Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-12-12
AT A CONFERENCE
The Ways and Means Committee Decides
to Prepare IA New Tariff Biil.


to Prepare IA New Tariff Isiil.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE commit
zee on ways and means will go to work
ut once to prepare a tariff bill. This
was the conclusion reached by the re-
publican members of the committee at
conference held Thursday night in
the rooms of Representative Gros-
vernon, called by Chairman Dingley,
At which all the republicans were
present, except Maj. Steele, of Indi-
ana, who was unavoidably detained.
The conclusion reached was the unan-
mous expression of the members pres
INT. In the preparation of the bill the
committee will give hearings to all
persons who are interested, and they
will be conducted by the full COM
mittce. The first meeting of
The committee will be held at
10 o'clock Saturday morning at which
time if all the democratic members are
present, the details of the hearings,
the time when they shall begin, etc,
will be agreed upon. In case Judge
Turner, of Georgia, the ranking mem
Der of the minority OF the committee
should not be able to bc present on
Saturday, the meeting of the full COM
mittee will be postponed until such
time as he can attend.
! WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.-Attorney Cen
eral Harmon, responding to n request
from the secretary of state concerning
the question of damages accruing from
ilibustering operations organized in
This country, has in memoran-
| 1,,p 10 tho cfafn dana ri
ment, given an opinion adverse to the
allowance of any claim arising
from filibustering organizations. The
opinion declares that the mere sale or
shipment of arms by persons in the
United States to persons in Cuba is not
q violation of the international law.
individuals in the United States have
a right to sell and ship such ar
ticles to whomsoever may choose to
buy them, but If the persons supplying
such munitions of war from a place in
the Uuited States are in anywise par
ties to design that force shall be en-
ployed against Spanish authority, then
the enterprise is not commercial and
is violation of international law and
the United States.
IHC ODlulOl 1uEUAlCI
declares that while the president may
employ military and naval force to
dispersc or prevent departure from
our territ ory of expeditions, it is plain
that such means are practical only
when there has been defiance of the
government by an organized body of
men.
! WASHINGTON, Dec. lin accord
ance with the instructions of the re-
publican caucus, Senator Sherman
Thursday named the following sena-
tors as q committee of five to devise
Legislative action by this session look
ing to an international monetary con-
ference: Senator Wolcott, chairman,
Hoar, Chandler, Carter and Gear. This
is considered as conservative commit
tee with majority friendly to interna-
tional bimotallism. A canvass has been
made among the democrats, and repub-
Leans say they have enough votes in
sight to pass bill in the interest of in
ternational bimetallism.
WAsHINGToN, Dec. 11.-Rcprcsenta-
tive Bell dem, Tex. Friday submitted
to the house 4 minority report on the
Pacific railroad funding bill, favora-
bly, reported at the last session
by the committee on Pacific rail-
roads. He recommended that the
bill reported be amended so as to pro-
vide that the debts due by the roads
be extended at three per cent. instead
OF two per cent per annum, and that
the extension be granted only on con-
dition that the companies arrange to
secure the governments debt by first
mortgage upon which it is proposed in
the bill it shall have second mort
gage.
lie also recommends that provision
be inserted requiring the law officers
Of the government to institute proceed
tngs looking to foreclosure of its
lien and the sale OF the property il. the
event that thn terms of sattlep,nnt oro