The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-05-10
Washington Letter.
WASHINGTON, May 4th, 1885.

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aculty of making good appointments.
His latest popular hit in this line was
,he nomination of Mr.. Melville Fuller
the eminent Chicago lawyer, for Chief
Justice of the United States. The ap.
pointment is universally conceded to
be an excellent one, even the republic
cans join in praising Mr.. Cleveland for
the good judgment shown in making
the selection. He will be promptly |
confirmed by the Senate, and it is
probable that the vote will be unani-
nous.
Mr.. Fuller has always been con-
sistent democrat. He was a delegate
to the democratic national conventions
of 1864, 1872, 1876 and 1880. The Pres.
ident has been anxious to give him an
office ever since the beginning of his
administration, and has offered him
successively the positions of Solicitor
General, now filled by Mr.. jerks; the
Civil ServiceCommissione which
Mr.. Oberly accepted: the Pacific Rail.
road Commissionership, to which Mr..
Littler was afterward appointed, and
the Inter State Commerce Commits
sionership, which Hon. w. R. Morri-
son afterward received. He declined
all of them, but the last and greatest
he has accepted.
Had foreigner stepped into the
Senate Chamber on Tuesday last he
would doubtless have been of the opin-
ion that the civil war was in full blast.
The occasion was the delivery of a
speech by Senator ingalls,, of Kansas.
in reply to one by Senator VOORHEES,
of Indiana. made last week. Mr.. In.
gals reiterated his attack of some
weeks ago on Gene. Hancock and Nc.
Clellan, pitched into the South in a
much more reckless manner than he
did when the war was actually going
on; and finally made vicious personal
attack on Senator Voorhees,, making
all sorts of unfounded charges against
that gentieman's conduct during the
war. The unfortunate part of the af-
fair was that Mr.. Voorhees, became so
maddened by these attacks that be al
lowed himself to be goaded into using
language unsuitable to the Chamber
of the United States Senate. The
provocation was great, but all good
democrats would have preferred that
Mr.. VOORHEES, had remained imper-
turable. IF Mr.. ingalls, and the re-
publican party can afford to go into
the present important Presidential
campaign with these old and exploded
arguments of aquarter of a century
ago, the democrats need not object.
AS for the latter, they propose making
the fight on the issues of today reve.
nue. reform-and an economical admin.
istration of the government. The wal
is over and a new generation of voters
have been born and have grown up.
It is to these that the democratic party
appeals for support.
The Senate Committee on foreign
} relations has made favorable report
on the Chinese treaty recently nego
tiated by Mr.. Cleveland. 1t will prob.
ably be ratified by the Senate in 6
short time. Another triumph for the
democratic administration.
Speaker Carlisle will, it is understood
make the closing speech on the demo
cratic side in the general debate on the
Mills tariff bill, which has some ter
days TO run yet.
Tho praoi6onk
J in the interest of the public. to put his
veto upon quite number of small billi
of late.
1t is thought that the Blair Educa
tional bill is dead, so far as the presen
: session of Congress is concerned.
The Senate Committee on Interstate
Commerce have decided to report al
entire new bill to take the place of tn,
present interstate commerce law.
A bill has been introduced in tn,
Senate to increase the pensions of sol
diers and sailors who contracted hear
disease in the service, and one in tn,
House giving pension to all soldier
or sailors who served 80 days or over
, at the rate of one cent per month fo
! each day of actual service. ShoulC
: this bill become a law, it is estimatet
, that it would require l 500 extra clerk
for one year to make up the rolls, etc
which would be absolutely necessary
The House Committee on Territories
) are trying to get the committee OF
Rules to report a resolution providing
for an evening session of the Hous,
on Monday to consider the bill organ
izing the Territory of Oskaloosa TIL,
passage of this bill is consid dered some
what doubtful at this time.
A democratic caucus of members o
the House will probably be held mex
week to decide upon line of policy
to govern the acceptance of amend
meDts to the tariff bill.
Evidently the Republicans of the
Senate would like to see the House il
another deadlock. The direct tax bill
which was the cause of the recent
trouble, has been hitched on as ar
amendment to the Sundry Civil Ser
vice Appropriation bill, which will
probably pass the Senate.
GENERALS SCHoFIELD and Slocum
have memorialized Congress for an