Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1897-04-10
FROM WASHINGTON.
TARIFF BILL PASSED
American Shipping to Be
Looked After.
AN INTERESTING CUES
TON.
Excellent Appointment.
Mr.. Evans Provld, d for

(From Our Regular COrresp andent)
WASHINGTON, April 3, 1897.
The Dingley tariff bull having last
week pass d the House, rec, living every
republican vote, five dems cratic votes,
and one poPulist vote, is now in the
hands of the Senate Committee on FL
nance. Every statement made con-
corning changes in the bill by that
COMMITTEE il a guess. Senators Ali
son, Aldrich and Platt, of Connecticut,
who have been going over the bill as
subcommittee, are not the kind of
men to announces their conclusions,
even when they have d. tinit ly arrived
at them, To the public, before making
their report to their colleagues on the
Commute e. When the committee de-
cides upon the amendments to the
bill will be time enough to praise or to
crIticise its work. Until then your
guess is as good as any bodys, if you
must have a guess.
THE FIRST ONE.
The honor of being the first fourth
class postmaster appointed by Presl-
dent Nc kInl fell TO Mr.. John Z KeI-
ley, OF WhIte Cloud. Kansas. The de-
lay IN making appointments of this
class was owing 20 the change in the
office of Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General. MIR. Bristow is now occupy.
ing that position and will proceed as
RAPIDLY as possible TO Till the 2.5OO va
cancies " Inch have accumulated sine,
the new administration came in. Thei {
will probably be an average of about 81
appointments day made until the
work gets up to date
Senator Elkins has for a long tim,
been studying the gu. sIiOn oil how
best TO Restore the old time prestige o
American shipping. As "A result O
that study, he made very strOnJ
speech in the Senats in favor of IN
hill providing for the imposing of d u
ties upon imports in manner tina
Will discriminate m favor of American
ships.
MR.. SHERIDAN NAMED.
President Mckinley seldom make
promises in connection WI 4 appoint
ments, but he has made one that viii
please every patriotic American, tina
Is, TO apo nG young Phil Sheridan
cadet TO West Point as soon as h
reaches the age OF eligibility, whicl
Will be something next year.
Mr. GRosvExok's OPINION.
Representative Grosvenor, of Obi,
is good lawyer, and the followin
opinion from him on the decision q
the Supreme Court which 20 many per
sons. especially democrats, profess {
think Is opposed by the amendment Z
the tariff bill making the duties i'm
posed by that bill 10 into effect Apr
L, and upon the right of Congress (
pass such an amendment, is both time
ly and interesting After citing othe
MISUNDERSTANDING, MIR. Grosvenc
says Simply and solely what tn
Supreme Court did hold was that tn
the 28th day of August, and ~as sal
to take effect from the hrst day Of Al
gust, did not repeal the Mckinley la
until the day when il was passed, an
how anybody could have have had
doubt about that is a mystery TO m
but the Supreme Court did not hol
that the long line OF Retrospective lie,
islaIion IN tile Wilson law was not nj
proved. That law bristIes with retr,
spsctive legislation.
THE TALK ABOUT wHIsKRY.
"Whiskey in bond and not in bon
that had been manufactured and q,
posted in the bonded ware nouss ,
was ON that day deposited at a tax
ninety cents, was immediately raise
to 81 10 New bonds were require,
the who e system remodeled, put I
lawyer in the United States ,ver di
puted the power of Congress to pa
just as an enactment The best ev
dence of tn popular estimate OF th
retroactive amendment is found in I'll
fact that the vast body OF importe
who presumably have he very be
legal advice at their command, ha'
all accepted as conclusive that Co
gress has that power"
GOD JUDGEMENT SHOWN.
President McKinley's appointment
have been uniformly good, and ev,
his bitterest political opponent ha
found it extremely difficult to critici
any of them, and his appointment
Major Benjamin Butterw orth 10
Commissioner of Patents is common
ed by everybody, including democra
and populists This is just as it shou
be, for Major But terworth as Commi
sioner of Patents is surely the rig
man in the right place. He is an at
lawyer and statesman of wide exI
rience, and having been Commission
of Patents once before, and had sc
vice on the House ommittee on Ps
ents, is thoroughly familiar with t
important duties of the position.
is quite large enough for Cabin
position, or for that mater for t
highest position in the country.
WILL REFORM THE cFFIcE.
But there are few public places
which a man of Major ButterwortI
equipment can do so much good as
the Patent Office. The practice
and especially out of that office
desperately in need of reform.
Hon II. Clay Evans, the new Coz
missioner of Pensions is now in char
OF that office He says his policy "
be to justly administer the pensi
laws. and his record is such that
old comrades have every confidence
his doing 30