The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-05-31
Washington Letters

washington LeGGera
WASHINGTON, May 25th, 1888.
THE President and Mrs. Cleveland :
vent to Philadelphia on Wednesday s
% attend the 25Oth anniversary of the '
Church held at German &
own. Mr.. Cleveland returned to {
Thursday but Mrs. Cleve- {
Iand will remain in Philadelphia
few days. Next Tuesday night. Mr.
will go to New York to take
part in tie Memorial Day exercises i'll
that city aud Brooklyn on Wednesday.
He will review the New York paraue
in the morning, and the onein Brook
lyn in the afternoon, returning to this
city at night.
The Senate has passed the House
bill to establish Department. of Labor
There were several unimportant
amendments made which will necess-
itate returning the bill to the House
for its concurrence.
The Senate committee on Agricui
ture have made favorable report on
the House bill to enlarge the duties of
the Department of Agriculture, and
made it an executive department. The
bill, as it passed the House, provided
for the transfer of the weather bureau
from the War Department to the De
partment of Agriculture. This has
been struck out of the bill by the Sen
ate committee.
The republicans of the House have
| backed down in a most inglorious
manner by declining to accept the
proposition made them by Represent
stive Mills to take vote on the SUBJ
stitute which the republicans proposed
Offering. and then ON the Mills tariff
bill, without 1urther discussion or
amendment. This action on the part
of the republicans shows plainly that
they were afraid the bill would pass if
they allowed it to come to vote with
out further delay. The bill will, when
taken up again, be considered under
the five minute rule by sections. AT
this stage. amendments will be in or.
der. 1t is not likely that final vote
will be reached before July
Members of the Senate Judiciary
Committee have received many letters
urging the confirmation of Mr.. Fuller
as Chief Justice. The majority of
these letters have come from theNorth-
west, and quite number of them were
written by prominent republicans. He
would have probably been confirmed
this week had not Senator ingalls,
} asked for further delay. 1t is now be
lieved he will be confirmed next week
, The Baltimore. one of the new
cruisers for the navy, will be launched
in Philadelphia July 4th. 1t is ex
pected that Mrs. Cleveland will chris
ten the new boat.
: A resolution providing for an inves.
, tigation of the fur seal fisheries o.
5 Alaska, by the House committee OIL
l Merchant Marine and Fisheries, has
been passed by the House. For many
years there have been charges mad,
against the Alaska Fur Company, s
; corporation which has contract will
3 the Government that gives it a monop
oily of catching seals on the coast o
Alaska. Up to the present time thi
+, wealthy corporation has always beer
able to prevent any legislation lookin!
toward Congressional investigat on
but now it is to be hoped that the com
mittee will make an exhaustive in
quiry into the whole business an,
methods of the company.
e Mr.. Springer, of Illinois, has intro
a duced bill in the House, placing ol
the free list all articles of merchandis
: the production of which may be con
o trolled by trusts and corporations.
Thursday the. corner stone of tn
e new Catholic University in the cit,
q was laid. Gen. Rosecrans. Register @
the Treasury, wac the Chief Marshal
II of the procession. which was an ex
tremely large one. The ceromonie
were very impressive, being partici
{ pated in by Cardinal Gibbons, abou
thirty bishops and nearly four hun
dred priests.
some excitement was created her
. Wednesday by report that Genera
Sheridan was dangerously ill. H
was and is still sick; but not danger
ously so.
There will not probably be any pa
Per fractional currency issued jus
now. The Senate committee has re
ported against the House bill reduciD
, the fee on postal notes ia sums beloN
: one dollar to one cent. The opposition
of Secretary Fairchild killed the frae
. tional currency bill.
Wednesday night there was gres
rejoicing among the democrats here
when the news of the unqualified en-
II dorsement by the Pennsylvania Stat
Democratic Convention of the Presl
: dent and the Mills tariff bill was re
ceived. 1t only shows what rapi
headway revenue reform is maxim
'- among the people of the country.