Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-03-19
Ator' Frye Cfep.. Me.) referred to those
rules as ssan awful outrage" and as lob |


may be wanted for two or three days.
1t is interfering with all the improve
ments Of rivers and harbors, and is abb
solutely absurd and stupid" The res
olution was agreed to.
Altogether there were 1873 bills in
troduced and referred, most of them
coming over from the last congress.
The senate spent over two hours Tues
day in the discussion of the credentials
Of Mr.. John A. Henderson, appointed by
the governor of Florida to fill the va
.cancy caused by the expiration on the
,4th Of March Of the term OF Senator Call
An effort was made by Senator Pasco
tdem., Fla.) TO have Mr.. Henderson adj
united to the seat, but it was resisted
on both sides of the chamber as incon-
,sistent with the action of the senate
p few years ago in refusing seats to
,appointees of the governors of Wyo-
ming, Montana and Washington. Final
ly Senator Pasco yielded, and permitted
the matter to be referred-as were the
,like cases this session from Kentucky
and Oregon-to the committee on priv
'ileges and elections. At $3.50 p. m. the
senate adjourned until Thursday.
In Need of Funds.
Washington, March 1.-THE failure
of the passage of the general deficiency
bill last congress has made it necessary
for the post Office department to Take
extra steps to secure an appropriation
to entertain representatives of all the
nations of the world. In the bill was
q clause asking for 100000 to defray
the expenses OF the universal postal con-
;gress, which meets in Washington for
about six weeks, beginning May next.
As the general deficiency hill was still
IN conference committee at the end OF
the session. and the time Of its passage
during this session is n matter Of doubt,
the post Office department has prepared
q draft of bill to be submitted to con-
.gress as q separate measure asking for
the $500, 900 for the purpose mentioned.
The Tariff Measure.
Washington, March 1.-THE new tar
i'll bill was considered Tuesday by the
ways and means committee. The
morning session lasted three hours.
The time was occupied principally in
discussing the several schedules and ex-
planning the reasons for various in
'creases. These explanations were
made by the members who were most
.conversant with the work. The sug-
gestion that the bill be reported Thurs
day met with strong opposition from
the minority. The democrats insisted
that they only desired time in which
to offer such amendments as justice and
logic demanded.
It was decided ut the afternoon meet
ing Of the committee that an adjourn
ment should be taken until ten o'clock
Thursday morning. The purpose OF
this was to permit the democratic mem
bers to study the bill and to prepare the
amendments which they propose offer
ing when the committee reassembles.
The minority will this afternoon meet
at the capitol and decide upon the line
OF policy to be pursued by them both
in committee and in the house. It is
atill undecided If the bill shall be re-
ported Thursday, but the democratic
members believe this to be the inten-
ton of the majority. The understand
ing is that if the bill be reported Thurs
day 1t will be at once taken up for con-
sideration without waiting for the dem
ocratic minority to report. Some of
the republican members think two
weeks should suffice for debating the
measure in the house.
In the Interest of Our Shipping.
Washington, March 1.-THE first bill
introduced in the senate Tuesday was
by Senator Elkins (rep., w. va.) and
provides for discriminating duty of
ten per cent. on all goods imported into
this country in vessels other than those
OF the United States. 1t also provides
for the same duty on the importation
of such goods by land means of trans
portation. The bill is'stringently drawn
and enforces the imposition of this dis
eliminating duty on all goods in what
ever way they may get into the United
States il they shall have reached here
in foreign vessels. Senator Elkins' bill
voices one of the planks of the plat
form of the republican party and has,
he says, been endorsed by the conven-
tons of more than dozen states. In
discussing the subject Tuesday evening
Senator Elkins said the United States
pays out more than $2Oo,ooo,0Oo year
for transporting to this country goods
imported from abroad that come in for
eign vessels. His bill, he believes, will
upbuild the American shipping trade
and he declares that he intends to push
1t to vote as speedily as possible.
ax,all nl.-- - go.