Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-07-02
SENATE IS TO BLAME.
Congressman Morris Says 1t
Has Delayed Tariff-District
Patronage Matters.
From the Duluth News-Tribune.


morrow, when he will return to
Washington. Judge Morris spent
the afternoon Yesterday at the Of
fees Of the law firm of Morris,
Green & Ayers, of which he is 9
member. He was busy till 6 O'Clock
receiving callers, and he will bt
more busy today, for he will meet
number Of people by appointment
from different parts Of the district,
in addition to the regular numbe,
Of people that would call anyway
The matter Of patronage is just
now one of the liveliest kinds Of
issues, and Judge Morris is trying
to handle the matter as wisely al
possible. =
II think that the tariff measure
will get through the senate by the
Isl or the 5th Of JULY" said Judge
Morris, ''at least that is the indica.
ton at present, but there is nc
way of anticipating obstacles that
NAV arise there. There is no rea.
son why the bill should not have
been passed by May 1. The HOUSE
disposed of the bill in 16 days, in.
GLIDING Sundays. The senate after
having the bill for three months,
has been forced to come back 70
the point of recognizing actually
or approximately; every important
schedule on which there was a
fight. The evil effects of this delay
Is well understood. It has robbed
the bill of the immediate beneficial
effects thstit was hoped to. achieve.
The practical operation of the bill
has been deferred by this delay fo1
a year, and perhaps year and a
half. In spite of this, however,
times are improving every day.
There is no doubt of it.. There is
a healthy and progressive improve.
ment in business due in large
measure to the fact that the tariff
bill is soon to become a law.
Everything in the bill in which
the people Of this district is inter.
ested is still intact and will not be
disturbed.
II expect that favorable action
will be taken in regard to the pro.
posed annexation of Hawaii, but
1t is hard to tell what the senate
will do in regard to the matter.
There is q strong sentiment in
Washington, and I think all oye,
tho country, in favor of annexine
the islands. In regard to the Gu
ban question it seems to be the
disposition Of the house to give
the president time to adopt a polio,
of his own.
''In regard to bankruptcy legis
lation, the prospects of doing some
thing is not hopeless. The prob
abilities are against the taking O.
any action, however. A majority
of the representatives feel thai
they were called together for :
special purpose, that Of passing :
tariff bill to restore the revenue!
Of the country, and they are moi
inclined to do much business aside
from that.
'As to Senator Culkin, it was
known before I went to Washing
ton that he was slated for one Of
the two land office positions,
Whether it will be for the Office of
register or receiver / cannot say at
this time. In regard to the Duluth
postofice, that is matter almost
q year distant -. ...>. ...s
Judge Morris corroborates the
report that Alvah Eastman Of St.
Cloud is slated for the land office
receivership at that place to sues
ceed G. F.!Macdonald, editor of
the St. tCloud Times. Mr.. East.
man is editor of the St. Cloud
Journal. Press. In regard to the
report of friction i'm the st. Cloud
land Office. Judge Morris declined
to talk. He said that he had un.
derstood that there was some
troubled there, but was not pre-
pared to- discuss it. -
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