Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-01-23
WASHINGTON LETTER.


From our Regular CoTrespo
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Jan, II, 1888.
The wsek has been an unusually INFER
e,ting one in congress. The Forty
eighth much discussed and prophesied OF
House Com nlitfees were announced to
he exr ectant Members and the usual
b-euDial Express .Ous of Dissatisfaction.
di -sappointment and allegations st
bluudars maze. High tariff men and
anu-siIver men complain thatthe House
has been organized against them, and
n tie interests ol the Administra ion.
Others say that the SpeaNer has been
as con cry alive, wise and fair IL was
possible III dealing with 325 egotistic,
am bittaus politicians. whose abilities
and options differ widely on the great
questions OF the day.
The Edmund Anti-Polygamy bill got
through tue Senate fully fedged and
vas sent to The House for concurrent
action. Should the latter body teel
kindly disposed to il, as it pObrbIy
vii. he stwiu relic In Utah is doomed.
he tes ms o1 tie measure place all the
temporal aftaus of the MOrmOus in the
n..llde Of fourteen trustees Ali immi-
grafton companies " organizations
created by tie eiritOIial government
a,e abolished and The Attorney General
Is 10 luAe steps to lave the Emigrniing
und com pany wound up. he exit
Ing election districts If Utah are T., lie
abolished and the Office of Dist. School
Supt. d. clared vacant, besides many
moie restrictions relating 10 marriages
and UtLer pecuisTties If The MOrmons.
/ he delegate from that territory. Mr..
Game, was mu. IA PERU bed over the
pas age OF TINS bil, and Ienlark ed GRIM
~ aiterwaId s hat he Guessed Utah
was IA art OF he nited STATES now.
Debate Ia the senate over tie admis-
sion OF Dakota VIII he resumed soon,
and it is likely to prove one Of the feat
ures OF The session in both Houses.
some of the hardest battles Congress
ever had were over the admission of
new states. The bill will be shrewdly
argued on both des. Ihe tepub leans
# course want Dakoto. The democrats
RENE mber how IN 1876, The admission
If dorado 10 the sister hood of states
gave the republicans just enough votes
e. elect Mr.. Han es. II is only natural
they should lock askance at The claims
of Dakota and resist them until the
pressure becomes imperative. G0ver-
nor Mellette and the two newly elected
senators of The Territory, Edgef ton
and Moody are in the city and have
attracted a gOud deal of attention. ] he
Governor remarked that they had
cume 10 'sstiek until this question is
settled. The two senators elect made
their a pearaDce on the floor Of the
seuare, where they bad been admitted,
through 8 resolution of courtesy. OF
course, they have TO be content to sit
on the sofas in The rear Of the Chamber
for some time get.
The aYalauche Of bills is now over
in both ends Of The Capitol, though on
Monday OF every week moro bills will
cone. About Gne thousand have been
poured into he House during the week.
making rOarly three Thousand that have
been dumped upon Q he 81 eaker's table
since Congress met. They embrace
every possible subject Of legislation
nom the private claim Of Sarah Jones
for a COW killed during be war, TO an
elaborate plan for a new Navy.
One bill asks for longer sessions Of
congress. another asking that The widow
Of Gen. Grant and her correspondents
may wlite 70 each Otber IS long as
Mrs. Grant lives without paying any
rostage. There aye 2 dozen bills pend
ing 10 extend, amend restrict or abolish
the Civil Service act, and there are
dozens of bills asking for Agricultural
Experiment stations. One important
Bew measure Is for higher edue2llgn