Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-05-05
Washington Letter
tFrom our regular corresponden;.l


 WAsHINGT1S,
 Apr.l P, 1888.
 Senator Hosr created a sensation in ihs senate on Wednesday. while the and grant forfeiture bill was under dIs cussi0n. Re charged that s scheme hac cesn organized here in Washington to get possession, through fraud, of vHlas- ole portions of the lands tp be forfeited under the bill.
 ID the belief that in case the lands are forfeited, the settlers who have purohas- ed from the rsI roads, 10 which the lands were granted. will lose their claim and ntle, men have been hired 10 go to these lands and enter homestead or pre-emp- siOn claims. Should the lands be de- clared forfeited, The railroad title would thereby be rendered null and voId, and, of course, settlers who have purchased from railroads would have DO title. As the lands would be thrown open 10 pub lic settlement, the plsn of the schem ITS Is to have thelI agents establish b me stead or pTe-emptlcn claims, and there 1pon the forfeiture clam The lands uu- fer tLe public land laws. This little game would not work th"ngh, because sntries not made ID good faith are uOt irggl. nevertheless Iu order 10 be sure Of pro, ,ectIng the ssttle-, Ar. Hoar oif-red .n amendment to the bill, to make good he title of the purchasers of land from he railroads upon the pc! m snt Of Sl.25 per acre for the land.
 The Senate Committee on A-uculiu:e -as made q favorable report on th" oIil .p enlsrg. the powers aud duties o' the Department of AgTiculturr, and to nske De head of that Ge eDartIeDt member s' the cabinet. ThIs is tue came bIil that was pas ed by the senate at the ast session of congress. lt should be- come law a; once; tue immense Ggri- luitnrsl interests of thiT, the greatest 4gricu!' 'urHl country m the world, de- serve s re reeeDte,Ive Tn the cabinet.
 No chief justice has yet been appoint ad. IL is thou ,ht that Mir, Cleveland had fnlly made up bis mind to appoint HOD. E. J. Phelps. onr present minister to England, but was scared out If doIDR so oy a delegation Of Irish democrats irc n New York, who tOli him that If he 3D. ooInted Mir. Phelps h would lose the entire Irish vote of New York. Senator Cullom has withdrawn from the presidential race.
 Senator Sawyer, of Wisconsin, is pre- caring to build handsome brown stone residence ID this city.
 Senator Blair has introduced a bill providing for the distribution of publc iorumen,s to public libraries. It en- titles each city, county, state and col eee librRrg to one coy of every pubic iocumen. printed by the Government mon filing with the librarian of Con- yr-ss a written agreement 60 care Tor and | preserve the ssme,
 Senator Paddock's bill providing Tor the erection of public huildilg g ID all | owns where the gross postal receipts | for the three years past have exceeded l S3.OOO per Rnuum, has been f6voraoIi | reported to the Senate. The cost oi these buildings sha in DO case exceed ! S25.OOO and the cost of the site shall pot exceed $500, T. IS probable that the oil! ! sill be passed by the Senate at Hn esrIy. day.
 The number of bonds of offered to the | Government under the recent elreulhr hss been comparatively small, less than | S3,O00, O00 ! Senator Voorhees. of Indians, made | one of hIs ol6nms regula;lve copper head speeches ID the Senate on Wednes- | day, his attacks Lre periodical. but for | tunA,ely not very frequent.
 | Representative Hatch, ot Missouri, p'o- | poses to introduce substitute for the | pending bill taxing compound lard which will tax all compounded food products nd make violation of it's provisions miedemesDor,
 The democrats finding that they could not gag the republicans of the House ID regard to the length of time the tarll ! debate shsll be allowed to continue, D. ually agreed to give mp twenty days, ex- | elusive of night sesions [" the general discussion of be Mills blll, They also | found that they would have to divide the tima equally betW cen the democratic and republican speakers. There will be ts- riff SD eches and tariff speeches, at the rate of from five to SIX a day from this time on until the time allotted 10 this su' feet expires. Representative Bur rows, Of Michigan, who made the leading speech for the republicans this week,
 made an appeal 10 the South m whi'h | he warned it thst the Mills bill bOded no | good to that section.
 | Both the Senate and House have pass ed the bill prohibiting pOol-selling and book making io the District Of Columb bia. 1 The Washingtn SprIng races he2un yes terday. and the pool sellers, on the day before. taking it for granted thst the President would approve the bill. moved their rooms just outside Of the city limits.