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WASHINGTON.


the House. He accompanied it with
resolution declaring the bill to be
unconstitutional and directing the
clerk of the House to return it to the
Senate. This resolution will be voted
on early this week, and its passage is
expected, which will dispose of the
Senate tariff bill. There have been,
in the last two days, three . other
Revenue bills reported to the House.
Mr.. McMillin, from the Ways and
Means committee has reported a bill
which is the original Mills bill, with
the cotton, metal and chemical sched-
ules left out. From the same COM
mittee Mr.. Breckenridge has reported
a compromise measure, which pro-
vides for free wool, free tin-plate, the
repeal efthe tobacco tax, and the
same wooden and worsted schedules
as the Mills bill. Mr.. Randall, from
the committee on appropriations has
reported the Cowles internal revenue
bill, which repeats the entire tobacco
tax and modifies other features ofthe
internal revenue law.
All these different measures from
Democrats does not speak well for
the unity of the party. A caucus is
to be held tonight when an attempt
will be made to agree upon some
thing, but the outlook is not assuring.
The clerk of the House has been
authorized by resolution of the
House to employ four additional en-
rolling clerks for the remainder of the
session. This is preparing for the
rush of bills that always get crowded
through in the last days of session.
The House has given way to the
Senate and New Mexico will be drop
ped from the Springer Omnibus"
bill, and North and South Dakota,
Montana and Washington admitted
by Presidential proclamation. That
is right so far as it goes, but l cannot
. see why New Mexico has not as good
right to come in as the rest.
The Treasury Department paid out
on account of pensions over $20,OO0,-
600 during the first half Of this month.
Who says republics are ungrateful."
r Representative MatsOn, who is chair
man of the House committee on pen
, sions, and who was recently the
Democratic candidate for governor OF
, Indiana, retires after the fourth Of
March. AS a token of esteem his
colleagues on that committee have
, presented him with handsome
French clock.
. The Senate got ahead of the House
in passing the bill retiring Gen
t Rosecrans cold Rosy"O with the
2 rank of Brigadier-General.
[ Four hundred special policemen
are to be appointed in this city to pro
? tect us from the Republicans thai
f will attend Harrison's Inauguration
| And it would be impossible even now
I to throw stone in the streets o
| Washington without Striking Re
q publican candidate for some Fedora
t office.
h Mr.. Colman, lately COMMISSIONS
1 of Agriculture, has been confirmed
3 by the Senate for his new position
= and on Friday took the oath and as
sumed the duties of Secretary of Ag
J.. riculture. He has received and is still
n receiving many congratulations, per
$ sonally, by mail and by wire.
n Although Assistant Postmaster
i General Stevenson has been nominal
O ed Associate Justice of the Supreme
n Court of the District of Columbia, III
h has no expectation of being confirm
@ ed by the Senate.
a The Senate has passed resolution
>. instructing the committee on com
d MERGE to consider the expediency o
g the Government purchasing the Dis
f NAL Swamp Canal with view O
t making it highway between thu
!. Chesapeake Bay and the North Caro-
+. lima sounds.
Although the session is so nearly
q ended the introduction of a new bill
l., is frequent occurrence. Among thu
r latest is one to establish nationa
q system of farmers institutes, to b,
s devoted to the accumulation and dis
q semination of information of practi
d cal value to farmers. Another which
|. l neglected to mention while speak
n ing of the territorial bills is a separate
bill for the admission of New Mexico
% offered in the House, and which Mr.
If Springer and other leading Demo
n Gratis will endeavOr to rush through
Mrs. Cleveland held her last publ