Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-11
NEWS AND GOSSIP AT THE NATIONAL
CAPITAL.
Pulitzer and the Civil-Service Laws-The
Education Bill-A Hard Fight
Mexican War Veterans.

Pulitzer and the Civil-service Laws-The
Education Bill-A Hard Fight
Mexican War Veterans
From Our Regular Correspondent
WAsHINGTON, d. c., March To-
Mr.. Pulitzer. OF New York, having car
lied the committees adverse report
upon the proposed repeal Of the civil
seryice-law in his pocket until it was
nearly worn out. reluctantly presented
the report to the House to-day. The
report says the principle Of divOrciDg
the subordinate officers from politics
and elections, and making the term o.
Office depend not upon party service,
but upon merit and good behavior, is a
good one. So far as the principle is
sustained by the present law there
should be no change. The present Law
has not been upon the statute-boOk long
enough to have had full and complete
trial. No reas on has been shown that
would justify unconditional repeal Of
the civil-service law, and the committee
will oppose it.
EDUCATION BILL.
4 member Of the Committee on Elu-
cation says the friends Of the education
bill are having hard fight for 1t in
committee. Burnes Of Missouri, Mil
Ter Of Texas. Strait, and others are try
ing to smother the bill in committee,
and the chances arc in favor of the OPP
position. But the friends Of the
bill will fight for every inch Of
ground, and if necessary will Of
Ter a resolution in the House in
,Iucting the committee to report the
bill within a certain number Of days or
a resolution discharging the committee
from further consideration Of the bill
and placing it on the calendar. The
former resolution would probably pass
the House. but it is doubtful whether
the latter would have enough votes.
MEXICAN-WAE PENSIONS.
The revised bill to pension soldiers
Of the Mexican war. which has been re
ported iayorably, has a good prospect
Of passage. The danger to be appre-
htnGed is from amendments thai
may be offered to affect the votes
Of soldiers of the civil war. The
report accompanying the bill es =
mates that of the 10000 soldie,s
who enlisted in the Mexican war abo 1t
$1,000 are now living, and that abo 1t
$4,000 widows OF soldiers Of that war
survive. The bill proposes to pension
them all, without distinction as to rank,
at s. a month from the date Of the pas
sage Of the bill. The Pension Buren,
estimates that the average age Of the
surviving soldiers is slxty-fye, and puts
their expectation Of life at eleven years.
The committee say in their report that
the territory annexed to the United
States by the Mexican war has pro-
duced enough gold to give every soldier
who participated in that war his full
weight in gold.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Mr.. Tucker has been urged to be one
Of the congressional escort to the re-
mains Of the late Senator Miller, which
will be taken to California for interment,
but bis duties as chairman of the Judi
ciary Committee have compelled him to
decline.
Hon. John 4. Buchanan, of Wash.
iugton county; Judge Finnell, editor
of the Netc FRA, Front Royal; and
W. II. Lyons, of Norfolk. were at tho
Capitol to-day. This is the SUPERFICIAL
Mr.. Lyons who has made himself an
issue between Boutelle and Brady on
one side and Wise and TruXtun on the
other. 1t is understood that he has
come on to prepare Boutelle and Brady
for their speeches in reply to Admiral
Truxtun's letter to Secretary Whitney.
New post-oilices are established at
Corapeake, Gates county. Il. c., with
Joseph j. Brinkley as postmaster, and
at Floral College, Robson county, y.
c., with James Mcbride as postmaster.
The office at Griffith, Allegheny
county, Va, is discontinued mail to
Longdale.
PostmastcIs commissioned James
+. Moilet, Stone Mountain, and Larkin
D. Robinett, Swanner, y. g.. and Eli
ward e. Puryear, harrington, and VIII
liam l.. Walton, Pickaway,Na.
prr.tIrytio1 Vote