Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1886 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

Touching the question of tariff revision at the present session of Congress, a Washington special to the Chicago Times says; As the time draws near for a vote upon consideration ot the tariff question, the hopes of both sides to the contest rise and fall from day to day. The fust motion to be made is that tne House go into committ ie of the whole to consider revenue bills. Upon t iis motion a small majority is churned on each side, the difficulty in mak.ng calculations being that it cannot be definitely ascertained what course will be pursued by those Republicans and Randall Democrats who disiie a reduction of revenue, yet do not approve of the Morrison plan of reduction.

A Washington special to the Chicago Tribune iays the friends of the Hennepin Canal, “have about decided on their course of action. They will send a delegation to the Illinois Legislature at Springfield early in January, and try to have pushed through a bill meeting the objections of the Comstock Board to the acceptance by the General Government of the Illinois aud Michigan Canal under existing conditions. They have decided that all the points involved can be met by the Legislature without again submitting the question' to the people. With these objections overcome, they believe an indorsement of the project can be got from Secretary Endicott on the ground of commercial importance. Re-enforced by this, they would make a final attempt in Congress to again graft Hennepin on the river and haibor bill It is a forlorn hope, but the Hennepiners insist they will not give up the fight” The Consolidated Cattle-Growers’ Convention has perfected a bill for the eradication of plenro pneumonia.

Secretary Manning has directed the payment, without rebate, of the interest due Jan. 1, 1887, on tho United States four-per-cent bonds of the loan of 1907, amounting to about $9,000,000.” President Cleveland has accepted an invitation to be present at the “Old Guard” ball to be held in New York Jan. 27, conditioned on his being able to leave public duties. General Bragg, in reporting the army appropriation bill to the House of Representat ves, stated that the managers of the military prison at Leavenworth had within a year drawn $160,815 from the clothing fund with which to purchase material The committee has decided to limit the amount for next year to $125,000, and expresses the hope that the business of shoemaking as a penalty for desertion will soon be abandoned.