Mohave County miner., 1888-02-18
WASHINGTON LETTER.

tFRoM oCR BEoULAR CORRESPONDENT
wAsaMorox. Feb. 6, 1855.
Tho week In Congress has been an IN.
usually interesting ons. and sons.dsrabie
real work has bssn done in COMMITTEES
rooms and on the door Of both the Senate
and House. Among the Ssnate's doin 20
WAS senator Kenns's defense Of the Admin.
istration and the Prssidsnt's tariff mss ace,
in which he undertook to dsfaolish the
argument made by Senator Sherman in his
recent speech. and 70 show the urgent needs
Of tariff reform. The Senate pssssd the
resolution which provides for changing In.
nuguration Dsy from the 4th Of March to
the 3Oth of April, nj for fixing the begin.
ming and termination II terms Of Senators
and Representatives to ths same date. A
number Of bills have been discussed ~ d
passed. among them one 10 increase u va
month the pension Of any p-rsOn totally
helpleas from injuries received or disease
contracted in the army or navy service of
the United 6t.tss.
The HOUSE Of Representa- ives has de-
batsd the Lowry. White election contest.
given blow to cheap Literature BY rsquir.
ing 1t 70 pay letter postage. and pasasd
number Of bills for the erection Of public
buildings in different partS of the country.
In he Lowry. White oass tbs question il
wbsthsr or not Mr.. Viii .. who nov ooou.
pies the seat, vas duly nssuralissd Amer.
can citizen, and had been % for seven
years 4 the tine of the election, and WAS
therefore eligible. The Democratic major
ity Of the Committee on Elections cay n":
the Republican minority Say yes. Tho
question will probably bs decided to-day in
favor Of Mr.. White.
The everlasting Blair Educational Bill
continues a. the unfinished businsss In the
Senate, bot 10 put ssijs from time 70 time TO
make way foI other business. To-day Sen.
stor Platt, of Connecticut. has the door
for talk ON the tariff.
II vas expected that Senator ksnna's
speech would call forths vigorous rejoindsr
from the Ohio Senator. and 40 10 usually
the oass when straieht-out party hght 10
going on, tbs galleries were full and the
Senators we're in their seats. FIR an hour
and half the Senator from West Virginia
aQurstively pounded Sherman and the Re-
publican party with all the strength st his
command.
Mr.. sherman, who was sufficiently stirred
70 strike back, ssid, among other things,
t,st TIA n>rnansot;n ,.a vtv hax hnan IN
power In tho House Of Representatives for
years. and not . single affirmative proposi.
ton OF measure 40 e. the tari6 question
had been presented TO the American peo.
pie. He said II hs had not changed his
viswa on the tariff 10 the last thirty years
hs would not bs worthy Of . ssat in the
United States Senate. He admitted that he
voted for immigration In 1894. He said II
was TO help make good the absence Of brave
Union soldiers. He would have voted ii on
Democratic party of that day.
TITS most important bill Of a gsnersl
char oter before tho House Committss
on Patents 10 that of Mr.. Anderson. Oi
Kansas to rsdaos the lifetime Of q patsn,
to ssvsn ysars. The bill has been discussed
by ths oommittes and rsnandsd bnok fol
further considerable. As far as developed
the committee 10 divided ss TO the merits
of the measure.
The only bill Of general character bsfor'
the House Pension Committee relates u
ths Nexiean war. One II ~ amend the so'
~ as to place tsamsters in the Msxioar
var on tbs pension rolls the same NJ sol
disrs. The for.asr, II II said, works<
squ lily ss hard ~ the rank and file SnG
were exposed TO fully as much danger. ant
for this reason IL is Considered proper thai
they should be psns,onsd.
Henry George and Sam Jones have boil
bssn IN Washington lscturina. The latte
thinks the Temperance sentiment is grow
ing in all sections of the country. and tha
before twenty Years there will Be both Stat
and N tionsi prob ibitiou in all ths Hates
High license 10 considers the worst snsm
of prob bition, because 1t makes the liqno
the longer 1t will survive. He ry Gsorg
tninks Pres dent Cleveland will bs rs-slso ts'
II hs sticks 70 his / ri6 message.
Il has been whispered about the C.oit-
this week. though ! do not y uch for th
truth OF ths r,port, that the Judiciar
Committee Of tbs House was oonsids rtn
tbs preparation of resolution calling upo
the DsptrtDsnt Of JutIos 70 prossous
Gould, Huntington, Senator Stanford An
others who are SHOWN by the rep,rt IT th
P,oiHe Railroad Commission to have mad
millions of dollsrs frAudulsntiy out of th
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