Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-08-11
Washington Letter
(From our regular c0rrespOndentJ WAsHINGroN, ID. c.
 July 27, 1888.

July p, 1888.
 Senator Hiscock has introduced bill
 providing for the pensIoning of all per sons who served three months ID the army or navy of the United States dur ing the rebellion.
 | A caucus of Republican Senators was held at the residence of Senator Evarts | Wednesday evening. at which it was de- | finitely settled that & substitute for the | Mills bill should be reported to the Senate thoroughly discussed and push ed lo & vote before adjournment. It IS understood that the measure is now nearly ready to be reported. The bill it is expected will touch the customs very | lightly, with the exception of sugar, which will be heavily cut. The inter nal revenue IS expected 10 finish the most of the reduction. The bill will probably be report Il in two weeks. Under the provisions of the bill pass ed by the Senate for the relief of deposi- tors in the late Freedmans Band. only the colored depositors will be Paid. Senator Sherman has reported fsvOrsbly from the finance committee. Mir. Spoon CTS amendment to the Sundry Civil Alp propristiOn bill providing for the refund ing of the direct tsx pad by the several States and territories under the Act of August 6, 1861. I his amendment IS sut- | stantially the same Es the bill which, af- ter its passage by the Senate caused the | recent prolonged deadlock in the House, | whereby the Southern democrgcts sue ceeded in preventing the House from passing blll that wac favored by more than three-fourths of its mem bers. This amendment IS certain to be passed by the Senate, but whether the Southern brigsdiers of the House will again filli- buster against 1t cannot be said at pre- sent, although II Is cafe to assume that they will so that another deadlock msy be considered Bs among the prObabilI- ties of the near future.
 Senator Ingslls is expected to make 6 speech in few days on the fisheries treaty, which he will review the entire foreign policy of this administration, and show what a mammoth fraud it has been from the beginning. That Mir, Ingalls, will handle the subject with out gloves it is unnecessary to say
 Brigsdier Cockrel, of Missouri, had quite Q spst with Senator Davis, Chair man of the Senate Committee on pen sions, Tuesday Cockerell attempted to defend Clevelaud's veto of Mrs. Doher- | tvs pension bill, Thsreupon MT. Davis | proved that every statement upon which | the veto was passed was false.
 Senator DsvIs has reported iavorRbly | 10 the Senate, from the pension com mittee, bill providing that the fees of | examining surgeons for each exRminG ton of applicants for pensions shall be | s2 for each surgeon when msde b. d board of surgeons and g. when made by | 6 single surgeon. Travelling ex9enses | shall also be allowed when by Teas of the claimants disability the examina- ton has to be mad9 at claimants resi- dence.
 Senator Hosr has offered a resolu- ton providing for the appointment Of a select committee of services to inquire into and report upon the releatiJus of business and commerce between the United States aed Canada.
 Senator Cameron bas presented e large number Ot petitions from vasIous soldier organizations in Penn. asking for the passage of the arrears os the pen sions set and of the act to increase pen sions of fully disabled veterans.
 The Republ;cal Congressional com mistee of which Representative Nathan B. Golf of W. Va, is chairman, ard the veteran, Hon. Ed. MoPhersoD, of Penn, IS secretary, have opened their head quarters here for th0 campaign. This committee will prepare sll the cam psign documents for the national com mittee.
 Cleveland sent a message to Congress along with the annual report of She civil service commission. The message is looked ugon there as a joke, inGs- much ss all reform ID the civil service has been abandoned.
 The majority report of the Senate committee, which Investigated the Jack son. Miss. election riots has been sub- mItted. The report finds the chRrsts ss 10 the total suppression cf the negro vote to be true, and recommends that six of the federal officials who took par: in the riot, or belonged to the white league, should be dismissed.
 The house has passed bill creating United States Land Court. and prcvi- ding for the judicial investigation and settlement of private land claims in Colorado and tho territory of Nv Mexico