Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-10-06
Washington Letter.
From our Regular CorrespOndent) yt- n n SaDt 1Stb 1SSS


 WAsHNGroS, D. O., Sept. 18th, 1888.
 Senator Sherman's resolution looking to better commercial and political rela- lions with Canada has been reported to the Senate from the commis.e on foreign affairs without rec mmGndsiion. IL IS without recommendation be- cause the committee has not had time to con nsider it, and several Senstors asked to have il reported immediately in order that they might speak upon 1t The.e is 6 probability inst after all the speeches are delivered .he resolution will be recommitted to the committee before being voted Cn.
 The Senste has passed the bill giving Mrs. General Sheridan an annual pen sion of g. 3.5OO. but, owing to the oPposi- ton of a handful O, oopperhesds and ex-rebelg, headed by Representative KIlgore, the bully of the House, it will not get through the House at the present sessiuu, unless it can be got up some day vhen sll the obieotors are away.
 NIT. Hears bill providing for inquest under national authority was up in the Senate Wednesday. Senator George. Of Mississippi, made bitter speech against it, in which he indirectly defended the people of the south for political murders in that section, which have made some such law as that proposed by Senator Hosr's bill national necessity.
 The House has passed a bill fnrfelt- ing certain lands granted 10 the North cru Pacific raiirOgd. the cOpdItlOns of the grsot not having been fulfilled The same CT similar uill has been fsvora bly reported to the Sena t.
 Justice Matthews, Ot the supreme court, has been quite i'll this week, but is now better, though still cOr1Ued to | his room.
 John II. Oberly. the Illinois politician, who has been drawing his salary Gs one of the civil servIce commissioners tor several years, although by character and associations potOriously unttfor the pc sition, hns been nominated commission CT of Indian affairs.
 The entire Michigan delegation ID the
 House has gone home to take part in the
 campaign.
 The Republican substitute for the | Mills bill has been laid before the full finance committee of the Senate, and
 would have been reported to the St sate
 this week only for the delay caused by
 the Democratic members of the commit
 tee, who have not yet prepared theIr re-
 port. so certain were they that tho Re
 publicans would not report bill. The
 blll will not be made public until Il
 k reported to the Senate next week, bul
 it Is generally understood that it makes
 a reduction of about S6J OCO.OOO. SuRal
 is reduced 50 per cent, the entire tO5ac
 co tax IS repealed. also the tax On alec
 hol used in the arts. The bIll IS a very
 long one, as IL reyiseg the whole tarlt
 schedule. Republican Senators say tha
 the bill will be passed before any ad iournment takes place.
 I have it from what l regard as trustworthy source that NIT. Cleveland
 Is seriously thinking oi pushing Bsld, , Chairman Brice and the national dem
 ocratic committee aud taking personal charge of the New York canvass. He dissatisfied with the management O the committee,
 So dilstory has congress been Tn pass ing the regular appropriation bills a this session that IL has been necsss0r,
 to pass five joint resolutions maAing a
 many extensions of the old BppropriE
 tions.
 Representative MCComas, of Mary , land, came very near having a persona encounter on the flor of the house Vltl Representative McMiilsn, of Tennessee this week. IL all came about tbrOugl
 MT. McComRs asking unanimous con . sent to introduce resolution txinI
 two days in January for the cOnside rs- tion of the Blair educational bill. Mir McMillan objected and several bite things passed between the gentle mel , when they started towards each othe
 with clenched fists At this point seve , ral members got between them and pIe . vented further trouble.
 The Oklahoma bill was up in tE 2 house Nor day and caused quite a fum 2 pus. Mir. Holman endeAvored to secur ' immediate consideration Oi the seUat bill extending the laws of the Unite
 States over the public land stripe, bu
 he failed.
 , The Treasury department hes submit { ted to congress Bu estimate Ot S9OO g to pay the expenses of the electors 6 | messengers from the several states fo
 bringing the votes of the electors fO
 President and vice President at the COT z ing election to the seat of goyernmen E These messengers are paid 9 cents pc j. mile one way. The messeEECr fTOI k Annapolis, Maryland, gets the snsl es l. amount, Sll Jl and the me-seugt C from Salem. Oregon. The largest, S9SS- '- Senator Chandler has introduced G TC q solution authorizing th" senate romUi, n tee on privile ges and ,,i1n tr ii du a ing the rec ss ard to proceed To sue IT places as 1t may desire to take testIm- - ny in investigating the LOuisiana on n ragas. IL does not seem a all likel
 that there will be any recess tbis yen
 although many members think ther Q will be one often days to enable men l. bers to go home 10 vote.
 n Senator Stewart has introduced bi n for the exclusion of Chinese lRborer c. It embraces many provisions m forr' T. bills, and proposes to abrORste Bli treat
 stipulations relating to the entry ( "a Chinese lRborers into this country, aD ., declares that hereafter the coming "a such lsborers and their right tO resid - ID the United States will be regs-de - and determined by the laws of the Uni n ed States. IL also requires every Chin Y man nov ID this country xceD membe
 of the legation, to be registered and
 take out certificate of registrBtiC If within six months. the certificate 10 d surrendered to the customs officers a the holder shall leave the country. ,e Senator Plumb made carefully pr n. pared speech iu the senate in which . showed The fslsi'y of the claims of n 10 democratic party iu relation to the pu -- lic lands. Mir. Plumb showed from ti d records that Rlmost every law ever ens Ia ed in favor of additional privileges fr a homesteaders had originated with Il l. Republicans.