Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-01-09
WASHINGTON N'WAIFS.
Gossip and News About Pee.
pie and Things at the Ma
tional Capitol.

nies the published statement that he ha
handed in his resignation to the president
Hon. John ii. Regan of Texas thinks tn,
house should pass revenue tariff bill ant
let the senate take the responsibility of de
feating il, and then go before the country a
the congressional election next fall on tn,
tariff issue.
At meeting of the Robert Emmett brancf
of the Irish National league, resolutions ex
pressing regret for the death of Vice-Presi
dent Hendricks were adopted. Mr.. Georg,
Killen and Capt. James Plant were elected
delegates to the Chicago convention.
The treasury department has informed
the collector ofcustOms at Portland, Oregon
that shipments to Alaska of arms and am
munition, other than breech-loading rifles
and fixed ammunition therefor. mentioned
in the presidents prohibitory order, are to
be treated as shipments of any merchandise
Fish commission car No. left with carr
for the rivers of Illinois. The following
streams will be stocked: Rock, Fox, Hen.
derson, Edwards, Kankakee, Big Muddy
Illinois, Little Wabash and some tributaries
of the Mississippi in Central and Southern
illinois.
On account of alleged irregularities i'm the
conduct of his office, the postmaster at Las
Lunas, N. NJ, has been recommended for re-
movaI. Basing his compensation upon the
number of stamps sold instead of the num-
Der cancelled, he has received S4.02S in ex.
cess of what he was legitimately entitled to
receive. This amount he has refunded to
the government.
Some weeks ago proposals were offered
for the removal of the cofferdam of the dry
dock at the Marx Island. Cal, dry dock.
The lowest bid made for the work was $50,
$50. 1t was rejected on account of the ex.
orbtant price and the matter was readver.
tised. The navy department has been in.
formed by telegraph that the lowest bid
under the new proposals was S15O.0OO.
The National Republican gives As the re-
suit of an exhaustive inquiry concerning the
future decisions in the house of representa-
tives in regard to the unlimited suspension
of silver coinage, table showing that 14S
Democrats and SO Republicans are against
suspension, and 80 Democrats and 81 Re
publicans in favor of it The noticeable
feature in connection with the matter is the
lewiston of the members upon sectional
lines. The West and South are practically
unit for coinage, while the East and Mid
die states appear to be almost as sOlidly in
favor of suspension.
Friends of Hon. Samuel J. Randall were
predicting during the fight over the change
in the house rules, that i'm the event of his
defeat he would not consent to take his old
place at the head of the appropriations com.
mittee, with the powers of the committee
curtailed. They now talk differently, and
in admitting that he would consent to be
the chairman, they say he sees a chance to
become the biggest man in the Democratic
party. They predict tremendous split and
that eventually Randall will loom up as the
one man only able to put Humpty Dumpty
on the wall again.
Gen. Black, commissioner of pensions
has rendered decision upon the applica.
ton for pension of an ex-soldier who left his
command when it was approaching the enc
my, for which act he was dishonorably di,
charged, but subsequently re-entered the
service as captain, and while in line of duty
received the injury for which he claims a
pension. Che commissioner holds that the
execution of the sentence of his dismissal
from the service was the completion of the
punishment of the offence charged, and doe:
not destroy his claim to a pension for injury
received during his second service.