The National tribune., 1892-05-05


their project. Last week Senator Sanders
asked for unanimous consent for the immedl-
ate consideration of joint resolution, which
provides that whenever the President shall be
satisfied that the New York Grant Monument
Committee has in its treasury $500, 900, in addi-
tion to the amount they have already expended,
he shall subscribe s250,000 additional in the
name of the people of tho United States, to be
paid out of the Treasury. Senator Berry OF
Arkansas nterposed an objection to the consld-
Grafton of the resolution, and it was referred
to the Committee on Library, and may posi-
bly, never be heard from again.
ga
Newspaper men at the Capitol do not propose
to allow the case of James L. Young, who was
| principal Executive Clerk of the Senate until
that body declared his Office vacant on the
charge that he betrayed Executive session
secrets, to remain as it now is. Mr.. Young
demanded an investigation by the Senate,
which was refused. A number of correspond
| ents have devised plan by which Mr.. Young
may be either proved innocent or guilty of the
charges upon which he was legislated out of
| Office. There is standing committee OF cor
respondents in charge of the press galleries OF
! the House and Senate, and some of the corre-
spondents have addressed this Committee, stat
ing that the rules governing admission to
these galleries provide that correspondent
must be of reputable standing in his business
! to gain admission to these galleries, and as Mr..
| Young is q newspaper correspondent, they ask
that his case be investigated to if he is 1T
person for respectable correspondents to asso-
ciate with. As these correspondents are the
persons who have published Executive-session
secrets and will be called upon to testify where
they obtained their information, it is possible
that some of the Senators who have given them
secrets and have voted to remove Mr.. Young
/ may be exposed.
80
The views of the minority of the Committee
on Ways and Means on the tinFlate, terne-
plate, and taggers-tin bill, were submitted to
the House of Representatives one day last week.
by Mr.. Dalzell, of Pennsylvania. This report
says that prior to the passage of the tariff law
of 1890 there was no tin-plate industry in the
United States, and in the 20 years, from 1871 to
1891, the immense sum of S397,3ll, 40i. exclu-
sive of freigbts and importers profits, was paid
upon total of 1922 $50 gross tons This ex-
;ortion induced the efforts to establish the in
dustry in this country, and, says the report,
the result has been highly successful. When
the present law took effect the price fell II
cents per box from that of the preceding Janu-
airy, and in the next six months it declined
% cents more per box, and tin-plate is now
$L2l cheaper in Liverpool than it was before
no into nnoratinu he sod
duty on box of 103 pounds is S1.29 Clio. so
that the foreign price has decreased nearly the
amount of the increase in tariff duty. The re-
port adds that $4,000, 900 have been invested
in the industry, and the estimate OF the capac-
ity of works already established and pro-
jected shows probable output of 100000
pounds week, which, counting 40 weeks to the
year, would give a production of 2i3 100000
pounds-more than oue-third of the imports
into the United States, and 100000 in ex-
cess of the total consumption Of Great Britain.
The report concludes with the statement that
already American inventive genius has been
stimulated by the protection of the new in.
dustry, and several manufacturers are expert
menting with processes intended TO improve
and cheaper the plate.
Sc
Senator 81. s. Quay, of Pennsylvania, last
week introduced bill in the Senate appro-
pTiating $4,000 for the preparation of site
and pedestal and tho erection thereon of
statue of the late Admiral David ID. Porter,
United States Navy. By the bill the Secretary
Of the Navy, the Chairman Of the Joint Com
mittee on the Library, aud another person to
be designated by the President, are appointed
Commission to select site on some public
reservation in Washington.
There is likely to be a raid made on the
Geological Survey by Congress during the
present session. Representatives from the
Western States, irrespective of party Especially
the members from the States recently admitted
into the Union), are greatly concerned regard
ing the meager appropriation which has been
made in the sundry civil bill for surveys of
public lands. Estimates were submitted by
the Surveyors General OF various States in
which there is public lands unsnrveyed, aggre-
eating 100000 for the continuance of surveys
but Secretary Noble cut the amount down to
100000; but when the Committee on Appro-
priations reported the sundry civil BILL they
provided only $4,000 for new work with $20-
600 additional for verifcation of surveys
When this became known il created something
like panic in the West, especially among set
tiers who have located with the consent Of the
Government on unsurvcycd lands. and who
cannot get their titles until surveys are made.
in consequence Of this, every mail is loaded
/ with petitions from the new States appealing
for larger sum. The Commissioner of the
! Land Office reports that in many of the new
! States hundreds OF thousands Of acres of land
! have been disposed OF that are not surveyed, in
order TO supply homes for a constantly increas-
1 ing immigration. When the bill comes up for
/ discussion an amendment viii be proposed
| appropriating $500, 900 for the surveys, and if
! this is defeated. motion will be made to de-
! vote the $3.50 which is incorporated in the
/ bill for the support and maintenance Of the
! Geological Survey, so much of it as may be
necessary to survey homestead lands. Repre-
! sentativ6'Sweef, of Idaho. says he proposes to
/ ask the House whether it would rather give
! 100000 TO support purely ornamental scien-
| tifc institution, utilize the sum in securing
| homes for settlers in the West. who are now
! living on land TO which Government cannot
! give title, because it has not the money to
make necessary surveys.
ess