Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-12-21

on the committees as is shown by the
following list
Corliss-E Election of president, ETC.,
chairman; interstate and foreign com
merce, patents.
III. &. Smith-Railway and canals,
pensions, accounts, enrolled bills.
Gardnos Education, militia, alco-
holic lilo J traffic.
HAM Elections No. 1, territor-
les, cltilation and acoustics, enrolled
bills
W A. Smith-Foreign affairs, Pacific
r. roads, expenditures in state depart
ment. chairman.
5. w. Smith-Invalid pensions, Dis
trict of Columbia
Weeks Elections No. 3, pensions.
Fordney-Merchant marine and fish
cries, expenditures in treasury depart
ment.
Bishop-Rivers and harbors, private
land claims.
Crump-Railways and canals, mines
and mining
Mescl Elections No. 3-chairman,
war claims.
Shelden-Indian affairs, mines and
mining, pensions.
The senate in executive session on
the 18th removed the injunction of Sc
crecy from the commercial treaties ne
gotiated between the United States and
other countries last summer, and which
with the exception of the treaty with
the Argentine republic have already
been published. This treaty provides
for reduction of 20 per cent on ar
t.cles ef Argentine origin, which may
be imported into the United States as
follows
On sugar, the reduction to be on the
rates fixed by article 200 of the tariff
act of 1897. Such sugars are also to be
exempt from the requirements of ar
ticle > of that act, provided they are
shown to have not paid any internal
taa nor received any bounty On hides,
on the rates prescribed by article 437
of the tariff of 1897, but the concession
is not TO he construed as impairing
the regulations TO prevent the intro
duction of infectious diseases. On
wool, on the rates prescribed by ar
ticles 357. 35S and $50 of the act of 1897.
In return Argentine agrees to the
following tariff reductions upon arti-
cles f1om the United States: Fifty per
! cenS On canned salmon, cannon lob
stcrs canned shrimps, canned corn,
succotash. tomatoes, canned apples and
other fruits excepting peaches, pears,
ounces, apricots and cherries). wind
mills, dried or evaporated fruits and
paraffine wax; 90 per cent on bacon,
| oatmeal, cracked wheat, hominy, corn
grits, corn starch (maizena). and other
cereal foods. sail Irvine and cotton rope;
Is per cent on white pine, spruce pine,
- -,
| lumber, undressed, "a per cent on cot
tonseed oil.
1t is provided that no lower duties
shall be granted by either country on
articles in question than those granted
by the United States TO Argentine and
by Argentine to the United States. Rati-
| fications are to be exchanged seven
months from date.
The following list of consuls were
confirmed by the senate on the 18th:
Adelbert 5. Hay of New Hampshire,
at Pretoria; j. G.. Long. of Florida, at
Cairo; $. Berliner, of New York, Ten
criffe. c. l.; Il. NJ. Bartleman. of Massa-
chusetts, at Malaga; II. w. Bush, of
New York. at Niagara Falls. Canada
j. Harmony, of New York, at Corunna,
| Spain; f. ID. Hill, of Minnesota. at Am
/ sterdam; j. ii. Carroll. of Maryland, at
Cadiz; II. c. Morris. of Michigan, at
| Windsor, Ont; Jay White, of Michigan,
at Hanover, Germany; j. III. Johnson,
of Texas, at Coatlcook, Canada: l.. ii.
Washington, of Texas. at Valencia,
| Spain.
In the senate on the 18th, Mr.. Hoar
| Mass offered joint resolution pro-
viding for the submission to the state
| legislatures of constitutional amend
mend providing that the term of the
President of the United States and the
| seth congress shall not expire until the
/ last Wednesday in April. 1901, and that
| thereafter the terms of the President
and congress shall expire on the last
/ Wednesday in April. instead of on
| March e.
The following appointments were
confirmed by the senate on the 18th:
| To be United States ministers-Wm. l..
| Lord, of Oregon. to the Argentine Re-
| public: Herbert w. Bowen, of New
1 York, to Persia: Arthur 5. Hardy, of
New Jersey. to Greece, Roumania and
! Servia: Lawrence Townsend, of Penn
| sylvania. to Belgium; Bellamy Storer,
of Ohio. to Spain; John NJ. Irwin, of
Iowa, to Portugal
Secretary Gage has called the atten-
/ ton of congress to the lack of facilities
| in our new insular possessions and de-
tendencies for the safekeeping of large
sums of money required for current ex-
penses of the army and navy. He rec
ommends that authority be given him
/ to designate one or more banks or
bankers in each of these islands as de-
positors of public moneys.
Senator Chiffon on the 18th intro
duced bill prohibiting the sending of
| articles. the making of which is con-
/ trolled by trust. from one state to an
Z other. Such offenses are made punish
able by Imprisonment not to exceed
( three years. senator Gear reintroduced
the anti-scalping bill of last congress-
A handsome pipestone gavel was
4 sent to Congressman McClcary on the
1 18th to be presented TO Speaker Hen
1 derson. The head is solid piece of
\ pipestone and the handle is decorated
\ with gold The initial letters ID. H.
+ ii are found on the Cavel i'm solid pold