Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-03-22

WARRINGTON ~. C,s March zz.--
The four great appropriation bills, the
agricultural, the sundry civil bill, the
Indian and the general deficiency bills,
which failed In the last congress, were
received from the house. to-day, and
referred to the appropriations commit
tee.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
Tariff debates are not the attraction
they once were in the halls Of congress
When Speaker Thos. b. Reed called
the house of representatives to order,
to-day, much less than half the men,
bers were in their seats and small
sprinkliug of visitors were to be seen
in the galleries.
The speaker said: "Pursuant 10 the
order adopted, the house will now re-
solve itself into committee Of the whole
for the consideration Of tariff bill No
379, and the chair will appoint the
gentleman from New York, Mr.. Sher-
man, chairman of the committee
Mr.. Sherman took the chair and di-
rected the clerk to read the bill in ex-
tense, which occupied two hours, there
by reducing by that much the period
Tor debate.
The reading OF the bill closed at
12:20 O. clock, whereupon Mr.. Dingley,
of Maine, chairman OF the commit
tee on ways and means, proceeded
to address the house in support Of the
measure.
Mr.. Dingley called attention to the
reasons for calling an extra session of
congress, as stated in the presidents
message and in the report of the CON-
mittee on ways and means. To show
that revenue and protection in the same
tariff schedule are practical, he con-
trasted the working OF the protective
wool schedule OF 1890, and similar non.
protective schedules CT the tariff of
1894. Under the latter act. he said, the
treasury had lost s21, 200, 600 and the
farmers had lost market for SC, 900, 900
pounds of wool; therefore, wool hes
been placed on the dutiable list, at the
same rates as it bore in the tariff of
1890. The duty on sugar has also
been increased, he asserted, both for
the purposes of revenue and to en-
courage the production of sugar in the
United States. For similar reason,
an increase has been made in the duty
on flax and hemp. For the most part,
otherwise, the increase OF duties in the
pending bill has been on luxuries.
He then explained the other i'm
portant provisions of the bill, conclud-
ing with the statement that on the basis
OF importations of the fiscal year of
1896, the pending bill, il enacted into
law, would yield an increase OF revenue
about $l13, 100000, the details of
which are given in the report of the
committee on ways and means.
NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED.
The senate has confirmed the nom
nations OF General Powell Clayton, to
be minister to Mexico; William M. Os-
borne, consul general at London; John
X. Gowdy, consul general at Paris;
Joseph 5. Brigham, assistant secretary
of agriculture; Major Dunwoody, of
the signal corps, to be lieutenant
colonel.
NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE.
The president, to-day, sent to the
senate the following nominations:
'Binger Hermann, of Oregon, to be
commissioner of the general land
office; James d. Elliott, of South
Dakota, to be attorney for the United
States for the district OF South Dakota;
Commodore Miller, to be rear admiral.
The immigration bill, OF last session,
which was vetoed by President Cleve-
land, was today, reported from the
committee on immigration and placed
on the calendar Of the senate.