The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-05-09
,Gasniust0n Letter.
(t'rom our regular correspondent.)
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(trom our regular correspondent
WASHINGTON. ID. c., May 5, 1890.
Senator Platt called up in the Senate to-
day the bill for the admission OF Wyoming
as 4 State, and he says he intends to push
it to n vote as soon as possible. How soon
that will be will depend entirely upon the
number of Senators that desire to speak on
the bill.
Senator James b. Beck, of Kentucky,
who has for many years been a leader on
the democratic side of the chamber, par
ticularly in matters concerning finance and
the tariff, dropped dead late Saturday af-
ternoon at the Pennsylvania railroad depot,
the same building in which President Gar
field was shot. Mr.. Beck with his daugh-
ter and private secretary had inst returned
from a trip to New York City. The death
was telephoned to the Capital and the
Senate as a mark of respect Immediately
adjourned.
The House has passed the Senate bill
which is supposed to be aimed at the trusts,
but nobody has the slightest idea of its
doing them any real harm. The House
tackled on a little amendment relating to
the dressed beef monopoly.
For the first time in the history OF the
country an tx President-Mr. Cleveland
was last week admitted to practice before
the Supreme court While here Mr.. C!evc-
land visited the White House, where he
chatted for quite aw bile v 18th Mr.. Harrison,
and also visited his country house near
here which he recently sold. And of
course he did not neglect the politicians Of
his party. All sorts of rumors have been
in circulation as to what was the reason of
his coming here, but there seems to be no
good reason to believe that he came for
any other purpose than to be admitted to
the bar of the Supreme court in order to
make an argument in a case with which
be is associated as counsel.
The Morrill, Service pension bill giving
So a month to every ex soldier who has
reached the age of 60 years has been passed
by the House. Two late bills in
troduced are by Representative McCreary
of Kentucky favoring reciprocity with the
other American republics and eulogizing
the recently adjourned Pan American Con.
gress as the frs. step in the social and
commercial union of the American repub-
lies, and the other by Representative Me-
Adoo, of New Jersey against our whole
diplomatic system, which he contends is
useless and vicious and should be abolish
ed and in its place a good reformed consul
lar system put. How would the Presi-
dents reward their personal friends and
the liberal contributors TO the campaign
fund if there were no diplomatic service?
The civil service investigation was all
raked over again on Saturday when the
committee listened to arguments on both
sides. A report is expected from the COM
mittee this week. If they don't hurry up
and make it nobody will take sufficient in
tcrest III it to read it.
The Senate and House republican eau
Gus committees have about reached the
point Of agreeing to disagree on the silver
question.
hhIiSc p@ity "a newspaper MT iethIH-
ed last night from a trip to Augusta, Ga.
They give a glowing description of their
trip and Of Southern hospitality, and all
want to go again.
The House Ways and Means committee
has given out All authoritative statement
that the date on which the Mckinley tariff
bill will go into operation will be July l,
1891. A good many democrats take this
to mean that the republicans will not pass