The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-08-17

not altogether certain, however, that Their
may not be trouble over the joint resolution
that is necessary to amend the whiskey SEIZED
ule with regard to the internal revenue on al
cohok An amendment offered by Senator
Hoar with regard to this item was incorpo
rated in the bill, which, II allowed to stand
will have the effect of depriving the treasur,
of about $12,000, 900 of revenue.
The house was not in session Tuesday ant
the senate adjourned early after perfunctory
Senator Hill kept up his fight against
ments to the bills for free raw
materials, providing for the repeal of the
laws levying taxes upon incomes. The Re
pubiicans blocked the progress of free coal
free iron, free sugar and free barbed wire
through the senate by objccting to the Sec
ond reading of the bills which carried them
over to wednesday.
The Republicans have lost the desire for
free sugar, since 1t can no longer kill the
whole tariff bill, and Quay threatens that
neither that or any of the other bills shall
pass, if he has to obstruct with fifteen day
speech. But the bill for free sugar came up
Wednesday and Vest and Jones both eXhib-
tied strong disposition to support it, re-
sesting a nation to refer to their own COM
mittee, that on finance, which would bury
them because 1t Is a tie. The Senate adjourn
ed without action, after having refused to
sheve the subject by voting down motion,
made by Dolph of Oregon. to 90 into eXecu-
tive session, by IS to 81. A strong blow
against it was letter which Senator Harris
read from Secretary Carlisle, figuring that
the Senate bill would only provide for gov
eminent expenses and leave $4,000 900
surplus and if sugar was IL made free
there eiascv wG an1 Be sSGoo OF the the
other bills passed. But the figures are
defective, as Mills pointed out, be-
cause they make no allowance for increase
in importations. Villas prepared an amend
ment to leave Il duty on raw sugar but to
strike off the trusts ditferential and Chandler
bounty as under the Mckinley law,
Several senators improved the opportunity
to apologize. Vest led off, telling about the
conference negotiations and the belief of the
conferrees on Thursday of last week and on
Friday of the week before that they would
be able to report an agreement at once. He
declared, with much emphasis that the SEN
ate was not Democratic senate on the ques-
ton of tariff reform; never was, and never
would be, as at present. constituted. Why, ne |
asked mot face the free sugar bill man fashion!
He was tired of evasion, suspicion and lying
and he wanted the truth to be known. Mills |
the tariff bill now passed as u
most remarkable measure, one which did not |
reflect the sentiment of thousand people in
he United States. But they had been between |
he devil and the deep sea, and they had gone
o the sea rather than 60 to the devil.
Mills, Jones, Walsh and Palmer all added
heir testimony to the fact that the German
nan bill is much better measure than the
law.
The senate Monday ratified the new Chi
ese treaty by a vote of Al to 20. 1t prohibits
bsolutely for the next 10 years the coming,
kept under conditions specified, of Chinese
iborers to the United States. This does not
pply to the return of any registered Chinese
lborer who has a lawful wife, child or parent
l the United States, or property here of the
alue of 81 900. or debts of like amount due
i'm and pending settlement. Every such la
orer is required before leaving the United
,ription in writing of his family, property,
C. The right to return must be exercised l
thin one year from date of leaving, but the /
ght to return may be extended, for good t
use, for one year. This treaty does not af t
ct the right now enjoyed by certain desig. $
travel, or to come to the United States or D
side therein. Chinese laborers have the c
'ivilege of transit through the United States. s.
he United States recognizes the right of the O
lnese government to enforce registry regu- \
lions similar to those of the United States I
ainst all American laborers, skilled or I'M h
iled, i'm China, whether residing within or il
ithout the treaty ports. The United States
30 agrees to furnish the Chinese government
annual report of all its citizens, including
who are in China.
The tariff refOrmers on the Democratic
lie, now that they are emancipated from
nator Germans caucus agreement, are gis- :.
'sed to make fight to pass the mouse Dill =
The president has written another letter to q
r. Wilson urging him not to despair, and d
VS., that he too, has felt great disappoint-
enf at the outee'ae. At one time, the pres
emit says, he had begun to donbt whether
e Democratic party was after all the real e
rtv of tariff reform, but he had not per- :,
TIED himself to entertain the thought, real d
ng Immediately that no matter what might III
the temporary obstacles in the way of W
Ogress the party must continue its crusade W
d its membere must remain loyal to the W
rdinal principle of their organization. ae
Chandler has got IN a resolution for the in r. r.
stgation of the Alabama election. ~
The sugar trust is uot the only monopoly 1!
wing friends and agents in congress looking OF
er its interests. There are said to be no u, u,
S than five bills now pending whose object IL; IL,
10 strengthen and extend the monopoly of 50
, telephone business now held by the Bell mi
npany. of
The house committee on public buildings H.
1 grounds has again attacked the problem tn
Itch was rather unsatisfactory dealt with iii
the last congress of providing new vi,
stem for the architecture of public buildings w
n McKaig of Maryland, has reported a bill pa
itch has been examined at the treasury de- ne
,tment authorizing the president to appoint VIZ W.
consisting of three architects of m m.
n standing and two officers of the engineer no
'ps of the army. This commission is to an
me rules for procuring designs for pubic
dings and in cases where the limit of cost
'lOo,OoO or more the commission Is TO Sc tn
five architects to prepare designs in COM ce
itiOn