The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1888-06-16
WASHINGTON LETTER.
usrom our Regular CORRESPONDENT,
WASHINGTON, June u, 1888.

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few friends take tea with them.
About sixty prominent mem
bers Of both Houses of Congress
attended the national convention
at St, Louis. Many more would
have been there had they not been
unwilling to leave the pending tar
iff discussion il the lower House.
Three days Of the past week were
devoted to the consideration Of
the tariff bill by sections, under
the five minute rule, but owing To
republican obstruction there was
very little progress made. Lum-
Der was the main stumbling block.
Mr.. Breckenridge, Of Kentucky,
made an interesting point by
reading form the Record Of 1865
showing that Blame was at that
time a fierce advocate Of frte
lumber. But the result OF this
was that most of the evening was
spent il discussing Blancs tqril
record
The last thing done by The
House on Saturday afternoon was
to discuss the Agricultural Appro-
priation bill. II got into little
row over the question Of increas-
cd salaries for clerks and officials
Of that Department, and there
was the usuul fuss about the ap-
preparation for seeds, but as usual
the political seeds-mep came out
VIGOROUSLY.
General Sheridan may be better
or he may be dead before this
reaches you. His rallies aud his
relapses follow each other too
frequently to make any record ol
his condition. The bill revivloc
the rank of General Of the
Army" has been passed, signed BY
the President, confirmed by the
Serate, and Gunc'al Sheridan
promoted ther,to. lie was much
gra,ified by the pro notion, and
dlcta'ed, himsrli, d letter Of
thanks to thp President.
The republicans Of the Senate
| judiciary committee arc still delay
ling IN making a report to the
Senate on the nomination Of MI
Fuller to be Chief Justice.
Secretary Whitney has pulled
| up Payniaster General Fulton Of
the Navy, with quick, sharp
fjerk. The Paymaster General
recently awarded Contract for
furuishing 10000 pounds OF
tobacco for the use of the navy 10
a Richmond firm, IN spite of the
fact that his bid WAS the highest
inste I'd of the lowest. An Inyes
tigation is now in progress to as
certain the cause Of this seeming
favorilism. Secretary whitney
says he vii. 60 to the bottom Of
the affair.
Belya Lockwood has officially
accepted the nomination Tor Pres
ident rendered her by the equa
rights party. THIS will be hen
second Presidential campaign.
liza person has any doubt as to
which political party is IN favor
of the big corporations anc
monopoIies Of the country, Just
let tliat person keep a close watcl
upon the actions of the com.
mittees of the Sennin and House
the Senate committees repre-.
sentlng the republican party, anr
the House committees, the dem
ocratlc party. For Instance, ih'
House recently passed bill re
Iquiring the Pacific railroads K
construct and operate telegraph
lines over their roads, when tht
Seuate committee on commerce
got hold OF Inis bill, they reported
II to the Senate with an amend
nent striking out the word "con,
struct", which virtually destroys
the effect that the bill was inteat
e1do have, in compelling tbes,
roads to construct telegraph linel
, that would be run IN oppusiuoi
to these of the Western UnioI
/, Telegraph company. With tn,
word "construct" left out OF TIL
bill, tie railroads with simply
make sumt arrangement with tli'
J Western Union company, tina
J will continue the present monopo
} ". Here Is another instance ol
the Senate fayoung big corpora
tons; Public opIniDn compelled
J the Senate to pass a bill forfeitine
! all the unearned giants of land &
/ railroads. In order to make it al
easy rs po slbls on the corpora
tious, the bill only forfeited th,
lands, through which the road
had not been built When thl