The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-21
LIVE WASHINGTON TOPICS.
DISCUSSION OF THE TARIFF BILE
TO BEGIN IN THE SENATE TO-DAY.

Juggling with tho Record with Respect "a
the Pairs OF Members or CONGREGATIONS
Range HelioGrAph CommunientIon--U n-
Gle Joe Browne Private seeretary-Con-
Eressmnn Vaux SaIntes Jack sons Statue
Every Morning by Removing His Hat.
WASHINGTON, July 20.-The debate on the
Tariff bill Is expected to begin In the Senate
tomorrow. Tho understanding is that in the
morning hour the Indian Appropriation bill
shall be taken up and considered until 2
O'clock and thon give way 70 the Tariff bill,
consideration OF the former 10 be resumed on
succeeding days In the morning hour II neces-
sary. Senator Voorhees, has stated his intsn-
tion to deliver q general speech on the tariff at
2 i. NJ. on Monday. The Republicans do not
intend under the present arrangements to en-
| gage In general debate on the bill; therefore a
Democratic Senator will make the opening
speech. Republican members OF the Finance
Committee have been informed that the Demo-
cratic minority will not make q formal report
against the passage OF the bill No effort will
the Liver and ilarbor Dill, but II The debate on
the Tariff bill proves to he protractsd tts man
maiS 10" permit tho River and Harbor bill to
I come before the Senate.
Nothing definite has been decided respecting
q Republican caucus upon the Elections bill
Committee on Privileges and Elections. II is
tn" as as i Is TSfy for
termine what shall o done with 1t.
| In the House this week The, programme Of
business has been partially outlined hy SPECIAL
! order. Tomorrow the votes are to 10 taken
Bill and ' on tie Bill itself The BanIruptcS iii
Tie menu nc n T6ursaay a there a dspos
tion TO debate at length the conference report
and II it Is taken up. for confederation Thurs.
day or Fridsy It VIII probably occupy The re.
COMMITTEES may be expected 70 iii in the time
with the pending Virginia and South Carolina
contested election cases.
During the recent discussion and vote upon
the Federal Elections bill In the House q great
deal OF trouble aud misunderstanding was
/ aroused over the question Of members pairs.
IN the day that Mr. Hemphill Of South Caro-
lima offered al amendment, the enect of which
would have teen To- eliminate the most radical
and Objectionable features Of the bill tho roll
not paired. Many Of them fO we're in the city,
S Snn The Sno o. s6e HY neGeos S sP tnSs
the Democrats missed great OPPORTUNITY to
nBsy the S at s start tie Ssvs ds1
"%Tng hS vote to nI the erdns
without, being paired. One member has re-
sented the rsbuke by threatening to kin a cor
CATION were particularly guilty In this regard.
STRANGELY enough, when the Congressional
timony to The apparent fact that these mem I'M
bers had been unIustly accused, for every one
was accounted for either by pair or vote.
The Record on this OCCASION, as on q great
many others, certified to an untruth. The fact
is that the members who were scored by their
we're absent without being pairs,i. but before
the Record went to press their colleagues had
straightened out the tangle
There is absolutely no protection thrown
about the matter OF arranging pairs IN the
after the first roll cn Of the day ali pairs shall
be announced by the Clerk. The practice Is Tor
members making the pars TO hand the an
nounco ient OF them on a slip OF paper to the
Clerk. who secs that they are printed in tine
Record No questions are ask ed, and the mem
bers fix up the pnirs 10 suit themselves Thus
when q member Is absent, and not paired. he
can teleEraph to a colleague to run nhout and
sane situation when 1t. is arranged that the
Record shall state that these two absent mem
ws,e paired IT. Is often the case h esneeEa9y
that the Congressional Record does not, reach
The prlnter's hands until long after midnight
strnighten things out for the benefit OF their
constituents. on the day that the vote was
tons bill the pairing apparatus was in dread
fully confused state, and the R"ror the next
far, from being true. one member who went
to Europe withoat taking the pre aution to get
hers during tho day. and, in the morning the
statement was made hat he was paired with n
Democrat who never knew tue otler man was
absent from Washington.
An interesting series OF experiments In hello
graph communication hos lust been completed
in the Department OF Arizona by Major William |
j. Yolkman OF the army. and others. This is
the first attempt made at long distance work, |
and is img ortant as develo ing the ada.tabil |
ity and 'a'ue OF heiloGraphs. The plan occu- |
cation was almost uninterrupted although |
the weather was hay aud ottentimes cloudy; |
use Of the Photograph on u moonlight !
night The general chain OF hetogra HE |
e"mmun rHn eX%ended rom %hipPe Ear
and covered. with the twenty three inter. en-
ing stations and their respective co9nectimnS
longest range maintained was 100 miles. be-
tween Mount Graham and Lookout Peak. the
test. Other ATTEMPTS al long distance work
iaiIed' save that messages were cad b. the
Graham,. a distance ny the Hash q las miles
he efficiency OF tile operators and the caI aity
h9 as sHqssf 'y the
$50 words IN verse was returned from seven re-
peating stations cont aiming as few" bulls" "a
sion OF like matter 'arge force OF oIcers
took part in he e%nsrtments al the expense Of
he test rere- the dim los Il climbing tho
peaks and stony trails 10 thu necessary Access
The cold IN some nj aces was i1 sewers con-
trast I" the Intense hea OF the dusty deserts,
ana inc experiences OF officers ana operators
cost them three pairs OF shoes each.
The reported resignation from tho navy Of
Naval Constructor i wles would necessitate a
Of the officers OF the Construc-
tors Corps; This is duty the performance of
which would no guided by the exercise of ro-
llticul influence OF the constructors ana an APP
probation OF the latter's resi- ectke ability.
The sy-trm of detailing r "oDStIuctorto sil-
perIpenhi cert ain work on Government cru.s:
ers building al private concerns disposes of
ing nine, Wilson and iichborn are on
GUY a tho department Hs chief and
assistant chief OF ne Iurgau Of Construction
and lieralr respectively, The important re-
spunsibIe outside bilIets are the navy yard de-
tniIs at Now York. where Constructor W. L.
is stationed Mare Island. where Com
Ftrnctor Finstcr II on duty. and Norfolk; whore
Constructor Eoweh has been located since
1886. II Is generally col cedei that these de-
tails call for uen well informed In their pro-
fr,sion md combining tue technical RnOwi-
edge o! sillp.uili!nE with pact cal n0min--
irativc CAPACITY The Se ectiOn of officers for
hose places has always been an important
matter Time ,wn4. when 'he New York
moro sought Tor than tbs ohieishIp OF the