The Springdale news., 1890-01-31
WASHINGTON NEWS.
WAsHlNGToS, Jan. 24, 1890.

{ present position. and the republi- can members of the House are daily whipped into supporting him m his unparliamentafy decisions.
 The House committee on rules met yestei day and the republican members of the committee, against the protest of exSpealier Carlisl ;, decided upon schedule of rules, to be reported. Mir. Carlisle viii make strong minority report, and will fight tic adoption of the rules by the House in every way pos sible, but of conrse Il the Speaker persists III deeld.ns everything ac. cording to his own sweet will the democrats stand little show of de. teatlng them unless some of the conservative republicans shall dis. play courage enough 10 vote against their party. Many of them are known to be opposed to the pro- posed rules, but whether they have nerve enough To vote us they thInI>, is il question,
 The House has passed the Okla- homa townslte bill, after nearly a week spent in debating # ih com mittec ot the whole.
 Senator Ingalls, delivered a char acteflstic harrangne in the Senate yesterday afternoon, adeged to be reply 10 Senator Buffers speech u favor of his negro emigration bill. This senatorial spit fire does aot mellow with age, but grows more wicked with less temptation. The worst of 1t is that he cannot ne lett 10 stew in his own Juico, because he is nothing hut skin an bones and veins filled with nitro muHaeie aad.
 The indications now are that the speelal House committee on the Worlds Fair viii soon find itself In m ihtcfminable dead lock TT c Senale committee does not ppear to be getting along much faster. Every boy proieSseo to wnnt to see the matter settled at onee, but the prospect of all carly settlement is not good.
 As was expected the House com. mitttee On elections has, by strict party vote, reported Ill favor of m. seating Jackson, the democratic sitting member from West Nnrginla, qua givlng the seat 10 Smith, the coutestfng republican. This Is ti fist of the seventeen contested election cases, and il would hot be at all surprising il the republicans of the committee reported i'll favor ot every reputllcan contestant, ex- cept Langston, the negro contestant from the Fourth Virginia district Mahonc's home). It is understood that Malone has secured promise cnongh to beat Langston,
 Governor Campbell having been unable to come to Washington thIs week, the House eomhittee 1nyes- tlgating the Ohio baIlot-box torQ eries has postponed the further hearing of witnesses untll February , Tue witnesses so far heard made havoc of what liatle reputation ex- Governor Foraller had
 The civil service commissioners haylHg stated to the House com mittee on reform in the eivll service tbat they desired ali investigation, that committee will next week make favorable repo on the resolution ordering al, inyestiga Itiou.
 EX-Speaker Randall has iolned the presbyteran church His health still keeps him confined to his residence, but he continues hopeful, and expects if he is not able to go 70 the House, to send il written protest against the adol- ton of the schedule of rules pre-. pared by Speaker Reed
 Commissioner of Pensions Raum givas Il out flat footed that all the clerks Tn that office who had thcr pensions rerated wlll be bounced A chef of division, who was a special protege of Tanners, has already been made to walk the plank.
 Mr. and Mrs. Harrison gave q State dlnner to tho diplomatic crops Tuesday evening. They have made an innovation ln White House en tertalnmehts by having the dinner furnished by an outside caterer. Anelent history sometimes crops out in Congress. For instance .. T. r,. a,,.t II.,,li, L1