Show FEDERAL FLASHES wisdom and wickedness wired to the west from washington CT w V U tole telegraph mah to the herald 11 basnin aton dec ia 31 morrison orrison of illinois wag was favorably disposed at first towards the tariff commission corn mission bill but is now stunned by the sn beep ing na reduction the commission proposed he no liko like lia his fellow democrats floryd foryd had a professed to believe the appointment of tho the commission was a subterfuge on oil the part vart of high tariff interests which did not propose to submit to joany any reduction whatever when however the report came in and it was discovered that the commission schedule did propose a reduction ranging from 20 to 50 percent per cent ho lie yielded gracefully to the requirements and announced that lie expected to sustain tho the ic ie commendations now however he lie lias has changed bis his mind he ile has found that notwithstanding the reduction proposed tho the tariff is till a protective one and not for revenue only he eid today to day this re rt I of all tariff commission is a araud d and a cheat on the face of it it seems to make great reductions and so far it meets my approval the tile fact is it is a cunningly devised scheme for protect protection iou which makes very little practical reduction upon tho tile list as a aholo the tile free list about which so 80 much has been said is a fraud too because there is scarcely anything added to it but spices in chemicals the tile reduction is considerable but beyond that I cannot say much in favor of tho the now bill it IL recommends tho the abolition of all ch charges argos fees and commie commission lons which I have been trying to have repeated tho tile last ten years it makes such amendments to our tariff regulations that the administration of the thelah lany has lins shown to be unnecessary again its groups and classifications aro lire good safari acio far I like iland it and when chive I have enumerated these points I have said zaid all there is to say in favor of it the tile ways and moans committee is iq giving the tile matter every little consideration and is skimming through tigh it without any attempt to investigate tho the proposed changes tho the testimony of persons reon upon whose statements tho tile fie lists alts were prepared by the commis sion is not read and I have su suggested bated that if we aro arc only to make t the 51 a consideration of the report a sham we had bad better go right at once to the house with it and put it in all just as it is I think practically it is what will bo be done in the end do you think the bill of tho the commission Inis sion will pass the house practically as it stands bedi suppose it will but I will give it a kick as it goes through th juror crane who it had been alleged was a friend of the star route defendants said if not satisfactory lie desired lobe to be relieved ingersoll said tho tile publication of the tho story was an effort to terrorize every member of tho tile jury they must expect this to occur in the interest of tile government and even to bo be arrested after trial the judda said this was exuberance of imagination bliss opened the case A special to the NY N Y rest post EWE rays it is reported that secretary Cha chandler idler is preparing a it letter for public publication ution on the graham family trouble the action lie has already taken in this matter baa has caused intense excitement in ili the naval circle alie republicans very much fear that the tie democratic opposition in the house will result in tile defeat of the davis supreme court bill the sub senate territorial committee heard the dakota delegation today on the subject of the admission of dakota it was stated that tile yankton bond matter had been settled to the satisfaction of the creditors there will be further hearing earing li tomorrow to morrow bythe by the full committee in tha tile senate after morning dourthe hour the bill increasing the pay of the navy nairy chaplains was considered logana opposed it and it was rejected 34 to 20 in the Jen andle investigation newcomb stated lie never knew kneir of do longs ordering to start early in the morning and then delaying it collins was as well treated he lie thought as a s anybody pending the request of lacut ayli faight to put some questions in behalf of danenhower the court ad adjourned d the house burne ouse judiciary committee adopted davis bill for nine nine intermediate coarts to relieve the supreme court the republicans favored the democrats opposed it manning will urge his bill providing for a division of the present court into tl three ree s becs c lions with the present number of jus tices cices the naval advisory board expects to submit a plan for the construction of a steel vessel of war early in ili janu ary chandler today to day dav received a telegram from minister hunt st petersburg stating that insign hunt of the leann cas men and collins body arrived at november aoth en route for but upon tho the report theonder the order about taking home all the bodies was stopped to await harbor who was left a short distance behind the committee on ways and means today to day authorized kasson kuson to report thel the Hewitt lowitt bill to amend the tile act repealing the act for discriminating duties on goods produced east of tile cape of good hope alie amendment provider that all such goods that shall be in public store or warehouse on the first of january or janun on shipboard in ili port clial bo subject to no other duty than if it imported from or after that dav the committee also continued the consideration of the tariff report artand and completed the schedule if c pi liGini cals the bouso committee on lands today to day agreed to report favo ably Wash Vash burna burns bill favoring lav allowing preemption of public laut lauca lauts s and amending the homestead alta II 11 also agreed to report back favora bly holmans resolution calling on oil the secretary of tho the interior for information concern concerning inz the patenting of lands to railroad companies in e excess x C ess of the amount earned under tile law granting pr the lands the collet collector tor of us abnor at norfolk va informed the treasury dei do that yesterday he be seized ti enty ono one packages conta containing i crockery ware and china curios on oil the U S steamer Si Sw alara catara which arrived at that port from china fol ger telegraphed to tho the collector to release the tile goods upon the payment of tho duties and expenses of tho Fel seizure zure k |