The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-04-21
FIFTY-sECoND CONGRESS-,
THE SENATE PASSES A BILL EXTEND
ING FREE MAIL DELIVERY.
Henry Georges Book, Protection and Free
Trade" Published in the Congressional
Reeord-The Italian Indem-
nifty Claims.
SENATE.

SENAIE.
WASHINGTON, April 14.-At the
close of routine business this morning
in the course of which resolutions of
Boston merchants favoring the repeal
of the silver law of 1890 were present.
ed, the calendar was taken up and a
number of bills of no general import
ance disposed of. The bill extending
the privileges of free delivery of
mails to cities and towns with
population of not less than
5000 and when the postoffice gross
receipts for the previous year amount
ed to $4,000, was passed. Also the bill
to amend the act to establish circuit
courts of appeal and regulate certain
cases of Jurisdiction of courts of the
United States was passed. The bill
to facilitate the disposition of causes in
the court of claims was taken up and
discussed at length, but without &C
ton. The Senate went into executive
session and soon adjourned till Mon
day.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, April lahore than
two hours of the time ofthe house was
consumed today determining whether
Messrs. Stone of Kentucky, Fithian OF
Washington, johnson of Ohio and
Bowman, could by preconcerted ar
rangement and under leave to print,
publish in the Record at public ex-
pense and distribute under govern
ment frank Henry Georges book on
"Protection and Free Trade" The
attempt to have the matter expunged
proved unsuccessful.
Should the Republicans carry out
their threat to publish books in favor
of protection, the Record would be-
come circulating library with Uncle
Sam acting as librarian and with the
people bearing the cost of distributing
the product of the brains of persons
not connected with the public service.
The book has been published practi
cally in full in the Congressional Re-
cord. 1t was done in one day, but the
various chapters of the volume
appeared in the Record from time to
time for the past ten days. Jerry
Simpson will have in the Record to-
morrow the concluding chapters ofthe
book.
The remainder of the day was con
sumed in consideration of the naval
appropriation bill. No action was
taxed. Adjourned.
TEXAS SUGAR INDUSTRY.
WASHINGTON April 14.-Capt. Ed
Cunningham of San Antonio, Tex,
the largest sugar planter in that state,
who is here looking after his sugar
bounty funds, said that while the bill
will likely pass the House it will
surely be turned down in the Senate.
He says what sugar growers need
worse than anything else is assurance
of permanent system. ~ don't claim
that the bounty now given us is better
than the old duty levied on imported
sugar. We are getting along pros
perously under the present law,
and there is profit in the bust
ness if congress will only
let the present status remain
undisturbed. 1t is fear of changes in
the law that hurts planters. Southern
Texas is one of the finest regions for
growing sugar cane. There are
millions of acres in that section as
good or better than in Louisiana that
could be profitably developed to the
production of that crop. 1t would be
a great thing if our people would stop
raising so much cotton, yet there has
been no reduction in cotton in Texas
this year. The only way out of the
trouble is for grangers TO raise more
grain, meat and cattle and make
cotton their surplus crop"
THE ITALIAN CONTROVERSY.
WASHINGTON, April 14.-The state.
ment is made today that the govern
ment has practically reached settle
ment of the troubles with Italy over
the New Orleans lynching and will
agree to pay $4,000 to the families OF
three italian subjects killed On that
occasion. The agreement will have tC
be submitted to congress in a
message from the president and
j the recommendation passed upon by
the House and Senate. 1t is not likely
that the United States government
will agree to pay anything as indem-
nifty, as that would be an admission
of it's responsibility for the crime.
Congress has not received intimation
of any informal agreement between
the department of state and Italy as
to the settlement of this claim. Nc
recommendation from the president
having been made, Gen. John Furley
of the department of state says he is
not at liberty to discuss the matter,
but there's good reason to believe the
report true.