The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-10-03
GATHERED IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Senators Spend the Day Considering
Conference Reports.
Red Shirts Opinion OF Pale Face
Political Aspiration.
The President Told of Aqueduct
Irregularities Last May.


on the 27th of September, instruct ..g the
committee on epidemic diseases to consider
and report additional legislation to prevent
the importation of contagious or infectious
diseases from foreign countries, was taken
up, and Senator Pasco offered an amend
ment directing the committee to inquire
further into the introduction Of yellow fever
into Florida and other States during the
| present wear. Discussion followed, after
which the resolution and amendment was re-
ferred to the committee on epidemic dis
| eases.
The conference report on the deficiency
/ bill was presented by Senator Hale and ex-
planned by him. The larger portion of the
disagreeing votes had been arranged by the
conferees. There were five matters on
| which agreement had not been reached. One
was the item to pay the widow of Chief JUS
| Waite the balance of the years salary. The
House conferees insisted that there was no
| precedent for it. Another was the item to
pay the years salary of the internal revenue
officer who remained at his post in Florida
and died there of yellow fever. Another
was the proposition to extend the land laws
to No Mans Land, and the other was the ap-
preparation for the Industrial Christian
Home of Utah Territory Senator Hale
stated the arguments in behalf of the latter
| item.
! After considerable discussion the confer
/ ence report was agreed to and the Senate in
! sisted on its disagreement to the items still
! in controversy. The conference report ON
| the joint resolution in aid Of the sufferers
from yellow fever was presented and agreed
| to.
| Senator Jones, of Nevada, offered res
| Olutl0D, which was referred TO the committee
on foreign relations, requesting the PIesi- |
dent to negotiate treaties with the British
/ government and with Mexico, respectively,
Tor the exclusion of Chinese laborers from
( the North American continent and for the |
Z their advance United
States from the territory Of either such gov |
ernments, or from the!dependencies thereof. |
The Senate adjourned.
The Congressional Outlook.
According to the latest programme the |
Republican tariff bill will be presented to |
the Senate next Thursday. The report of |
the Republican committee will be completed |
at that time, but it will not probably be made |
public until the next day Accompanying it |
will be the report of the Democratic minor |
ity. 1t was at first intended to make both |
the tariff bin and the report public stimuli |
taneously, but this plan will be abandoned |
in view of the fact that their great length |
will prevent more than brief abstract of |
each from being printed in the newspapers, |
whereas if given out on different days |
much fuller synopsis can be published.
Both sides have pretty we'll made up their |
minds that there will be no adjournment of |
the present session of Congress, but merely |
recess from Oct. 25th to Nov 18th. The /
Democrats in the House have stopped talk |
ing about adjournment and will probably |
adjourn for three days at a time while wait |
ing the movements OF the Senate Senators |
Allison and Aldrich favor going on with the /
tariff bill, and will probable hold their Re- |
publican associates to this programme. If a /
resolution for adjournment should come over i
from the House it might get majority vote i
IN the Senate, but it will not come A single 4
obJector could raise the point of no quorum /
on resolution fixing day for adjournment /
In the House, and an objector will always be /
on hand.
Cleveland Knew it Last May.
Major Leydecker accompanied the investi- |
eating party on the inspection tour Of the |
new aqueduct. AT every point was found |
evidence of bad work. 1t is said that $780,
900 was needlessly expended for new reser-
voir, owing to the incompetence of the army |
engineers.
A charge has been made that Major Ley /
decker's father secured the rejection Of the |
lowest bid and had the contract awarded to |
bidder whose estimates were $4,000 high |
er. nW
The President is severely criticised for his |
lnactlon IN the matter. A committee Of citi- |
zens called on him last May, and protested |
against continuance of the poor work, but |
he paid no attention to them.
An Opinion Entitled to Respect.
laughable story is told in political circles |
here anent the recent visit Of Red Shirt the |
Ogallala Chief, to the White House on |
Thursday last. Red Shirt was one of the |
Indian members of the Wild West show |
whom the President invited to call upon
him. The 0gallala Chief expected long
chat with the Great Father, and prepared
himself for regular pow-wow. Great was
his disgust therefore, when the President
merely shook his hand and politely passed |
him on to make room for the other members |
of the company. The interpreter, who no
ticed his disappointment, sought to comfort |
him by saying that the Great Father was very
busy, and that Red Shirt had been fortunate
that sometimes the pale faces come to Wash |
lngt0n and wait an entire moon before seeing |
the President, to which Red Shirt replied:
"H9mph; white man heap damn fool"
When Red Shirts observation was repeat |
ed to distinguished United States Senator
who has been continually bounded for office,
that gentleman dryly remarked: ''Red Shirt |
may IN the past have been guilty of many |
offences against society, but his ability to
size up the average politician entities him
| not only to respect but esteem"
Maine offices Benefited.
The postoffice appropriation bill which re-
Gently became law, contained an item of
S45O,eOO for the rent, fuel and light of third
class presidential offices. Heretofore post
masters Of the first and second classes, the
men who get the big salaries, were the only
ones who had an allowance made for this
purpose while the men whose salaries rang
| ed from $1,000 to $1,000 a year, had to pay
| for this out of their own pockets Two
thousand postmasters will profit by the ap-
preparation.
The law fixes the maximum for rentals at
| $500 per year and the fuel and lights at $50.
The amount to be allowed In each instance
will depend on the local conditions, the size
| OF the Office etc.
Of the $450,0O0 appropriated New England
gets nearly 10 per cent. or. to be exact 90, ,005.
Maine has 80 officers of this class, and they
VIII receive $5l93. Bar 'Harbor, Belfast,
Brldgton, Brunswick, Bucksport Calais
Camden, Dexter Eastport, Ellsworth, Fair
neld, harrington, Foxcroft, Hallowel,
Houlton, Kennebunk, Machias, Mechanic
Fails, Norway, Oakland, Oldtown, Pitts
held, Richmond, Saccarappa, Saco, Skowhe-
gan, South Berwick, Tnomaston, Waldoboro
and Winthrop, will be benefited.
Pensions and Patents.
The following Maine pensions have been
granted:
ORIGINAL, INVALID.
Woodbury. s. Libby, Gray.
INCREASE.
Henry Miner, Peru.
Grin Ring Greenwood.
Ira Gould, Caribou.
Edwin s. Dodge, North Edgecomb
Jonathan Knight North Dixmont.
| Edward w. True, Fort Fairfield.
| Robert f. Robinson, Wesley.
| Geo. ii. Mclaughlin Dennysville.
| Wilbert d. Farnham, Pittshed.
Samuel Cambridge, Dennysville.
| REISSUE.
Washington Bornhosmer, North Wadoboro.
The following patents have been granted
to Maine inventors:
Clinton c. Lovejoy, Bethel, check-hook.
| Franklin r. Sanborn, Standish, shngler's gage.
Notes.
The Department of State of Massachusetts,
has written to Senator Hoar calling attention
to the following discrepancy in the electoral
college law. The United States statutes pro-
vide that the messengers from The electoral
colleges in the various States shall deliver
their copies of the votes of their colleges to
the President of the Senate before the first
Wednesday in January. The colleges have
met heretofore on the first Monday in De-
cember, but law passed by Congress in
1887 changed the time of meeting to the sec
ond Monday in January, while the provision