The National tribune., 1892-05-05

yend1, which was intended to protect the seals
in northern waters, woald only have the effect
of preventing vessels Of this country and
Great Britain from taking seals, and not stop
| ping the destruction of those animals.
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| The subcommittee of the Hous, Committee
| on Appropriations having charge of the forth
| fcations appropriations bill are practically
agreed upon the measure, although there are
several items yet subject to revision. II re-
| ported as now seems likely, it will be the lar
gest cut that has yet been made in appropria-
| ton bills this session. The bill appropriates
2,40S 100 which is 81 1856 l03 less than the bill
of last year, and Sc or ,9O7 less than the esti-
mates. The members of the Subcommittee arc
Messrs. Breckenridge of Kentucky; Forney, of
Alabama; Livingston, of Georgia; Cogswcli,
OF Massachusetts,, and Grout of Vermont The
money appropriated by the bill will not permit
of new works being commenced, but will be
expended in continuing work on what has
| already been begun.
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II the Democrats take advantage of Monday
| to suspend the rules Of the House and pass the
| resolution expunging from the Record the re-
marks of Hon. Joseph H. Walker, of Massachu-
| sets, and the same action is not taken regard
ing the speech of Mr. Williams, also of Massa-
| chusetts, the Republicans will force the Demo-
Gratis hereafter to observe the strict rules of the
House. Mr.. Walker has agreed to submit to a
modification of the language he used, such
as substituting the word strategy" for
fraud" where it occurs, and to use other
-,
which will convey his meaning, in those por-
tons of his speech to which the Committee on
Printing have taken exceptions, but beyond
this, he says, he will not yield. If this is not
agreed to, and his speech is expunged from the
Record, Mr.. Walker says that so long as he is
III Congress the Democrats must have a major
lty to transact business, and that all unanimous
consents shall be abandoned. The Democrats
will be compelled to have sufficient members
present. and abide by the strictest construction
of the rules they have adopted from this time
on.
Hon. James G.. Blaine, Secretary of State,
was before the Committee on Commerce of the
Senate on Thursday, April %, and was appar-
emily in excellent health, and spoke with &C.
customed earnestness and vigor in opposition
to the passage of the pending joint resolution
authorizing the landing of the French cable on
tho shores of Virginia and North Carolina.
The cause of Secretary Blaine's opposition is
that the French Cable Company, cooperating
with the Brazilian Government, have all abso-
Lutte monopoly of the cable privileges between
the United States and Brazil and if this joint
resolution is passed, the negotiations which
have been in progress for the past two years
looking to the procurement of concession to
an American cable company to enter Brazil,
would come to naught Mr.. JEFF Chandler and
Gen. Eppa Hunton, attorneys for the French
Cable Company. undertook to controvert the
departmental view of Secretary Blaine IN the
proposed legislation.
Senator VIM. f. Chandler and Representa-
tive Stump, Cbairmen of the Committees on
immigration Of the Senate and House. who
have been investigating the expenditure for
fitting up Ellis Island n. Y, as place to land
immigrants, sent ali official letter to Secretary
Of the Treasury Foster, in which they acknow-
ledge the receipt Of letter containing the
opinion of the Attorney General, which afiirms
the legal authority OF the Treasury Depart
ment to use the head tax to improve Ellis Is
land. They are glad even at this late day
that legal opinion has been sought and OBJ
tanned. AZ the appropriations for these i'm
provements were $3.50, OoG, and the oxpcndi-
lures already made are $612, 600 they think it
must be gratifying to the Attorney General to
be able to send the Secretary an opinion that
the additional expenditure of 1852, 600 was
technically lawful, and he Orr. Foster must
feel relieved to receive it. The Committee
had never expressed an opinion that the cxp PEN
diture OF head money was unlawful, but they
have been endeayoring to find out whether
the excessive expenditures at the Island were
legal, prudent, capable, economical admins
tration of thssTreasnry Department. and TO
learn who was in fact, as well as in law, respon-
sble for them, SO that he might receive criticism
or commentator, as the case might appear.
They say that there has been a remarkable
unanimity of desire manifested by the officials
of the Treasury Department to escape from
personal responsibility for the expenditures,
but they now see that the opinion of the At.
torney General is heralded by tho Newspapers
as complete vindication of the Treasury De-
partmcnt. The letter closes by asking numer-
Gus questions, among which is one as to
whether if all the facts regarding these expea-
ditures had been made known to the Attorney
General, would not have modified his opinion.
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delegation Of prominent Montana gentle
men are visiting Washington in the interest of
measures before Congress which will benefit
the inhabitants of that new State. Judge Say
age, Messrs. Anderson, Love, Finnedge, Foster.
Joy. Wakefield, and several othor prominent
citizens compose the delegation. They want
legislation TO help develop the New World
mining district. These mines were discovered
in 1870 by prospectors who thought they were
in Wyoming Territory. After they had loca.
ted valuable claims, they found they were
within the limits of the Crow Indian Reserya
ton, in Montana. In 1872 Congress created
the Yellowstone National Park reservation.
and the only means the miners had. or have
now, for transporting freight and supplies to
this mining district is by means Of trails and
roads along the north bank of the upper yell
lowstone River. The Crow Indians coded this
mining district to the United States in 1873
for 500, 900. After this miners focked to the
district and have discovered and worked some
1900 claims. The mines of the district cannot
be worked and made profitable unless railroad