Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-08-18
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON. Ang. il. 1ss

Senator Edmunds offered a reso.
luton in the Senate Friday, direct.
ing the Attorney General to trans.
init copies Of correspondence be.
tween the Department of Justice
and any Government officer in the
State of New York since the LIST of
January, 1887, on the subject of
registration or election. The object
of this resolution is to get at the an.
thority for the present orders issued
to the United States Chief Super.
visor of elections for New York, to
the effect that his deputies would
only he allowed pay for five DAYS
work this year. The law distinctly
says that ten days may be consumed
in this work, and Senator Edmunds
means to find out why this was
changed by democratic officials.
The funeral of General Sheridan
took place Saturday morning, and
was attended by all the prominent
people in the city. The depart.
ments were all closed, and neither
House of Congress was in session.
He was buried in Arlington GENE.
try.
Whom the gods would destroy
they first make mad.o Cleveland is
very mad with the democratic ma.
tional committee, because they are
unable to perform impossibilities.
He blames the committee for the
lack of enthusiasm in the ranks of
his party. How any enthusiasm
can be excepted with Cleveland asa
candidate, and free trade as plat
form, is more than can be seen with
the ordinary eye.
Senator Blair has introduced bin
which provides for preliminary negO.
tiations toward annexing Canada to
the United States, with the consent
of England. 1t is hardly propable
that the bill will be passed at this
session of Congress, nevertheless it
is creating much talk. Public Opin.
ION on this Canadian question can
hardly be said to have crystaliged
sufficiently to indicate upon which
side it is.
Fourteen more private pension
bills were vetoed last week by Sena.
tor Blair's pig.headed executive
but he has not yet given out bis let.
ter of acceptance.
Senator Frye, who is in charge of
the fisheries treaty, is anxious 10
bring the treaty to vote, and has
given notice that beginning with to.
day he proposes to press it, to the
exclusion of all other business. until
it is settled. The democratic SeDa.
tors, who have INDUCED in some
vague threats of filibusting in order
to prevent vote, will hardly dare
| to execute their threats, as fillbus.
tering is two edged sword that is
dangerous.
Senator Stewart has given notice
that after the fisheries treaty is dis.
posed Of, he will press his bill for
the admission of the State of Wash
ingtOn. fF5fft
There is a deficiency OF $250,OOO
In the railway mail transportation
fund of the Post Office Department.
That's a specimen of democratic
economy and reform.
A committee of the executive
board of the Merchant Tailors' Ma.
tional Exchange, which was in SEES.
sion here last week, was given q
hearing by the Senate finance com.
mittee. They want the duty on
ready made clothing raised. They
say that under the present tariff, u
wealthy man can go to London and
for $500 have clothes made that
would cost him $1,000 in the United
States.
Senator Sherman has sent cir
cular to republican Senators, asking
each if there are any measures pen.
ding before the Senate, in which he
is specially interested, and npon
which he desires action by the Sen
ate during the present session. The
object of the circular is to get the
calendar cleared as tar as possible,
before the Senate begins considera
ton of the tariff bill.
Senator Stewards Chinese bill
passed the Senate without division,
and Representative Morrow attemp.
ted to get it up in the House, but
owing to objections on the democrat
ic side, it was referred to the com
mittee on foreign relations, with
authority to report it at any time.
The Senate has passed resolu-
ton calling upon the Secretary Of
the Interior for information concern
ing his recent decision affecting the
little to Northern Pacific Railroad
land.
A committee representing 10000
hatters in five states, were before
the Senate finance committee last
week, asking for further protection
for their craft.
The impression is growing among
democrats IN Congress that their
national committee represents too
many railroads.
A bill has been introduced in the
Senate giving Mrs. Sheridan q %, 900
pension.
Mr.. Cleveland eased his consci
ence, and kept his political promises,
by allowing the river and harbor
bill to become law without his sig
nature.