Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-02-25
Washington Photographed Letter.

comparatively little interest is taken.
The Departments are all shut up, and
some private parties will be held this
evening. Gen. Logan and many of
his friends have gone to Baltimore to
attend grand banquet rendered him.
The House Committee on Public
Lands, on Friday, reported in favor of
Judge Griford's bill creating new
land districts in the Big Sioux Reser-
walton. The Committee believe that
part of the reservation lying west of
the 102d meridian can we'll be attach
ed to the Deadwood district. IF this
bill becomes law there will be rush
for the land opened to homesteads.
The question Of the forfeiture of
the grants to the North and South
Pacific Railroads is still under discuss
sion.
The next move of the Republicans
in the Senate will be a resolution call
ing on the Attorney General for the
authority of the suspension of ten
Justices of the United States Courts
in the Territories, as it is claimed that
the statute forbids the suspension of
Judges.
It is believed that the President
will fight to bitter end, and every
Democrat in the House will support
him. "There's music in the air. and
no mistake.
One of the most important events
that has occurred during this session
of Congress was the offering of the
resolutions reported by the Senate
judiciary Committee, in reference to
the refusal of heads of departments
to furnish papers on file, that influenced
the removal of Office holders. The
report and resolutions were offered by
Senator Edmonds, of Vermont, on
Thursday, the Is, inst. The resolu-
tons were read and they and the
report ordered printed in the Record.
Mr.. Pugh, of the minority on the
comm ittee, claimed the privilege of
making a report, and asked till to-day
week to prepare it. By consent,
then, the report will not be read or
discussed. until this is ready. Then
look to see the "fur fly" The Presi-
dent will find that he has made a great
mistake and he will wish, stubborn as
he is, that the outset of his admins
tration he had removed men simply
because they were Republicans, or
rather that he had declared this would
be the reason. The country is no
longer deceived, and the action of
this committee viii tear off the civil
service mask he has been wearing all
this time. It is a great pity the pres
ent action had not been taken sooner.
Mr. Murphy, of Iowa, by direction
of the Committee, on Wednesday,
reported favorably on the Hennepin
Canal Bill. 1t is substantially the
bill introduced by Gov. Henderson,
and provides for the acceptance of
the Illinois and Michigan Canal for
the construction of the work contem-
plated from Hennepin to the mouth of
Rock River. The main line will be
about IS miles long, and the feeder to
Dixon, H., about 81 miles. The cost
is estimated at $9,000,000, $685.
900 for the canal, and 81, 327 600 for
the enlargement of the Illinois and
Michigan Canal This bill will be
called up at an early day.
The Coinage Committee are closely
divided on the suspension of silver
coinage, and it is hard to tell what the
report will be.
The Morrison-Hewitt Tariff Bill is
not popular with free-trade or protec-
ZIONIST Democrats, and ''sWear words''
are common among those who discuss
the bill.
The Subcommittee of the p. O.
Committee will report adversely to the
construction or purchase of telegraph
lines by the Government.
And now. Asst Treasurer Jordan's
wrist has given out, and there is cry
for clerk to sign U. S. Drafts on the
Treasury. Poor Jordan the Repub-
icans for Is years did the work
without Whispering. There is con-
siderable objection to allowing any
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two Assistant Treasures.
The introduction by Senator Hoar
of bill for the erection of $780,
900 monument to Gen. Grant, gives
general satisfaction, and is likely to be
adopted.
The Fitz John Porter business is
"off the books" in the House, having
passed by vote of III to 113. The
Democrats are really glad to get it off
their hands. 1t now goes to the
Senate, and if the Republicans. who
are claimed, support it, it will be
adopted. But there is no telling what
may happen. There's many slip
''twixt cup and lip
The House Committee on Public
Lands will report favorabIy a bill
granting the right of way to the Gin
nabar and Clark's Fork R. r Co. ;,
across the northern border of Yellow
stone Park, from Cinnabar to Clark-s
Fork. The Interior Department will