The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-05-15
NEWS NOTES FROM WASHINGTON.

I'm the appropriations by Congress for rivers
and harbors Maryland has been fortunate enough
to secure $4,000.
up to the present time there have been intro
duced in the House at this session of Congress-
$40 bills and III joint resolutions.
President Cleveland is credited in the Phila-
delphia Record with the statement that he wears
the same clothes he did in March, 1885.
Secretary Manning is again gradually as
Stunning the reins in the Treasury Department and
the talk about his resigning has nearly ceased.
Major Ben Perley Poore writes that the
Marine Band at Washington is industriously re-
hearsing Notwithstanding dding March, ""Haste
to the Wedding" and waltz dedicated to Mrs.
Grover Cleveland.
Favorable report has been made on the House
bill to pension Mrs. G. G. McKenna. of Baltimore,
at the rate of $25 per month. She was a nurse
in the hospitals during the war and her husband
and three sons were in the Federal army.
The Treasury Department received from New
York on Monday the second half of 81 900 gold
certificate, the first half of which was received
last week, and the restitution being complete the
amount was placed to the cedit Of the "Conscience
Fund"
1t is said that the Mormons have plenty of
money in Washington and will use it in defeating
the Edmunds repression bill. This bill, among
other things, provides for the confscation of the
property of the Mormon church. We hope the bill
will become law.
"A clerk in the Postoffce Department was
summarily dismissed on Wednesday upon proof
that he had deserted his wife and children, one
an invalid, and had taken up with another wo-
man. The clerk is from Marietta, Pa, and his
name is Fl. L. Villee.
There is very marked falling off in the
number of Maryland callers at the White House
and tn departments. Even the Maryland Con-
gressmen have partially let up, although It'll said
Senator German pays almost daily calls on the
principal Government officials.
Senator Jones, Of Arkansas, says that Mr.
Garland has no idea of resigning and that the
President has no idea of asking him to resign
He had a conversation with the President several
weeks ago upon this subject and the President
expressed satisfaction with his Attorney General
The Chief Clerk of the Internal Revenue
Bureau has issued an order that hereafter clerk
will be designated in each room to watch the en-
ness in their work. The clerks regard this spy
business an indignity and are doing some Ii
ly kicking.
In one afternoon lately the Senate passed $50
private pension bills, not single of which
was read. Nearly all of these bills are cases that
have been rejected by the Pension Bureau as lack
ing in merit The President will examine very
closely into the merits of all these bills and will
refuse to sign many of them.
Congressman Morrow, of California, has re-
ceived petition from the knights of Labor of
that State, the like of which was never before
seen. 1t is over 1000 feet long and has more
than 1000 names upon it. 1t prays Congress
sonal action forever to prohibit the further immi
grafton Of Chinese to the United States.
Some of the newspaper people have taken a
new turn on the Presidents alleged approaching
marriage. These fellows now say that it is Mrs.
Folsom and not her daughter who is to become the
White House bride on the 10Th of June. We have
married to Miss Folsom's grandmother before
many days.
The newspapers tell of prominent gentle
man from New York who went to Washington,
strongly endorsed to seek a foreign appointment.
Before he presented his papers he attended we'll
known church and became converted. Afterwards
the appointment offered to him hut he declined
it. The gentleman's name is not given, but the
story is given as true.
Comptroller Maynard has decided that every
soldier who enlisted after April IA, 1861, and was
honorably discharged after serving two years for
the purpose Of enabling him to accept commits
sion, is entitled to the additional bounty of $50,
provided he was not entitled to any greater boun
ty than 500 under the laws existing at the date
of the passage of the additional bounty act
Secretary Lamar has rendered decision in
the pension case of Samuel W. Robertson, of
Seneca, Kan, on appeal from the Commissioner
of Pensions. reversing the Commissioners decision
and ordering that the claimants name be placed
the pension trolls at S72 per month"; and that he
be paid the sum of S10 700, the amount due at the
rate specified. from date of final discharge from
military service. Robertson is totally blind.
Secretary Bayard is said to be more conser-
vative than other heads of departments in max
ing removals. In answering the inquiry of the
House "whether the removal of any individuals
and the appointment of others in their stead is
required for the better dispatch of business" the
Secretary says: GAS the clerks in this department
have become trained to degree of usefulness be-
yond that which could reasonably be expected
from new appointees, am not at present pre-
pared to recommend any change"
In the Senate on Tuesday Mr.. German pre-
sented lengthy petition from prominent Ralti-
more business firms, praying for the redemption
of the trade dollar. The Senator said that owing
to the withdrawal of the one and two dollar legal
tender notes trade dollars ere being forced into
circulation among the laboring classes as standard
dollars. He estimates that from two to three
hundred thousand of these dollars held in
Maryland by persons regularly engaged in mer-
camille pursuits, who have received them at par
in payment of debts.