Show OCR m LETTER of lie representative mills expresses confidence in the final passage by the house of his tariff bill without any amendments radical enough to change the bill in any material way other members of the house are not BO confident they believe that a tariff bill will be passed by the house but that it will differ materially from the original mills bill the general debate on the bill ends tomorrow to morrow but just what is then to be done has not yet been settled two propositions are being considered one is to leave the tariff bill to go over until after the st louis convention and get that convention to endorse it so strongly that no democratic member will dare to vote against it the other is to cut off all amendments at the end of the general debate and take a vote on it at once the last idea is very inviting to the advocates ot boldness in politics but rather frightful to the more conservative and timid members of the pary if the president were asked to decide the matter he would undoubtedly advise the latter course because every amendment accepted for the bill would weaken it as a political issue the senate committee on privileges and elections reported unanimously in favor of the legality of the election of senator turpie of indiana whose election was disputed by certain ke publicans public ans secret sessions of the senate are not likely to be abolished for a long time to come by more than a three fourths majority the senate decided week against considering the fisheries treaty in open sessions senator vests resolution providing for a select committee to examine the questions touching meat products 01 me united states together with the transportation of the same has been adopted by the senate in his re on the subject mr vest quoted a table showing the amount ot beet consumed per capita among the principal nations of the world in 1884 ahe united states heads the list with pounds per head therefore he contended that anything affecting meat and its production and transportation por tation is of vital importance to livery single inhabitant of this country upon recommendation of the naval board secretary whitney ahas granted cramp sons the habip builders of philadelphia an extension of four months time for the completion of tho new vessels baltimore yorktown and vesuvius the republicans of the senate committee on the judiciary have postponed the consideration oi the nomination of mr fuller to be chief justice of the united states until next monday representative Ee fitch of new york city is the first and so far the only republican member of the house who has publicly announced his intention of supporting the mills tariff bill he made a speech in favor of revenue reform on wednesday which party will control the senate after the ath of next march is a question often asked these days on che ard 3rd of march the terms of awen ty six senators will expire this num oer being equally divided between the parties one of the republicans of virginia has had a democratic successor elected and the rest are pretty sure to be succeeded by republicans with the possible exception of oregon the democrats may becore a senator from that state but it is doubtful among the thirteen democratic senators retiring there is only one who is not certain of being succeeded by a democrat that is mr mcpherson of new jersey should the democrats retain new jersey and capture oregon it would make the senate stand thirty nine democrats and thirty seven republicans public ans just reversing what it Is now but the chances are that oregon will return a republican publican Ee and new jersey a democrat which will make the senate a tie giving the control through the aice president to whichever party carries the presidential election representative matson chairman of the house committee on invalid pensions and the democratic nominee for governor or indiana has reported favorably a bill extending the time of the arrearage of pensions so as to give the benefit or the act to all claimants who filed their claims after the expiration of the time limit or may yet file claims before the passage of this bill the report accompanying the bill states that if passed will cost the government probably not more than and suggests to the house that this is the very best means of disbursing the surplus in the treasury washington may |