Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 February 1884 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

It is estimated by J. S. More, the tariff expert, that the effect of the Morrison bill will te to reduce taxation $30,000,000, which he divides among the schedules as follows: Sugarsß,soo,ooo;Hemp and flax.sl,ooo,ooo Woolens 5,Wl0,0(J0 ; Tobacco 1,200,000 Cotton I,6oo,oooProvisions 2,000,000 Metals 4,DOo,ooo|Wood and Chemicals.... 1,250,0001 woodenwarc. 3,000,000 Books & paper 250,000 Sundries....... 2,500,000 Earthenware lArticles transand glass- I ferred to ftee ware 1,000,000| list 1,<00,000 Foreigners working on Russian railroads will be dismissed after three months unless they become naturalized. In the lower house of Congress, the other day, Mr. Finerty offered the following preamble and resolution: Whereas, the death of Wendell Phillips has deprived America of an orator worthy to rank with her greatest, from Patrick Henry, of Virginia, to Daniel Webster, of Massachusetts; and Whereas, his life was an incessant and unselfish struggle for the liberty of mankind, irrespective of race, creed, country, or condition, be it Resolved by the House of Representatives, That it laments the death of Wendell Phillips as a national bereavement, which at once deprives the American rostrum of a superb intellect and human freedom of a devoted friend. Mr. Eaton objected and the resolution wentover. After the adjournment Mr. Eaton was asked why he objected to the resolution, and be replied: “I do not propose to allow the House to pass such resolutions about a man who has openly proclaimed that the Constitution of the United States is a covenant with hell, without some discussion.”