Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-12-25
WASHINGTON LETTER.
tFrom our Regular Corresp ondent.> &
WAsH1NaToN, Dec. 20, 1889.


wishes show very clearly that the big
chiefs are pretty much like their white v i1t
brothers. One said the government
ought to give each one Of them about
$50 to buy Christmas presents to carry
back to their wives and families; and 9 q an p
other, who seems to have good political
material in him, told Mr. Noble that 9
mistake was being make IN the style OF
..ploughs now being issued to the Indians,
He thinks they should have the kind
that have wheels, so that all the operator
will have to do will be to sit up and drive
all day. ..-e +, !. ..~...,
4 It was intended that the congressional
holiday recess should have begun yester-
day, but at the request of Speaker Reed,
who wishes to announce the rest of the
committees before adjournment. the date
was changed to Saturday, when recess
will be taken until January 6. The
senate has practically taken its recess,
as there Is not a qucrem present to day
nor is there likly to be tomorrow.
A concurrent resolution has been
passed by both Houses authorizing the
International Maritime conference TO sit
until March /, 1890, if necessary, to COM
plete it's business. -
+ The President has given out quite
formidable lot of Christmas presents in
the shape of appointments this week.
1t takes very little to manufacture
newspaper sensation in Washington.
The President and his son we're out
driving in a buggy the other afternoon
when the horse fell and broke the shaft
A gentleman, who happened to be pass
ing at the time, took the President in his
carriage and carried him to the White
House, leaving Russell Harrison to patch
up the broken vehicle and bring it in
which he did later. No foundation for a
sensation one would think, in such a
simple occurrence. But the Washington
correspondents telegraphed columns OF
graphic description OF ''the Presidents
miraculous escape from violent death"
etc. 10 CA6tf paptTS tHao uAHAo'
The senate post office committee has
made favorable report on the resolu-
ton offered by Senator Mitchell calling
on the Postmaster General for estimates
of the costssaof extend ling thessfree 1dev$
livery system to towns of 5000 and 5000
Inhabitants. -
j. The. republicans of the house were
rather demoralized early this week and
allowed themselves to be outvoted on
resolution, but later in the week they
braced up, and when Mr.. Mckinley re-
ported the same resolution for call OF
states for the Introduction of bills it was
passed without the slightest trouble. and
the deluge of bills began.
A deficiency bill appropriating $150,0o0
for the government printing office and
$3.50, 900 for preliminary printing for the
census bureau, hiss been passed by
congress.
The senate committee on territories has
decided to make favorable report, i'm
mediately after the recess, on the bills to
admit Wyoming and Idaho as states. and
it looks now very much as if both these
territories would yet in during the present
congress.
The house has passed a resolution
authorizing $4,000 reward for silcott's
arrest, but it has not decided who shall
lose the money Silcott made away with.
The democrats of the house are very
much alarmed over the report that the
republicans proposed to settle number
of the contested election cases before the
new house rules are adopted. The re-
publicans might easily do SO if they see
fit, but whether they will or not Is q
question that cannot easily be answered
at this stage of the game.
The crowded condition of the capital
building has again brought up the ques
ton of erecting a new building for the
Supreme Court, 1t is badly needed, and
there should be only one opinion on the
subject. Our Supreme Court has been
called the greatest legal tribunal in the
world, and it should hold it's sessions In
the finest court room in the world.
It is proposed, in bill of Introduction
IN the house. to INCORPORATE the Military
Order of America, and established a
national military and naval museum,
library and memorial building in Wash
ington. The object Of the order is to
bring together in fraternal association
those who were engaged IN the war OF
the rebellion, to care for the widows, and
orphans of deceased comrades, and to
strengthen the ties between those who
were enemies in the war and friends in
peace. -....,
For more than generation, Ayers
Sarssparilla has been before the public,
and its popularity was never greater than
| at present. As remedy for the various