The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1888-02-10
WASHINGTON.
tvrOm our regular correspondent,

NAsHiNoToNi w ID ~, Jan, 23rd, 1906.
The frat two bills passed by the preseu
Congress to become laws are, the net |
! reference to printing and writing o
! second, third and fourth-clasa mail rnattei
J and the one which amends the law 10 rela
ton to the Commissioner Of Fish and Fiall
eries--the President having approved botI
during the past week. During the perio.
In question, Congress did little Of impor
lance. The Senate passed thc btu to cred
Il and par to the several States and Terri
tories all moneys collected under the al
rect tax act. approved Aug. slh,le6I. Bu
the great work OF the Senate during the
past week was the confirmation Of Mr.
Lamar, despite the treaeherous opposition
OF the republicans to that brilliant and dis.
tinguished statesmaa. The ex-Seeretary
passed through the long contest unseaih-
ed, and he wears hls new and erownIng
honor with becoming modeHty and char
aeteristlc dignity. In accordance. with
custom, the new Associate Justice was as
signed seat on the extreme left Of HIS
fellow justices.
The Senate had under consideration the
Blair blu, but as usual, reached no conelu-
sion. Messrs. Blair and Reagan had rather
heated discussion over the third ques.
ton, In which the former was decidedly
worsted. Ex.Justiee OF the Supreme
Court, Streag, expresses the opinion that
the bill Is unconstitutional.
Senator Hoar has introduced service
pension bill, which Il the most radical
measure Of the kind yet presented ,provld.
Ing a. Il does that all officers and enlisted
men who served In the army, navy or ma.
rine corps, including regulars amd yolun.
teers At any time during the late civil war,
shall be catitied TO pension Of eae cent
fer each days servise, In addition 10 any
pension granted fer disability. This. IN
face Of the fact that S7soooooo viii be
spent on pensions this year and the further
fact that the Heusc Committee calls for
S3o,ooo.ooo more for the same purpose
next year. commsnt Is unnecessary.
Both the Senate and the House have
passed the bin apPropristing the sum Of
Ssssooo to establish agricultural colleges
throughout the country.
Owing to the absence from sickness, Of
Speaker Carlisle and Mr.. Mills, who has
succeeded Mr.. Morrison as the democratic
leader of the House, the proceedings OF
that body were Iess interesting than usual
the past week. Half day was consumed
10 oostfucting confederation OF the bill In
troduced by Mr.. wilkins, Of Ohio, 10 in.
crease National bank circulation, and The
balance Of the same day was devoted 70
speech making over the acceptance OF
pictures Of the three Speakers al the
Heuse furnished by Massachusetts. whose
counterfeit presentments have been added
to the historical portrait gallery that graees
the south wing Of the Capitol The prIn.
eipal orators were w. r. c. Bfecklnridge,
Of Kentucky, and ex-Gov. Long.ef Massa-
chusetts, and great crowd packed the
floor and galleries to hear their eloquent
utterances.
Another day Of the valuable time of the
House was wasted over the consideration
of the Carlisle Thobe contest. For some
unknown reason, thirty-hve democrats
were absent Ia New York, and the repub-
lieans sulleniy refused to vote, thus block
Ing the wheels of the House. But Mr..
Crisp, chairman Of the committee on cleo.
tions, announces his determination not to
permit the transaction Of other business
until this contest Is settled.
The tariff reformers have won the frat
preliminary skirmIsh in the Ways and
Means committee. Mr. McKiHley of Ohio,
who shares with Reed, of Maine, the re.
publican leadership of the House, moved
to take up his bill to repeal the tobacco
tax, but the democratic majority refused
to discuss any specific tax reduction bill
proposing to consider that class of bills
oaly in connection with the general tariff
reduction bill. This resolution was passed
by a strict party votes to 4.
Report has 1t that Assistant Secretary
Muldrow Is to be made Commissioner OF
the General Land Office. This would be
a promotion in one sense, but not In an.
other /; tEs salary is FIVE hundred dollars
less than that now received by the Secre-
tary, but he would have an advantage In
dispensing patronage, which he has not the
power to do in his present position.