The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-02-10

tFroin our regular eorrespondent.l
WASHINGTON, fEB. 6, 1888.

WASHINGTON, f'EB. 6, 1888.
The week in Congress is an unusually in
iercsting one, aud considerable real work
has been done in committee rooms and on
the iloor Of both the Senate and the House.
Among the Seuate's doings WAS Senator
kenna's defense OF the Administration and
the Presidents tarifI message, in which he
undertook to ,lemelisl, the argument made
| bv Senator Sherman in hiS recent speech,
and 10 shaw the urgent need Of tariff re-
form. The senate passed the resolution
which provides for changing Inauguration
day from tie 4th Of March To the 30th of
April. and fer fixing the beginning aud ter
ipination cr the official terms Of Senators
aud Representatives to the same date, A
number Of bills have been discussed and
passcd, among them ope to increase 70 Si2
month the pension Of any person totally
helpless from injuries received or disease
contracted in The army or naval service OF
the United States.
Tie House OF Representatives, has ,iebai-
ed on the Low ~ White election contest;
given ! bl.w to cheap Literature by requir-
my il To pay book passage, and passed q
nnmber Of bills for the erection of public
buildings in different parts Of the country.
In the Lowry-White case the question is
whether or rot Mr.. White who ne~ oeeu-
pies tile seat. was a daily naturalized
American citizen, aud had been SO for sew
efal years al Tie time Of tie election; and
VAS therefore eligible. The Democratic
majority of the committee on elections say
10; the Republican minority say yes. The
question viii probably be decided to day in
favor Of Mr. White.
The everlasting Blair Educational bill
continues as the unfinished business in the
Senate, bat is put aside from time to time
| to make way Tor other business. To-day
Senator Plat, Of Connecticut. las the floor
for talk ON The tariff.
1t was expected that Senator kenna 5
speech would cali forth a vigorous rejoin-
der from the Ohio Senator. and as is usually
the case when a straight out party fight is
going on the galleries were full and the
Senators we're in their seats. Fer an hour
and half the Senator from West Virginia
fgnratiycIy pounded Sherman and the
Republican party with all the strength at
his command. Mr.. Sherman. who was
sufficiently stirred to strike back, said,
among other things, that the Democratic
party had been in power in tie House OF
Of Representatives for ten years, and not
single affirmative proposition or measure
as to the tariff question had been present
ed to the American people. He said if he
had not changed his views on the tariff in
the past thirty years he would not be
worthy Of a seat in the United States Sen
ate. He admitted that he voted fer immi-
grafton in 1864. He said it was an invita-
ton to foreigners to help to make good the
absence Of brave Union soldiers. He
would have voted then for any kind Of law
to have defeated the Democratic party Of
that day.
The most important bill of a general
character before the House Committee on
Patents is that of Mr. Anderson. Of Kan
sas, TO reduce the lifetime Of patent to
seven years. The bill has been discussed
by tile committee and remanded back for
further consideration. As faras developed
the committee IS divided as TO the merits
OF the measure.
Tie only bills Of a general character be-
fore the House Pension Committee relate
to the Mexican war. One IS to amend the
act 50 as to place teamSters in the Mexican
war on the pension rolls the same as
soldiers. The former it is said, worked
equally as hard as the rank and file and
were exposed to fully IS mach danger, and
for mis- reason it is considered proper that
they should be pensioned.
Henry George and Sam Jones have both
been in Washington lectnring. The latter
thinks the temperance sentiment is grew
ing in all sections Of the country, and that
before twenty years there will be both
state and National prohibition in all the
states High license he considers the
worst enemy OF prohibition. because ii
makes the liquor traffic respectable, aud
the more respectable the longer ii will
survive. Henry George thinks President
Cleveland viii be reelected IL lie will
stick Ia his tariff message.
Ii has been whispered about the Capitol
this week, though | do not vouch for the
trath Of The report, that the Judiciary
Committee Of the House was considering
the preparation Of resolution callisg
upon the Department Of Justice to prose
cute Gould, Huntington, SENATOR Stanford
and Others who areshaan By the report Of
the Pacific Railroad Commission to have
made millions Of dollars franlueatiy out
Of thc land grant roads. WgsToN.