Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-12-18
Warrington Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent.

from our Rexuiaf afAofTtspcnueht.
WASHINGTON, Dec. II h. les After par
r tial OrxAulsatlon, Cong eas adjourned Z!
rhursday Of the first weck GGtt. the tui'ow
ling MundSy. This was regular BIZ 4ay
lin the House, and a,I ayniancae OF fembfJUn!t
laws was piled upcn The slera's desk, Th'
order Of business was the call oI 5lats l1l
bills and Joint re-. S.lut,ons loi relGItlc'
NJ Massach usetts was the last State c&.ltr VI
to tho hour Of a1jOurncielt and over eight
hundred measures had ueeD Introduced. ihc
largest number nom any one ; ate was / +
/ by the nelubsrs from Indiana. The l!iin"'t
Representatives ware second, with a ret0rG
OF IN, auJ Kansas is third on the LIST with
exceeded two hundred. Many OF the b!lls
are Of y private character aad will not be
heard Of again antil they arc re-introduc"d
on "biu say" ofthe next tongr 81. Fun!
one halt Of The more Imports Mt public meas
urss were old, and one Of the pension b'il'
had been introduced III every Congress- c.
| 1851. While n number Of the bill. varied IL
form they were Identical in purpose, and
several Representatives from different states
presented precisely the same Dill. Iher,
were five bills to roviue uniform system Di
bankruptcy, three to prevent the spread OF
contagious diseases among cattle, several fol |
the abolition of the lnterntl Revenue Bu- |
rsau, = number for the reduc ION ofpostaga. |
and the wi hdraxal from circulation OF IN,
trade dollars. Ih,re were also number Of
tariff bills some increus!n. And sDlhe lower
ing the duties on articles specified. Among
important measures WAS bill by Mr. Dunn,
or Arkansas. apDiopriatnI six mi !lion dol-
lars for tGe iMprnvemeEt OF the mississippi
river. Une by Mr.. Sumner, ofCalfrna,
which provides That, forty days from tho pas
sage OF the act. 1t .hall be unlawful fnr the
Union Pacific and Central Pacific kalrCao
Cotnpani"s 10 charge more than three cents
tor first class, two cents for second Glass, and
one cent 'or lhitd elias. passengers. lhtre
was one by Dir. IOwnaend, OF illinois, to
abolish postage on second class mailhble
matter, Aad to reduce the pos age on tran ]
7ient newSp Iyers. A Dumbor OF b.lis intro
1uced In thc House were substantially the
stnla as ttose introduced In the Senate H few
lays before, Of which will men ion one by
%enator Blair and one by keprese' tative r
Waite to lessen crine and human suffering
Tom cOh"ltsin by restricting the use OF dis =
.llled Sptrl to scientific AMI medicinal pur +
.'shS. In the bills introduced no less than \
AoAen hLl lments to the constitution have :.
'5sn proposed, covering the protection OF
'ltgons In their Oliiical rights, The broaden 1
hg OF suffrage % lJretsn born ctiz.ns and to |,
yemen, the regulation of the liluor 'at1o, n
mo the eXtcDsiUn Of the veto iower to the m
tens Of appropriation bills. The hill by 5
senator Hill. Of Colorado, to eat, blish a sys- =,
em Of posal teleS .aph, may be expected TO q
eceiye the oar!y at sntton OF the Senate now p
hat Senator hlll has been made chairman
I The Committee on Post-Ofnces and Post
90. ds--tho position held last year by ex-
senator Ferry. Of NJ chi2an. Another I'M II
ortant vacancy was the cilairne nship Of the n
senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, made ~
y ex-senator WiHdom's rstlrenent. to
'htch Sena tor Miller, OF California, has been
pponttd. The chairmansLip of the Com n
lttee on Mines and Mining, vacated by
'ena'or Hills promotion went to Senator "
'oWen, OF CO'Oraln, one Of the silver kings
I the west The Senate committees have ~
zen announced, ami Inany changes were :,
aado In the memb rShipS, as is the case ut y
he commencement Of each Congress. Sena- =,
'rs 30 out and their places have to be filled =
With careful regard to the seniority Ct those -,
mo remain and certain usua9es as to the *
hnkinY order OF the various commit ees.
peake' Carlisle is now arranging the af
memberships OF the forty iiye Standing ii ouse
which he expects to announce
efore the holiday vacation. In the Huuse
Q coEfronts thirty two III re members than =
ave occupied seats in any previous Con-
ress. or these one hund I'd and ninety
sven are democrats and more tam half are
ew members. Eighty were In the last Con
ress and ten or Twelve, not in the forty II
sventh Congress, had served prevouslyI
he National Republican Committee, al
hich met IN this city on Wednesday,. to de-
de upon the time, place and charmansk,p al
the National Repuh ian Convention for
residential nominations chose respectively l.
# each the 3rd Of June, 1884, Chicago, AMI -
enator SSbiu. Of Mipnesota. X. I