Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-08-16

Markham, Lns Angeles; ex-congressmsn Wm. Morrow, San Francisco; Gen. O. P. Chipman, Red Bluff, and Hon. l.. U. Shippee, Stockton; 339 votes being nec- esssry to nominate.
 It generally believed that Msrkham's delegates will not develop their strength on the first sllot, A conservative esti- mate tonight gives Markham 275 to 300 votes, white Morrow's present strength is placed at from 225 to PIT votes. It is generality conceded that the tempo rary organization which was eff. cted to- day will be m ,'ie permanent.
 Alter the app intment of committees the Convention adjourned until ten o'clock tomorrow.
 Washington, Aug. 12 -Edmunds from the j,dic cry committee reported the amendment to the river sLd hsrbor bill; crI-rsd t1 bs printed
 Edmunds presented @ motion to change the rules by limiting debate on he tariff b | which was also ordered to be pr.n'ei.
 Isl ir also offered resolution to the same feet and the same disquisition YVES made ofIt.
 Tal- tarlff Uiil vas tben taken up and Morgan assumed hIs are ument against any Increased duty on tin plate. Tris .ftsInoou Quay offered resolu- 1 ti n 10 amend the senate rules by pro- vidins that ouly tariff, general sppro prla iJn, pubiIc buildings, public lands, pension biils an ! senate or concurrent r, .luii ms, also that B vots On tariff bill be taken August 30. Resolution wen oyer.
 Morgan protested az rinss the pro positions to limit deb Ite III th- senate as did DsuIel who folIo~el him. The | tariff oill was laid es.de and the exeou tive session adjourned. Blair 10 behalf of a majority of the members of the woman's suffrage com mittee today reported fasora"Iy on the proI oSed constitutional amendment 70 give women the light of suffrage. The house lottery bill was fsvorsbly reported III the senate today witt a sme ndment on foreign newspapers not to be excluded under the bill unless shey were being circulated for the purpose of advertising lotteries.
 IL IS generally believed that an ord-r has besn made setting aside Saturd4, next for the consideration Of the lottery oill
 Washington, Aug. 11-Supt. Porter expects the work of counting the popu-| IstioI. of the country to be complsted befura the end of the pre- snt month, and :or gress, If it So desires, c.u proceed to p ss an appOrtioument biil 10 determine how maLy members sha;l constitute the next house. ths DO ulslion of the country is estimated at 64,000,000.
 Washinst n, Aug. 12-The Secretary of the Interior today received a telegram rom the Gov II or of New Mexico, ask irg f r troops to suppres white cap out ra8es.
 Washington, August 1.-The tariff bill was taken up and Sherman spoke ot tue little progress being made with ths bill
 E imunds ssksd leave to offer an or ter for it 10 be printed and then to go over
 This is to effect the consideration of the tariff bill, that no senator shall speak more than once and not longer than i've minutes on or in respect of any one fem or any one amendment without leave of the senate. Such leave is to be granted or denIed without debate and without any other proceeding except such ss relates to pr curing a quorum until the bill shall have been gone through with to the point of its third reading.
 No general motion in relation to it other than to take 1t up iu the order and all appeals are to be determined at once aud without debate.
 Finally E imunds withdrew the order saying that he would pr, sent 1t again tomorrow.
 A conference WIS ordered on the To- iian sppropristi. bill and Dawes, Plumb and Call were hen appointed couferers.
 Adjourned.
 Washing ton, August 13-The house | joint resolution ex ending existing laws providing for temporary expenditures ] by the government to the 29th of Aug, | was passed.
 The tariff bill was then taken up. | pending Whch the previous questiol | was moved, it being Vests amendment | offered Monday. reducing the duty on tin plate. Gray continued his argument | in support q f the amendment.
 Carlisle took part in the diecussiol, and citing the statt men,s mad- by Un limeyer that if the tn plate annuslly imported to the United States, and cost ing $23,000,0 900, was produced here 1t would give employment to 30,0O0 work men, said he had made calculation of | the wages which these vorkmeD would receive under most conditions and found if the whole amount was paid in wages the workmen would rec ,Ivs only S76 66 per year.
 Alter further debate the tariff bill was laid aside.
 Conference report on the Indian ap- propriation bill was then presented and agreed to.
 Blair reported fs'orably from com mittee on education and labor the joint resolution introduced by him proposing an amendment 50 the constitution to forever prohibit in the United States the manufacture, importation, exporsation, transportation and sale of all intoxicst- ing liquors used ss beverage.
 Timer today introduced 8 new silver bill. It differs from the present law, principally in that it continues month ly coinage of 100000 ounces of silver iuto standard dollars, and does away with the discretion given the secretary to redeem treasury notes issued in place Of bullion, either in gold or silver, and provides for free coinage of silver when the market price of 37125 grains reach es one dollar.
 The house transacted no business of importance today, it being impossible