Nevada County picayune., 1888-01-11
WASHINCTONTOPICS.
Weekly Budget of News From the
 National Capital.
From our Special Correspondent.


 work by the special international parliament-the Fisheries Commls- sion. The House of Representa- tives heard only yesterday the an nouncemcnt of the arrangement of it's committees, bnt the Senate is already in the midst of battle.
 The flst matter Of consequence presented in the Senate after the the holidays recess was the reso- lutiun in reference to the dlstrlbu. ton of the Presidents message This was made the preicNt for Mr. Sherman in his trVrrlsh haste and anxiety to get even With NIT. Blaine in making an open bld tor the Republican Presidential noml- nation, to launch d IiaiaHgue, some thing after the manner Of q stump speech, in which he sharply takes President Cleveland and the de mocracy to task on the tariff ques- ton. But the consuming aspiration of the Ohio Senator have led him to adopt a course of conduct who'll ly acceptable to the democracy, as is shown by the masterly re ioinder of Senator Norhees. who was only to glad to avail himself of this occasion to emphasize the views of the President and the policy of the party.
 The tariff debate. thus bravely opened, may continue for some time in the Upper HouSe,as sever. al of the Senators have announced their intention 10 discuss that lS- sue in all'ts bearings. Still it is pos. sible that the tariff debate may be interfered with at any moment by the Blair Educational bill, which has precedence of all other mat ters on occount of it's being the on- l ly unfinished business. The New Hampshire Senator declares It to his purpose to push his bill from day to day until the question IS disposed of. He expresses him self as being confident that his cherished measure will pass both houses and he believes the Presl- dent will approve it. AS to the latter opinion, promlnnat Con oressman, remarked. MT. Blair S hope for his bill is without found. ation. In ali of Mir. Clevelands career, he has never either by deed or word, committed himself to any scheme or paternal legisla ton like the Blair bill. He sad further that he knew that his Dem ocratic brethren were divided upon this question, many of the leading men of the party being on the affirmative side. But he thought it would be better 10 act on the Napoleonic military max ium of finding out what our enc mics wish us 10 do and then pur. sue contrary course. He thought President Cleveland would be like ly to regard it in that light.
 Of important proposed legis!a- ton in the House it may be well to create the Territory of Oklaho- ma by consolidating the tribes in the Indian Territory under that form of government. It is under. stood that other blll on the same subject but of an entirely different character will be introduced. The I latter scheme proposes to move 1 the Indians to the eastern part of 1 the Territory and to form new 1 Territory out of the western DOT ton, adding thereto the region ot country known as "No'man's land'' which would make Territory nearly as large as the state of Ohio. It is said this plan will be strengthened by the support of the Administration.
 There is a probability that Wash , ington, Montana and Dakota. Territories will be admitted as states this year upon the condi- ton that they shall not vote for President until the election in 1892. ! Representative Grain, of Texas, IS preparing to submit his constltu- tiOnal amendment to change the time of meeting of Congress. The 3l of December at noon Is substi- tuted for the 4th of March as the time for the beginning and termlna ton of the official terms of mem- bers of the House. Congress shall meet at least once each year on the first Monday in January, unless otherwise ordered by that body. Should the bill pass both House, il must be ratified, of course, by two thirds of the State Legislatures before it can become a law of the land.
 One of the most ludlcrous scenes yet witnessed in the Honse was when Mr. BoutelIe, of Maine, who has made some little reputa- ton as sectional agitator, called up the Rebel Flag inquiry. h. stantly there were dozen object ions, but Mir. Campell, of New York, merely assumed pictures que attitude and exclaimed "i gh" at the same moment bringing his Inst down upon his desk with such vigorous energy as 10 be recoghl- zed by the presiding officer as enti' tied to the floor. The little man from Maine persists in playing the Innocent Abroad for the House of Rnnres.nativpS He seldom