Nevada County picayune., 1888-01-04
WASHINCTONTOPlCS.
Weekly Budget of News From the
 National Capital.
From our Special Corrcspondcnt.l

large as usual, on account Ot the restriction in railroad courtcsieS imposed by the provisions of the Interstate Commerce law. The day of pas, es is past for national salons, and ifs effects Is very per ceptible to those who watch the movements of Congressmen. One of those who remain, but not from motives of pecunlary economy, IS Speaker Carlisle who wishes to improve all of his leisure time in selecting the House Committees; one not familiar with this duty oi the Presiding officer car have no conception of the great labor which If involves: il is a whole months hard work, (which must be perform ed in much less time. The Speaker ismaking satisfactory progress and uromises to be able to announce committees by the date Congress reconvenes. Though the names of the Ways and Means Committee have not been made public, stlll your correspondent violates no confidence in naming the most prominent members, as follows; Democrats, Roger Q. Mills, ot Tex as: Benton McMillan,o of Tennessee; w. c. P. Breckenbridges, of Ken lucky; s. s. Cox. New York; and and W D. Bynum of Indiana; Re- publicans-W. D. Kelly, of Penn svlvania: Thos. B. Reed, of Maine; Wm. Mckinley, of Ohio. ltis now virtually settled that MT. Mills is to be chairman of this, the most important of all the committees. One thing can say of the gentle man from Texas, and that is tue alleged pictures ot him now appearing in the press do not at all look like him; this counterfeit presentment must have been talk en twenty years ago, if ever, as it represents the Southern states man as a youngish looking man, though his age is past .fifty-tive'
 As an evidence of the progress of tariff reform sentiment even a, mong our friend the enemy the course of Mr. Nelson, the Republl' Scandinavian member from Min nesota, is very suggestive; he. .has been in Congress three terms, he IS invincible before the people, and his district is overwhelmingly Re publican yet the gentlemen propo' ses to voluntarily retire at the close of his present term because he is disgusted with the policy oi his party on the tariff issue Thls is certainly of no little significance "a political study that tends to show the strength of the position assumed by President Cleveland in his great message, especially in the West
 Again this year, as last year, festivities and funeral rites are strangely mingled in the capital of the nation, last Christmas the flag was lowered and crape displayed in honor of Logan; this Christmas the people ot the United States sorrowfully commemOrated the virtues and tue public service of that worthy exemplar of his coun- trymen, Daniel Manning, who by his own courageous efforts. arose from humble beginning to stand a. mong the honored and powerful of the earth. and then closed his bril- lian and successful career with the martyr crown ot duty to brighten his memery for many years, with the Nations plaudit, well done, which will place him in our temple ! of fame side by side with Robert Morris, Alexander Hamilton and Robert J. Walker. Congress, Is al so mourning the death of one of it's members, Mir. Moffat, of Michi- gan, and the customary committee was appointed to escort his re- mains home and and provide for the funeral.
 There will probably be another important vacancy to fill Tn the h. terior Department very soon, as General Arthur, Commissioner of Indian Affairs. has often expressed to intimate friends his desire 10 re- sign and thus relieve himself of the anXieties and responsi- bilities incumbent upon him. It is said that rather than rely too much on subordinates for the exc. cution of instructions, he devotes himself too much tc looking after the details of his bureau.
 One of the interesting local event of the holidays, was the eel ebration of the S9th birthday of Mir. w. w. Corcoran, the noble philanthrOpist, who is esteemed as