Thomas County cat., 1890-07-31
WASHINGTON NOTES
SENATE.

agreed to was one inserting eSS3,500 fo1
improving, extending and repairing the
vaults in the treasury building and fol
constructing new vaults or safes there
An amendment inserting 100000 FOL
establishing in Washington Latin-Am.
erican memorial library, the site to be
selected by the secretary Of state, and
building to be erected under his direc-
tion and supervision, having been
reached, Vest opposed it as part of the
sentimental programme to secure COM
merce with South American states. It
was nonsense to expect that any CLAM
our could be thrown over the subject in
the way Of sentiment that would bring
such trade. Besides there was now be-
ing erected a magnificent library build
ing at cost OF. 100000 and certain
rooms in that building might be dedi-
Gated to the purpose indicated in the
amendment.
Hawley concurred with everything
Vest said. 1t would be better to take q
section or branch of the congressional
library and entitle it Latln-Amer,can.
Senator Stewart, of Nevada, is very
much annoyed at proposition coming
to him from his neikhboring state Of
California to wipe out the state of Ne
vada from the Union. It will be shown
from the next census that the state Of
Nevada, instead of increasing in citizens
ship. is steadily retrogressing, and the
charge that it is nothing but "rotten
borough" of mining camps, while an ex-
ageratien, is unpleasantly suggestive to
Mr.. Stewart. The coming census will
show the entire population Of Nevada is
something less than $4,000 souls. The
total vote cast at the last election, ad-
mitted to be one of hottest contested
elections in Nevada, only amounting to
some 10000 votes. 1t has been held
that it is disgrace and injustice to the
other states in the union that Nevada,
with only 1900 voters, should have two
senators. Senator Stewart admits that
the figures appear to be against Ne
vada, but says the explanation lies in
the fact that Nevada is now q transi-
tion state from mining to an agricul-
ture community and that if given fair
chance she will in time become as popu-
lar as any Of her sister states. While no
one believes that the population Of Ne
vada will ever amount to much, it must
be confessed on the other hand that
there is no method of ousting Nevada
from the union, because there is no pro-
vision in the constitution by which
either the senate or house or both can
eject state after it has once been ad-
mitted
THE TARIFF BILL.
1t is the intention to take up the tar
if bill in the senate as soon as the sum
dry civil appropriation bill, which is
now pending, is out of the way. It will
be likely some time tomorrow or We'd
nesday at the farthest. The committee
on finance today laid before each sena-
tor an immense quarto volume, bound
in bright red cloth, containing the pres
ent tariff law, the Mckinley bill as it
passed the house and the tariff bill as
reported from the senate committee,
together with great deal of tariff data
and comparisons showing the operation
Of the bill in the house and senate
forms, should the measure become law
in either form. While very little is be-
ing said about the time when the SEN
ate expects to finally dispose Of the tar
if bill, it is the general impression that
the measure will go to the conference
committee within four weeks, so that,
barring unnecessary delays and the
time-serving practices Of the democrats,
the bill may receive final action before
the end of August. It's believed that
the democrats in the senate will fight
the measure item by item with amend
ments, but the republicans, although
;hey will make many suggestions as to
changes, will stand close enough to-
sether to secure the adoption If the
bill in practically the form it was re-
ported from the committee on finance.
The beet sugar advocates in Nebraska,
Kansas and one or two other states will
ask to have the present duty. or at
least two-thirds of it, retained on sugar
so as to encourage the developement of
the domestic production, and it is
among the probabilities that If there
are any naterial changes it will be in
that direction.
DENOUNCED AS srAI.
The Atkins bill granting additional
:rackage privileges to the Baltimore &
Potomac as q branch line Of the Penn
sylvanla railroad in this city occupied
tie time and attention of the house to-
day. Congressman Connell was among
those who strongly opposed the passage