Show UASllIXGTOS Washington 8 Horace Davis to day presented a number of Cah ornia petitions for a repeal of the duty on type and Page introduced all bi a-ll for that purp039 Several dupli ale bills are now awaiting aoton A lively parliamentary skirmish took place in the House today under its new rules between the prOtectionists prO-tectionists and conservative tariff members on the one hand and tbe more or lees pronounced free traders on the other in regard to the bill introduced by Sanford of Iowa which proposed to scale the tariff generally about 50 per cent Sanford wanted it eferrcd to the committee on revision of the law instead of the ways andeans m and-eans committee whereupon MOl ison antagonized the motion by one t o refer tbe bill to a o committee of be wholo state of the Union Both motions wero intended to keep the bi i 1 away from tbe ways and means committee The speaker to please all sides put the question of reference t o tbo House for settlement The free I traders generally voted against the reference to the ways and means committee but by a vote of 144 yeas t o 87 najs the bin was refarred tg the ways and means committee wbich committee had already voted on a bill exactly the same as Sanford to indefinitely in-definitely pjstpone it On this question ques-tion of reference all the Pacific cnaal members except Berry and Whit aker voted yea Although no orders have yet been issued by Washington authorities in i regard to tbe present situation in San Francisco except to keep them con etantly advised and meanwhile t o have United States forces in readine s for orders from the President to respond re-spond to tbo call of the governor of California it may be considered certain cer-tain t that the Presidents order will bo telegraphed immediately in case tbe interposition i of federal assistance be invoked i by the governor to preserve the peace and it is believed here that the troops already within the reach of San Francisco together with the United States manofwar now in the harbor will be sufficient to make tho necessary response |