Mohave County miner., 1890-06-28

Correspondence Of tn. x,srr.

| WASHINGTON, June ~, 1890.
Mr.. Blaine. according 10 some Of his
ipdiscreet friends, has made mp his mind
10 70 In and Fight Speaker Reed TO ti.e
death. He does not relish the rapidly
with which the Speaker has mounted 10
the top Of the ladder 81 party leadership.
The first fight between the rivals is 10 be
over the Federal election bill, which Mr..
Reed IL particularly anxious to see passed,
and which he has persuaded the House
cancus to endorse Mr.. Blaine will bring
all the influence he car, to bear in order
to defeat the bill, 40 that the fate Of this
bill will show which Of them Is IN control
OF his party in the House, and give an
idea OF the victor in the conflict.
Commissioner Of Pensions Ranm told a
friend here that he vas very much dis.
gusted with his Office, and that he was
seriously contemplating Tesigning and re.
firing from politics.
The civil service investigating commit
tee has made its report, and qneer doc
ument il is. 1t puts liberal coat Of
whitewash on Commissioners Thompson
and Roosevelt, and finds poor. iriendIess
Lymsi ''guiliy as indicted" There il
no doubt about LyiDan's guilt, but the
question which Is puzaling most people is.
Why wasn't Roosevelt equally guilty in
making the shady deal2 Lyman's
brotherin-law, Campbell, has resigned.
and II Lyman does not promptly follow
suit il 10 believed that he will be dis
missed.
The Mckinley tariff bill has made such
progress in the Senate finance committee
that II il now announced that II will be-
reported to the Senate this week, Senator
Carlisle, who, as Representative, pre-
pared the minority report on this bill
when il was reported to the House, IL
now at work upon the minority report oi
the Srnaie committee Of the same bill.
This is distinction never before enjoyed
by member Of Congress.
The Republican caucus silver bill. which
recently passed the House, has been
adopted, with some amendments, as a
substitute for the Jones bill in the SEN
ate.
The present House has passed bills up
to this time appropriating 81 81 AIS, 7si for
the ex-soldiers. That is considerably
more money than it costs to maintain the
immense German army for year. Grea,
is the ex-soldier in the eyes Of the Repre-
sentative who is up Tor u nomination and
election.
Some scandal il being whispered
around in connection with the bids for the
construction Of an aimored cruiser, which
were opened last week at the Navy de-
partment. The Union Iron Works. OF
San Francisco, and the Cramps, Of Phila-
delphia, are the rival bidders. Secretary
Tracy has the bids under advisement, and
it is charged by the friends Of the Cramps
that the award OF the contract is held
back for the purpose Of compelling the
Philadelphia firm to agree to certain
things relating to future campaign contri.
buttons. 1t is only fair 10 say that these
stories emanate from Democratic sources
Dir. Harrison has been very harsbly
criticized for allowing Postmaster General
Wanamaker TO present him with cot.
tage at Cape May, and the criticisms
come from both Democrats and Republic
cans alike. Mrs. Harrison and the rest
Of the family leave here tomorrow for
Cape May to occupy the cottage; they
are to remain there all the summer. Mr..
Harrison will 20 over on Saturdays and
remain until the following Monday even
ing, until Congress adjonrns; then he will
join the family for the summer.
The new pension bill which has just
got through both House and Senate will
cost, it Is yarionsiy estimated, between
$50, 0O0, 900 and 4o,00o, 600 per anuum.
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, caught the last |
Presidential veto OF public building bill,
and it is probable that there are more to
come.
The warm weather seems to have had
facilitating effect upon Con-
gress, and things have been extremely
dnll and quiet this week, though the
amount Of routine work on regular appro-
priaiion bills, ETC., which has been per-
formed is unusually large.
Ex-Representative Valentine, OF Ne
braska. has been elected Sergeant-at-
Arms Of the Senate, TO succeed Mr. Cam
ady, whose resignation takes effect on the
30th inst.
Senator Plat has given notice that as
soon as the silver bill is Disposed Of, he
will call up the bill for The admission Of
Wyoming.
The Senate investigation Of the Fish
has teynn, and evidence has
been presented to show that Commits
-ioner Mcdonald has appointed his rela-
tons TO the Offices under him, and that he
uses the steamers belonging to
the commission for his own private pn,-
poses.
Saturday was devoted by the House to
eulogies on tie late ex-Speaker Randall,
and Mr.. RaDdaIl's successor, the oddest
looking man In Congress, made his debut
as Congressional orator.
Senator Morrill, to-day addresses the
Senate in favor of the bill relating to the