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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, GA.. TUESDAY MAY 25 1886 CONGRESS. Proceedings of the Two Houses Last Week. With the President and His Ad visers—General News. Forelg n Kail Service, Washington, May 18.—In the house. Hr, Blount, of Georgia, from the committee on peatofficca end poatroads, reported beck the appropriation bill with the senate amend ments, and It haying been referred to the com mittee of the whole, the honse went Into such committee fo r the purpose of considering theae amendments Hr. Blount addressed bis remarks to that clause which is known as the “subsidy" amendment, and made an argument in opposi tion to it. The appropriation of (SOOjOOO, he contended, would not secure any advantage in the way of obtaining additional mall trips, but would indeed have a contrary effect. Un der the clause the postmaster general would be required to contract, if he contracted at all, for not less than three nor more than fire ear*, and this would act as an absolute lnhl- ition upon any other company than the ono holding the contract attempting to traverse the same line. The increase in the number of lines would be stopped, and while the con tract was in force any Increase of the foreign postal service would be prevented. He denied the correctness or the declaration that the decline of American commerce was due to the fact that the United States refitted to pay subsidies to the steamship companies, and asserted that the decline waa attributable to the narrow-minded policy which forbade American citizens from pur chasing ships abroad. Hr. Borrows, of Hichigan, in supporting the amendment, drew a comparison between the pay for mall service to coastwise companies and that allowed to foreign mail companies, and instanced the bet that last year the gov ernment paid for mall service between Tampa and Key West $23,000, while it only paid $237 for service between Key West and Havana. The senate amendment only authorized the post master-general to do with the foreign service exactly what he did with theater route and coastwise service, and all this talk about sub sidy was simply an appeal to the prejudice, instead of an appear to the reason of reasonable men. The United States paid more for mail service between Tampa and Key West than was paid to all American lines engaged In trans-Atlantic commerce or In commerce be tween the United States and South and Con- tral Americas Mr. Biggs, of Illinois, opposed the foreign mail service amendment, and contended that the figures cited by Ur. Barrows instead of showing that too little was paid for foreign naval service showed that too much waa paid for eoastwiso service. Hr. Guenther, of Ohio, said that the apt priatlon did not rise to the dignity of a sal dp. It was neither fish, flesh nor fowL It waa waa a gift, pure and simple. Ik was a charity to the Facile Hail Steamship company—a cor poration which congress should not touch with a ten-foot pole. Were the members of congress really so verdant as to be deludod and deceived by shallow pretenses? Would they always take thus baits of corporations? Were they really what were called ‘‘snekera?" [Laughter,] Ur. Guenther argned that the subsidy clause would not give the United States vessels or lines. 1 f a line was subsidized for five years, monopoly would be created and no other line would start because It could not compete with the subsidized lines, so that Instead of promoting commeroe the reverse would be the result. He would not be lndooed, under any circumstances, to vote for this misappropria tion of (he public money. If it was pro posed to make the dose of the session conditional on the adoption of this amendment, if it was proposed to make it a question of physical endurance, he for one waa willing to stay here, yield, rather than be coerced into submission to the dictation of subsidy hunters, he was de termined to stay here, and in the language of an Immortal boro, “Fight it ont on this line, if it takes all the summer.” [Applause.] In the oonrae of the discussion, which con sumed the remainder of the aeeslon-Hr. Dock ery,of Hlieouri.announced his opposition to the amendment because it was coercive legislation; because it assumed to aid commeroe at the ex- icnse of the foreign postal service; because it teld ont the persuasive idea of competition, when in fact there was no competition except on two lines; because it would operate as a hindrance to the restoration of American com merce; because it was a positive violation of the international treaty of Berne: because it was a gift of public mon- 2 to nrlvato coroontlom. e larger part of which would go to tkaPncifie mail steamship company, offleend, owned and controlled by Bussell Bags, Jay Gould and Sld- noy Dillon. Criticising theamendment In de tail, he called attention to the (act that cron England did not restrict the transportation of her malls to English vessels, but plaoed many of them upon ships of the North German Lloyd company. He also commented severely upon the action of the senate in adopting the amendment In violation to its own rules. Was not, he asked, the amendment strong enough to commend itself to congress and the country, without having behind the pressure and power of an appropriation bill. This proposition came here from the ■enate as its smaller twin brother had come (torn the senate last year. Glad as he would be to go home to the free air of grand old Hia- ■ouri—not, however, to look alter his fence:; they wen in good repair—he waa willing to stay hero until the snow of winter should mantle the heights of Arlington before he would be coerced in accepting legislation of this kind. [Applause on the democratic side ] He then oroceedad to arxue that the subsidy would not have the effect of build ing up the commerce of the country, and in support of hia argument be quoted statistics to show that from I860 to 1877 (which he termed the “subsidy period") the tonnage and com merce of the country steadily fall off. Much of the subsidy proposed would go to the Pacific Hail steamship company. He had heard it laid that this line waa owned by feed different waslargi Sidney L , .... ton. These were the men who were to get this appropriation which assumed to go to the build ing up of the commeroe of the country and the merchant marine. No man would go far ther than he in restoring the merchant ma rine, but if this could only be dene now by means of contributions to the Pacific Hail Steamship company, he wanted to wait and look out for come other remedy. Under this amendment the Pacific Hail company, of un savory record, wouldget $332,1118, nearly half tthe appropriation. Ha called upon his party friends to halt and hesitate before they gave their sanction to a measure which did not advance or enhance the interests of the lerchant marine, but which put into the cof fers of this corrupting corporation $328,308 more than it had received last year for the tame service. In consideration of this ques- Ition, he stood on the doctrine of equal rights tto all and exclusive privileges to none. Ur. Springer, of Illinois, favored the policy ■of compelling vessels that carried the Ameri- leak flag to carry the mails of the country at a treasonable rate, and against the proposition of noting subsidy Into the pockets of Jay Gould, Kidney Dillon and Bussell Sage. Ur. HcAdoor of New Jersey, opposed the proposition to subsidies American ships, and put forward the idea that if tbs United States wishes to compete with other nations by the granting of subsidies, it must, owing to the difference in the price of labor, pay 25 per cent higher subsidies than any other country. Hr. Bandall. of Pennsylvania, called atten tion to the curious spectacle presented to tha senate amendment, which involved an expen diture of $100,000, bat which-had not one word of executive suggestion or approval to d different persons, but he declared that It i largely owned and officered by Jay Gould, ney DUlon, Bussell Sage andC. P. Hunting- commend it. There was no estimate for the appropriation. It eminated from the senate— a body which had been contending for yean against putting any general legislation on the appropriation bills In voting upon this amendmenthe wanted a member to range him- aelfon aide where he expected to stay to the end. [Applause on the democratic side.] Last S iar a senate amendment similar to the trend- g proposition had been put through inthe house by reason of absenteeism, buthe invoked every man to so record himself on this propo- sition now that be would not find it necessary to absent himself hereafter. Vri Bioant, In closing the debate, ssld that under a threat of an extra session, the house had concurred in the senate amend ment appropriating $100,000 tot tho foreign mall service. The democratic administration came Into power and put the bon of its con demnation noon the proposition. The policy of the administration on this subject could not bp mistaken, and when the United States sen- ate, in violation of its rules—in violation ol the principle that general legislation should not Be placed upon appropriation bills—sought to force this proposition upon the adminiatra- Mon, there was an audacity and boldness ex hibited that needed to be met with courage. The issue was plain and clear cut, and for one he waa willing, as a democrat, to take the re sponsibility for hia action. Vr. Barrows's amendment was rejected—80 to 142—and Hr. Hewitt's was rejected—82 torn The amendments ofibred by Hr. Taylor, of Tennessee, and Hi. Dougherty, of Florida, were rejected without division. The senate amendment waa non-concurred In without division, and the committee rose and reported its action to the house. The recommendations of the committee were aU agreed to without division, with the exception of the foreign mail service amend ment, which was non-concurred in by a vote of-yeas 178, nays 80. Following lathe vote in detail: . keas—Alien of Mississippi, Anderson of Kansu, Anderson of Ohio, Arnot llallantlnc, Barksdale, Barucz Berry.Beach, Belmont. Bennett, Bland, Bibs, Blount, Boyle, Brcckcnrldge of Arkansas, Breckenridse of Kentucky, Browne ol Indiana, Brownof Pennsylvania, Cabell, Caldwell, Felix Dawson, _ Dibble, Dockery, Douahcr- •7.. Dowdney, Dunn, Eden, Edridge, .berry, Ermenthrout, Fisher, FordJFocney, Ful- ler. blass, Glover. Green of North Carolina, Green o( New Jersey, Guenther, Hall, Halsey, Hammond, {tents, Hatch, Heard. Hemphill, Henderson ol Jowa Hcnderron of Illinois, Henderson of Nortb Urollna, Henley, Hepburn. Herbert, Hewitt. Hill, Holman, Howard, Hudd, Irion, Johnston of North Carolina IJonea of Alabama, Jones of Texas King, K reiver, Laffoon, Ufolletto, Laird Lanham, .Lawler, Leblbach, Loottlt, Lowry, Mahoney, Martin, Matson Naybury, McAdoo, JlcComas, McCrary, McHul- Nn, MeBae. Merriman, Miller, Mtlls..Mltcbell Mor gan, Morrill, Morrison, Mutter, Morph Necce, Ostca, O'Donnell. OTerrall, bo Parson, Parry. Pldrock, Pindar. Randall, Reid,Reese, Richardson, Riggs, Rowall 11)-u, ler,Savers ScotLiSeymour, &haw,Singleton,Skin ner, Ifewdin, Spriggs, Springer. Btaplnccker. Stewart ofTexsa, Stone oT Kentucky, Mono of Mtaaouri, storm, strait, suable, Swope, Taney, Taulbce, John Taylor of Tennessee, Thomas of Wisconsin, Throckmorton. Tillman, ownahend. Trigg. Tucker, Turner, Van Eaton, Vllle, Wakeueld, ward of Ullnola, Ward of Indians. Warner of Ohio, Warner of Mlseotiri, Weaver of Iowa, Weaver of Nebraska, Wellborn, Wheeler, WhUtof Mississippi, Willi? wilion, Wol ford and Worthinjrton-178. . Naya-AdemsofniiooU, AdamaofNew York, At kinson, Baker, Bingham, Blanchard, Bound. Boil, telle, Brumm, Buck, Bunnell, Burrows,Campbell of ennsy Is ante, Davenport, Dingier, Dorsey, Dor* ism, Brans, Everhart, Farauhar, Felton, Findlay, Fleeger, Funstono, GalUngcr, Gay, GlliUUn, Goff, Grosrenor. Grout, Hsubeck, Harpies, lerman, Illestend, Hlscock, Hitt, Jackson, James, obnson of New York, Johnston of Indiana, Kelley, hetcham, Lindslay, Lora, McConna, McKinley; Millard, Millikan? Moffitt, Marror, Neeley, O'Neill of Pennsylvania, Oibome, ”—- ivttlbonc, Plumb, Price, Ran net. Sawyer, Scran too, Sessions, Smalls, Spooner, Ste phenson, Stewart of Vermont, Martin, Swlnbu~ ~ Bymones, lk* Taylor of Ohio, Zach Taylor of 1 notice, Thompson, Wade, Wadsworth, Waite, ber. Whiting and Woodburn—ao. _ Washington, Hay 20.—[Special.]—Though tho defeat in tho house of tho Mnate amend ment to the postoffice bill was omit terday, itwaa thought that the vote close. The result wu a surprise, even to tho opponents of tho proposed $300,000 for improv ing ocean mail facilities. A sharp debate of five minutes' speeches continued until ttiree o’clock. Hr. Bandall urged the opponents of theamendment te make np their minds to stand firm, and they would an rely defeat tho proposed appropriation. Hr. Morrison spoke with great spirit against the amendment, and the debate waa concluded by Ur. Blount, chairman of the committee, who said that the country now had for $80,000 a year a eervloe for which it waa proposed to pay $800,000. On the vote in the oommllteo of tho whole tho senate amendment was defeated by fifty-six majority. The announcement of this rota elicited round alter round of applause from the opponents of the amendment and evidently rattled its friends. When they came to tha roll in tho home many of them changed and the vote showed nearly eighty majority against the amendment. This caused another bunt of applause. Twenty-four republicans voted against tho amendment. Horn than twin as many as wars expected to do so. On the other hand tho number of democrats support ing tha amendment waa unexpectedly small. Georgia voted solidly against it. Tho only votes it received from the couth wore those of Tillman and Small, of South Caroline. Blanchard and Gay, of Louisiana. Messrs. Blonnt, Dockery and Borrows will be appointed conferees on the part of tho boose to runt tho senate congress to consult on tho difference between the two honacs on this bill. A deed lock of considerable duration is looked for. Tho leading opponents of tho amendment say tho bouse will never yield after Its decided expression today. Tha senator! who support ed the amendment apeak with equal confidant of their own staying powers. Tension Dills. Washington, Hay 21.—[Special.]—'Tho house dashed off its usual lot of petition bills tonight. Friday nights are act apart for thtebuslneu, and the looseness with which it la transacted would be ridiculous won it not constant waste of tho people’s money. A regular pension fever la spreading throughout the north and west. Aa tha result of such ex- .._o cannot make a living and who have been dlaebled since the war.tbia will coat $30,- 000,000 a tear in addition to tho Inoroaasd pensions to wldowaand dependant relations, which will caU for $8,000,080 or $10,000,000 more annually. Tha ordinary pension bill for tbe next year Is about $80,000,000 besides these additions. Such a rash for pehaiona waa never before known and it is natural sines gnu la constantly widening tho range of bounty and about ell that appeals to be necessary to the securing of a pension 1a tho application. Northern congressmen are becoming alarmed at this indiscriminate raid on the treasury bat da not dare to raise e voice or cast a vote against it for tear of the soldier vote. Southern men cannot effectually oppose this extravagance and their slightest iroteat is misconstrued late enmity to tbe sol- lien of the union. President Cleveland's re cent nice of warning on this subject bu fall en on deaf cars in con grees, but it is said te voice e strong and growing sentiment among the people who may we that their wishes an obeyed. The senate then proceeded to the considera tion of favorably reported pension bills standing on the calendar. After the passage or a number of inch bills, Ur. Beck suggested that once in awbile-onee in ten times or.se— it might bo well to have tho committee report beating on tho case read, Jut to shew that somebody bad looked at tho cases. Tho ax- preasion, “Bead the thud time and passed,” R vo veiy little information. Wo d had two or three vetoes end at rural J. M. HIGH, The Regulator and Controller of Low Prieee. Will mall samples of ellclassucf fiffOmhud pay expresaaga on all orders store! OMA Tten ijf, .-s mi twtur variety to select 1 suggestions that nobody knew anythim; thing about what waa being done. Ho (Book i certainly did not know ana bo did not beliove any member of the senate did. Hr. Blair replied that there wu a fall and careful printed report on file of each senator, showing the facts of each case. Tho facta had been there a month, and senators who wanted information had only to read It. Hr. Allison remarked that tha cases had all bean examined by tho pension oemmittee and reported by that committee. Ur. Sawyer remarked that the bill un der* consideration had been reported by him It waa a Just bill, he said, though ho eonld not give tho details without reference to the re port. He bad not reputed to tha aenats • (ingle cue that he had not believed to ho ^ Ur. Beck mentioned a bill that had been vetoed bccaeac i$ gave a pension to the wrong Hr. Blair said the only effect of peaalng that bill would have been that nobody would get the penalon and the bill would have to be reintroduced with the right name. Hr. Hawley, referring to the president's atatement that the pension office had rejected a large number of cases for which congress had passed these bills, admitted that thaatetemi wu tine. It wu remembered, he ■aid, that 30,000 caaea were granted in the pen sion office every year, sod e luge number re jected. The commissioner of pensions wu obliged to go according to positive law, which eonld not reach all equitable caaea. It must be seen, therefore, that he obliged to reject many caaea In which the commissioner himself and every body about him, and every impartial person, could tec that the applicant wu honestly entitled to the peuion. It was aim- ply an illustration of the elementary principle cf Blackstone—that there should be aomawhero a court of equity, for “equity supplies that wherein the law by reason of its universality it deficient.” If the peuion office bad 50,000 cases a year to examine, wu it unreasonable to expect that 1,000 or 1,200 cun should coma before congreu u a evlewing court of equity. But the president hu luggeated that if the present law were not •officiant to afford relief under ail equities of the cue, congreu should amend the law. Wall, every lawyer knew that the more yon amended or executed a law, the more likely it was that there would be exceptional caaea that the law eonld not reach. There would, there fore, always ha a considerable number of ca tes that would come before congress. It wu not impoaalblc to suppose that there might he two thousand earn year coming there—caaea that every man would uy were perfectly honoat and Just cases. That wu a small number In comparison with a million and Quarter soldiers now Uvingand many hundreds of thousands who died, leaving widows. There were many points of the preeident’e veto, Ur. Hawley added, that eonld be readily answered if the preu hod taken the trouble to answer them. The preu had given ont the idee that we passed pension bills by the wholesale, and that the penalon offloo eonld have settled everything, if it wanted te. It wu not •o, end inch statements did great injustice to the senate. Hr. Hawley hoped that some formal explanation of the matter would be made by either the hunae or The Ed □ cation at BUI. Washington, Hay 17.—[Special.]—The last hopo of the educational bill for this session, if not for thia congress, expired today. Its friends were active last week and at one time thought they uw their way clear. They in tended to hare the labor committee uk the honse to ut e day for the consideration of thia bill, and were confident that it would be done and that the bill could be passed on the day so act. The fatal difficulty wu met in tbe com mittee. In congress, u everywhere else in the country at this time, the labor trouble* constitute the ebeorblng topic. The statesman studies them with an anxiety for their eola tion on right principle*. The demagogue leaps to the front whenever the autjjectie introduced end proclaims himself tha friend of the people. So mild e measure u the educational bill stood no allowing in a committee where heroes of labor's legislation are apron ting every day. The committee re fused te consider anything which did not look ■ “ r in the direction of the labor trouble*, ng the house to act apart a day for snob bills u it might cell up, the chairmen distinct ly stated that the educational bill would not be offered to the house, but that the day would be devoted aolely to bills touching tbe labor ition. The 3d ef Jnne wu granted for parpen, and it la hoped that tha wisdom Of the committee will by that time prodnee something worthy of the consideration of the This statement of Hr. OWelll'a had the effect of arousing the antagonism of tome of the friends of that meeaura and this an tagonism wu hardly appealed when Hr. Wil lis, of Kentucky, (peaking u e friend of the bill, acid that u a matter of fair play to the committee on labor, a day should M given to tha consldaration of lta bills. He woold trust to the generosity of that oommHteo to give tbe honse an ouportanlty in due time to con sider tha ednoation bill. Hr. O'Neill thought that it wu nnfrlr and unganarona In man who pretended to be friends of tbe educational bill, which had bean referred to a committee to which It did not belong, to put their lege around the neck of that committee and throttle everything else, unless tho educational bill war* cauadnp. Mr. Bandall, of Pennsylvania, wu opposed to making the labor accessory to carry the educational bill through. The day for which tha labor commlttea sued abould be oonfined to tbe consideration of matters that related to the laboring Interest. Hr. Cabell, of Virginia, thonght that if a majority of the hoos* wu In favor of the edu cational HU it ought to be allowed to vote fbr it. Hr. Dunn, of Arkansas, energetically af firmed that tha educational biU had not had fair play. He had navar before aeon a great measure throttled by such unwarrantable m earn aa bad been resorted to in order to atifio that MIL Hr. O’NeUl—Tha gentleman dou not apply that to onr committee. Hr. Dunn—I apply it to theae who have governed this house. “And," broke In Hr. Horriaon, tapping him self on hia shoulder, “whatever responsibility attaches to taka.'' [Laughter]. Mr. Oowlea, of North Carolina, axpwarad hi* sorrow that, notwithstanding tbs declarations of national and state democratic convention*, be should find himself among so few who ware ipion tha cause of public Hr. Horriaon suggested that the gentleman forgot what party lie *■• 'n. The educational lank bad bean fntbert iMibUeen platform, net i the democratic. Ur. Dunn opposed the reeolntloa on account ef whet he considered in nnfkir discrimina tion against tha educational bill. The oppo nents of that measure were afraid to let the house vote upon it. The meet remarkable end extraordinary fortifications had been erected against it. Ha had found among hie ill* of report* a report on the bill extending the bended whisky period. That wu the same old bill that had been kicked ignomlnloutly ont of tbe bouts during taro or three eongnm- et. Some gentlemen seemed willing to vote million! for whisky, bat not one dollar for education. [laughter.] That wu not hia platform. Hr. O’NeUl, of Missouri, from tha committee on labor, moved te suspend the rates end adopt a resolution setting apart the 3d of Jon* rabeeqeent days) for the consideration of xeu presented by that committee. Hr. O’NeUl stated that the bUb wbieb would be thou prohibiting the employ- end convict labor oo pnbuc works, to protect servants and mechanics in their wage*, and other like muenrro. The educational bid weald not be called np under thia order, _______ Pacific Railways. The call of crania I ttau (hr motion* to ana- wlllsere money end gat tetter varleW to uteet put by writing ue about what,yon want,and get- ^ the rate* Mating with the committee on ^^raSStSid SJwtwSTte SLdUtfhlto Pacific railways, Mr. Richardson of Tenneeeee, gT Muacothlkpapu. I vabehalf-f that committee, withe,. / sa. molten made by him on tbe last committee •ntpenaion day to anspend the mica and pat on Its passage the bill requiring the Northern Pacific to pay the cut of conveying and sur veying its land grant, and in lien thereof, moved to suspend the ruin and adopt resolu tions setting apart the 5th and 8th of June for the consideration of business reported by the committee. Mr. Richardson explained that more impor tant measures that would be called up were tho Joint resolution providing for the investigation of tbe aooounte «( .,„*he Paciflo railroads, end the bill providing for the tending of the debt * of those roads. Hr. Crisp, of Georgia, said that the action of the committee in reporting the tending bill had been greatly misrepresented in soma quarters, ter some purposes, and while he knew that this wu not the time te diaonu the queatlon on ite merite, yet ha took the oppor- (unity to put on record the anhstanee of that Important meawtre. At the present time the raeifiecompxnie* owed the government $102,- eOgjOOOJbut thb debt would not be due until !?!L33! edel * w “ ffrtrtrinff »t the rate of $I,000,000eyeer, end in 1698 would amount to $128,500,000. Before the government could be paid, the co-npenlca must pay an ontatand- ing debt—which wu * prior lien— which, added to the government debt, would amount to $193,000,000. The prop erty, from the hut information tho committee could get, eonld he bnilt today forfone-half tho money. Iftherewu default In payment of thelrflrrtmortuge bonda, what would be the remit? The franchises woold be sold and the government would get literally nothing. For many years there had been suggestions made In regard to nroteoting the intonate of the governmental these greet corporations. In 1878 the Thurman act had been passed, bat the results expected from It had not been re alized. By reason or th* building of compet ing liner, tbe recelpte of the reeds had fallen offend while there had been noincreeiein the percentage paid into the sinking tend, there had been no great increase in the amonnt. Something most be done to protect the' government Tbe committee bad i thonght thet the first thing to do wu to try to benefit tho govern ment security. It bad thonght that tho ques tion wu not to mt oh a question of when the S jvernment shonli I he paid, u it wu a qnos- on of certainty of payment IIe wu awnre thet when looking to tbe prejudice which hod been excited by tl e bed practicu of the com* panics In tbe put' rare not nlwsya able to take a burincu view of bo question. Tho commit tee, he thonght, hi d token inch a view. It had provided that Ihig debt which would be due in 1898, ehonh be divided into one hun dred end forty porta, two of whloh should be paid each year, beginning immediately. Thb wu twelvq yearn before the government would receive earthing under tbe exist ing tew, Undi r this plan, instead ef waiting 12 yean before receiving a dollar, toe government wi nld begin at once receiving $3,500,000. Before 1888 the government would hove received about $11,000,000. The bill provided for s partial extension and a par tial anticipation of the debt If the comps- niu refused to accept the provisions of the act, toe Thurman act woula be so amended as to increase from 25 per cent to 40 per cent the amonnt required to be paid into the sinking tend. A motion to suspend the rates end adopt the resolution wu agreed to without division. The Interstate Commeroe BUI# VTasuinoton, Hay 18.—[Special,]—Tho Cnllom interstate commorco bill wu taken up in the honse committee on commerce to day, bnt no quorum wu present end no action wu taken. Judge Beagan, of Texas, chalr- of the committee, and the moat diatin- gniahed champion of the intenteto railroad regulation, stated te the members present that he would prefer that both hit bill and the Cnllom bill, u passed by the Mnate, should go to the house together without uy recom mendation, so that both may be telly end free ly dteeusud IB that body. This see ms to bo too general desire of toe committee. The purpose of tote action will be to get on ex pression of tbe house, if poaaibla, in favor of the Beagan bill. If tote can bo done the senate bill will be amended by strik ing out ail except toe enacting clanae and apnending thereto the Beagan bUL The bill tons changed will be returned to tbe senate for agreement to Ite amendment. In tote programme, which I hare reason to ba- lieve has been determined on by Judge Boa- gan and his frianda,lies the danger of defeat to all efforts at intenteto regulation by thia con gress. Tbe senate will never agree to tha Reagan ■111. If the friends of that measure will adopt tho Cnllom bill juatu It passed the Mnate they can cully put It through the home. The fatal difference between toe two houses on toe toeoriu of railroad regulation aoetni about to bring about a failure similar to that which kept the lut congreu from pawing Mtne measure on tote subject. The Keegan bill establishes no commlaalon bnt opens both state end federal oonrta to com plaints again it discriminations by rallroedaud irovldta bun penalties for the violation of te provisions. JtsdM Beagan said tonight that IS greatly prefkrred [hte bill. He thonght It a better protection te the railroads u wall as to the people. He regdrdt toe eenato'e former ef fort* at regulation it entirely too week, and not calculated to bring about any oontUera- blo reform. Hr. Bckgan said further on tote •nhteet: "The Matte's bill bf this session te a gnat improvement on the bill of last aeuion, and •hows that tha Mnate la at teat brought to a realization of the neternity of real legislation upon this subject. Itk fourth section, u It now stands on the aubjcdt of the long and abort ban], la simply without meaning, u will be demonstrated when it cornea to bedlaenaaad In tta honse. While thia provision means noth leg, it also contains a proviso authoris- bo commlaaiop to determine causes in thia rule (bail not apply, and itmaku other ruling to have tbe force of law. It te a matter of doubt u to whether it te not a dele tion of legislative power to tho commission, bar* art ateo provisions In tha bill in rala- ablleity of ratal The committee disclaim any intention of in terfering with the civil service law In making toe change above noted, while admitting that toty would, if adopted, require changes in rales laid down by the commissioner. It ,-rali . makes no provision for the pay of clerki to senators, and makes atotalredne. tion ef 225 in the force of employu In the government Mrvlce at the present time. The appropriation for toe collection of internal revenue is decreased $100,000. There are a number of other changes of a minor charac ter in the bill, including rednotlona in toe ■ateriea of a number of anb-tnaanrer* and in those of the United Statu Judges in Louisi ana and California. Tariff Talk. The long looked for tariff event meyoocar next week. At any rate, that is the present plan matured after long deliberation between Meter*. Carlisle, Monteon, Hewitt, Mills and other prominent tariff philosophers. When the home la asked to consider toe biU ite op ponents may make the lone at once, and the tariff discussion which threatened to consume weeks, may he ended in a few minutes. If the question of consideration la raised a majority of the honM will in all probability vote in tho negative. Some of the opponents of the bill My that sixteen majority against It te as sured. They My that they see no use in a long and useless discussion which will result In striking ont the enacting cteme of the bill. It ia better to kill It at the start and let congress proceed with to* other hutinees before it. The Bouse Attacks Polygamy. Washington, Hey 21.—The houM commit tee on toe Judiciary today instructed Chair man Tucker to report favorably an amend ment to tbe constitution declaring polygamy unlawful. There waa but on* member of the committee who did not agree to the notion of tho committee end he only desired farther time to comlder it. The following te the fall text of the amendment aa it will bo reported: Resolved, etc., That it la aetmed necessary by tho two houses of congreaa to propose an amend ment to the constitution, which shall be valid to *11 Intents and purposes as part of tbe constitution when ratified as hereby proposed, by the teatsla- ameodment to bo numbered and to read as fol to-wlt; ABTICLE XVt, 1. The marriage relation bycont byoneperson of cither sox or mor either sex shall bo deemed polyi polygamy nor any polygamous sir habitation between tne sexes ah lawful in any place within the Jar) United States or any of the states. 2. The United statu shall not. nor shall any •tale, make or enforce any law which than allow polygamy or any polygamous association oreo- hahltallon between he sexes, but tbe ~~ Statu end every state, shall prohibit tha tew within their respective Jurisdiction. a. The judlelal power of tbe Uniter or tn fact i oneot neither Ited states crimes of the like services by the seed it tho »m* time. The Mnate committee, daring toe recess of congrua, collected a greet deal of valuable In formation, and bev* given ns a bill with aoina valuable provision* in it, bnt toe biU in tha main will not effect the parpen required end will not remedy the evils complained of. ItietobebmiedthatwewiUhesbte te rem edy these defects whan the bill cornu np in toe honse. Thee* are sqmo of the mein fu ture* of tola bill. Than are many othara to which Ido not care to call attentien Just now.” Appropriation Billa. Washington, Hay 10.—LagialaUva, execu tive and Judicial appropriation bill as agreed upon by boon committee on appropriations, and aa it will ha reported to the home by Ur. Holman tomorrow, appropriates $20,658,119, being (813,(85 ten than the appropriation for currant fiscal year and $8t8JM0 leu than eati- matea. The appropriation for civil service commioion rauuni Qnebundf Is $21,• 400 ia appropriated for salaries, bnt it I* pro vided that the appropriation shall be available only when the rate* of the civil aervte* commission an to framed it that toe nan of ell applicants for official appoint ment from any ont atate found duly qualified on examination, and without regard to age, ■hall beaent to the heed of tbe department, or other officer charged with making aa ap pointment. There wu no contest In the committee over thia clatne, or the elans following later. In regard to penaloa examiners, ten it ia under stood that toe republican members of the committee will oppose them on the floor of the booMs The provisiou of last yur’s bill making an appropriation for one hundred and fifty special examiners in the penalon eflaais ro an acted with aa amendment providing that thayahaU he appointed by tha seereterrof toe Interior on toe recommendation of tha com missioner of penalon*. Under the existing tew toty are mkjtet to civil Mrvico rules. and congreu shall have power to dorian bv tew tbe punishment therefor. 4. Nothing In tbe constitution nor In tola article shall be construed to deny to any Mate tbe nclnslve power, subject to tbemrovtsloni ol this article, to make and enforce all laws concerning marriage and divorce within Ite Jurisdiction or to vest In tbs United Statu any power respecting tho •erne within any state. The Marine Hospital Doreen. Washington, Hay 19.—Themnrin* hospital bureau has received reports showing that toe cholera, In a violent form, has appeared In the riltegu of Bretagne, France, where flahermen aaaamble In large numbers in the spring time end live together nnder unfavorable condi tions. Haraaillu it ateo laid to be in ado- plorabie aanltera condition, and toe mortality record for toe first three months of the prea- •nt year te greeter than for any preceding year, being at the rate ef forty-eight In every 1,000 of population. The cholera te reported to have made its appearance in that city. The Senate This Week. Washington, May 23.—Tho morning hours of the Mnate during the week will probably be occupied In work upon toe miscellaneous calendar. The bankruptcy bill lathe unfin ished business, and will be laid before tho Mnate at two o’clock tomorrow. Some time during toe day Senator Plumb will ask that Ue pending business be teld aside and the Dis trict of Columbia appropriation bill be taken np and patted. Probably too military acad emy appropriation bill, already onoe reported and recommitted, will again be reported end ptaeed before tho end of the wook. If the cancua committee’s order of buaineM te fol lowed toe Du Moinu river end tend bill and toe open executive session resolutions will bo taken np In turn after to* bankruptcy bill la disposed of. Senators Sewell and |VanWyek win, however, make attempts to Mt aside thia order of boalneaa., toe former te call np the Fitgjehn Porter bill and tha latter to ask con sideration of to* bill for taxing railroad lands. Tha Dunn free ahlpe bill, end toe general appropriation billa will occupy toe attention orthebonM during Ue present week. The legislative appropriation bill wilt be taken np tomorrow after the call of atatu for toe proa duetlon of bUte, bnt Ite consideration will be interrupted Tutoday and Wednesday by da- bate on the free ship bill. Thursday will bo contain ad In general dbenaalon of the legisla tive bill, bnt It te probable toe week will expire with tote measure atlll before the house. During toe morning bents, if tools there should be, toe strength of the biU pro viding for the new naval eatebltehmant will ha totted Indirectly in tha disposition made of the resolution to fix certain days for ite eon- ■Mention. The report of toe committee on civil Mr vlce reform, on the Jeffersonville levM Inves tigation, may be ceiled np for action about the middle of to* week, bnt will be quickly dis posed of. . GRANT A "S TUB PICKETS. A New Story Tolu by the General Himself . Concerning estrange Adveotnra. From Gnat's Memories, Second Volume. After we had secured tot opening ol s line ovtr which to bring our supplies to tbe army I mad* a personal inspection to sac tho situation or tha plekata of to* two armlet. Aa I havo staled, Chattanooga creek oomts down tbe center at tbe valley te within a mite or seeb e nutter of the town of Chattanooga, than basis off westerly, then northwesterly, and enter* the Tennessee river et the foot of Lookout mountain. Thia creak, from Is month np to where It bears off west, ley between to* two lints of pickets, and the guards of both armies drew their water from tho aante stream. Aa I would be under short-range fir* and In an open country, I took nobody with me, except, I believe, a boiler, who stayr rear. I rode from out rift ousldal*burd t |haeauf > 'rrpreM>i tbe commanding gntaral.” I mind tha gnard," and they we went bask to their tenta. Jnsth on their port call] the guard for tho I I believe, added "d mi meat front-foe r«tc a salute, nl. I The most friend! twftn tho pickets there wax a tree stream, and which waa Hi armies In dnwiog water foe i need by the mid lam of both .It dlOffiKi* am eat uniform. Seeing a aotdlar In Mm on tote teg, I rod* up te him, commenced convening with him, end poUtej^tenStegLa hatfome, laid* hebeloo? «d to General Longstratt'a corps, leaked him a few qwesioni-bofnot with a rtew of gaining any particular information—all of which he enawar- ed, end I rod* off. Why toe Cats We* Dismissed. From the Washington Critic. A youni man had boan arraatad for kissing • pretty ilib end aha waa onto* wilwtts Hand. “You ray,’’said tha attorney ter too flefoniiani. n Timed yon against yoor “Wil>, now. kit not trot that yuo also kimad him Coring the affrayr Objct tad to; rijectlon overrated. "Few. answer my question," continued tod tttnrsey, CONSTITUTIONALS. We sat on tot conrtJionse steps, in tha gloaming of an April day. There were beside* toeontor.a Judge, a railroader, and old murder. The conver sation tamed on fish sad fishing, and right there, in toe softened gloam of too shadowy twilight, etch truthful narrator gave free rein to hia remi niscent imagination. Bald toe Judge; "The sweetest fish In tola world telkeblM bream. They are a fine fish lor sport, too. I know how wo naed te bait them. We would take a handle ol wheat, ran a long pole with* sharp end into; toe band, add with toe heads downward we woold sink the wheat to toe bottom of an eddy where we knew to* bream In habited. The sharp end lot toe Stake wonldbe forced Into the earth at toe bottom, ao tost toe wheat waa confined In oao place end eonld be re- movcd>rt pleasure. After It bad sprouted and toe fish became attracted by It, we would go there very quietly and removing toe stake with toe wheat attached, and drop In our hooka. Yon never taw such biting In all your lift.| ‘T like trout fishing toe beat," said the railroad er, “and toe finest sport I ever had waaon toe noride takes. Just get a doxen food-alxed gonad* and ebnndle of stout oord. Ordinary fish lino la not strong enough for Florida inters. Knot toe end of the cord, boro a small hole In the gourd and poke the knotted end of too cord In too hole, end then drive a peg In light, so aa to earinde too water and keep tha cord attached to the gourd. Of oourte your hooka must bo stout, and when all la ready, book on a good-sited perch or roach, always book nnder too back fin, Just above toe aplnal column If you want them to live long and play nicely, and then rtart around, throwing out a tourd every forty or fifty fleet. By toe lime your rirolo la completed, you will sec two or three (ourdsbobklliia about riabt lively, and if you can get there ahead of toe alligators yon will soon have yoor boat loaded with trout It Is mag nificent sport, and you may keep It up until yon ere tired. I don't believe the flab are an good aa ours, bnt toe (tin te Just aa good, and that's what fishermen go In for." Tbe old rounder tilted bis chair back and Ob served, “Well, gentlemen, If I were to rtat* my preference, I would say bobbing for red finned pike wu the rarest sport. They don't do much till June, but whan they do get In toe humor there la more genuine amusement In a pike than any I ever tried. And they'll blto to anything. Jut eboOMS laay, hot day, and find a little creaked stream wl'h lota of deep pools and eddies In (ho ben da, and go down about ten o’clock in toe day. Gel* stout book with e long shank and light •inker, and shorten your line until yon can reach the little black pools where toe vine* end busbu bang lowest Almost any sort of bait will do to rtart with,* few “sawyers" or aometolng of tho •ort. You will catch one after a white, and toon yon are all right. BUceoff s largo pteoo of toe white belly, with toe little abort red flu attached. Insert your book In toe and of it, and then troll It •round, either skimming toe tnrfsce or babbling it along about afoot deep, units toe humor of tho flab. There is no apart so exolUng, and tbe fisb are food fit for eking. About two o'clock they will cum rising, but by tost time yon will hare had •port enough fbr one day. Plenty ot books and a steady band and your luck ia assured In plko fishing,” “Speakingof game fitoi” remarked too Judges he swapped tobacco with too railroader, "tbowaw- mouth perch beats all for biting. When I wu a young follow I used to bunt deer in south Georgia. Down about too Waveriug ponds, below Albany, wu fine ground for still hunting, and I naed to In dulge myself In some rare sport there. Ono after noon I bed killed * little buck, and, allnging him across my shoulder, I Muted for home. For too sake of a abort cut I decided to wade through cue of too ponds. My breeches tegs had becomo tattered and fringed by tbs wild roM bushes, and u tha water begun td get about knee deep I kept fooling something poll ing and twitching at my trousers. I paid little at tention to it until I emerged from toe water, whan looking down I beheld with amassment Haifa dozen large waw-moutb perch clinging to too tat ters on either leg. They had got splashed with blood from toe daar, and too fish had bit at them and were so hungry that they held on, waw-moutb like, until I carried them high and dry to toe shore. Beat any flih over I uw for grit and detor- mlnatlon.'' The and lance wu electrified by tote yam, but the railroader and toe rounder saw that toe gauntlet bad been thrown down, m they eccoptod the chal lenge. Bald too railroader; “I tell you what’a t fact I wu building a railroad In south Florida, and tha provision wagons, tn bringing ntloiui bom the Utile town had to erou a UUte croak. Tbe water wu u clear u crystal, and you could almost count to* grains of aandoo tha bottom. Now, you may balltvo it, or not, bnt I'U be hangad If too trout didn’t team toe wagons ao well that thay woold .rang* thcmMlroa in Una either tide of toe ford and when a wagon passed aerou they would tali In behind u thick u your fingers, end if * grain of com dropped, they would fight like wUdoataoru If “Did yon ever bear how old John Knight said bla father camo to Georgia?" remarked toe Judge, parenthetically, “Old John told that bit fa'.bet lived In toe backwoods of North CaroUna, and the first Iwo-bone wagon he ever uw be took eitet It. He became m abaorbad In the question of bow far H would rdn before tot big wheels overtook too little ones tost be followed It clur to Augusta, Georgia, before.be gars out and bad to stop. He dld'nt knew toe way keek and bed to ttey." This ureatm bad tta effect, but toe old rounder must be board, failing a mediteUvo glance toward where to* ran bad gone down, bo began: “Well, gentlemen, 1 bad * Ultl* experi ence of my own, onco. I went down on toe Chat tahoochee river, In Decatur county, to visit an old Mend. He bad often teld me of toe splendid (lab- leg there, and 1 wu anilous to try It, It was Into In to* evening when i got there, end I retired early, to u to be reedy for tbe (tan neat day. I naked bow far it wu to tbe creek, and toty told me It wu only a raw hundred yards; Just beyond toe fence. By light, next morning, I sna np, and secured a good tackle and a few sawyers, I started off toward to* creek. The fngwu so beery, for it wu wood's burning time, that I could not many distance ahead of ma, and so I groped my way as heat I eonld aerou toe Utile clearing. Reaching to* fence I climbed over, and Picking my way carefully, for I did not want to fall In tka creek, I prooetded alowly down the slop* until I thought I most be near the water’* edge. Baiting my book I threw It forward, sod Jest about lima enough for It te strike toe water I foil a poll, and with a Jerk tbrooght In a Una fel low. For ten minute* I stood there end polled them te, end then, tearing that I woold spoil one day’s sport, I regretfully retired, and by acctdanl I rear' ad tho be«M through toe log. After brrrkfkrt to* fog lifted and wo got ready for a day's ■ ujoyatnl. Yon may lmtgtao my sur prise, whan, ongolug to the place where I had caught M many early in the morning, I found that Uwu a foil hundred yard* from the bank of tho creek. The troth to, I had not touched the water, bnt lost stood there and caught them out of too fog.” A deep silence fell on to* audieoee, and without a word tha tuamtiy disputed. M.M.F. LEMON ELIXIR. A Chriatlan Editor’s Experience. publisher of toe Alabtma Birmingham, writes: J traral A 'prominent Minister Writer. DSV^ fciW&Mk