Mohave County miner., 1888-02-11
WASHINGTON LETTER.
PROM Our REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.

trnoM Our REGULAR coRREsPoNDEET.)
WAsnISoros, Jan. 30, 1883.
Both branches of Congress took day OF
last week. Neither the Senate nor House
Of Representatives were In session on Sat
urday. This act was not necessarily tho
result OF laxinsss, however. The real wort
Of Congress IL done IN the committee rooms
you know, and the Congressional Commit.
ess are always 1t work, whether Congress
is in session or taking holiday.
will give you resume Of wha. has been
done during the week by msn,ioning the
subject OF bills which the committees have
had under consideration. They .noIuds the
bill appropristing money for tbs relief OF
the Union National Bank Of Louisiana; the
Senate bill for bridge over the Missouri
River at St. Charles, and the House bill for
a bridge over the Game river At Jefferson
City; the Dunn Free Ship bill; Iniian bills:
Pacific Railroad matters: the bila TO repair
the war ship Hartford by an appropriation
of el7b, 900; the bill accepting the invitation
from the Frsnoh Rspublio to participate in
ths Paris celebration; q dsfoisnsy bill in
| behalf of the signal service; civil service re-
form susgsstiors, and last because most
important, the long expected tariff measure.
When the tsrin bill gets to the House the
fun Of the session will begin. TIE action Of
the President ON the subject and the posi-.
tion taken by the tariff for revenue only
element Of the Democratic party, reused all
tho puQnacity that exists in tho souls Of the
Republicans. From all indications thero In
70 be war TO the knife between the two par.
ties. and each will gam every point it can
between now and tho nominating ooLvsn-
| tions.
The Rspubiioans opened pretep tious head.
quarters here. and they pay about eS0o =
month for their rooms. They took tho
house formerly occupied by the Chinese
Legation, aud they have plastered it's walls
with photographs and portraits of their
| most noted leaders. The Democrats are
doing no less work. and the wires we're long
sinos laid which reaah TO the uttermost
parts Of the United States.
II Is understood now that the Senate Dis
trict Committee will report the bill for pro.
hibition in this District. At first 1t WAS
supposed that tho bill would DO allowed to
remain unacted upon. but owl * to the re
cent agitation it has been deemed best 70
give th, Senate an opportunity to act upon
the question, although q majority Gf the
Committee is averse to such legislation.
President Cleveland ha9 nov been in
Washington nearly three years, and during
all that time, so far as is known, no has
taken bat one walk on the street, a stroll,
in company with Secretary Fairohld. one
| evening hat week. from the White House to
West Washington, AZ old Georgetown is now
called. and return. This event, from it's
rsreness, was of so much importance that
| the citv press gave il consplcious mention.
Presidents Grant. Hayes, Garfield and
| Arthur were pedestrians, and often walked
| tho principal streets Of the Capital, their
| figures being very familiar 10 tho public,
but President Cleveland. with the above
solitary exception, has not been seen out.
side Of the White House grounds except 10
his carriage. Whether this seclusion on
the part Of the Chef Magistrate of sixty
million Anne rioans is duo TO desire to avoid
| contact with the common people, or whsth.
or II is for some personal reason. your COR.
respondent is unable to tell.
The present House of Representatives is
very much given 10 flibusteripg, it already
having been resorted to on three OCCASIONS,
| the last time under tbs lead Of Mr.. Randall,
who consumed the time Of that body in
frivolous motions to prevent ths passage Of
n resolution reported by the Chairman Of
the Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds, to set apart day for the intro.
dpotion Of the bills of his commit tee. In
the House there appears to be general de-.
sire to make liberal appropriations for the
erection of public buildings in all portions
Of the country. After an interesting dis
cussion the bill giving tho widow Of Gen.
sral John A. Logan a pension of $4,000 q
year passed the Senate by vote Of IS to /,
and tho bill increasing the pension Of the
widow Of General Frank P. Blair to the
same amount Was also passed by the same
vote.
Senator Msndsrson's Grand Army" pen.
sion bill, which has been shaped so "a to
avoid the objectI 'nsble features OF the do
pendent pension bill, vetoed 10y the Prssi
dent. has been unanimously approved by
the Senate Cornmittes on Pensions, and
there 10 every indication that it will pass