Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-04-26
SENATOR MITCHELL
Favors the Election of Senators by a Direct Vote of tho People.--The Republican Senators Favor an Early Adjournment Of Congress. --Other Interesting News.
From Our Regular Correspondent.

From Our Regular Correspondent. WASHINGTON, D. c. April Is, 1S9(
 Senator Mitchell is in dead earnes
 about his proposed constitutional amend menU for the election of members of th United States Senate by direct vote of the people, and has given notice tha he will address the senate in its favo | next Tuesday. If MT. Mitchell can in duce the senate to pass the amendment it will be almost certain to became ; law, so far as congress is concerned, a! there is large and growing sentiment in the house in favor of such change and it seems to be generally believed hero that such a change will eventually be made.
 The funeral of Hon. Samuel J. Ran dall who died last Sunday, took place here yesterday morning from the Pres byterian church that he attended when well; it was in accordance with his request, strictly the funeral of a private citizen.
 The Three America's Congress has ad-
 burned sine die, and its members have gone south on a tour of inspection. The President and MT. Blaine both express themselves as much pleased with the work of the congress.
 4 joint committee of the house and senate, consisting of Senators AldTich, Allison, Sherman, Jones and Teller, ana Representatives Conger, Mckinley Bayne, Mchenna and Bartine are en- gagged in preparing a silver bill which is to be submitted to a republican caucus of both houses, and if approved is to be pushed through immediately The amount of coinage under 1t will not, it is thought, be less than S4,500,000 per month.
 The republican leaders iii the House have been doing some figuring on the business to be transacted at tine present session, and they have concluded that by rushing things little It will be pos sible to adjourn by July 1st. For some unaccOuntable reason the democrats seem to be opposed to an early adjourn ment.
 The House has passed the Naval ap- propriation bill; also the bill to reorga- nize the United States district courts, and for the addition of seventeen circuit judges.
 The tariff bill was reported to the House Wednesday afternoon. At the last minute hides were put upon the free list. Sugar Is also put upon the free list, and bounty of two cents per pound provided for the next fifteen years for the producers Of sugar in this country. 1t is estimated that the bill will make a reduction of about S70,G000O0 per an nun in the receipts Of the government. The report of tine majority of the ways and means committee which accompa- nied the bill says: ''It was the aim of the committee to fix the duties upon that class of manufactured goods and farm products which can be supplied at home, so as to discourage the use of like foreign goo S and products, and secure to our own people and our own produc- CTS, the home market, believing that competition among ourselves will secure reasonable prices to consumers in the future, as 1t has invariably done in the past. The bill Is framed in the in tsrest of the people of the United States. It Is for the better defense of American homes and American Indus tries" There were two minority reports, one by Mir. McKenna against the sugar clause, and one by Mr. Carlisle, repres enting the democrats against the whole bill.
 1he house sub committee which is to investigate the killing of Col. Clayton in Arkansas. will leave here for that state next Tuesday.
 Hon. Robert Adams, United States minister to Brazil, arrived in Washing ton this week He has had several con ferences with Secretary Blaine.j and it is said that statement VIII soon be made by the state department which will put an erd to the democratic lie accusing tEe administration with having been tardy in recognizing the republic of Brazil.
 Representative Hurley has introduced joint resolution authorizing the ac- ceptarce and placing in the statuary hail of the capitol building of statue of Gen. U. $. Grant, from the national ercampment of the c. A. R. The money has already been contributed by the members of the G. A. R. to have the statue made.
 The bill providing for a ship canal around Niagara Falls, which has been discussed from the foundation of our Government, has been favorably report ed to the house.
 The United States Supreme Court has rendered decision sustaining the U. ;. Circuit Court which released Neagle, the deputy marshal who killed Judge Ter ", who was about to make an attack on Justice Field, in California last summer. The only two democrats who sat on the Justice Fuller and Justice Lamar-dissented. They still cling to the old Calhoun docrine of state rights, and think that Neagle should have been tiled by the state courts, notwithstand- ing that the shooting was done in per formance of his duty.
 By hook and crook the democrats succeeded in pestponing the Montana senatorial case until late Wednesday afternoon when it was settled by the de- cisive vote of 36 to 26 in favor of the re- publican contestants, who were immedi- ately sworn in.