Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1886-03-26
Official Paper Of Griggs County
Our Washington Letter.
WAsH1NGroN. March %. %

WASHINGTON, March o.
The death of Hon. Michael Hahn, of
Louisiana. was quite unexpected, and
was at first thought to be tragical.
The President has approved of the
bill increasing widows pensions from
$S TO S12.
Two weeks will he devoted to the dis
cussion OF the silver question.
The bankruptcy bill in the senate has
been reslnrected and reported on favor
ably.
March so has been fixed as the day
for considering Collom's Interstate
commerce bill.
Spooner. the young Wisconsin sena-
tor. is winning laurels i'm every speech.
His speech i'll support of the Edmunds
resolutions, Oh Thursday and Friday
is considered the most exhaustive and
ablest of the subject of:lny yet DELIVER
ed.
The Senate commerce committee rec
Commended pontoon bridges over the
Mississippi, at Red Wing and Winona,
and a railroad bridge across the st,
CroiN for the G. +. Il st. Paul railroad
Brig. Gen. Howard has been nomin-
ated major general, to fill the vacancy
caused by Pope's retirement.
Commissioner Black, ut his third ap-
pearance before the pension commlttep
gave a list of about twenty names of
parties he charges With corruption i'm
connection with their duties in the pen
sion office.
The President last week made two
important noiniMatitMS-on was I'rui.-
holm, recently a member OF the civil
service commission, to be comptroller
of the currency, and John H. Oberly,
recently Indian supervisor, to succeed
Trenholm on the civil service commits
sion. Trenholm is man of good tinan-
cial ability, publicly distinguished as the
son of Trenholm. secretary of the treas
ury of the Southern Confederacy He
is strongly in favor of the suspension of
silver coinage. Oberly. or Bishop
Oberly." as he is called, because of his
excessive badness, IS Pennsylvanian
by birth, a practical printer by trade,
an editor by profession, and an office
holder by practice. He has no especial
qualifications for the civil service COM
mission, unless it IS his oft expressed
opinion that to the victor belongs the
spoils. He is democrat of democrats,
and his nomination as civil service COM
missioner is the greatest joke of the sea-
son.
The coinage committee, by tie, vot-
ed to redeem trade dollars with subsi-
diary coin, but there is 10 certainty
whether the committee will agree on
this subject.
The reversal by Secretary Lamar of
two OF the late decisions of Commissions
er Sparks is of interest to all Westerners.
One was that an entryman had no right
to take homestead and them commute
it to pre.emption after having once
used his pre-emption right; and the 9TH
er was that the issuing land patents in
newly settled sections should he stop
ped on account of frauds perpetrated.
The people Of the Northwest are jubi-
liant over Lamar's action. and Sparks is
very much disgruntled.
Gen. Logan has been selected to de-
liver the Decoration day oration at Gen.
Grants tomb. New York. BY the way,
this reminds me of story published in
one of the Chicago papers. that during
the canvass Of 1860 Gen. Logan was the
editor and publisher of paper at his
home in Illinois. So ''our John'' IS all
right, in that respect, as a presidential
candidate.
The public land committee Will inves-
tigate the charge of unlawful cutting of
timber on the Northern Pacific railroad
lands.
Pension Commissioner Black has been
again before the special committee to
investigate his charges of corruption
among republican officials whom he
suspended. but could not give the name
of a single man so charged, but asked