The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-02-08
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
The Hawaiian Commissioners SILL
on the AnXions Seat.
DINGLEY GIVES THE DEMOCRATS
A ROASTING FOR THEIR
EXTRAVAGANCE.

New silver Bill in the House-Maine Pos
tai Changes-Extradition the Subject
of Resolution in the Senate.
WASHINGTON, February All the
members of the Cabinet were present at
the meeting today except Secretary No
BILE. No change in the situation of
Hawaiian affairs as far as the Cabinet is
concerned. was made manifest at the
meeting.
In the Senate.
Mr.. Turpie offered the following reso-
luton, which was laid on the table, and
ordered printed: Believing the doctrine
of asylum as practiced and approved by
very large majority of the members of
the family of nations highly expedient,
and that jurisdiction in what are known
as political offences ought not to be
extra TERRITORIAL it is concluded, as the
sense of the Senate that no treaty be ap-
proved which proposes to GUST courts or
magistrates of the United States of the
right to determine in each case, under
allegations and proof therein whether
the offence charged be political or not
political, under the law of nations.
The Senate resumed consideration of
the substitute reported from the COM
mittee on interstate commerce to pro-
mote the safety of employees and travel
lers upon railroads by compelling COM
mon carriers engaged in interstate COM
merce, to equip cars with automatic
couplers and continuous brakes and their
locomotives with driving wheel brakes.
"A discussion followed, in which Mr..
Chandler arraigned the Democrats for
not living up to the Democratic nation
al platform.
Without further action the Senate ad-
journed.
I'm the House.
Mr.. Culberson of Texas. introduced in
the House today, the bill previously pre-
pared and made public, repeating the
Sherman silver purchase act and sub
stitututing the old bill and act providing
for coinage of bullion accumulated un-
der the Sherman law.
The House proceeded in committee
of the whole to the consideration of the
legislative appropriation bill.
Mr.. Dockery of Missouri, in charge of
the measure, stated the appropriation
carried by the bill amounted to $21, ,6S4,- :
49S, against on appropriation of $21, ,900,-
1872 for the current fiscal year and against
an estimate of $22, ,170,074.
Mr.. Dingley of Maine, said the appro-
priations made this session would aggre-
gate S531,0OO, 600. Asithe were $597,-
900, 900 at the last session, the total ap-
preparations made by this Congress
would reach 81 1,03S, 900, 900, against
$909, 600, 900 by the 51st Congress.
The actual current expenditures paid
by taxation for fiscal years 1891 and 1892,
covered by the last Congress, were $780,
100000. The actual expenditures for
1898 and 1894 as covered by the present
Congress, will probably reach at least
$7SO,OOO, 900. The revenues for the pres
ent fiscal year would reach at least $780,
100000. and probably two to four mil
lions more, the expenditures 1884 ,000, ,000
If there should be no tariff legislation
to disturb, the revenue for the fiscal year
1894 would undoubtedly reach $405, ,000,-
OOO Expenditures should not exceed
100000, 900, and would not, if the river
and harbor expenditures should not ex-
ceed fifteen million, which is two million
more than have ever been ex-
thirty-three million, as contemplated
by the act of the House, there would in
evitably be deficiency next year, even
with a revenue of $405, 100000 Tariff
legislation foreshadowed would undoubt-
edly diminish the revenue. unless duties
were made low enough to enormously
swell importations. The wool and wool
ems bill passed by the House last session
would surrender nine a half millions
revenue on wool, nineteen and half mil
lions on manufactured wool on the sis
of importations of the last calendar year.
1t would require an enormous increase
of importations of wooden goods
to the extent of eight millions, running
to III, 900, 900 to make good the loss.
: Mr. Dockery criticized the report of
the Secretary of the Treasury relative
to the condition of the treasury. He
TMr. Dockery] estimated probable de-
ficiency June 80, 1894, of sic, 1896, 500.
The bill was read for amendments, which
were offered respectively by Mr.. Wheeler
of Alabama to reduce compen alton of
members of Congress to $4,000, by Mr..
Miller of Wisconsin to reduce compensa-
ton of the President of the United States
to $25, 900. Rejected.
MI. Picker of South Dakota made
vigorous attack against the provision of
the bill providing for a commission to
Inquire lulO Ulto WOIhiuS OI LQ0 6XcCu-
tive departments. Without disposing of
the paragraph the committee rose, and
the House adjourned.
Postal Changes.
These postal changes in the postal SER
vice in Maine are announced:
Route 1892. Brockway's Mills, by Gil
man, to railroad station, In. o.) 81 miles
and back, six times week, by sched-
ule of not to exceed / hour running time
each way. From July 1, 1898, to June
80, 1897.
, Route 1896. Parkman to Burdin, 81
miles and back, twice a week, by
schedule of not to exceed II hours run
ming time each way. From July 1, 1898,
to June 80, 1897.
Route 1497. Patten, by Hersey, to
Moro, 12 miles and back, six times
week, by schedule of not to exceed
hours running time each way. From
July /, 1898, to June 80, 1897.
Route 1893. Masardis to Ashland, l2
miles and back, six times week, by a
schedule of not to exceed hours run
ming time each way. From July 1, 1898,
to June 80. 1897.
Route 1892. North Islesboro to Bel
fast, IL miles and back, twelve times a
week from July to September 30, and