The Arizona champion., 1888-02-25
Washington Letter.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
 Washington, Feb. 2oth.


 Both Houses of Congress have dis. tinguished themselves this week, though in very different and unusual ways The proverbially noisy, turbu- lent House of Representatives has been remarkable for its silence, and the slow moving Senate gave itself unrescryedly to words, or rather to speech. making. ,.
 Beyond settling the Lowry-White election contest in favor of the Re publican, Mir. White, there is little of importance to report from the House except on account of its daily routine business. The Senate on the other hand, has had great speeches until 1t was tired even of eloquence. Senator Platt, of Connecticut, delivered a two days address on the subject of the tariff, in which he criticised the Presidents message, charging that while MT. Cleveland was free trader he tried to eyade the issue, and that the recent speeches of Senators Ken, pa, of West Virginia, and Morgan, of Alabama, showed them to be pro- iectionists for their own states.
 The coming tariff fight is some dis. lance off yet, probably not more than 4 fortnight, but it is impossible to say just when the bill will be completed. MT. s. s. Cox, of New York, in re- fering to the fact that the House had been passing a number of minor bills m a quiet way during the past few weeks, said, "We are clearing the decks for the tariff fight" and he is in position to know the stage reached Tn the preparation of the measure.
 MT. Carlisle IS in the Speakers chair again, looking no worse for his recent illness. He made his appear ance for the first time on Tuesday when the blind Chaplain of the House took occasion to render a little thanksgiving for the Speakers recov- eIy.
 Senator Riddleberger continues to talk about the British treaty in open session and to offend some of the other senators, but particularly MT. Euu.uhds by his perslstent attacks l. upou executive business and secret s' ssions. If the Virginia Senator's own statement is to be believed 1t IS a pity for mn to Champion so good . L~usr as the aOollshIuent oi inc 'tsIaf chaWher". ...
 fle complained that no motion l.r SstI ln"uc Was adopted, no bill he lntruCuCe,l was ever passed; that he IS made the victim of the rules of rhe. senate, and, no matter who IS m t"C Chsn, he ls always declared out Ui CiCer. He once sad, "The surest Way ;o get bill passed is for me tS GupO'e 1t, ard the most certain way q" |, ieat one IS for me to give it a . nrln'"pIT.tiug ol support.
 1, seems many people throughout -iHr- ry-haye gotten Senator HOsr's joint resolution confounded sOmp,ctely with joint resolution lrsoentcu lo oiue House by Represen- ,atiye Grain, of Texas, which has been fav"rablY reported from commit lrc. Mr. Hears amendment looks to ihe .nalse OI Inauguration Day from Ii.r fh Gf March to the last Tuesday l m April. MT. Grains resolution pro- poses to substitute the 3Ist of,Decem- lcr lor tue 4ln of March as the com lnrnCc nicnl and leiinlnation of the l lflcial -,erm ol members of the House. II IS designed to do away witll Inc election ofInembers between | sCssioi.s, SO that those who are cho. beii iE November shall take their i,ats on the hfst Monday in January isl medialeiy following, instead of inc first Monday of December of the n,xt year, There is nothing in MT. lioarS resolution, which passed the S,hate by a1unahinous vote, relative 10 the time Vi meeting of Congress pi the elec;ion of members. I p File Yals,lon now is how to har, inChlLe lhtso two amendments so as Ao ebag,e all carly ratificatiOh,by the SiaGe Le eslsiaiuies winch are now in S,ss,on, or whlch are to convene the l ..nahg fall and winter, 70 another isaluie Uf the Grain a. I..LGnenlis Il.at Inc SpeaA.r can De -yPyl.ttd within ten uays alter hls !I~-t ~cs-JI tCE.a ~GpIe5, Congress