Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-07-12
WASHINGTON.
RECENT DOINGS AT THE NATIONAL
CAPITAL.
4 Senator Who Wants to Get Away
The Session Likely to Be Still Pro.
longed-Putting a Stop to Land
Frauds.

WASHINGTON, d. c., July 10
The sun glared fiercely upon the
marble walls of the Capitol to-day,
as if to serve notice upon the Con
gressmen within that it was time to
quit work and give the summer re-
sorts chance.
Senator Butler strolled out into
the office of Secretary OF State, this
afternoon, where the thermometer
registered so degrees in the shade,
wiped his face, and muttered:
''Let her sizzle. l wish it were Is
degrees hotter. This weather is the
only thing that will drive us out of
town.
what time do you think Con
gress will adjourn, if the amend
ments to the Interna! Revenue bill
agreed upon by the Republican eau
Gus are put through" asked your
correspondent.
ooh! somewhere about the goth of
August or lst of September" was
the reply. Beck is good for a speech
that will occupy one week. Morrill,
will take another, and the Lord
only knows what the other orators
will do or the Tariff bill"
Your correspondent wandered
YEARLY over to the House wing of
the Capitol and saluted Robinson, Of
Massachusetts, for a newspaper par
agraph. This gentleman, who will
probably be the next Speaker if the
Republicans have a majority in the
Forty eighth Congress, said that he
thought that Congress would adj
journ by the LIST Of August. $50 far
as we of the House are concerned"
said Mr.. Robinson, Il don't think
that there is single man who wants
to stay here and bother with the
amendments to the Internal Revenue
bill proposed by the Senate. If that
bill could be adopted just as VIC
passed it, after the appropriation
bills are out of the way, we would
adjourn Immediately. Surprising
that the Senate take up the bill op
posing the proposed reduction or
steel rails and sugar, and corrects
the Treasury decisions against hoop,
band and scroll iron? The bill comes
back to the House. 4 single point
Of order will throw it into Committee
of the Whole, and then we are con
t'ronted with the entire tariff uues
ton. Either will be kept here for s
long time, debating the subject OF
the tariff that has been referred t.
the Commissioners or the Commit
tee Of the Whole, and to consider tn,
whole subject and the service of 9
notice on the Senate, of the intention
of the House to adjourn. Then
by throwing over the Internal Rev
enue bill until the next ses
sion, Congress can adjourn speedily
The members of the House want t,
adjourn as soon as possible, and man,
Of them are laboring with tie Sens
tors to abandon the changes in the In
ternal Revenue Iii that they hav
proposed. During the debate on tn
Sundry Civil bill, after the regula
business had been disposed of, tn
House members came to standstil
on the section for the survey of tn
public lands. a clause in that sec
ton provides that no certificate is
sued for the survey Of land unde
Section 2,4O3 of the Revised Statutes
and the Act Of March, 1879, amenda
tory of that statute, shall be receive,
in payment of lands except in tn
Land Office in which the lands ar
surveyed, and for which the deposi
is made and in which the lands ar
subject to entry.
The object of this was to break ii
the fraud that had grown up on tn
manner of surveying public land
by which the Government has bee
defrauded of millions of dollars an
nually by spectators where the nee
essary work can be done. The pla,
has been for parties to make de
post with the Government for sur
veys of comparatively useless land
without any intention Of bona fd
settlement thereon. The certificate