The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1882-12-30
Correspondence.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
from our regular Correspondent

WAsHrxGroN, u. c., Dec. 23d, 1857.
These bright, crisp December days bring
a fair audience each day to the galleries OF
the House and Senate; but the revenue,
tariff and railroad bills bring together the
most formidable lobby that has filled th'
haunts of the Third House for many years.
At first whisky and tobacco monoro'ized
the lobby, but as the Committee on WAYS
and Means progress in the schedule tor
revision of tn. tariff, YOU may sae the rep
resentatives of hundred industries, from
the man whose portrait figures on bottle
OF patent med:ne down to the manutactu-
rer of soap and the humble producer ot
peanuts.
The Senate does m,re work than the
House; it takes up its Calander and dis.
poses of bills as they come, and wastes II"
time in discussing points before settled
The House has three CalendcrS. Some
times it will take up one, and sometimes
another. but you can never tell just what
it Is going to do.
In conversation with prominent Sena'
tor as to the prospects OF tariff and reve.
nue. bill, he said he considered the pros
pects of its passage at this session very
doubtful. The diversity ot views upon the
subject viii lead to such a protractcd de.
bate that the 4th of March, the close OF the
A7th Congress, will he at hand bct'r> these
differences can DE harmonizcd.
The civil service reform bill, providing
for competitive examinations, fixed tenure
in office, etc, is opposed by leading Scna
tors aud Representatives OF both parties
Such Senators as VOORHEES,, of Indiana;
Brown, of Georgia, and Logan of Illinois
are making strong opposition to the bill.
Dakota has two delegations of citizens
: here, those from northern Dakota simply
urging division OF that vast Territory
those from the south asking that the south
. ern norton bt admitted rs a State. The
=, Democratic Senators at their caucus oe'
cided to oppose the admission, at this time
: nj any Territory as a State, which would
. rive the Republicans two additional votes
= in the Senate :,
Most of the appropriation bills not al!
: ready reported from committees are WEI
:. nrder way. The Army appropriation Dill
;; il is alleged will contain provision t" IN
y GREASE. the Army from 5000 t" 5000 men
y II is urged with considerable force by tho>
who advocate this increase, that 1t Is II"
onlv IN the interest of economy but ot ht'
= ,, manitv. They saw that with our troop
:" scattered over such vast extent "i c"n''
- try when an Indian outbreak occurs NOR
=, prorcrtv and life is DESTROYED before trooP
~ can h. moved in suificient numbers !ha'
it would cost to keep an army OF t'e '''h'
,..up. Millions OF dollars worth OF pfoi
trty have been DESTROYED by Indians
these torayS, and thousands "t n't> >',' y !,
e. r.a which could have been prevented
is ,,,,. presence Of a few tro,ps whose rxpen>
:. wo,'ld not be one-tenth that sum OF none
IN Apropo, of the army, there has oceh
mi ,,,nbcr of communication received I
IL members of Congress from tbs Far'''
I'd homcopathic institutions in the col'fr
I'd complaining that physicians ot ui't >cho
III have been de>ignedlv or inadvertently "'t
rk looked in making appointments in the m
IN itarv and naval service. y bill Is o','
IL formulated to prevent any discriminate
in against homeopathic phv>iciar> in these Il
ov rointmen,s.
to- The decision of Secretary Teller in t
IA case OF lanes +. Perkins IS. The Cent?
n, Pacific Il. r. Co, wherein he holds tn
of lands within the granted limits TO rallro
he rom,,nies, to which pre- c.cmption al
IN ,,omy>t,a.! claims capable of being perte'
in ,.I had attached at the time the grant to-
N. ,.ff.t are excluded from the grant to t
a co,,p,uv. and that upon abandonment
he , s,ttl ~ tht. lands do not inurc to the CO..
cl- n,,v lint NAV be entered as a hotneste
IS: or pre- cmp,ion by another settler'
the ,,r;,r ioy to the hearts of thousands
Use hardy settlers and their families VINO ia
ith built up homes along the line, 'l the e. Nt !;
az. ,ral and Union Pacific, Northern rac'
,eir .A,lan,ic and Pacific and Texas ana rae
so RR. At tn. General Land Office IN
can city there are thousands OF hontrstSa u.
.on- nrs. enption claim. pending for lahns alo :,'
,ug- the line of the Texas and raEi!'c N'i', .','
1t a in Arizona and Southern Callo1"'' W..
The settler has resided upon ana ""P'o