WheelerYou say an attorney gave me^that bill
PaysonEgbert Viele wrote that bill and^gave It to you. He told me and you told^me. Do you deny that you know Viele^^You have shown me telegram after tele^^gram you have received from Viele, for^^merly a member of this house and now at^^torney for the Navigation company.
Thebouse refused to pass the bill over^the president's veto^yeas, 147; nays, 108,^not the exquisite two-thirds lu the sninua-^tive.
Kandallwas immediately on his feet^ith a motion to dispense with private^busiuess so as to pave the way partially to^the consideration of Cowles' bill and Mills'^In antagonlHiu called up as a question of^privilege the president's veto on|a private^bill. Bolh these gentlemen were side^tracked, however, by Knloe, of Tennessee,^with a coLference report on the bill to pun^ish dealers or pretended dealers In counter^^feit money. Pending a vote on the report^the house took a recess, tne eveulng ses^^sion to be for the consideration of private^pension bllla
Atthe evening session the house passed^thirty live private pension bills and ad^^journed.
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Wauinotoh, March 1.^Secretary Kalr-^chlld has sent a setter to Chairman Mills in^answer to hip request for further informa^^tion as to the general effect that the senate^substitute for the house tariff bill would^have upon customs revenue. After charg^^ing that In spite of the declarations In favor^of specific rales, the senate bill has In^many instauces Increased the high ad^valorem ratea, the secretary says: ^If,^therefore, it shall be the policy of the gov^^ernment to continue and to aggravate, as is^proposed by this merciless system of cus^^toms taxation, It would be better, 1 think,^that the barbarism be made complete by^the adoption of specific rates, than that the^present carnival of fraud and deceit shall^continue.
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Wahhinotom,March L^The public^debt statement issued to-day Is as follows:
Interestbearing debt^principal, SV22,-^72U.782; interest, aK,t)24,485; total, $H8I,S54,-^217.
