Nevada County picayune., 1888-06-27
WASHINGTON TOPICS
Weekly Budget of News From the
 National Capital
[From our Special Cores pendent.
WASHINGTON, JUNE 22, 1888.


 It is said to be strong document.
 Chairman Patrick Collins has call ed meeting of the committee ap- pointed by the St. Louis convention to notify Mir. Cleveland of his nomi- nation. for the 26th inst. in this city. ! On the same day the National com mittec will meet here an organize for the campaign. Jndge Thurman will be here and preparations are being made by the local democrats for q big ratification meeting on the eve hing of the same day at which it is expected that Judge Thurman will make a speech.
 Verify the good work of revenue reform goes on. The latest recruit to the ranks is Hon. A. F. Fitch, who was elected to the present Con gress as republican opposition to revenue reform has caused him to openly renounce his allegiance to that party, and to make application to the Tsmmany Society of New York for membership. MT. Fitch says that war taxes in time of peace are more than he can stand. He wants to belong to the party which believes in collecting onl Y sufficient taxes to meet the necessary expenses of econ omicallv conducting the Govern ment. That want has naturally brought him into the ranks of the democratic party.
 Attorney General Garland has re- covered from his recent illness.
 Mrs. Cleveland will open the o hio Centenial exposition at Cincinnatti, at l2 o'clock. July 4th.
 Senator Voorhees, will deliver the annual address to the literary socie- ties of the Univerity of Virginia next Tuesday. The President and Mrs. Cleveland will attend, leaving and returning here on the same day. Mir Norhees also intends to be back to Washington in time to make a speech at the ratification meeting Tuesday night.
 On Tuesday last Secretary Bay ard sent to the House of Representa- tives a letter from Count Arco. the German minister to the United States. in which the count states that he duly transmitted to his gov ernment the resolutions of the House of the 18th inst. express ing sympathy with the German Ma ton on account of the death of Elm peror Frederick. The resolution was, he says laid before Emperor William. who was deeply moved thereby, and instructed him Count ArnO) to thank the House of Repre- sentstives through the Government of United States for thicr manifesto tons of regard,
 The wrangling of the Republicans at Chicago is greatly enjoyed by the Democrats here.
 Congressman Timothy Campell of New York made a bet with cx-con- gressman Page. of California, of & .O00 that Cleveland and Thurman would carry New York. Since that was published every mail brought hundreds of letters from New York Democrats asking if they can get any more bets like that one. So far, Mir. Page is the only man found who is willing to contribute S5, ,OOO to help keep up the dropping spirits of his party.
 The House has done good week work on the regular appropriation bills, and there now seems to he a probability that all of them will be passed by the end of the current iis- cal year, .uue 3Oth. Indeed these measures have been pushed along so yigously notwithstanding the absence of many republican members who are at Chicago, that the remark has been made that Congress can work better an accomplish more without q quorum than with it.
 More pairs are in existence this week in both the senate and House, than were ever on record at one time before. The Chicago Convention, is the cause or 1t.
 General Sheridan condition has continued about the same for the past week There is no decided inn proymsnt. but there has been no re- turn of heart failure, which for a time occurred at intervals of every three days, and consequently the distinguished patient and his family are hopeful.
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