Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-06-30
Washington Letter
tfrom cur resu ar correspondsnt.) WASHISGros D O.
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l WASHIsGros D O. | June 22, 1888.
 Senators Sherman, Allison, HawleJ
 E'srts. EdmuDds and Ingalls, have al
 been quietly attending to their usus
 duties in tb9 Senate this week, not
 Vithstsnding the fsct that they have al
 osen mentioned in connectIop with sh,
 presidential nomination. The very fac
 that they had been go mentioned, Il
 probably what hept the mos, ot thos. g-ntlemen away from the Chicago con
 vention.
 Tue senate has passed pill for the representation of the several govern.
 nent departments al the Colun bus (OhIo) CeotennIsl Exposition nex, Sep. ;embsr and October. The bill sppro- pra'eS $40 900 70 pay the expenses.
 The senate. notwithstanding that the lsrge humber of sbseniess sn ] psIrs lef. Il without 6 quorum ihis week, sue ceeded In doIns neayy weeks work On The routIne measures, whicn could be put through without a dIyisiot.
 The senate viii take up the river snd hsfoor bill next Monday. Senator Frye on "Wednesday submitted tis fsvorsol, report on tue huIl. The repors starts
 .u, by saying that the bill exceeds b) s2.oOO.OOO she lnrge- appropriation evei 'nsdo Ia similar oil, b ls ss no bIli vss passed lsst year. and ss none ls hKely to be parsed si the short session fol ioEloR The presidential election. this bill practically represests s oeri"d of three years on L bas,s of s7 OOO, 900 s yeu. which is considerably lees than ,h, -v-rsge expenditure of recent years The fret rIver end hsrbor sppronrist'nts was made in 1922 and was s22, zoo. Up to dste the Rggr.gt.e is Sl6l ,0OO,COO There is not oos of the great msIitinie ssoverum-nts of the world that does net sKpend more Ia proportian to its rIvsr. and sescosst harbors than ~. dn. F-spce and England both speud S20,000, 900 sp- Duslly. The report states Ihgt the com meroe of our inland waterways smnuos tSenty-nve or thirty thorssud mil iIon dollars annually, and thsi i's rtpid incresse Of lste years has been lsrgel, iue to government spproprisiicns. |:
  ,nd the ghsapaniny of trsosD0rfs.ioL 0Iore than justify the eIpendi. ure. su. e hat 80 per csnt of tbe mop-, sIpendsc this way goes dI.eo'ly into the hands u, the wages earners ot Ihe country and i-. heretore. more fairly distributed nr. more quickly restored to circulaho. c hsn through any 0ih T chanel
 The action ot the Cuic,go Convention $" ai'nHing Dakota ana Washirg,oe ,er- the DuIacer of repre- ,entalvss in | ur oOSvennoo m EhIsh they would Q, | -ntnlec to as States, meets with gepersi | from repuhlirsps brre.
 The soSioo of fhs dsm Joratic m jJ-isy | of tae H 'use, ID pAssirg on acneEdmea' | 10 The Sundry Civil Appropriation piiI | 1hins wou d If accepted by the Senate, result in stopping work uroa tho new | JlBgrsesI Gsl library hulliiIR, un'il r | aeE plsu could b. made and eccep,-d. | 's generally oO1d.mned by the fri-rd, | If prngrsss and educs'iau ss s'ep hack | wards. The sctirn is thoro lgbly ip k 'ep- | .ug vlth Ibe record of the democratic | party, which iE aud has s'vays bs ID. op- I posed 10 suy.hing cal 'uistei 10 q fuse | and erhghtment among The 1 people.
 A little breeze wss created in the Houss Wednes lay by tie Nebraska re- present tsiyss, who denounced in bitter 'srrs ths sp-cIRi land sgents cen; oat by the interior department, What brought on the debate was an item 'u lhs sundry Civil appropriation bill, wh cb was undsr consideration. spprp- pr.EiIug tl0O,0OO for these specIsi agents. Mfr. Ncshane favored 6 reduc- ion to $50 0O0. He Fas opposed to put ling money ID the hsDds Of these men, } procure false sffliHvns hy bribery. and 70 pers-cuts settlers DstNad Of prosc- ,utips frsud. He stated that be knew -t such things b ipR done in tbe West. Nr. L>ird joined his collegus. He also thew of the nefsrious operstirns Of ,hese gents. vhosc vets be considered out 'sgoous and infamous.
 Senst"r Frye on Wednesday present "a 10 the senste petition from the 'Constiiu ,iopsl Defense Association or | m -rios," sgain-t the ratification of th. tlsheries Treaty.
 Fo- this week Wellington has given ID the honor ci being tue national poii- .ical headquarters to Cbicsgc-the Rrea' | of tbe Northwest, Uulest l tome uutorseep obstruction shsll cause | delay b f1re thIs letter is iu type. cleo .-ioi,y will have carried tne nsmes Of ibe neIt President and vice President ot the UGIted States fIom one end of | he country 10 the other,