Show HISCOCKS NEW BILL THE TARIFF REFORm SIJE WILL SWEEP THE tOP republican senators anxious for another deadlock correspondence of the ENQUIRER mr cleveland has about given up all hope of getting his accustomed summer outing this year owing to the unusually long session of congress the end of which yet be seen the republican senators are in a quandary about the tariff some want to report a bill and then adjourn some want to report discuss and pass a bill while others want to simply vote on the mills bill as it passed the house diverse as aliese opinions are they do not represent the factions of the cx 0 P A majority of the republican senators are in favor of passing a substitute for the mills bill in fact a caucus has so decided but when the question of preparing that substitute is discussed no two of them think alike what the outcome is to be remains to be seen in the meantime revenue reform is marching towards victory assistant secretary thompson of the treasury department is the right land of a democrat in a letter written in answer to a house resolution of inquiry as to canadian discrimination against vessels mr thompson shows that such discrimination exists to a very marked extent upon the welland canal and he recommends retaliatory legislation as the best remedy just the kind of talk nations are like men they always respect the fellow that strikes back from the shoulder than he is struck the republican senators seem anxious to bring about another deadlock in the house they are about to tack the direct tax bill that caused the late dead lock on the sundry civil appropriation bill as an amendment when the late deadlock was broken the house agreed to vote upon this bill in december when it will be sure to pass the states having waited nearly 57 years for this money could surely wait a few more months this bill is brought forward again at this time for no other purpose than to make another deadlock it has come mr hiscock has introduced a bill in the senate which gives every man who served three months in the army or navy of the united states during the late war a pension mr bandall is getting better slowly the report that he had n cancer in his stomach is absurd so says his physician ex congressman frank hurd who has recently been traveling around pretty extensively says the tariff reform issue will sweep tho country and that cleveland and thurman will be elected by one 0 tho largest electoral majorities ever given the picture of the first homestead ever taken up in the united states under the homestead law may bo seen at the capital it was located in gage co bebr by daniel freeman the picture was brought here by representative mcshane and will be turned over to the land office senator davis was viciously attacking the presidents veto of mrs doh erdys pension bill when senator cockrell proceeded quietly to show that this woman was a fraud of the worst kind and that the names of several prominent people on her papers had been forged mr cockrell wants the senate to pass a resolution ordering copies of the president pension vetoes but they are not likely to agree to it in transmitting the annual report of the civil service commission to congress mr cleveland sent a short but comprehensive message on the subject he thinks that satisfactory progress has been made when all things are considered senator berry from the senate committee on public lands has reported favorably a bill authorizing the secretary of in all cases where it shall appear to his satisfaction is that parties have paid two dollars and a half per acre for land reduced to lao by the act of june to pay the excess to such parties or their legal representatives speaker carlisle declined to attend the meeting of the piedmont chatau qua at atlanta georga he says that he will take pleasure in making a political in the state later A balf establishing a land court or the settlement of private land claims in colorado and new mexico has been passed by the house mr springer had his oklahoma bill ap this week but did not succeed in getting it to a vote july 27 1888 |