The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-02-28
THE TARIFF N CONGRESS.
MF. Allen, Of Nebraska, Offers Combination
Bill for Consideration.
VAN HoRN-TARsNEY CASE.
a Vote on Re-Openiug the Halter VIII BE
Taken -MuItipIeE Printing Tele-
graph-The Venezuelan Com
missIOn-OtheF Notes.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6-MF. Quay re-
ported the army appropriation bill in
the senate to-day and gave notice that
he would cal! it mp tomorrow.
Mr.. Allen, of Nebraska, returned to
the tariff question by referring to the
statements of Mr.. Morrill,, Mr. Sher-
man and Mr. Platt during the exciting
debate yesterday. Mr. Allen said he
had believed that it was the honest
purpose of the republican party to enact
law placing gold and silver on
equal terms. But the debate of yester-
day developed that the republican
leaders, under no circumstances, would
accept a free coinage measure. Under
the circumstances, he would submit
distinct proposition to the chairman of
the finance committee, namely, that he
lAllen) would assure sufficient pOpulist
votes to give majority of the senate, if
the passage of the tariff bill was accom-
panied by the adoption of a free silver
amendment IN conclusion, Mr. Allen
held up a bill, exelaiming; Now, to
test your integrity and good faith, l
offer this bill. 1t is your tariff bill,
without a ~ uncrossed or an T IN
dotted, except in the title" Mr.. AL
lens bill was read, it being the tariff
bill and free silver bill combined. 1t
went to the table temporarily.
Mr.. Lindsay, Of Kentucky, offered
an amendment to the tariff resolution
of Mr.. Carter, directing the finance
committee to report back a repeal of
the one-eighth differential on sugar
Mr.. Carter of Montana, defended his
vote and the votes of other silver re-
publicans yesterday against taking up
the tariff bill.
In the house shortly after one o'clock
Chairman Johnson, of the elections
committee, informed that body that
owing to certain contingencies I'M
known. and to the fact that several
members desired to be beard in debate,
it would be impossible to take a vote
on the re-opening of the Van Horn
Tarsney election case. Judge Ma
guire of the minority stated that he
had no objection to this arrangement,
providing thata vote be not taken until
three o'clock tomorrow. Mr.. johnson
said the vote would not be taken before
that time. Mr.. Tarsney took the floor
and was closely followed by members
on both sides of the house He ad-
mitted at the outset that he did not
deny the fact that frauds had been
committed in the election, but denied
that any part of it was perpetrated by
his friends or in his interests. The
friends of Van Horn also claimed to
have a telegram from two of the Fifth
precinct election judges, in which they
assert that to their knowledge the bal
lot box of their voting place had been
stuffed with 400 illegal ballots, 800 of
which were for Tarsney and 100 for
Van Horn.
a MuitIDIex Printing Telegraph.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-Prof. Henry
Rowland, of the Johns Hopkins univer.
sity, has succeeded in obtaining COM
pletely successful results from an in
vention for transmitting kilograms
written upon typewriter at the place
of sending that would be reproduced
in typewriter form at the receiving
point In addition to the typewriting
part of the invention, Prof Rowland,
with his new machine, can send over
the same wire five or six different mes.
sages at the same time in one diree-
ton, which, in duplex, makes ten or
twelve messages that can be trans
mitted on the same wire at the same
time. The invention is described in
Prof, Rowlands own words as 'mul-
tiplex printing telegraph"
The Venezuelan Commission.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26-The Vene-
zuelan boundary commission has re-