Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-03-06
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent,
WASHINGTON, Mar, a. 1880.


Notwithstanding this Congress
has already before it more bills
than 1t can ever by any possibility
dispose of "the cry Is still they
come" There are now pending
in the House about 4 800 bills, and
in the Senate nearly 1900, yet on
Monday last another grist of them
was tumbled into the Congression-
al hopper. All kinds of measures
were proposed, one being a bill by
Mr.. Morrison of Illinois, making
1t unlawful for the Secretary ofthe
Treasury TO withhold from imme-
date publication statistics relating
to the importation or shipment of
grain, provisions or other mer-
chandise Imported into or shipped
from the United States. This is
intended to defeat the recent order
of Secretary Sherman instructing
Customs officers to withhold from
publication all information con-
corning cargoes arriving or depart
ing when shippers so desire. The
order Is in the interests of specula-
tors, whether Intentionally so or
not, and Congress will probably
circumvent it.
The new rules of the House are
at last completed and adopted.
During the closing discussion Mr..
Weaver improved au opportunity
to call attention to the manner in
which he had been treated by the
Speaker, in studiously negleciing
TO recognize him on Mondays to
offer his financial bill Mr. Harris
proposed new rule, to the effect
that motions to suspend the rules
on Mondays to pass resolutions of
a merely sentimental character
should not be entertained, and, in
support of his proposition, referred
to the frequency with which the
time of the House was wasted by
the presentation Of resolutions en-
bracing individual and partisan
opinions, many OF which were
nothing but clap-trap. Mr.. Wea-
yer replied to Mr.. Harris, and, af.
ter referring to his unsuccessful eff
forts for five consecutive Mondays
to obtain recognition from the
Speaker, charged that some Con-
gressmen were deceiving the peo-
pie by clap-trap. They protested
one set of principles when on the
stump, soliciting votes, and stead
lily ran away from those principles
when called upon in the House to
give them practical effect. He
warned the Democrats that they
must take different position on
the financial question from the Re-
publicans, or they would be sup
planted by Greenbackers In the
next Congress. This brought a
good deal of applause from all
sides OF the house. But the show
for Mr.. Viewers financial meas
ure is still very poor nevertheless.
Among the bills introduced in
the House Monday, was one by
Mr.. Clark, of Missouri, appropri-
ating $4,000 for an equestrian
statue of General George A. Gus
ter, the officers and men of the
Seventh United States Cavalry
who were killed in the battle Of
Little Big Horn. The bill author
ICES the Secretary of War to con-
tract with Wilson Macdonald,
sculptor, of New York, for mon
umcnt, which shall include dupli-
Gates of the sculptor's equestrian
and pedestrian figures Of the late
General Custer, and also the like
ness of the principal officers and
the names of the men who were
killed in the fight In which Custer
fell. The bill authorizes the Com
missioners Of the District to select
a site for the location of the mon
ument. Dom PEDRO.