The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-04-05

The Commissions OF Pension
estimates that 1t will take $40,06U,
600 a year to meet the service PEN
sion bill proposed by the House
committee on invalid Pensions.
The women suffrage folks are
jubilant over the passage by the
House of the bill to admit Wyom-
ing as a State, with u constitution
providing for woman suffrage.
The Democrats solidly opposed the
bill and they had the assistance of
one solitary Republican.
The House, after making the
date for holding the Worlds Fair,
from April to November 1898
passed the bill, and it is now before
the special Senate committee.
Senator Daniel has offered an
amendment providing for cele-
bration to take place in this city
on October 13, 1892, on the occasion
of the unvailing of the proposed
monument to Columbus.
Representative Seney, who has
just returned from Ohio, says "I
don't think the redistricting of the
State assures the Democrats as
much as some count on. The dis
tricts are shaped to give fifteen
but eight out Of that fifteen have
Democratic majorities If less than
1000 which is rather narrow
margin in Ohio politics..
After a grand flourish of trum-
pets and the adoption of enough
amendments to kill dozen bills,
the Senate referred Senator Sher-
mans alleged antitrust bill to the
Judiciary Committee with in
structions to report it back in
twenty days. 1t would not have
hurt the trusts in any way if it had
been adopted just as Mr.. Sherman
introduced it, and it is very GER
tain that it will be equally as harm
less when it is reported from the
Judiciary committee.
Senator Morgan has introduced
bill, which if there was any possi-
bility of it's ever becoming n law
would in reality curb the rapidly
growing power of the trusts in this
country, but that is just what the
Republican millionaires of the Sem
ate do not want.
Next Saturday we shall zee
whether the powers that be really
want to enforce the civil service
law. Two officials of the Virginia
club are to be be tried
on that day for soliciting campaign
contributions from Office holders in
violation OF that law. There is
no doubt of the guilt of the men,
and everybody is anxious to see
they are to be punished or
acquitted. It's dollars to brass
buttons that nothing will be done
with them.
Representatives Bland, OF Miss
ouri, and Williams, of Illinois, in
strong minority report against the
Window silver bill say that in
their opinion the bill is very
drawn to suspend silver
coinage. to totally demonetise this
metal and to permanently estab-
lisn the single standard of gold
The Election committees of the
House has decided to unseat two
more Democrats--Wise, of Virginia
and Turpin of Alabama.
Hearings have been going on be-
fore the Republicans of the House
Ways and Means committee just
as vigorously during the last few
days as when the tariff bill was
first began. The Republicans have
promised to lay the new bill before
the House, but it isn't safe to count
on anything about this bill, owing
to the kickers in that party.
1t is now regarded as certainty
that Assistant Postmaster General
Clarkson will leave the Govern
ment service this spring. His res
ignation is said to be now in the
hands of Mr.. Wanamaker, and was
handed in because of hint from
Mr.. Harrison that it would be ac-
ceptable to him.
1t is rum ored that Mr.. Blaine in
tends to have a proposition made
to the Pan American Congress for
absolute reciprocity of trade with
South and Central American coun-
rinc