The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-12-25

~ AeAANuIoN, ID. g., Dec, 3.
SINCE their opening, December Isl,
eacn mouse OF congress has been busilv
engaged IN doing something that the
other would have nothing no do uitb
In fact TO practical men IN mas i,eon
clear for some time that both honses
tiage been engaged in an effort to show
which was most skilled in the science
Of how not to do II.
The senate took up tie hin 20 admit
| lpakota. and wresfh@i wita n day after
day unUl itSwas aplsr.li.iy exhausted.
and hnAlly passed II. a,a this In view
Of ta1 well kEowU iact .sat II has no
posslbie chance ofpa,sags in the house.
al,a that all this time j. clear waste
On the other hand, Tire hau,e has been
and still Is engaged in desperate
struggle with the Reagan inter state
Commerce Bill, which will evenfaaliv
pass that body and then be anseilv ,iG-
eon-holed In the sen~se, not CO see the s
light Of day again EntiI IN new en-
gress it will be brought forward 10 DO
the same duty it has performed ~ ! "
-ral congresses. The house a q rifi,er
got the better of the senate ID me
struggle thus lar, but It. il clear they
VIII about even up by the clpse ofthe
SESSION and nothing will have hpen
done but to pass the ordinary and neg
essary appropriation bills.
he house did on Monday last make
a ispasmodic effort to do something.
An ), under the generalship OF Hon. "
IL. Hatch, the rul.s were snsrended
and the bill making the Burea Of A.
riculture department OF tile govern
ment was passed by a vote 81 1866 70 SO.
THIS Is measure in the right direction
and should receive the unanimous an
nFnVQl nf rho d
p lssed. of the president. There are.
however. some very important ad,ll-
lions that should he made TO the hill.
but which should not stand la the way
OF us immediate passage, as they can
be made at any time. These are o. ex-
tend che boundaries of the department..
In other words, make Il department.
Ot industries, and. in addition 70 the
bureau of agriculture, add those OF la
Dor, education, statistics ana census,
thus ouping all the bureaus, having
70 do with the industrial, classes. Such
department. is essentially necessary
and demanded. in the. interest OF tile
oilers who make the wealth of the ma
ion.
The Inauguration committee is ear
testify at work making preparation for
The great event on the 4th OF March
lext, and from Information received co
late, it would appear that more people
will be In Washington at that time than
'ver before, while the display will far
Exceed any previous inaugurations.
! Ex-senator Spencer, OF Alabama ION
Thursday presented petition, through
senator Hoar, for an appropriation Of
z .I32, expenses incurred by him Ia de-
ence of his title to scat in the senate.
{ congress votes more than nil 1t will
OBJ the people to the extent of its ap-
ihe women's rights folk of Pennsyl-
ania have sent a petition to congress
raging that Dakota be hot admitted as
state, for the reason that women there
re not allowed to vote. In Utah, how
yer, female suffrage prevails. Do the
Fomen of Pennsylvania want Utah al
nitted The Mormon territory wants
D join the sisterhood OF states.
"They says that it is true that Presi-
ent Cleveland is to take himself a wile
'efore the meeting OF the next congress
nd from what we know rumor Is Cor
ect.
Young Allan Arthur, the presidents
on, is here on holiday vacation from
ollege. As heretofore, his Iarks are
ausing the president a good deal Of
and trouble of mind Why
will not boys and young men learn
bat 1t is unhappiness and ruin to go in
the ways of evil men," and that It Is
Ielight and success to "turn aside from
hem and go away"
The treaty with Mexico, which failed
# effective ratification, Is soon TO be
brought up and enliyened, and, If pos
IDLE, give permanent existence. Mr..
fewett, of New York, will DO all that
ie. can TO make it effective. It were
'atter, we thin's, for the welfare Of the
ountry II it were frozen out. G, u,