The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-10-12
WASHINGTON LETTER. ,
From our Regular Correspondent,
WASHINGTON. ID. G. Oct. g. 1876

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WASHINGTON, ID. G. Oct. 8, 1888.
Representative Campbell, of New
York, says: 1--WE are going to carry
New York. The Republicans can't dt
anything to pre-, ent it. They CAM
stop it. They don't know what l an
talking about when say thst--but
know. We don't intend that they
shall know it. We will carry the statt
easy. 1t will be much more agreeabl,
and pleasant if we can have unior
candidate for mayor of New Yorl
City. We can save about S20O,O0O by
it, and that money can 90 into indiana
or somewhere else. l think we shal
unite on the mayor, but / don't know
who it will be-
The Republicans are certainly hare
up for campaign material when they
attempt, as they are doing, to make
the public believe that Gen. Benet
Chief of Ordance U. S. Army, ha,
been violating the civil-service law by
issuing political circular. The circu
lar in question was sent to the com
mandants of arsenals and armories in
1856, and was strictly in the line Of
civil service reform, as it instructed the
various commanders to so regulate EN-
ploying and discharging of employees
as to divide them about equally be-
tween the two parties, in other words
Gen, Benet wanted the employees Of
the War Department to be non-parti
| san.
The army officer in charge of the
| Washington aqueduct, which has been
so fraudulently built, is a hold-over
from the Arthur administration. Mr..
Cleveland had nothing to do with his
assignment to the duty (which he has
so shamefully neglected.
Senator Gibson, of Louisiana, ably
| defended his State from the aspersions
cast by the resolution of "Little Billy"
Chandler proposing an investigation
into the late State election. Mr.. Glib
son called attention ro the fact that no
citizen of Louisiana had ever petitloned
to have this invest cation made. He
also alluded to the fact, which has be-
come notorious, of these Investigations
always being proposed just before an
important Congressional or Presiden-
tial election is to be held. In the last
allusion the Senator struck at the heart
of the bloody shirt business. 1t is al
ways brought to the front just before
election time in the hope that it will
help to arouse sectional feeling in the
North and make votes for the Republi-
can party.
The House Judiciary Committee is
considering the subject of trusts with a
view of taking all the various bills
which have been introduced on the
subject and perfectipg therefrom one
bill so framed as to avoid Constitu-
tional and other objections. 1t is big
task, but the members of the committee
hope to be able to accomplish it.
The House has had no quorum for a
week, and it is extremely doubtful if it
has one again before election. No
business can be done without unani-
nous consent.
Senator Sherman's Canadian resolu-
tion has been reported to the Senate
and placed on the calendar, and state
ment made that 1t would not be pushed
to a vote at the present session. This
statement by Sherman will be made an
excuse for choking off the House
Canadian Retaliation bill.
Representative Stahlnecker, of New
York, was honorably acquitted of the
charges preferred against him by Rep
resentative Kelley in connection with
the new Congressional Library Build
ing, The vote Of the committee was
unanimous.
A joint committee of the House and
Senate will investigate the frauds in
the building of the Washington aque-
duct.
Few people have any idea of the
enormous growth of the Railway Mail
Service. Here are few figures used
by Representative Blount, of Georgia,
in a speech last week on a bill to in
crease the salary of the Superintendent
and providing for an assistant superin-
tendent. In 1879 mails were carried
over 10000 miles of railroad; in 1887
they were carried over 100000 miles
In 1879 the number of pieces of mail
mater handled by postal clerks was
2,659.OOO; in 1887 it had increased to
1851 900.
The majority report of the Utah
commission is against the admission of
that Territory, until the Mormons shall
give evidence by their acts that they
have in good faith abandoned poly
gamy, and not then until an amend
ment shall have been added to the Con-
stitution of the United States prohibit
ing the practice of polygamy.
Owing to the conditional illness of
Senator Beck, there has been some de-
lay in the preparation of the minority
report which is to accompany the Re-
publican tariff bill when it is reported
to the Senate. The report is being
made up by Senators Harris and
Vance, and they hope to have it CON-
plsted by the middle of the week.
Chief Justice Fuller and family have
arrived here and have takenpossession
of the house he has leased for year.
The new Chief Justice will be sworn in
next Monday and will take part in the
opening of the fall sessions of the Su-
preme Court on that day.
1t took the clerk of the Senate Fin.
ance Committee four hours to read the
Republican tariff bill alone.
Mr. Sheridan's pension bill has been
passed by the Senate.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland NAV attend
the opening of the Richmond exposi-
ton on the oath instant.
Civil-Service Commissioner John III.
Oberly, of Illinois has been nominated
Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
Ex-Congressman Ben. LeFevre, of
Ohio, thinks the Democrats have a
good fighting chance in that State.
Ex Senator Camden, of West Vir-
ginia, says his State can be counted
upon to give the usual Democratic ma.
jority.
Benefits of Good Memory.