The Tariff Bill has been hurried through the House of Representatives, and, having passed that House, has now gone up to the Senate.
There seems to have been a good deal of haste in the manner this was done.
Talking over alterations was not allowed, and the bill was forced to a vote, in spite of the fact that many of the Republicans were against it.
Several Congressmen said they would not have voted for it, unless quite sure that it would be much altered by the Senate before it is allowed to pass.
The Senate is still busy with the Arbitration Treaty.
Amendment after amendment has been made, until it is now a very different paper from the one handed in by Mr. Olney. Many of the Senators are so disgusted with all the talk and trouble over it, that they are inclined to vote against it, and put an end to the whole affair.
The Charter of the City of Greater New York has been prepared, and New York City is now ready to begin its life as the second largest city in the world, London being the largest.
Greater New York will take in the whole of Staten Island, Brooklyn, the Lower Bay as far as Far Rockaway, the whole of Queens County Long Island, then across the Sound to Pelham, and along the line of Westchester County, taking in Woodlawn Cemetery, the town of Mt. Vernon, and on until it reaches the Hudson River at Mount St. Vincent.