The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-15
CONGRESSIONAL NOTES.

Theodore #. Swayze of New Jerse
has been appointed Chief Clerk of tn
J Treasury Department.
The Senate confirms John Hay, an
bassador to Great Britain; Horac
Porter, ambassador to France; Henri
White, secretary to Mr. Hay.
Warden Harley of the Indiana Stat
Prison at La Porte has adopted move
method of providing occupation for tn
several hundred idle convicts under hi
charge by organizing militia companies
within the walls. The convicts will
be supplied with wooden guns ant
drilled by convicts who served in the
late war.
The Republican members of the
Ways and Means Con mittee have de-
cided to make two important changes
IN the tariff bills. Books and scientific
apparatus not made in this country arc
to be admitted free. The duty ON pine
apples is to be changed from. two cents
per pound to six cents per cubic foot
IN barrels or packages and SO per 1000
imported in bulk.
The Chinese Minister gave dinner
Few days ago to several members of
the Cabinet and others. ]. @. Camp.
bell of San Francisco, John w. Foster
and II. M. kingman We're among those
present. As result of the See Yum
and Sam Yup controversy in San Fran.
CISCO and settlement it is announced
positively that the Chinese Consul at
that city, Fung Yung Hang, and Vice.
Consul King will be deposed by the
CHINESE Government on recommenda.
tion of the Minister.
A large number of bills that had
been on the calendar or ON the files of
the committee of the last and prior
congresses have been reintroduced in
the Senate, and the bill for the adiust.
ment of the Government placed ON
the calendar. A resolution has been
agreed upon instructing the Commit.
tee ON Foreign Relations to INQUIRE
and report when the Danish West India
Islands of st. Croix, st. John and st.
Thomas can now be purchased, and
whether, if not purchased by the
United States, they would probably be
SOLD to some other power.
Many other amendments having
me same object, to put articles con-
rolled by trusts on the free list, have
been offered, and ON objection by Ding.
ey all were ruled out of order. Ding.
ey stated that when the time came to
zeal with trusts the Republican ma.
orlty would do SO, and that after pass. |
ng this tariff bill, if anything re.
named to do for the public interest it
would attend to that. Several changes
I duty have been made, among them |
reduction of = cent ON carbonate of /
mmonla, an increase from % To 40
ents pound for the duty ON sul.
hurlc ether. and increasing the dptv
n products of pig lead from az to 3
ents pound.
Inc executive committee created by
ne monetary convention at Indiana
s IN January last to secure the an.
ointment of commission to revise
ie currency system of the United
tates has called ON Speaker Reed !,
mong the number was H. Fl. Hanna ,
ialrman of the Indianapolis oonyen. /,
on Ex-Governor Stanard of st. Louis ,
gorge +. Peabody of New York. and
onn +. Irish of San Francisco. The !
ne committee set forth to Speaker
eco the necessity not only of main.
'ining the present gold standard. but :
insurlng the ultimate retirement If
classes of United States notes ana y
70 establishment of a banking system !.
hich should furnish credit facilities y
every portion of the country, and at =
g same time afford a safe. leastic y
What they desired mi. a
arily' they said, was the appointment y
commission. The Speaker replied > :,
at Congress had been called together 4 4
pass tariff bill, and that il was .
Viously to the interests of the conn q
that this bill should be passed at io
earliest moment. Until final act;o,
been taken on the bill he did not til
m 1T advisable to complicate mat. ne
by any new business. The com. ca
tee agreed that this was donhtless in
better course. and the interview av
led. = -" =;