Mohave County miner., 1888-09-29
WASHINGTON LETTER.
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tvRoM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT
WAsHINaTos, September I'D, 1888.
The record Of the fiftieth Congress is
prolific Of big figures. On September 9th
the session closed its nineth month, hav-
ing already exceeded by three or four
weeks any ordinary session. In fact,
there have been but eight long sessions
since the formation OF the government.
During the nine months there were intro
guced in the House II 1888 bills and Joint
resolutions, over 1000 more than were
introduced In the long session Of the last
Congress. In the Senate the sum reach
ed 1927, against 3,447 during the former
session mentioned. The majority OF the
bills on the House calendar are Of pri-
vate character, the private calendar in
cluding over 1000 such measures.
There have been referred to the House
Committee on Invalid Pensions 4,3sS
private pension bills. The committee
has succeeded in reporting 1862 Of these
237 being reported adversely. In the
last Congress the total number Of this
class Of bills introduced was 4,I57. Nine
election contests have occurred, and the
Committee on Elections has disposed Of
all but two OF these. The Felton-S Sullivan
contest from California, and the hsht
between perennial Bob Snails and Elliot
OF South Carolina, are still dragging their
slow lengths along. In the case reported
the sitting member-those bearind off,
cial certificates Of eiection--retain their
seats. The Committee will probably
recommend the unseating of FELTON,, a
very grevious blow to that little gentle
man, AZ he dearly loves legislative life.
The next regular session will cover
exactly three months, commencing De-
cember 4th and ending March 5th; but
leaving out the regular holiday adjourn
ment, the session will include only nine
weeks. Fortifications, torpedo boats and
dynamite cruisers will occupy the atten-
ton Of that session, provided that these
mooted subjects can ever "catch the eye
of the speaker" But it is very possible
that the navy will he shut out in the cold,
and that the next session will he devoted
entirely TO the tariff. II the time is not
sufficient for this laudable debate, an
extra session will probably he called, no
matter who is elected. The political
necessity for long-winded speeches, how
ever, will have vanished for while with
the November election, and there will be
possibility Of quicker work and less talk
in the short session, if the committees are
organized early enough.
There was a little row between Mr..
Snowden, Of Pennsylvania, and Mr.. Gros-
venor, Of Ohio, on Friday. Mr.. Snowden
offered resolution revoking all leaves of
absence, except those on account of sick
ness. An attempt to go into Committee
Of the Whole having developed the fact
that there was noquorum, Mr.. Grosvenor
said that no man had right to criticise
the judgment Of men who were disinclin-
ed to go through wilderness Of forty
days and forty nights of drivel over the
Mills bill. The Ohio member had In out
with Mr.. Snowden on this line, and Mr.
Taulbee, rather an indiscreet young man,
gained nothing by interference.
OF course majority Of the dear absent
are looking after their fences, a laudabIe
occupation at any time and especially
at this crisis. OF the three hundred and
twenty-five Congressional districts not
over two-thirds have yet placed their
Congressional tickets in the field. The
delay in these cases is due to the request
Of the present representatives seeking re-
nomination, made in hope that the ad-
journment would be earlier. Hope being
deferred, these representatives have at
last given their friends orders TO go ahead
and in another week the last Of the nom-
nations will have been made. New York
and New Jersey are exceptionally behind
hand. Maryland is the only state that
has completed nominations, and they
were finished two weeks ago. An unusual
number OF republican candidates have
been nominated in the south, the tariff
forming peaceful issue and elilainatiag
for the nonoe the race question from
politics.
The requests Of the Tennessee and Ken
lucky boards Of health for an immediate
and radical change in the administration
Of ihe boepital marine service meets
with hearty sympathy ampng Gengress-
men. Yellow fever Is not, thank Heaven,
a political issue, and both parties condem
the criminal tard.ness :: :. IA" ',. Hospital
Marine Service, which has exhibited en-
tire and utter inability not only to cope
with the yellow fever, bat TO get where
the yellow fever is. "The Government"
said Georgia Congressman, "has always
found itself unable to act quickly in great
public emergencies, during this and every
other administration. Heliei only got to
the Mississippi sufferers after nearly
all who had been made destitute had
died. Private donations arc pouring into
jacksonville, and the Red Cross society
had it's nurses in the field ip twenty-four
hours after its services were requested.
But, facing the onward march Of the
most appalling scourge that ever decimat-