Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-12

way to reform Is to elect an honest
President III 1854 turn on the hose.
give him big hickory broom, and
tell him to sweep the platter ci"an
Mr.. CCckreli made an arsuanen
to show that this bill, il passed,
would no. give the President or the
head, of Departments any more
power t" re, I'm or puiIiy the
service then they had already under
existing laws.
Many Senators ale preparing src
clai speeches on this .uhltct
Hur>E Ct REPRESENTATIVES,
Some progress has been made in
the House on the rc%uilr arrrorrii-
non bl!is. These constitute the
most important business CT Con-
gre,S, as they provide for the sup
port of the Government in all its
branches ia he com ne year The
iipl"na'c aud the POST office bills
haze nh cady passed The House. and
the army t'.ii has been reported from
r"minl''rr. ii will get a lively VEN
uidtipn, AS Ii Ia.eS OVER twenty four
millions out of The Treasury. An
iln.t Is being made to Increase the
army fiom - ,OtO incn (pic>tn mum
ber) to 10 900; It's success cannut be
prcdictei this season.
The House agreed to the regular
Christmas holiday from December
- to January 3, to allow members
to go home to ct turkey and burn
the Iule log at their own hearth
stones. The Senate refused to con-
cur by vote of % to 70.
| INTERESTING TO PENSIONERS
The matter of pensions is re-
ceiving a solid slice of Congressional
attention this winter, and as it is of
great importance to the soldiers of
the late war, their widows and Or
phans throughout the country. we
give it full space.
The reply of w. ". Dudley,
| Commissioned of Pensions, to Sena-
tor Platts resolution of inquiry was
laid before the Senate yesterday.
The questions asked are answered
in their order substantially us fol-
lows:
l. The number of pensioners on
the roll December l, 1882, is es-
timated at POI 600, with an annual
value Of S30,013,O00.
There are now los pensioners on
the roll who lost one foot; these now
get SIS 90 per month; also 1922
who lost one leg and l $3.50 WHO lost
one hand and one foot; these now
get $24 90 per month. The bill pro-
vides that all of these shall receive
$1,000 per month.
General Grant has written, urg-
ing the increase for MANNED soldiers.
He says: | concur in recommend
ing the passage of the bill. No
pension can compensate The men who
have lost one or more limbs, and l
should have been glad to see that
class of pensions well provided for,
instead of the indiscriminate PEN
sions, many of whom are physically
as good as they would have Geen if
the war bad never been fought"
THE TARIFF QUESTION
Promises to force itself upon Con-
gress with great prominence. AL
ready the different sections of the
country are putting their interests
before the committees.
The report of the Tariff Com
mission is undergoing examination
by both the Senate Finance Com
mittee and the Ways and Means
Committee of the House, each COM
nittee making its work the basis of
tariff legislation to be proposed.
1t seems that the Finance Committee
is making more progress in this Ia
Dor than its CO. worker of the House,
and it is not improbable that the
first tariff measures proposed will
be submitted to the Senate.
SUGAR CLAUSE OF THE TARIFF BILL.
The Committee on Ways and
Means had up the sugar schedule of
the tariff commission bill to-day.
1t is urged by many engaged in the
interest that the reductions recon-
mended will not, as thought, az
greSa,e twenty five per cent. Re-
representatives. of leading sugar lie.
tineries are here. They urge that as
there has been much trouble touch
ing the Interpretation of the law as it
now is, that Congress simplify it.
THE TOBACCO TAN.
The Committee on Ways and
Means discussed the free tobacco bill
this morning, and tested the strength
OF the measure SO far as the com.
mittee is concerned. Messrs. Kan.
son and Haskell joined in resolu-
lion that 1t is the sense of the House
that repeal of the tobacco tax is
neither necessary nor desirable,
which was voted down 6 to 4. The
question Of rebate, in case of a re-
duction or repeal of tine tobacco tax,
came up, and the committee agreed
that Mr.. Butterworth's substitute to
the bill allowing such rebate lie re-
ported to the House
TAX on COAL.
Senators German, of Maryland,
and Davis. of West Virginia, were
accorded a hearing by the Finance
Committee of the Senate yesterday
in opposition to reduction of the
duty upon importations of bitumin.
GUS coal, as proposed by the Tariff
Commission. The arguments ad-
vanced were that the present duty is
barely sufficient to protect our own
products.
10, THE POOR INDIAN.
Public attention has once more
been called rather pointedly to the
Indian question by the discussion
unon the Indian annronriatinn hill