Morning journal and courier., 1893-02-08
WILMINGTON NEWS.

Russian Extradit1On Treaty Ratife q
 by the Senate-RepOrt of Repre-
 sentative oates on the Investiga-
 ton Into the Pinkerton Systena-
 House Conference on Repeal of
 the Sherman silver Act-The Free
 Art Hill. .-
 WASHINGTON, Feb. "A bill for the
 admission free of duty of works of art
 produced by American artists residing
 abroad received in the ways and
 means committee today the unanimous
 support of the republican members. The democratic members with two exceptions, Messrs. Cochran of New York and Stevens
 of Massachusetts, took ground on the side
 of maintaining protective tariff on these articles. On motion of MT. Cochran the committee reconsidered it's decision to re- port favorably the bill for the admission l of engravings on wood free of duty, and took up the free art bill offered as 8 sub- stitute for 1t. Six members favored the bill and five opposed it. As Messrs. Tur- ner and Shively were absent 1t was agreed to hold the vote open for them. They are believed to be against the free art bill, and their votes will make the one to-day a mil nority of one.
 The advocates in the house of the repeal of the Sherman law had @ conference this afternoon. A resolution was adopted de- claring 1t had been discovered that ma jority of the house was in favor of repeal of the Sherman silver bullion purchase act, and that 1t had been decided to aban- don the attempt to get majority of the democrats to sign cloture petition, and to make the fight on the floor where all friends of honest money, democrats or re- publicans, might join in the attempt.
 The senate has ratified the Russian ex- tradition treaty with amendments.
 The treaty makes all attempts to assassin ate the czsr or members of the royal family an extraditsble offence, regardless of motive.
 All the members of the cabinet were present at the meeting of the cabinet to- daysexcept Secretary Noble, who is in St. Louis. No change in the situation of Hawaiian affairs as far as the cabinet Is concerned was made manifest at the meet ing. All of the members have expressed their views upon the general subject of annexing Hawaii and until the president and secretary of state conclude their ne- gotiations with the Hawaiian commission CTS or decids,that negotiations cannot be formally entered upon, of course there will | be nothing for the cabinet as Q body to 1 consider.
 The report of Representative Oates on | the investigation into the Pinkerton sys tenn and the Homestead troubles was at 1 last piloted through the judiciary commit 1 tse to-day, the committee by majority | vote ordering it reported to the house, with leave to the minority to file their sep | arate reports. Eight members of tho 1 committee egree to the Oates report.
 The report declares that the tariff had | had nothing to do with the trouble. MT. i Oates expresses the opinion that agencies | like the Pinkertons should never be em ployed without the consent of the state | previously obtained.
 MT. Bynum offered his report but 1t was rejected by tie vote of 4 to 4. MT. By num's report. in which Mir. Layton of Ohio joins, and in which MT. Stockdale concurs, although he thinks 1t does not go far enough, condemns without stint the of the Pinkerton men.
 MT. Broderick, in @ separate report, says that in closing factories and other works public as we'll as private rights are involved, and he maintains that it ia legal for the states to pass compulsory arbitration laws.
 MT. Cuiberson of Texas introduced to- day in the house the bill previously pre- pared and made public repeating the Sher- man silver purchase act and substituting the old Bland act and providing for the ! coinage of bullion accumulated under the | Sherman law.
 The president to-day denied the applica- ,ion for pardon in the case of Dennis P. l Shea, convicted of embedding letters in the Boston postoffice and sentenced to three 7ears imprisonment.