Nevada County picayune., 1889-01-30
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Weekly Budget of News From the National Capital

well-known Republican that l met at the door of the hotel where the man from Maine has quarters. why, what's up?" Ieagerly asked. "Oh," said the politician. 'he's 'hoodooed' again by that confounded Burchard, whose three R's settled him in 1884. He's here now. in this hotel, and Blaine might as well pack his grip sack and go to Maine. He will never be Secretary of State" l stepped into the hotel and glancing over the register discovered that Rev. Dr. Burchard was really guest of the house. However, l am not as su- perstitious as the man met, besides, I have the best of reasons for be- lieving that Mir. Blaine has already accepted the Secretaryship of State.
 Evidently a revival of the "era of good stealing" is expected under the Harrison administration, if one may judge by the character Of some of the applicants for positions that are already in the field.
 Chairman McCrary and a majority of the House committee on foreign affairs to.be in favor of the adop- ton of the Monroe doctrine resolu- tions, which have been passed by the Senate. They will be reported to the House in day or two.
 Secretary Bayard says the news paper accounts of insults to the American flag in Samoa are greatly exaggerated, and that the adminis- tration has taken all necessary steps, as far as it could under the law, to protect our interests in that country.
 The Republicans have succeeded in passing the Senate tariff bill by a strict party vote, though it required some very hard work to do so, as several Republican Senators are op- posed to several sections of the very one e-sided measure, and only sup ported it because they felt certain that there was no prospect of 1t ever becoming law. Senator Blalr openly stated that if his vote could have de- feated it, he would have voted against it. The Democratic Senators, to their honor be it said, voted solidly against it. It now goes to the House, where it is to be hoped it will be buried beyond the hope of a resur- rection.
 It is mistaken idea to suppose that women are not the equals of men in what is known among horse men as staying power. This fact was fully proven this week when the National Woman's Suffrage Associa- ton held their twenty-trst annual convention. If twenty-one years steady hammering away on one thing does not prove their staying power, then l am no judge of such qualities.
 The judiciary committee of the House will report bill amending the naturalization law. It provides that an alien shall live five years in the United States before he can be- come citizen, and does away with the present requirement of declar- ton of his intention of becoming citizen.
 Senator Vest is a dear lover of joke, and he was this week the au- thor of one which caused litter to go around the Senate that was joined in by the Republicans, although the laugh was on them. Mir. Vest pre- sented memorial purporting to be signed by number of dentists, ask ing that bounty of Sl per tooth ex- tracted be allowed to American den lists. ''in order to encourage an hon. est industry, lower the cost to pa tients, and encourage the immigra- ton of dentists from other parts of the world, thereby msking better market for the agricultural and other products of this country" A very clever parody on the amendment the Republicans adopted to the tariff bill allowing a bounty of one cent per pound on sugar produced in this country.
 About every Republican Congress- man that was defeated at the last election is candidate for office un- der Harrison, Republicans never willingly retire to private life. They seem to think that the |. $. Govern ment owes them a living.
 It is now understood that the ap- propriating committee of the House, to which the separate bills containing the internal revenue features of the Mills bill was referred, will take no action whatever on the bill The Democratic party leaders have de- cided that it would be good policy to pass the bill There are many