Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-04-08

WASHINGTON, d. c., April 4, 1856.
Ed. NoEuwnsr:-The week (Congression-
ally) opened with the general deluge Of bills,
after which the Silver question was again
opened for discussion. and continued to hold
the fort until Thursday, when Mr.. 0'Neil. as
chairman of the Labor Committee, reported
the Labor Bill, which proposes to facilitate
the settlement by arbitration of controver-
sizes between Railroad companies and their
employees. After being fully discussed,
which took until Saturday, the bill was pass
ed BY vote of 100 to SO, and although the
bill was considered by great many TO be, in
some respects, perfectly worthless, they were
afraid to vote against it.
The Committee on Ways and Means yes
terday completed the construction of the
Tariff Bill, which will be reported to the House
Tuesday or Wednesday. It vii be a COM
pound measure, composed of bill to reduce
taxes, an administration bill, introduced by
Mr.. Hewett, to modify existing laws relating
TO duties onimports and the collection of the
revenue, and bill proposed by Secretary
Manning to lessen litigation arising out of
the collection of customs in disputed cases.
Democratic members of the Ways and Means
committee express the opinion, based on the
departmental estimates, that the bill will
effect reduction of between 81, ,00O, 600 and
$27, 100000 in the revenues of the govern
ment. This is much larger reduction than
would have been effected by the bill origin
all introduced by Mr.. Morrison.
The Committee on Rivers ard Harbors has
completed the annual appropriation bill. 1t
recommends $4,000 for the channel at To-
ledo, but the opinion of Toledoians here is
that it will be increased in the House.
Chairman Miller, of the Committee ON
Banking and Currency, has been instructed
to report favorably his bill to provide for the
issue of $25,0OO, 900 one dollar silver certif-
Gates and $40, 900, 900 of two dollar denom-
ination. This will alleviate the suffering of
those bowling anti-silver men.
THERE'S great rejoicing in the ranks of the
women suffragists. Three votes were cast
for it in the House Judiciary Committee, and
Senator Dolph openly advocated it in the
cOhotOt utiu ouIlnS Lio NO bdiu t1dt
the struggle for the enfranchisement of wo-
man was continuation of the great struggle
for human liberty, and that he considered
it usurpation of power for fragment of
the people to make laws binding ON all. He
thought that ever "citizen of suitable age
and discretion" who were to be subjects of
a government had natural right to partici-
pate in its formation. sThe Post in its COM
ment on the speech says, ''the cause is
moving on, and a bad cause it is.''
The investigation Of the workings of the
Pension Office during Republican rule is still
progressing and General Black is faithfully
showing how much corruption was concealed
in bureau that ought to be, if there ever
was, model and incorruptible department.
Although General Black has to contend with
two of the shrewdest and most vigilant
Republicans in the Standardization and
Plumb has no fear of his ability to prove
conclusively that Col. Dudley made polit-
ical machine out Of the Pension Office.
H.