Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-07-11
WASHINGTON.
RECENT DOINGS AT THE NATIONAL.
CAPITAL,
A New Indictment In the Star Route
Cases-The Farms In the United States
-Speculations Concerning the Doings
Of Congress During This Week.

Der Of farms in the United States in
1880 was 4,OO8,9O7. OF these 1884
3O6 were occupied by the owners,
322, 1857 were rented at fixed money
rental, and 7O2,244 were rented for
shares; 1852 were farms Of less than
3 acres, l34, $3.50 were farms above 3
acres and less than 10 acres, 254,
we're between 10 and 20 acres, L.
49, Ala were between 20 and so
acres, l,O32,9lO were between SO and
100 acres, 1,695,9S3 were between
100 and 500, 1892 were between
500 and 1000 acres, and 2S,57S were
1000 acres in extent or upward.
According to a rumor to night
new indictment in the Star Route
cases will include Thos. J. Brady,
John w. and Stephen Dorsey, a
prominent United States Senator,
and John A. Walsh, and be based on
a transaction connected with Sauls-
bury's contracts on Louisiana and
Texas routes. 1t is also rumorcd
that Walsh will be used as a witness
against the others.
WASHINGTON, July 9.-There is a
good deal Of uncertainty as TO the
order of business in the House next
week. The Sundry Civil Appropri-
ations bill is out Of the way. The
caucus held Saturday evening ar
rived at no conclusion on the sub
ject, and individual members seem
to be at sea. 1t is expected that af-
ter the Sundry Civil bill is disposed
of Chairman Grape, Of the Banking
and Currency Committee, will be al
lowed to make his report recon-
mending the concurrence of the
House in the Senate amendments to
the bill to extend the charters Of the
National banks, and the discussion
of this question may occupy day.
But after that all is uncertainty.
The Republican caucus to be held
on Wednesday will probably map
out the course to be followed.
At any rate it will settle the ques-
ton whether or not the remaining
election cases will be taken up this
session, and it is probable that it
will be settled in the negative.
The sentiment of the last caucus,
as far as expressed, seems to have
been against taking up the election
cases, the opinion being generally
expressed that it would be simply
impossible to get together a quorum
Of the Republicans in these last days
of the session, without quorum Of
their own members present, and it
will be useless for the Republicans
to call up the election cases in the
hope of seating their man-so that
however anxious the committee may
be to clear their docket, they will
likely be compelled to wait until the
next session.
If it be decided not to take up the
election cases, then the work of the
House will depend, to great extent,
on what is done in the Senate to-
morrow. The District Of Columbia
business is the special order, and it
will hardly be laid aside for the pur-
pose Of proceeding with the Sundry
Civil bill. Should it not be, then it
will be Wednesday, at least, before a
final vote is reached ON the last-men-
toned bill, ana lowing that will
come the National Bank bill-after
which the House will be ready tie re-
ceiye back from the Senate amend
ments to the Internal Revenue bill.
Should either of the principal
amendments agreed upon by the Re-
publican Senatorial caucus, rs to a
reduction of the duty on Bessemer
steel rails or the repeal of the 25 per
cent. tax on sugar be added to the
bill in the Senate, it will meet with
considerable opposition in the House
from the Southern sugar men in the
one case, and from the iron men in
the other. If some of the other pro-
posed amendments which like
Beck's, for a reduction Of the tax on
tobacco) are agreed to in the Senate,
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