The Penn's Grove record., 1888-08-18
Washington Letter.

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Senator Spooaer's bill, to regulate
commerce carried on by Telegraph, has
been passed 10y the Senate without dis
cussion, division, OF objection. by its
provisisions, the Interstate Commits
sion has authority to inquire into the
management and business OF telegraph
companies, and Ia keep itself informed
as to the manner and method in which
the same is conducted, and shall have
the right to obtain from such comlan-
les a full and complete information nee
essary to enable the Commission to per
form its duties. The Commission is to
have the same jurisdiction and power
over telegraph companies, i'll 50 far us
may be necessary TO the execution OF
this act, AS it has Over railroads. II is
provided in the act that it shall go into
effect Nov. LIST, 1883, but it is III
what doubtful if il will come up for
consideration in the House this session.
IL will not if the influence of the West
ern Union Telegraph Company can pre-
vent it. But some such law is sure to
go on our statute books sooner or later,
and people are tired of being imposed
on by Gould's telegraph company.
The dead General sleeps his last sleep
in the midst of many of his Old COM
rades in the historic Arlington Gene
terry. A generation produces but II
Sheridan and ou-s has gone. The flu
neral ceremonies over the remains ol
General Sheridan were directed by Car
dinal Glbbon, in the presence of an au-
,aience which embraced every dislin-
gulshed man at the Capital and many
from elsewhere; the military procession
was confined to that prescribed by
Army regulations, and was grand i'll its
simplicity. The march from the church
to Arlington was through two solid
ranks OF Borrowing citizens. Congress
adjourned and all the Government de
partments were closed Oh the day of
the funeral, as a mark of respect to the
memory of the dead soldier.
The question brought forward by the
fisheries treaty, is getting to be very i'll
teresting. Senators of both parties
have lntimated that war with England
is one of the probable outcomes of the
treaty, OF rather of its consideration.
For Il time the Republicans represented
the war talk, but Senator Morgan says
that while the Democratic party is not
seeking any foolish quarrel with Eng
land, yet if val is to come, it will
stand 10y the country, right Or wrong,
and that if the Republicans reject the
treaty, Mr.. Cleveland will at onee
adopt retaliatory measures against Can
dian vessels, let the result he whatev-
er it may. In the meantime, Senator
Blair is trying to have his bill eonsld.
cred, providing for the opening of lie
gotiations looking to the annexation of
Canada to the United States. Only
two things a prevent the early Teiec-
ton of the treaty: Nj. Cleveland may
withdraw it, OF the Democratic Seua-
tors may resort to tillibustering in order
to prevent a vote being taken upon it,.
The first would I've an acknowledge
ment of weakness that the President
cannot afford to make on the eve of il
political campaign, and the last would
be an error of judgement, that the SEN
ators are not likely to make, so the re-
lection of the treaty may be looked for
as a certainty. What will follow is a
matter of conjecture.
The Postmaster General has asked
for IA deficiency appropriation of $3.50,
600 for railway mail transportation.
He say the deficiency Ia caused by
the large increase of new routes.
Republican Senators are still work.
ing on a tariff bill. No date has yet
been set for its report to the Senate, hut
it begins to look us though it would lie
near September.
senators Ilawley, Henderson and
German received handsome floral trib-
.utes from the employees of the Govern
ment Printing O1lice, ion their etlurts
III getting the bill through the Senate,
giving the employees Of that office ~
days leave of absence in each year.
The Senate passed the Stewart Chi
mese bill without division. An attempt
was made the following day to get
unanimous consent to its consideration
in the House, but it failed.