor has aIt eady beguH. but there is the
President i,or Posim astor. General WanamAker
has reached u decision. One name that Is be-
Inv quietly talked oi is that OF, William Potter
OF Il we!l-known firm ofoil-cloth manufacturers
OF Philadelphia. A statement teeEraphed from
Pittsburgh that Postmaster Mcksan 9fthSt At city y
department us highly improbable.
permission 10 have certain plnns Of his con
sidored by tho Navy Department He calls his
iny,niion partially submerged. protected Tor.
pedo boat IIy n system OF wn,er ballast tanks
in do stern and bow the boat can be sub
MERGED save tho srioKestnck, an 4imor-pro.
his guns. Tho boat {. cnpably armed. and hns
much more merit thnn tho plans OF New
England mqn received to-day i3r & n non-fii1IS iiiIS.
structures surrounding the hull Of q. vessel to
render action by tempest. contact with reel, or
a danger. The virtuo Of his plan. according
10 the inyent&ori & S is TINT these COILS can 10 a'-
Senator Blair is getting to be humorist. In
I he del bate to day on the Customs Administra-
Vest TO give him IN opinion on q certain point.
Looking nom his desk with that peculiarly
stony stare. Tor which he is celebrated, senator
bic throughout the chamber;
Don't you do it without a fee."
The House Committee on tho District OF Co. |
lumhia has just reported adversely on what is |
probably the most cheeky proposition thnt has
been made 10 Congress for aome years, This |
was q bin introduced by REQUEST last winter by
amend the charter OF the Columbia National |
Eank OF the city OF Washington" The amend |
ment permitted the bank to have the uso oil q |
Dertain portion q. the Capitol rent free for the
purpose OF establishing therein branch Of |
their bank. The bill read as follows:
That the tolnmbia National Bank OF WASHINGTON be
pern the eSta blinhment OF bank for the Accommo-
iatinn OF members of the House and Senate, and
hn when the car.er s so amended 10 the satSfacton
,f the Comptroller or the Currency the Clerk OF tho
OF shall so apart for tho of
aid bank proper In the south wing of the Capt
ol building.
The committee says that there is no prece-
lent for such legislation.