THE M'COOK TRIBUNE
F. JTI. KI.fliriELL , Publisher.
McCOOK , NEB ,
STATE NEWS.-
NEBRASKA MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
Cass county has a population of
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24,139.
24,139.Fairfield
Fairfield , two years ago the fourth
city in Clay county , is now the second.
-"Blue Hill shows great activity ,
now buildings appearing on all sides.
Material has arrived for the street
railway for South Sioux City and Cov-
ington.
ington.The
The Adams county court house
will bo dedicated the first part of Sep
tember.
The corn crop in the vicinity of
Reynolds will be much better than was
expected.
Mrs. John Schminko , an old resi
dent of Nebraska City , died last week ,
aged 50 years.
The old settlers picnic in Thayer
county has been postponed till some
time in October.
An election was held in Bartley to
vote bonds for a new school house.
The bonds were defeated.
Frank Fowltr of Fremont has
started on a trip around the world , in
tending to be gone about two years.
The Episcopalians of Wilbur have
commenced the erection of a new
church building which will cost $1,000.
The Omaha Fair will be held again
this year in the. old grounds , north of
the city , September 1st to 4th. The
management promise good races , fine
exhibits and entertaining amusements.
Railroads will carry for one fare for
the round trip. All communications
should be addressed to John Baumer ,
Secretary.
A man by the name of Wood , liv
ing near Stoddard , in Thayer county ,
recently lost five horses , all dying of
glanders.
Quite a train of schooners passed
through friend last week en route to
lowa. They were from drouth-strick
en Kansas.
The millet crop in Dodge county is
the poorest for years. Drought is the
cause. The same may be said of the
potato crop.
Stewart's pontoon bridge at Ne
braska City was attached by the sheriff
for a debt of $500 , held by the Ne
braska City National bank.
Recent rains have insured thirty
bushels of corn to the acre in Johnson
county. This is much larger than was
expected a few weeks ago.
The Northern Nebraska Veteran's
association will hold its fourth reunion
ana encampment on the fair grounds
in Crawford , October 1 , 2 and 3.
The alliances of Dodge county
have begun a boycotte on the newspa
pers of the county which refuse , as all
of them do , to support the independent
ticket.
ticket.Tho
The Fremont Tribune advises
young men who contemplate marriage
not to lose sight of the fact that pota
toes are worth § 1.50 a bushel in Ne
braska.
braska.The
The annual state convention of the
Nebraska Christian Endeavor society
will be held at Hastings November 21
and 22. Four hundred delegates will
attend.
attend.The
The St. Paul & Omaha is about to.
construct new stockyards at Wayne
which will be the finest yards on "the
road. The details have not yet been
announced.
Mr. Johnston , a conductor running
out of Wymore to St. Joseph , was
killed in the latter city last week , hav
ing fallen between the cars. He leaves
a wife and four children.
Work is no w in progress on the rail
road and wagon bridge across the Mis
souri river at Sioux City. The bridge
will be one of the best and most ex
tensive on the Missouri river.
At a special election Nebraska City
and the precinct voted on a proposition
to issue $100,000 bonds to the Nebraska
City Highway Bridge company. The
bonds carried by a large majority.
The crop outlook in Polk county
is not near as favorable as when the
July report was made. The long-con-
tinuejl drought and hot south winds
has damaged corn considerably.
The citizens of Logan county held
a meeting at Gandy on Monday to de
vise means to induce the Kearney &
Black Hills railroad to extend their
line westward from Callawoy this fall.
There is a move on foot atGrafton
to establish a creamery and cheese fac
tory combined , and several parties with
financial backing have expressed their
willingness to take hold of the matter.
The Eden museo management of
Omaha has leased the ancient arms
relics belonging to Max Jaenschs of
Fremont which were recently shipped ,
from Europe and will exhibit them at
Denver.
The printing board met last week
to award the printing and binding of
the biennial reports of the state de
partment of agriculture and horticul
ture. The State Journal secured both
contracts.
The committee appointed at Hebron -
' bron to solicit funds for the successful
carrying out of a programme for the
soldiers1 reunion to be held the first
week in October is meeting with the
best of success.
The Gage county prohibition con
vention met here today , and after nam
ing a full delegation to the state pro
hibition convention , concluded to defer
the nomination of a county ticket un
til September 12.
Frith Booth bought a new mowing
machine recently and turned it loose in
his luxuriant grass. During the night
some one entered his meadow and with
a sledge hammer broke the machine
into a thousand pieces.
Work the llattsmouth
on cut
off" of the Missouri Pacific , between
South Omaha and Union , via Platts.-
rnouth , is progressing-rapidly , and has
reached a point about half way be
tween Plattsmouth and Union.
Some one committed a dastardly
trick on Messrs. Dill and O'Dell , prohi
bition agitators , holdings a series of
meetings in Hastings. Their fine , largo
double tent was cut down , all the ropes
cut and the tent slit into shreads.
A well-known Congregationalist of
Fremont , who is well posted on preach
ers and people in Nebraska- says that
the Rev. Mr. Buss , who has been called
to that city , has but one peer in the
state and that is Dr. Duryea , of Omaha.
July 28 Henry Conky loft his home
and wife at Nehawka , since when all
trace of him has been lost. The couple
had been married only a few months ,
and Mrs. Conky was in Nebraska City
last week looking for her truant spouse.
Representative Dorsey has recom
mended the appointment of James D.
Bell of Fremont and R. R. North of
Grand Island , as special agents of the
census to take statistics of manufac
turers in the Third congressional dis
trict.
News reached Hubbell the other
day that the house of Mrs. Shoemaker ,
living four miles southeast , in Repub
lic county , Kansas , was burned. The
fire was of incendiary origin. The loss
is unknown. The house was fully cov
ered by insurance.
Rosa Beasley of Lancaster county ,
who was ruined by a heartless lover ,
has gone temporarily to the home for
fallen women at Milford. She will re
turn probably at the session of the dis
trict court to testify against the man
that played her false.
A horse belonging to John Miot-
ner , living on White Clay creek , south
of Crawford , was struck by lightning
and killed. The horse was tied to a
wagon , the lightning struck the tongue
of the wagon , shivering it and jumped
from that to the horse.
A steam threshing machine from
Hamilton county steamed into Pierce
lost week. The owners report no
crops down in that country and have
brought their machine to the land of
plenty to find work. They will doubt
less find plenty to do.
Oakdale has a "pearl fishery. "
While hunting pearls the other day O.
H. Miskimen found a human skull in
the Elkhorn river , about one mile up
stream from the mouth of Cedar creek.
By the appearance , of the skull it had
been in the river about five years.
Lew Secrest , whose terrible fall
at Omaha from the third story of a'
hotel about two months ago was so
widely published , and whose recovery
was deemed by many an impossibility ,
is rapidly recovering , says the Hebron
Journal. He is now able to sit up.
Standing Bear and his following
have just returned to Niobrara from
Indian territory to take up their allot
ments on the Ponca reserve. They left
last spring with a view of remaining ,
but by the influence of missionaries and
squaw men they were persuaded to re
turn.
John Woodmansee , a burglar , was
caught trying to gain entrance to a
grocery store at Omaha. Wiley , pro
prietor of the store , who was awak
ened , drew a bead on the intruder and
filled him full of buckshot. Watson
was taken to the police station badly
wounded.
D. W. White of Sidney shipped
about thirty-five head of horses to one
of H. T. Clarke's farms near Omaha
last week. The horses were raised in
Cheyenne county and were a fine lot
of animals. Several of them were of
trotting stock which possessed excel
lent pedigrees.
Henry Bohlman , living two miles
west of Dunning , met with a sad acci
dent last week. He was mowing when *
his team became frightened and ran
off. Mr. Bohlman was thrown from
the mower and badly bruised. The
mower was smashed literally to pieces
and the team crippled.
A distressing accident occurred in
Omaha. A seven-year-old girl named
Solomon , in starting a fire ignited her
clothing and was so badly burned that
her life is despaired of. She ran into
the back yard , and 'a boy near-by
might have saved her life had it not
been that a vicious dog terrified him
from approaching the little girl.
A strong effort has been mad ? by
Connell , Laws and Senator Paddock
for an allowannce of salary in behalf of
the late Congressman .Laird. The ap
propriations committes , however , de
cided that as he left no heirs they would
not make the allowance of the salary
for the'term , as is customary in cases
of deceased members who have families.
The police.of Lincoln report that
there is a gathering of suspicious char
acters already in that city who are pre
paring evidently for a rich harvest by
criminal means during the state fair.
Usually these fellows gather to plun
der the rooms of guests at the hotels ,
or break into houses while the family
is absent at the fair , or pick the pock
ets of people at the grounds.
Robert St. Glair , a Minden attor
ney , was in Seward the other day
working up the case of a pardon for
Patrick , the man who was sent from
that county ten years ago on a life sen
tence for the murder of his wife. St.
Clair was practicing law in Seward at
the time and was Patrick's attorney.
He is said to be quite successful in get
ting signatures to a petition to the gov
ernor.
ernor.The
The 10-year-old son of Julius
Schroeder of Beemer , while out riding ,
was thrown from his horse and digged
about forty rods by the foot. When
the pony was caught his foot Ayas so
twisted in the stirrup straps that the
saddle .had to be faken from the horse
before it could be loosened. The baclc
of his head was badly crushed in and
the upper part of his body was more or
less bruised. It is thought he cannot
live.
WILL NOT ARBITRATE
BELIEF GROirma THAT THERE WILL
TJEXO FURTHER STRIKE.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive En
gineers Cannot bo Relied Upon to
Go Out-Vice President Webb Still
Insists that There Is Nothing : to Ar
bitrate and JtcfiiJ.es to Receive Any
Committees .1 Decision In a Ne
braska Land Case Rendered by As
sistant Secretary Chandler The
Iowa Railroad Rates.
Webb Again'Refuses to Arbitrate.
NEW YOKK , Aug. 23. With the
close of today ends the second week of
the strike. The men who two weeks
ago left their places with confidence of
reinstatement upon their own terms
arc considering the situation tonight
in their local assemblies , where they
are in council with the members of the
executive board. Undoubtedly it is
true that the rank and file of the men
feel at present strong in the near pres
ence of their leaders. The heads have
been considering their immediate in-
terests'and the men are pleased. They
feel reinforced and more hopeful.
The slate board of arbitration has
once more presented itself perfunctori
ly to aid in a settlement. Powderly
has hastened to accede , but the rail
road has declined.
There is a growing belief among per
sons who have been following the
course of events closely that there will
bo no further strike. It was rumored
that possibly the next move would be
the ordering out oi all mechanics along-
the line of the Central railroad. On
this Webb wes questioned.
"Anticipating , " he said , "some ten
days ago that by allowing the men em
ployed in our various shops to remain
I was furnishing ammunition to the
Knights , I at once ordered the shops
to be closed and directed that only
enough be retained to perform the act
ual necessary repairs that were re
quired each day. At the present time
we have fully 6,000 cars in course of
construction at West Albany and 1,200
men have been laid off. "
State Arbitration Commissioner Donovan
evan this afternoon sent a letter to Vice
President Webb stating that "it having
como to She knowledge of the state
board of mediation and arbitration that
another strike is seriouslv threatened
on the lines of road of your company I
am instructed to communicate with you
and invite ta joint conference in the
offices of your company between you
and representatives of your employes
with a view to devising some means ,
either by arbitration or such other
method as may be mutually agreed
upon , whereby the threatened strike
may be averted and an abrupt inter
ruption to travel and transportation be
prevented. "
A similar letter was sent to Powderly.
Powderly in his reply stated that the
general executive board of the Knights
of Labor was willing to comply with
the request and hold itself in readiness
to respond at a moment's notice. Pow
derly says : "We hold ourselves in
readiness to do any honorable thing to
terminate the strike or avert another
one , and sincerely hope that either ar
bitration or such other method as may
be agreed upon will have the desired
effect. "
Webbresponded thus : "The further
ctriko referred to by you will or will
not take place , as the efforts of the
persons who have left our service may
or may not meet with success. I be
lieve that such efforts will fail. I am
not aware of any difference or griev
ance existing between this company
and its employes and I must assume
that the conference suggested by you
was designed to be between the officers
of this company and officials of the
Knights of Labor. These officials rep
resent , not our employes , but persons
who have left our service and have not
asked to be re-employed , but who ,
through these same officials of the
Knights of Labor , have asked that the
discharge by this company of certain
persons be submitted to their investi
gation and to arbitrate by some tri
bunal to be selected in some way , a
request which I have felt it to be my
duty to decline. I still take every
means in my power to prevent inter
ruption of passenger and freight trafflc-
and if the constituted authorities pre
vent lawless interference with our
operations I do not anticipate any in
terruption. For the above reasons it
seems to mo inappropriate and un
necessary to have the conference sug
gested by you. "
Webb comes forward with a pre
pared statement , evidently prompted
by Powderly"s manifesto. Webb starts
out with the statement "that no man
has been discharged by this company
because he was a Knight of Labor or a
member of any other organization. "
Then for the first time since the begin
ning of the controversy Webb names a
list of offenses because of which the
Knights of Labor men are said to have
been discharged. Webb continues :
"The company dischai'ged the men ir
respective of their membership in the
order of Knights of Labor for drunk
enness , incapacity , breach of duty , in
subordination and for lack of sufficient
work to employ them , and it will con
tinue to do so whenever proper occa
sion orders. It would bo moral and
probably criminal neglect of duty for
me to omit to discharge a switch tower
man for drunkenness , upon which so
briety and fidelity to duty depends the
safety of life and limb of some millions
of passengers transported annually by
this company. What private or pub
lic business can be carried on subject
to dictation from workmen that this
shall bo performed and only
this or that amonnt of work ?
What employer can tolerate insolence
or insubordination , based upon a belief
that the offenders will be supported
therein by the organization to which
they-belong and by which' agency an
employer's' business can be'damugedor
stopped ? The foregoing gives , with
out setting forth the name or place of
employment , the causes which called
for the dsschargo of the men referred
to in Powderly's appeal. For th ; so
discharges and to'avert a threatened
strike I have been called on by Pow
derly and his associates to consent tea
a monstrous absurdity , satisfying , by
some kind of arbitration or investiga
tion , persons other than constituted
authorities of the company that thsso
causes exist , a demand which , as long
as I occupy the position with which I
am entrusted , I feel it to be my duty
to firmly decline. " And to this Webb
attached his signature.
A Nebraska Land Derision.
WASHINGTON , August 23. At tha
interior department to-day Assistant
Secretary Chandler considered the ap
peal of Christian M. Kinsingor from
the decision of the land commissioner
rejecting his application to make tim
ber a culture entry for the southwest
quarter of the northeast quarter of the
southeast quarter of the northeast quar
ter of the southwest quarter of the
northwest quarter and the southwest
quarter of section 1 , township 5 north ,
range 33 west , McCook , Neb. It ap
pears that Kiusinger brought contest
against the entry of one Tacke cover
ing said tract and procured the cancel
lation of the same. Notice of cancel
lation was given to Kinsinger's attor
ney in December , 1887 , and in Janu
ary , 1888 , Charles P. Peck made a tim
ber culture entry for the land. Two
months afterward Kinsinger applied to
enter the tract , but his application
was rejected on account of Peck's
entry. Kinsinger then claimed
to bo entitled to the preference of
right of entry. Upon hearing it was
found that Kinsinger's attorney in the
Tacke case made a charge of $10 for
services , which he refused to pay.
Then , to get even , when the attorney
received notice of the cancellation of
Tacke's entry he refused to send notice
to Kinsinger. Assistant Secretary
Chandler says that whatever may be
the merits of that controversy it is
clear that notice was properly sent to
the attorney of record , and service
upon an attorney is service upon a
client. Under the law Kinsinger was
obliged to make entry within thirty
days from such service in order to se
cure his preference right. The offi
cers of the government , having done
their duty , are in no manner responsi
ble for Kinsinger's default and the in
terests of the present cntryman can
not be prejudiced by any misunder
standing that may exist between Kin-
singer and his attorney. The decision
of Commissioner Groff is therefore
affirmed.
affirmed.Will
Will stand No FooIIfthncftfl.
DEsMoiNES. la. , August 23. Thfl
railroad commissioners have issued a
vigorous order requiring railroads to
notify the board within ten days wheth
er they intend to put in the joint rates.
They assume that the joint rate law is
in force just as much as any other
statute , and thinking they are justified
in prosecuting any and all companies
violating it until the courts of last re
sort determine that it is void.
Attorney General Stone believes
the law is constitutional and the legis
lature has , he thinks , just as must right
to compel a railroad to enter into
contract with another road as it has to
compel the same road to carry freight
for a private citizen. The right to do
the latter has been unquestioned ever
since the common law began. That
the railroads are not sure of their posi
tion may be inferred from the fact that
they have not begun any injunction
suit to prevent the enforcement or pro
mulgation of the present rate schedule.
Fiirlit Ketvrccu .Cankers and Broker * .
WASHINGTON , August 24. Senator
Pettigrcw arrived from New York and
expects to leave soon with his family
for his home at Sioux Falls , the me
tropolis of South Dakota. The sena
tor was" one of the lirtt to agitate an j
amendment to the rules so as to limit i
debate and bring about the previous I
question upon all measures in the senate - '
ate , and he says the agreement upon ]
the Quay resolution is a victory for j
the advocates of an amendment to the
rules , as it will be necessary to amend |
the rules before the election bill can |
be passed and the previous question on '
the measure in December will be p-o- i
vided. Senator Pettigrcw is a large I
capitalist and r. very level-headed
financier. While in New York he vis
ited a number of the lending bankers
and brokers and looked into the cause
and effect of the present flurry in the
money market.
"It is simply a movement of the
bankers to fleece the brokers , " said
Senator Pettigrew. ' 'The adoption of
the silver coinage bill made a big pile
of money for the brokers who bought
bullion , and the bankers were deter
mined that they would force a divide
of the profits , and so they demanded
an immediate settlement of the brokers'
accounts , requiring them to produce
enormous sums of cash , which had to
be borrowed , and thus the brokers'
loans made 'call' at extortionate and
almost unprecedented interest rates.
"I see the banks are demanding 90
for 'call' money , which is equivalent
to about 10 per cent per annum , while
money is being loaned regularly by
banks and others who have it at the
usual rate of 4 per cent. This is evi
dence of the fact that the bankers are
squeezing the operators on the board.
It is another case of thieves falling
out , and I hope that honest men will
get their dues. No , I do not think it
will result in any permanent or seri
ous injury to the business interests of
the country , although the bankers
would not care or hesitate if the result
was disastrous.
Emperor William's visit to England
was not a great popular success.
*
GEN.GEANT'SEBMAINS
PROTEST AGAIXST THEIR KE31OTAL
Connlderatloa In the House of the
Defining Iiard The ITZcaMiircit Tor un
Increase of the Clerical Force In the
Petition Office Lincoln , Neb. , .TIade
a. Port of Delivery The Tariff Bill
and Other Matter * The Senate and
of KeprcMcntutlvoii.
CONGICESSIONAli PKOCUUINWS.
In the house on the 18th the defi
ciency bill was first considered. The
amendments appropriating an aggre
gate of $1,239,688 for the payment of
{ ho French spoliation claims were
opposed by Mr. Plumb , who denounced
the claims as essentially fraudulent ,
and , as intended , not for the benefit of
the claimants , but of attorneys and
assignees. The amendments were de
fended and advocated by Messrs. Hale ,
Blair and Morgan , and were agreed to.
Other amendments , after considerable
discussion , were agreed to , and the
bill passed. The tariff bill was then
taken up , but without coming to a vote
on Mr. Plumb's amendment reducing
the duty on tin plate the bill was laid
aside. The house amendment to con
tinue Lincoln , Neb. , a port of deliv
ery was agreed to. Adjourned. In
the house the senate bill was passed
granting leaves of absence to per
diem employes in the customs
service. The Missississipi contest
ed election case of Chalmers vs.
Morgan was called up. The major
ity report finds in favor of Morgan , the
sitting member. The majority reso
lution , declaring Morgan entitled to
the seat , was agreed to. On motion
of Mr. Connell of Nebraska the senate
bill passed amending the act constitut
ing Lincoln , Neb. , a port of delivery.
It provides for the appointment of a
surveyor at a salary of $900. The un
finished business coming over from last
suspension day was a motion to sus
pend the rules and pass the bill to re
imburse Philip S. Post of Illinois for
moneys expended by him in his con
test for a seat in the Fiftieth congress.
Defeated. Mr. llitt of Illinois , from
the committee on foreign affairs ,
moved to suspend the rules and pass a
senate joint resolution providing that
nothing in the diplomatic and consular
appropriation bill shall bo construed
to interrupt the publication of reports
of international American conferences.
The resolution passed.
In the senate on the 19th the bill
granting a right-of-way through cer
tain land of the United States in Utah
and the house bill to authorize the sec
retary of the interior to procure and
submit to congress proposals for the
sale to the United States of the west
ern part' of the Crow reservation in
Montana , were taken up , amended and
passed. The tariff bill was then con
sidered until the hour of adjournment.
In the houee Mr. Cannon of Illinois ,
from the committee on rules , reported
a resolution setting apart today ,
Wednesday , Thui-aday , Saturday and
Wednesday of next week for the con
sideration of bills reported from the
committee on agriculture. The first
bill to be taken up is the senate bill
to assist agricultural colleges. The
previous question upon which will be
considered as ordered after two hours'
debate. The next to be taken up will
bo the bill providing for the inspection
of meats for exportation , and it also
shall be voted on after two hours' de
bate. Then the bill defining lard will
be taken up , and the previous question
ordered at 4 o'clock Saturday. Tues
day of next week the bill - op
tions shall be taken up and the previ
ous question is to be considered as or
dered , at 3 o'clock Wednesday. On
the day specified the house shall meet
at 11 o'clock. The order further pro
vides for a morning hour each day and
gives place to the general appropria
tion bills or conference reports ere-th
on. The resolution wad adopted.
In the senate on the 20th Mr. Quay's
. -evolution fixing the time for voting
on the tariff bill and designating oth
er legislative business to be taken up
at this session was considered. Mr.
Hoar demanded the yeas and nays on
agreeing to the resolution and then of
fered as a substitute his own proposi
tion making it in order "when any
bill or resolution shall be under consideration - !
sideration for a reasonable time fo/
any senator to demand that the debate j
be cloeed. " He also moved to add I
to Mr. Quay's resolution a provis
ion to include in the business to be
taken up , the federal election bill and
to have a vote taken on it on Septem
ber 4. While the matter was being
considered the clock struck 12 and the
tariff bill was laid before the senate as
unfinished busines. Mr. Aldrich was
asked to let the tariff bill be
laid aside temporarily , but he declined
doing so , and the senate proceeded
with its consideration , the pending
question being on Mr. McPherson's
amendment to strike out classifications
and compound duties and to substitute
a uniform rate of 45 per cent ad vale
rem in the cutlery paragraph. The
amendment was rejected. Mr. Pad
dock was the only republican voting
"aye. " In the house the bill to exempt
mining land from the alien land law
was laid on the table by a vote of nOte
to 27. The bill for the adjustment of
the accounts of workmen and me
chanics under the eight-hour law was
taken up , but went over. The house
then began consideration of the senate
meat inspection bill. Mr. Morgan
of Mississippi offered an amendment
bringing lard within the operations of
the bill. Lost. Mr. Sayers offered an
amendment providing that Texas fever
shall not be considered as a contagious
or infectious disease. Lost. The bill
tlien passed.
Jn the senate en the 21st the con-
1 ferenco report , on thp bill for an in
crease in the clerical force of the pen
sion office was presented and agreed
to. Mr. Evarts presented a telegram
from the members of the Grant Monument
ment association in New York protest
ing against the removal of Grant's re
mains tb Washington. The house
amendment to the senate bill to author
ize the construction of a bridge across
the Mississippi river at some point be
tween the mouth of the Illinois and the
Missouri rivers was concurred in. The
bill now goes to the president. The
tariff bill was then considered. In the
house , at the expiration of the morn T
ing hour , the bill defining lard was \ \ \
considered. Mr. Mason of Illinois
said that this was a fight between the
packers of impure lard and the pack
ers of refined compound lard. It was
a trade light and had no place in
congress. He was as much opposed
to food adulteration as any man
in the house. The compound
lard men were charged with de
fending fraud and counterfeiting.
That charge was false. This bill struck
down every possible chance of export
ing lard or compound lard from this-
country. The gentleman spoke about
the poverty of the farmers and pro
posed to tax the poor laboring men of
his district in order to help the farm
ers. Did the gentleman ever know of
a farmer standing out in a storm with
his wife and children in the presence
of a landlord and sheriff ? . But the
laboring man , who worked fourteen
hours a day , must be taxed for a cheap
clean food product to help the farm
ers of the country when no farmers *
organization demanded it. Mr. Hen
derson of Iowa said his friend from
Illinois ( Mason ) had tearfully pleaded
for the laboring men of the country
and had put them in antithesis to the
farmers. Did the gentleman refer to
Fairbank & Armour , who had in a few
years amassed millions at the expense
of the farmers ? Let the gentleman
reserve his tears and eloquent appeals ,
for they were ill-placed in defending1
men who had been charging laborers
many per cent more than compounded
lard was worth. He asserted that the-
farmers of the country had petitioned
in favor of this bill.
In the senate on the 22d the tariff-
bill was taken up , the pending ques
tion being on the amendment to the
paragraph relating to the files , file
blankets and rasps. The amendment
was to substitute for the classified spe
cific rates a uniform rate of L'5 per
cent ad valorem. Rejected. The
tariff bill was laid aside and the house
bill to amend the act of the 2l'nd of
June , 1874 , for the relief of settlers on
railroad lands , was taken from the cal
endar and passed. The tariff bill was
then resumed , and as one paragraph
after another was taken up , amend
ments were offered , pr.lncipallv by
McPherson , but they were all rejected.
The paragraph relating to shot guns
was passed over informally , Senator
Aldrich stating the finance committee
had some modifications of it under con
sideration. In the house Mr. But-
terworth submitted a conference re
port on the bill making an. appro
priation for an increased clerical
force to carry out the provisions of
the dependent pension law. The con
ference report was agreed to. Mr.
Henderson of Illinois submitted the re
port of the committee on rivers and
harbors on the senate amendment to
the river and harbor bill , recommend
ing non-currence in these amendments
and agreeing to the conference asked
by the senate. Mr. Kerr cf Iowa raised
a point of order that the amendments
mubt be considered in committee of
the whole. This point being sustained
by the speaker the house re-solved it
self into a committee of the whole ,
Mr. Payson of Illinois in the chair , for
the consideration of the measure. Mr.
Henderson said that the senate amend
ments increased the appropriation car
ried by the bill about $ o.OOD,000. It
woe this increase which the committee
asked the house to non-concurin. The
senate amendments were then read.
After non-concurrence in about one-
half of the senate amendments the
committe arose.
At a meeting of the executive com
mittee of the Grant monument assoui-
tion yesterday at New York , a resolu
tion was adopted protetinjr in behalf
of the people of the state and of the
city against the proposed action by
congress in regard to the removal of
the remains of General Grant.
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