The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-01-23
NorEs ON EVENTS AT THE CAPITAL

The President on Tuesday signed the fresi-
lsnt;al succession bill and it is now law.
"A bill has been offered in the Senate apPro-
,riatiug $40 900 to erect in Washington monu-
ment to James Madison.
A big lobby is being worked up in Washing
ton against any legislation favorable to the Da'-
timore and Ohio Railroad Company.
1t is estimated at the General Land Office tha'
lands to the value of $780, 900 are improperly
held by railroad corporations in the West.
George U. Mayo, of Hartford county, Nd mas
been appointed chief of the draughting division
The forthcoming report of the U. S. Civil
Service Commission ranks Maryland applicants
for positions very high but the quota of the State
is filed.
Senator Palmer, of Michigan, sometimes
startles the curious people of Washington by wear
ing live toy terrier in the front of his buttoned-
up overcoat.
There is not man by the name of Smith in
the present Congress. This is something, at
least that may be said to the credit of the great
Smith family.
The House committee on reform of the civil
service has unanimously instructed its chairman
to report adversely on the bill for the repeal of the
civil service law.
The committee of invalid pensions of the
House of Representatives has agreed to report
favorably the bill to increase the pensions of
widows from SIS to S12 per month.
1t is said that great lobby for the improve
ment of Western waterways, put in an appearance
in Washington last Monday. They want at least
$5O,OOO,OO0 for their pet schemes.
Seventy per cent. of those who have passed
the civil service examinations in Washington
come from the public schools of the country. The
applicants from the North stand especially high
in grading.
"A Western paper says attorney General
| Garland, who comes from Arkansas, furnishes the
Jeffersonan simplicity for the Cabinet and the
| New York and New England members furnish the
magnifcence."
| The woman suffragsts will hold their annual
meeting in Washington next month and already
members of Congress are beginning to feel nerv-
ous in authorization Of the raid that will then be
made upon them.
AT White House reception the other day q
button holer asked the President if he could see
him for one minute after tho reception. zone
minute" said the President, with marked EN-,
phasis on the "one."
Secretary Bayard emphatically denies thai
he had anything to do with exGov. Curtin's re-
moval from the Committee on Foreign Affairs
The fact is the ex-Gov. is very weak, vacillatine
man and wants to be made a martyr of.
The committee Of the House of Representa-
tives, to which such matters are referred, ha
adopted rule forbidding the sale of spirituou
LIQUORS in the restaurant, 1t is not likely tina
much attention will be paid to the rule.
A caucus of Republican Senators, held few
DAYS ago, concurred in the opinion that removed
officials have right to know whether they wer
removed for political reasons or maladministra
ton of their trusts and that Senators should Sc
cure the information if possible.
The sudden death Of Misa Katharine Bayard
eldest daughter of the Secretary OF State, cause
a general feeling of sadness all over Washington
In some of the churches on Sunday feeling refer
ence was made to the sad visitation, and prayer
were offered for the stricken family.
in the House Of Representatives on Tuesda
the resolution of the Senate accepting the statu
of President Garfield, presented by the State {
Ohio, was approved. The euogies accompanying
the passage of the resolution were of a most beau
tiful and touching character. The statue will
placed in the Capitol.
Hon. "Tim" Campbell, of New York, VIII
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President "his nibs" Campbell is the same fe
low, who, when ordering his dinner in fashion
able restaurant in Washington, picked up tn
card from the table and calling the waiter sait
"Give me plate of menu"
"A delegation from Hartford county, compose
BaRef, Or the asy,sJ %Juuge MMayhdufer, : Oh
Moores and others were in Washington on Tue
day to urge the appointment of Mr.. W. Smithso
Forwood, of Belair, to the office of U. S. Marsh'
for Maryland. The delegation came away we
) satisfied with the results of their visit.
A Washington paper says that fresider
Cleveland, while averse to largo parties, is eS
ceedingy hospitable and fond of entertaining hi
friends in quiet manner. There is scarcely
day that he does not have two or three guests t
dinner. Mr.. Cleveland makes delightful hos
While dignified he is affable and seems sinoerel
DESTROYS to make all feel at their ease.
The Treasury Department received an IN
registered letter from New York on Wednesday
which contained $500 in U. S. notes. The bill
were cut in half and the word Cancelled write
across the face. Accompanying the enclosure wa
the following note, signed "Consoisnce;" "Her
are 500 U. S. bills, mutilated so as to insure tn
Government getting the money. Whatsoever
, man sows that shall he also reap. have sow
to the wind and am reaping the whirlwind Thi
is next to the GpaI payment due. God grant m
speedy release"
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