Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-01-19
WASHINGTON LETTER..
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WASHINGTON, Jan. Sth.-CongresE ha. ? reassemblei and the real work c ths session has begun, Many member re. 3 turned to the city last week while d hers half frozen arrived yesterday and tOl lday. ; Some members who are fresh from iheir
 constituents claim tO have recelved
 enlightenment direct from the pebble
 on the looming question; but when they
 explain, 1t appears that they havj re-
 ceiyed continuation of their previous
 views. Republicans are rsDreslnt-
 ing that democratic members have re-
 turned in a discordant and Respondent
 frame of mind. They insist that trouble
 IS brewing in t7s democratic family be-
 cause ot he a egonism of interest ia [ t.-5-twu l-cs ..nait tass rs .l... Es.,t...7.
 the one hsaded by Mr. Morrison, and
 the other by Mr. Randall The former l wants long session with tariff legIsla- tlOn, the latter, they say, wants a short | session without tariff legislaIiOn. Chairman Randall has already inaugu | rated economy In the Committee of AD | preparations. His subcommittee on | pensions has decided fifteen millions, iu | | addition to the uneXpendei balance. will be ample appropriation for pen
 sions this year. This will give be- | tween seventy and eighty million l dollars, figures that reach what the | Secretary of the Treasury also thinks |
 will be sufficient Mir. Randall says the | committees will do nothing to delay the | m rfanf of Tawarnue lrrf y,,,,r.,. | should be appropriated on a basis of |
 what IS necessary for the year, and not on .he plan of piiing up millions tO the credit of the bureau. When COmmis- sIOner DObbes asked for and obtained one hundred million dollars he es.i- mated for large surplus that reached | thlrty-nlne millions. Mr. Randail's dis
 tTlbutlCn of work among his committee
 Eeu ls significant of strict economy. The suspicious committees are jealOusly guarded The chairman stations him self before the sundry civil and the deii-
 cieucy bIlls, and puts NIT. Holman in
 charge of the legislative bill. Mr. Ran dl,l also puts himself on the sub-cOm- mlttce on the navy, and as be absolutely opposes any appropriation for new ships the navy department knows what Co eX- pect NIT. hsIfer is reduced tO mini mum, beInE put In charge simply of the military academy bIll, the smallest Of the set, and assigned a Ilace on the army bill, another on which there IS scarcely nothing to do. Mir. FOllett, : new member, comes with reputation ! for ability. He has charge of the sub { committee on the District of Columbia. 5 assisted by Messrs. Hutchins and Can non.
 Among Mir. Springer's New Years re- solves was one to accept the position I assigned Go hlm by Nr. Carlisle, of ! | chairman of the committee on e1pendi- ] lures ID the Department of Justice, al s though be insists injustice has been done him and his constituents in the A conspicuous part awaits him, however, and he has an Cp- pOrtunlty to distinguish himself by tLe ! first work of his committee. Hard things have been said of the Department Of Justice since 1t passed under the cOn- trOl of Attorney General Brewster, nnd Mir. Springer proposes to enter at once ! upon an investigation of the matter , The Attorney General being the chief law officer of the government, 1t Is by } his opinions that the Executive isl | gui1ei. The responsibility imposed cli |,
 
 rectlon over the subordinate Attorneys of the United States and the Marshals T of the courts in all the judicial districts of all the states and territories. Upon him also devOlyes the selection of special counsel for the United States whenever required by any Department of the The Department oi Justice should be as free of taint and as far above suspicion as I the Supreme Court ofthe United States q The examinations will be carried on ' openly and Mir. Springer says those who have accused the department will be given opportunity to tell ali they know.
 President Arthur's New Years recep- tiOn was Q more interesting occasion 2 than anything of the sort for years. The !, President manages to take a good deal of exercise on horseback this cold 1 weather. He is paying careful attention to his health. Newspaper paragraphs have lately made him out to be aIliu- but do not think he has any reason to be anxious about bimself.
 It is known by this time to every pub . li0 man in Washington that Mir. Arthur Is doing little or nothing to secure a to the Presidency. He $ knows that to seek the honor would probably be to lose it, and to lose 1t 2 with ignOminy. If he does nothing st ] all his chances are better, and If some other man IS nominated there is. then, no humiliation in 1t for him.