The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-06-19
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

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fof the Greene Isle are somewhat
| dlsheartened over the result of the
IypA iafhs Henseof Commons
fbdtfeefeonhdsAt Of victory at TIE
polls,
The fisheries question does not
excite much attention, and the war
cloud has passedfly, YAHsl
The debdte on ciYiFs6rfiGe re-
FORM IN tho ttrtfss triaoyz WIS
olie Of lhhehG Understandable dis
eussion grew pretty hot before it
was over saf"3iE aHih 57se4ei l
Retrenchmsht' seems to be The
order Of the'day in some Of the de
partments. 4..9' 'fi z.si "a
The bill for the erection of a
public building at Sioux City 1 as
gone to the President for his sig
nature. gu '. tt5.t .''.'..'
As usual, Congress did but lit
tic " during the past week, md in
that LITTLE, Some seriohs niistales
may have been made. This, in
the opihi6h Of many western men,
/ is especially true Of tho bill to re-
p6dl tile preaemp tion and other
land laws. which. was passed by
the House on Monday list. e1Fliere
is much complaint against those
having the bill in charge, that no
more fine Was allowedifor its dis
chssion. I 1t is one Of the most i'm
portant questions to the people OF
tie northwest, and it Is freely in
ttimated that the effort to repeal
these laws is in the interest of
railroads that have land to sell
Indeed, Mr.. Perkins, of Kanshs,
used precisely this argument, but
it was Of no avail. There is no
disputing that there have been
great frauds III the entering of
lands, and great aHdseso the land
laws, butthe way to REMEDY this
is not to repeal, ut ono feflswo6p,
flaws that havg been on tile stat
ute books for f6rty-fye years, but.
to make such amendments as
would prevent fraud. tits hard
to tell what will be the fate of
the bill finally, but It IS to be hop
ed that the wishes of the people of
the West will be respected. -
The tender and acceptance of
the resignation of Hon. f. H.
Winston, minister of Pei '-''''
surprised many. The gentleman
seems to have determined ON this
action soon after his arrival at
ITeheran, and it is whispered that
| a love.alfair was ut the bottom of
his application for the mission,
and that a failure of its consdm-
nation is tire cause Of his Fesigna-
tion.. Anyway, the mission at pe--
Fheran is vacant, and there is a
chance for some other true and
tlfea Democrat. Thereiwill be no.
lack of applications. '1''ao -"' T"
The town generally was aston
tished on last Wtdhesadyoto learn
(that the President and his bride
had returned from Deer Park,
where they had been spending
! their honeymoon, BUTT is thought
that bushes of Importance called
rhis excellency back t6his desk. 10
'Pig Iron Kelly's' attack on
Wheeler of Alabama, and his de
Tense of the memory Of Secretary
Stanton produced d breeze last
week, the most interesting part of
(which. was the letter written by
tStahton in 1860, disclaifhing any
hostility to Mcclellan, which
was read by Kelly. Its reading
iattracted much attention. There
is still some feeling between KEEL
lily and Wheeler, but it viii not
lculminate in bloodshed.
Senator Kenna has accepted
the Craftsmanship Of the Demo-
cratic Con- ressional Committee,
and he has said that hewas inf
Ienced to do so partly because it
had been intimated that his re-
iuctance to accept, grew ont of his
fear of defeat to the party when
the truth was that his private bust
mess was such that he would have
to make some sacrifices to accept,
but that he did most ebeerfhlly,
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