The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-01-22
An Increase in the Tariff Tax on
Cotton Ties.
VOTED FOR BY SKINNER
The Spell-Binder's Queer Way
of Helping the Farmer.
SOME OF HIS BALLOON BILLS
He Wants an Inland Waterway to be
Contracted From Virginia to
Florida at Cost of Many
Millions.

Washington, Jan. 21.-(SpecIal.) -
As in the Senate end Butler is bidding
fair to break the record on speeches, so
in the House end, Congressman Skin
ner is piling up all sorts of balloon
bills Some of the bills of this states
culous, such as that one to reduce the
salaries of those in the public service
80 10 per cent. to repeal the civil
service. etc. Here's the yesterday
Skinner installment: TO continue the
Inland Water Way along the Atlantic
Coast of Florida as a coast defense in
time of war and as a channel of com
merce at all times" What can be the
matter with the man? lie seems to
blossom into all kinds of national and
international schemes, when the real
object his constituents have in view is
for him to introduce and engineer
through something that will to North
Carolinians bring the relief promised
and proposed during the campaign.
The only ''relief" thus far offered by
Mr.. Skinner is vote for the tariff bill
which taxes the bagging and ties on
the 100000 bales of cotton in North
Carolina just about $4,000, say ~
cents per bale. The cost saved the
farmer by the Wilson bill on these
items was 20 cents per bale, whereas
the tariff raises the duty 60 per cent.
Ia the House yesterday was intro
duced by Linney and III the Senate by
Pritchard the same bill, which was, by
unanimous consent, read twice in the
House and referred to the Committee
on Judiciary.
The title Of it is to enlarge the
Jurisdiction of United States Commits
sioners, and provides that;
Section / In all eases where any
person is charged with violating the
Internal Revenue law, by retailing
spirituous or malt liquors without
license. said offense shall be within the
jurisdiction OF the United States Com
missioners.
Section III. The COMMISSIONERS shall
have a iury-box in which shall be kept
the names of all the qualified voters in
the county.
Section Ill The jury shall DE select
ed in the same manner as before a
Justice of the peace; the verdict shall
be rendered by the jury and sentence
pronounced by the Commissioner.
Section ". The defendant may APP
peal to the United States District
Court, giving a justified bond of 5000,
approved by the Commissioners, condl-
toned that the defendant shall pay
all costs, etc.
Section Y. The Commissioner shall
keep a record and report to each term
of the United States District Court
Section VI. Any Commissioners act
ing arbitrarily, or who shall fail to
report fines, etc, shall he guilty Of a
ini,sdemeanor. end; upon conylctlon y!
the District Court shall be fined and
imprisoned in the discretion Of the
court.
Mr.. Linney says he and Senator
Pritchard have spent two hold days
pefting this bin into shape, together
with another one which Will be pre-
sented later. The other bill provides
that no deficiency assessment 1or
taxes shall be collected until the gov
eminent has established the deiin-
auency by jury trial.
Mr.. I,inney looked hot and red in
the face yesterday when Congress
opened. He said he had just come from
the Elections Committee. of which
there had been stormy session III the
contested election case OF Aldr1ch
against Robbins (Democrat), from the
Fourth Alabama District. Mr.. Llnney
saws the passages in some Instances
had been rather savage; there were
AN kinds of razor-talk, with pcppery
tunes in sight.
Mr.. Sol. Well was here Yesterday
on his way home from New York. lie
refused to state the object of his stop
over. but ! learn that he simply wish
ed TO get Congressman Woodland TO m
troduce a bill to change the term OF
Wilmington United States court TO one
week later in spring and fall, so as TO
push these terms out of the way OF the
big pension pressure at the Newbefn
courts, which business needs two
weeks instead of one week, the time
now allowed there. This will give
Newhern two weeks-that is mainly
the effect Of the change.
Apropos OF the Terry cigarette bill,
il may be worth noting that Mr.. fui-
Ter. counsel of the American Tobacco
Company, became seemingly huch
interested in it, as very properly, no
doubt. he should have been. ] was
anxious to find out how Mr.. Settle
stood on the bill, but he was not here.
As Congressman from Mr.. Fuiler's
| district, Mr.. Settle very coufteously ac-
companied the brilliant young attor-
ney during some of his walks through
the complex corridors ofthe Capitol.
Mr. Fuller finally found the bill, and
| though he was seemingly surprised
| to hear from me of its
| Introduction. he said he found it
| just as it had been represented, which,
Of course was very. very nice. But the
| courtesy Of Mr.. Settle is not always a
| key 10 his clever faculty OF keeping
| his counsel For nobody viii dream
| for a moment that MIR. Settle will do
anything else than work zealously for
| the passage Of the measure. which,
| presumably. Mr. Fuller viii oppose.