Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-07-14
Washington Letter
ttrOn our regular correspondenL) WASHINGTON, D. c.
 June 29. ISSS.

June 29, 1888.
 Senator Hear will on Tuesday deliver a speech against the ratification of the hsberes treaty. A powerful argument IS confidently expected, as the Senator IS thoroughly familiar with the subject.
 General Harrison's father-in-lav, s well preserved old gentleman nearly ninety years old, IS a resident of .his clty and clerk ID the Pension Bureau. | The republican members of the Senate com ulttee on finance have, after con suitahon with theIr party associates in and ont ot Congress, fully determined ] upon The substitute which will be offer cd in the Senate for the Mills bill which now seems almost certain of final pas sage by the House, though some tune may yet elspse before |. does. fhs sub stitute VIII be a model of brevity, con ta ming only thEee pGrszraphs. one to repeal the internal revenue tar on Gl- cohci used In .he fine arts, aad one to reduce sAe tarih on sugar fifty per ceat.
 The dangerous disposition os ;he pre- sent administration 10 encTC8ch upon lhe constisutlo0slly guaranteed rights and privileges Of the legislative branch ot our G0Tera meut, i3 one ct tAe signs of the tEes that l. worthy of careful consideration by every frioLd of popu- lar goy3ramect. The example has been set by Mr. Clelelsnd, and i' is not sur prising that the members of bis cabinet should embrace every opportunity of dolng likewise. The latest and one Of the most glaring offenders IS PnstmAs ter General Dickinson. who wrote a let ter to the chairman of the House com mitttee on postofices, in opposition to an amendment which the Senate had adopted, to the POstofiics appropriation bill, sppropciRiIng S3OO,0OO 10 provide more efficient mail service between the United States and South America. Whether this amendment IS wise one or not-althOugh l am firmly convinced that 1t would be greatly beneficial to our business interests-it Is not my purpose tO discuss at this tune. The l point made is, that P0simgSter-General | Dickinson, who IS part of tEe executive | branch of the government, exceeded bis | authority when he wrote a letter attempt | Ing-snd ID fac. really influencing l pending legislstIoa, for the result | of his letter has been that the | house has refused to concur m the sen ate amendment referred to. The constr | tutiou clearly defines the rights of the | three great branches, the Legislative, | the executive and the iudicisl, into | which the government is divided. This | administration has from it's very be- | ginning shown desire to control l both the executive and the leglslstive branches, and l, IS high time that the | people should elect President who has | more respect for the constitution.
 The nomination of M. W. Fuller, to | be Chief Justice, has been reported to the senate from the judiciary commit tee, without recommendation. The Re publicGns of that committee refused to | make favorable report, simply because they consider the mental cslibre of the I man too small for the great office. and owing 10 the absence of any proof of wro1C-doing they coulG not mako an unisvorsble report. Little douot exists of his confirmation eGrly next week, all of the democrats will vote for him, and st lehst four Republicans have expressed themselves in his favor.
 Senators sherman and Colquitt and Representatives ButteFwoTth, Bynum, Burrows, steels and Springer went to Cincinnati on the 4!h to take par. ID NREIALk OA tue AfAA4u SEukNIAAhAs I
 The seoste adjourned from Tuesday to Thursday, in order to give the mem bers sn opportunity of attending the Gettysburg celebration.
 Hon. D. T. LiitleE, of Illinois, mem Der of the Pacific Rrsilroad Commission, is in the city. He says Harrison snd Morton will carry IllipoIs by from 2jOOO to 4O0O0 majority. Speaking of the general situation, he said: "The si,us- ton in Q nut shell Is this. The Repubh- cans have strong presidential csndi- date, but the platform IS even stronger thsn the candidate. The tariff will be the fight. But there is going to be good deal oi "log cabin" in the com paign, good deal Of oll-fasLio1ed en- .husiasm, which will county for Hsrri- son. gho I5 sure 10 be elected
 The house commit ee Oa elections has decided, by o strlcs party voie. Co steal the seat occupied by Nr Fel;cu. Cf California, aud give i, io Mr. Sullivan, democratic free trader, SD as Go sc. aE- othe. vote for the Jilis bi.l. IL re mains to bo seen if the democrats of tho housc will be so shameless Gs to glfa tf.gf