The Springdale news., 1889-12-06
WASHINGTON NEWS.
AsHISGToN. D. c,
 Nov. %, 1889. ]


 House. All of the present House officials received the compliment of renominstion. No action was talk en by the caucus ss to the cCurse of the party in the House, It being thought best to wait until the re- publican programe was known.
 The Postoffiee department IS con eidering newly patented postal remittance card. The idea is to attach stamps. to the desired amount to the reverse side of the card, N Inch may then be mailed to any address, the receiver to present the cad at any post. office and receive in cash the amount represented by the stamps attached thereto.
 Samuel Strong has eutersd suit against Benjamin F. Butler for s25O,. 900 damages for islander.
 This has been an unusually quite week in Washington. Probably the Hull that always procedes storm. The storm will begin next Monday when the Fifty first Congress comes together, and will last-Goodness only knows how long.
 Mr. Blaine entertained the dele gates to the International Marine Conference at dinner last Tuesday. The conference expects 10 get away Tn two or three weeks. in fact the English delegates have already gone.
 Representative Randall hopes 10 occupy his seat in the House Mon day He also hopes to be able to take as active part Tn the legislation of the session as he has always done. The last hope can hardy be realized unless Mir Randall possesses q great deal more strength than his appear ance indicates.
 Assistant Secretary Bussey, of the department of the Interior, takes up the greater portion of bis annual report in defending the pension de cislons he has made since last March. A judicial decision should always be in it's own defence, but then perhaps Mir. Bussey doesn't consider decisions judicial. Any. way there IS something about his report thate seems out of keeping with good tast and the general fit ness of things.
 Secretary Tracy may now claim to be even with Secretary Noble for the Tanner dismissal, Last week Mr. Noble made a call on five 0 the most prominent of the re.rated officials of the pension office for their resignations. One of them Is protege of Mr. Tracy, to whom he at once went Tn his trouble The result of the interview was that the officials refused to resign, and announced their intention of fighting for their places. In the meantime it was whispered around that Mr. Tracy had determined to make thIs fight to the death, and that if he failed to Kecp his man in the pension office he would leave the cabinet. Just as this thing had reached this inters sting stage the semi-otficIal announcement is made that out of personal consideration for the men concerned, Secretary Noble had decided not to dismiss the officials who refused to resign. Personal tiddle-stlcks. He found out that Secretary Tracy's Congress ional backing was about ten times heavier than his own and conclud ed It was better to back down than to get knocked uown
 Repr sentative Hooker thinks the recent elections have reminde d tho republicans that minority and republlcanlsm may be synony mous sometimes and that they will no, attempt to pass set of rules Tn the House which vii! deprive the mi hori,y of its parlame entary rights.
 Arrangements have been made by the Navy department to secure the neiv snokeless powder for the small arms ln that branch of tht service.
 r Senator Berry avs the demoerat' of the Senate will be ble 10 say