Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-09-08
Washington Letter.
From our Regular Core. pozdeut.l

WASHINGTON, August 31, 1888.
 Senator Stewart IS after the General
 Land Office with q vengeance. He does
 not believe that the affairs cf that cfice
 Are as we'll conducted ss they should be,
 and he has offered 6 resolution ealing
 upon the Secretary of the Interior for
 information ss 10 land suits. land pat ents, and timber depredations. It is opposed by the democrats on the ground that 1t viii csIst too much to prepare the statement, but Senator Stewart wllI
 probably insist on having bis resolution passed.
 The House has passed the bIll reGuir- iag sl government securities tO be printed Tn the highest style of art, on hand presses.
 The republican Senators held caucus last night 10 consider the tariff bill, CleyelGnd's bon bsstic message. and general legislstiol. IL IS probable that the repu bllcans will agree to pass a resolution which will give Mir. Cleveland all She authority for which be asks ID order to retslihse upon Canada for its treatment of our fisherman and other interests, although they believe that the joint resolution, passed more than eighteen months ago, gave him all the authority for which he now rsks. But 1t IS not at all likely that he will do any thing; in issuing his message be has ac- cOmplished tee only object he had ID vIew-trying to hold the Irish vote for the democratic party. The intelligent IrIshmen of this country are not, how ever, likely to be caught by anything as transparent as Cleveland's message.
 The pleasant little fiction known as "oivil service retorru," which was SO popular m the early days of the present pinchbeck administration, has been en- tirely laid aside, and every offiee-hclder Is expected to put his hand in his pocket and bis shoulder to the vheol to help re-elect the great tin weigni) and good (shen he cannot be otherwIse) Grover Cleveland. It is given out that Cleve. land has contributed SI0,000 to the democratic campaign fund. This is probably a lie, but it will have the effect iniended-thai of making the small fry officials come down with the cash. It is slao said that the Postmaster General Dickinson has given Sl0,OOO, Secretary Villas the same amount, and Secretary Whitney $25,00O. Office-hold- CTS are making stump speeches all over the country; tut of course, it is not ''pernicIous activity" to work for Cleve- land.
 The country has been nsusested with constantly hearing of democratic econ omy" during the past two or three years. Senator Alllsoa has shown this week, in q speech in the senate, that 1t has cost the people of this country just S95, ,000,- QUO more tO run the Government under democratic administration than it did under the Garfield Arthur sdministra- tiOD. Nc claim that has ever been put forward by the democratic party for the of the people of this country will stand the test of common sense and mathematics.
 Senator Plumb, from the committee on appropriations, has reported the fortifi cations bill to the senate. It appro- pristes S5322OOO, and there IS also provision under which S6.0O0.OO0 addi- tIonsl may be spent st a rate not exceed ing S2,COO,OUO year for the purchase of guns,
 Senator Allison has exploded the fu- tile attempt of the democrats of the House to throw the responsibility for the extrsvsgant appropriations which have eaten up the annual surplus for the present fiscal year upon the repub- lican Senate, because that body added items to the appropriation bills as passed | by the House. The House cut down | the amounts asked for by the Demo ersiic heads of departments, and the | latter went to the Senate with their es- inmates. That IS how the items came to | be increased. The Republicans thought | lhst the money had just as we'll be gwen | them thIs year in the regular sppropria- tion bills, Gs to have to pass deficiency | bills for the same purpose next year.
 MT. Cleveland refused to attend the | Changers meeting this week st Will | iisms' Grove, Pa. in order to go on a | three days fishing trip to West Virginis,
 The House had a quorum this week, but 1t is extremely doubtful if 1t can keep if.
 Representative Yost of Virginia, made sn exhaustive speech in the House Mon- lay In favor of the Blair Educational pill. Owing to the cowardly tactcs .dop.ed by the democrats. this bill has never been ever reported 10 the House. .lthough it passed the Senate early in he seSsfOn.