The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-03-06
NOTES ON EVENTS AT THE CAPITAL.
lettings Here and There in Washington
Matters in Congress---Gleanings
from the Telegraph and the "Re-
liable" Correspondent


aggregates Sl5,SO6,4s6.
The Senate on Monday confirmed the nomi-
nation of 1. Freeman Rasin, Esq, to be Naval
Officer at the Port of Baltimore.
The President has nominated Brigadier- Gen.
eral Alfred H. Terry to be MajOr-General, to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of Gen. Hancock.
-Messrs. Chase and Pillsbury, of Maine, who
were nominated for Collectors of Internal Revenue
for that State, were rejected by the Senate on
Monday.
The present Congress is very much behind
with its work and it is believed that the session
will continue through the greater part of next
summer.
Mrs. Hawley, wife of Senator Joseph R.
Hawley, of Connecticut, died in Washington on
Wednesday evening, after a short illness from
pneumonia.
The Senate committee has reported favorably
the House bill to reduce the money-order fee on
domestic money orders for amounts under S. from
eight to five cents.
The President sent no more Maryland nom
nations to the Senate this week, and it is said he
will not be in hurry to select U. S. District
Attorney or Marshal.
Secretary Lamar is credited with having late
ly rebuked Bob Ingersoll for his aggressive inf
deity, and expressed hope that he will some day
become Christian preacher.
The U. s. Treasurer has prepared statement
showing that out of 222,739,761 standard silver
dollars coined up to February 2uth last, o1,oz7,-
$50 were in circulation on that date.
The valuable diamond earring which Mrs.
ex-Gov. Groome lost at o late White House recep-
ton, has since been found in the folds OF the
dress which she wore upon that occasion.
The President has appointed James c. Mat
thews, colored, of Albany, New York, to succeed
Fred Douglass as Recorder of Deeds in the Dis
trict of Columbia. The position pays over $4,000
per annum.
Miss Croker, of California, who is spending
the winter in Washington, is said to be the rich
est girl in America. She wears a necklace OF very
large diamonds, graduated in size with one i'm
mense diamond pendant.
"A bill has been introduced in Congress by
DR.. Shaw to pay Mr.. Grafton Monroe, ex-post-
burse him for loss sustained when his office
A correspondent says that two thirds of the
members of the House of Representatives half of
the Senate and nearly all the Judges of the Supreme
Court. patronize the Washington horse cars. SEN
ator Edmunds very rarely rides in a carriage.
The Naval monument is to be removed from
the Pennsylvania avenue entrance to the Capitol
and statue of Columbus is to be placed there in
in the circle at the corner of Connecticut avenue
and Twentieth street.
The Government clerks in Washington have
formed society called the Beneficial League, the
purpose of which is to pay clerks who dis
charged from the service, who have contributed to
the fund, the sum of S209, to be claimed by poll
ces held against the League.
On Tuesday Senator German introduced
bill to provide for a joint celebration of the six
teen American republics the 4th of March,
1889, the one hundredth anniversary of the CON-
stitution of the United States, and appropriating
$4,000 to defray the expenses of the same.
"A Washington letter says "within short
time past several Federal soldiers who are on the
pension rolls, have deliberately arranged to trans
fer the money they receive to INDECENT and dis
abled survivors of the lost cause" These men are
residents of New York State and are we'll off,
Congressman Wolford, of Kentucky, has in
troduced bill to give every soldier of the Con-
federate army, who lost leg or an arm in the
war, an artificial leg or an artificial arm at the
expense of Tho nn~c---~e,. NJ wo,.v.u 49,
manded regiment of Union cavalry in the war.
1t is said the bard work and confinement are
beginning to tell upon the President and his
friends fear that he is over taxing himself. He
is q very hard worker and gives himself scarcely
any time for recreation. But he possesses pow
erful constitution and the fears of his friends may
be groundless.
One day last week there was an exceedingly
sharp tilt on the floor of the Senate between Sem
ators George, of Mississippi, and Morgan, of Ala
bama, in which Extensively personal language was
used by BOTH 1t is said the relations between
these gentlemen anything but pleasant, but
nothing serious is apprehended.
County Commissioner John Z. Crout and Mr..
Oregon R. Benson, counsel to the Board, and Mr..
J. Hartman Schone were in Washington on Mon
day and had interviews with Senator German and
Representatives Shaw and Compton. The object
of their visit was to look after some minor off, es
in the Baltimore Custom House,
A number of prominent gentlemen held a
meeting in Washington few days ago with
view to establishing permanent American Ex- |
position to be held in 1892 in honor of the 400th
anniversary of the discovery of America. A COM
mittee was appointed to formulate plan and
already the project has taken shape.
The Washington Sunday Capitol says at is
not strange that the members of the Maryland
delegation in Congress unfamiliar with the rou
tinelcgslative proceedings most of their time is
spent in the corridors listening to appeals of con-
stituents hunting for Office" This would seem to |
agree With what Congressman Cole has said.
In the House of Representatives on Monday, |
Mr.. Brum, of Pennsylvania, asked unanimous con-
sent (Which was refused) to have printed in the |
Record memorial signed by number of per- |
sons, asking for the impeachment of Daniel Man. |
ming, Secretary of the Treasury, for high crimes
and misdemeanors in the execution of the silver |
law.
The whole Maryland delegation in Congress,
except Messrs. Fndlay and McComas, called up
on the President in body on Wednesday and re-
commended Hon. j. Fred. C. Talbot for District |
Attorney for Maryland and Mr.. J. j. Fenton for
U. S. Marshall. 1t is said these names are on
the slate and that they will shortly be sent to the
Senate
When Congressman McAdoo introduced the
members of the New Jersey Legislature to Mr..
Cleveland he said: "Mr. President, I made
condition before coming here that man was to
ask for an Office" To this tie President replied:
"That's what most people want, and if they did |
not, legislator would not have much RESPONSE
bility."
The States of Colorado, Delaware, Florida,
Nevada, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont have
less than one-half the population of Illinois, but |
have the same number of Representatives in Con-
gress-twenty- two. Eighty-fve years ago North |
Carolina had as many Representatives in Con-
gress as New York. North Carolina now has |
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