The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-07-13
IN THE SENATE
The General Deficiency Bill viii Re
Taken Up and Passed.
The Disposition is to Do Little in the Way
OF General Legislation Outside Of Fin
ishing Up the Tariff BilI-The Con-
ferees May Report Thursday.

WASHINGTON, July 12.-Beyond the
fact that the general deficiency appro-
priation bill probably will be passed
and that the senate will stand ready
to take up the tariff bill at any time
that report may be brought in by
the conference committee, little can
be predicted of the course of events in
the senate during the present week.
The disposition is to do little in the
way of general legislation, and there
is a proposition under consideration by
the leaders of the two sides of the
chamber to adopt the plan now in
vogue in the house for sitting only
every third day after the deficiency
bill shall have been disposed of.
This suggestion has been made in
view of the possibility of pressure to
take up the matter of the appoint
ment of currency commission. The
general impression about the senate
is that the house will pass such a bill
on this subject as the president may
recommend, but that there is no proba-
bility that the senate will take the
matter up seriously. The desire is to
make this intention clear by infre-
quent meetings
There are, however, some matters
on the executive calendar demanding
attention, and there may be an effort
to clear this calendar off during the
week. If such should prove to be the
case there would be more or less dis
cussion in the executive sessions over
the McCOrd, Warner and Goodnow
nominations The friends of the Ha-
waiian annexation treaty on the for
eign relations committee also hope to
be authorized to report ratification
resolution at their meeting next We'd
nesday, but it is by no means certain
that the committee will be able to
reach an agreement so soon.
Monday will be devoted to the gen.
eral deficiency bill, particular atten-
ton being given to the provision for
the purchase of armOr plate at S425
per ton. This portion of the bill will
be seriously antagonized and quite
fiercely debated. Senator Harris, of
Kansas, will endeavor to get up his
resolution regarding the re -organiza-
ton of the Union Pacific railroad dur
ing the week, but in this he will be
opposed, and is not likely to succeed.
The tariff conferees con fidently ex-
pect to bring in the tariff bill by
Thursday. The length of the debate
on the report will depend upon how
we'll the senate confcrees may have
succeeded in maintaining the integrity
of the senate bill. The democrats and
other opponents of the bill make no
secret of their intention to oppose tbs
adoption of the report if 1T appears
that the amendments which they were
instrumental in securing, putting cot
ton bagging, cotton ties, burlaps, par
is green, etc, on the free list have
| been receded from.
The senate will insist upon final adj
| journment as soon as the tariff is dis
posed of.
The house will adjourn from Monday
| until Thursday. Its course thereafter
will depend on the condition of the
tariff bill.
WASHINGTON July 12.-The presi-
dent has granted pardons in the fol-
lowing cases:
George Day, sentenced in North Da-
kota to three months Imprisonment
] for illegal timber cutting.
John Redmon, sentenced in Ken
lucky to Is months for possessing
| counterfeit coin:
G. w. Tilley, sentenced in Georgia
to three years and fine for pension
frauds.
William Minis, sentenced in Alabama
| to Is months and fine for illicit distill-
ing.
Louis Flowers, sentenced in Indian
territory to two years for cattle steal
| ing.
Dave Hunt, sentenced in Tennessee
to five years for post office stealing.
Pardons have been denied to James
PendletOn, sentenced in Indian terri
tory to eight years for theft.
Frank Callahan, sentenced in the
District of Columbia to three years for
larceny.
Justine M. Dudley, sentenced in
Utah to Is years for incest.
WASHINGTON, July 12.-The order of
President Cleveland, issued last Feb
ruary. reducing the mum Der of pension
agencies in the United States from IS
to 9, will be revoked by President Nc
Kinley within a few days, probab lv
early next week. AS the original or
der was not to go into effect until
September l next, the only result of
the revocation will be to continue in
force the present arrangement, allow
ing all is of the agencies to remain in
operation.
Another r ecord- Breaker
BALTIMORE, July 13-Elmer c. Davis,
of this city, Sunday succeeded in
breaking the American 24-hour bicycle
record which was held by Henry
Smith, also of Baltimore. Davis cover
ed 316 miles in the "a hours ending at
pm, Sunday afternoon, which is
just two miles more than Smiths
record breaking performance of May