Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-03-14
THE PITH or THE MEMS
washington Gossip.

/. The senate confirmed the nomination OF
Zachary +, Benton, to be received at Helena,
don't, vice Ellis Ballon resigned. .E VI h s|'
The German minister at Washington has had
the Lasker resolutions some days, but wants Ia
get congress In good humor before returning
i them. & 5.5 1t, d XII ri :
Gen. John Newton viii assume the Office OF
chief Of engineers, when Gen Horatio G.
Wright will retire, having been sent for and
rendered the position BY the president
| Speaker Randall has a majority Of the Penn
sylvania Democratic delegation favorable to his
| presidential aspirations, for seven out Of the
eleven announced themselves to that effect. @
Judge McCrary is in Washington, on his way
to Boston, where he will be located in the future,
His daughter, Mrs. Kate McCrary, who went
| with him. is making visit for few days with
ner friend, Mrs. R. NJ. Reynolds. E%E
| The house committee on naval affairs appoint
| ed Representatives Buchanan, McAdoo and
] Eoutelle subcommittee to investigate the man
agement OF the Jeanette expedition, in accord
ance with the Washburn resolution.
The postmaster ut Berklernan, Neb, informs
! the postoffice authorities at Washington that
/ Tom Hill, notorious character, riddled the
postofice building with bullets, on account of
which the postmaster considers his life in dan
ger. 49, ..-.-
! The house committee on agriculture directed
an adverse report made on the resolution to APP
propriate s25, 900 for the purchase of seeds for
distribution among the sufferers by the over
flow Of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and
| tributaries. 49,
The senate committee OH public lands at a
special meeting ordered a favorable report up
on the house bill declaring the forfeiture Of
he lands granted to tho Texas Pacific in
New Mexico, Arizona and California and re-
storing them to the public domain.
! Postoffces discontinued Dakota: Hills
dale, Moody county, mail to Egan. Possmas-
ters commissioned--James H. Stewart, Chari-
| ton, Iowa; Henry s. Brown, Sibley, Iowa;
Joseph G. Koppler, Glendale, Mont; B. W.
Hutchison,' Atlantis, Oak; Gilbert G. Keith,
Brant Lake, Oak. 49,
Mr. and Mrs. G. P. R. Healey with their two
daughters are in Washington for stay of six
weeks, and are settled in Highland terrace
Mr.. Healey is remarkably web preserved man,
! and though seventy looks many years young
| or. He has just finished fine portrait Of
Representative Washburn Of Minnesota. He
has also q portrait of c. B. Washburne, ex-
minister to France.
1t is believed hero that some congressional
action will have to be taken to prevent explo-
sives from being shipped from this country to
England for the use Of the Irish secret societies
against the British authorities. ALI congress
can do will be to pass some stringent regula-
| ton forbidding tho expectation Of explosives,
! and then provide for the enforcement of the
same by rigid inspection.
| The entire clerical force of the census bureau
| 105 in number, has been suspended from the
10th inst, owing to the exhaustion of the ap-
preparation for the maintenance of the bureau
The superintendent, chief clerk and one clerk
are not included in the number, as sufficient
sum remains to pay their salaries a fortnight
| longer, when it is hoped the deficiency appro-
priation bill will be passed.
! Mr. Halstead, who is in Washington, called to
see Dir. Blaine the other day. The latter gave
tho friendly Journalist to understand that he
was not in the presidential race. II feel justi-
fed in believing" said Mr.. Halstead, ssthat Mr.
! Blaine meant every word he said. In fact he
| aspires to be the secretary Of the state again.
He would like to answer Bismarck's letter on
the Lasker resolutions" added the Cincinnati
editor, ''and what a ringer it would BEL"
Washington Special Senator Sabin says,
that there is nothing in the story regarding his
connection with the Taylors Falls land office
matters, and the Mile Laos Indian reservation.
! He avoids going sufficiently into the subject to
tell what he does know in the premises. Mr..
| Mcmillan is equally reticent regarding the con-
firmation Of stolberg to the Taylors Falls land
Office, He said that he was not allowed to di-
vulge the secrets Of the executive session.
! Gen. Robinson of Ohio was asked recently
how the committee on rivers and harbors were
getting on with their appropriation bill 'sWe
are holding meetings every day, he said, s'and
| are getting up q bill on q basis Of g. total ap-
nrnnf,iatiOn IF 40 (kN} 0fN fTbia of
money will be divided among rivers and har-
| bors whose improvements actually demanded
! by the necessity of commerce, but the COM
lnittee will not reccon,end anything for the
| creeks" \ -,
The subject of presenting Minnesota candi-
date for governor of Dakota has been agita-
| ting the minds of the Minnesota delegation.
AS yet no one has been agreed upon. Messrs.
| Nelson and Wakefield have already signed the
papers of Mr.. Lounsbury, formerly Mime
sotian, but now Of Bismarck, Oak. Mr.
Lounsbury has a very strong backing in Oak
! ota, and il he could get the Minnesota delega-
| Dnnnen is mentioned" as q probable candi-
! date, but he can hardly control the entire del
egation. IA tt' r. <@S ~ @s.',,G's''
The foreign affairs committee has SO far TAX
| en- no part IL the controversy arising from the
Ochiltree- Lasker resolutions. The matter is
before the committee only in the shape of res
olution offered by Mr. Deuster, accepting the
action of the German Liberals in thanking the
house of representatives for it's resolution of
coincidence. Members of the committee are
not disposed TO divulge what the general senti-
ment OF the committee is on the subject, but it
is believed there is no inclination to take it up
Mr.. Deuster, however, denied that an effort is
Eeing indirectly made by the German minister
TO have the committee shelve the resolutions
but Mr.. Denster viii urge them npon the atten-
ton of the committee and ask action at an ear
y day I'll v. XII d. d.