Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-07-25
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

The President has referred the bill for
the admission ri Wyoming to the A'tor-
ney-G, neral to see if there is any legal
objection to its approval.
The Superintendent of the Census has
received telegram from Census Super
visor Davis OF San Francisco, saying he
finds there was but one district in the
city in which there was any padding. In
this district az names were made by the
enumerator. He has been arrested. A
recount is now in process.
Representative Wilson has been ur!ing
The Postoffice Department to make all the
money-order offices in Washington United
States d, positories. Heretofore Portland,
Or has been the only money-order de-
pository on the North Pacific Coast. VIII
son wants two distrcts-nne for Eastern
and the other for Western Washing on.
There is some delay in the completion
OF the public building at Port Townsend,
Nash The supervising architect has
informed Senator Squire that the present
contractor was the second lowest bidder,
but was higher than the estimate OF the
department consequently they were in
curing into the reliability Of the lowest
bidd'r, to whom the contract would be
awarded.
Representative Hermann Is urging on
the department an increase OF mail serv-
ice between Roseburg and Myrtle Point
There is now q tri-weekly mail service, II
is laim' that during the summer and
fall ext. nsive railroad operations will be
mn Ter Wy and additional mail facilities
will be imperaiively req Tired, as already
TIN are needed. He pres nts lengthy
petitions from the p ople, and also a GER
tifieate signed by all the postmasters in
termediate.
The country was promised early in the
present session an early adjournment.
but now the hot July DAYS a.e upon us
and Congress is still in session, with no
prospect OF adjournment before the last
OF August Speaker Reed has announ ed
several times that the House is ready to
adjourn at a few days notice. X ia the
probable intention OF the membs rs of the
House to keep this announcement po'np
until the Senators will get weary of it
and rush through the remaining BUSH
ness.
Senator Mitchell, upon being asked
whe her he was opposed 10 the tariff bill
and therefore voted against is consid ra-
non, replied at upon the dav ii was
proposed only an hour and half could
have been given to il, but his main OBJ
leet was that he wanted the river and
Lsrbor bill disposed of before the tariff
discussion began He no d. that tue inn
provement Of the rivers and harhors pro-
vided for in his State is Of FIR more inn
portancc than the tariff bill. aud the
river ard barber bill can ba disposed of
in very short time il considered.
In the report frem the Senate Commit.
tee on Pensions giving the widow Of GEN
eral George Crock pension of 4 90 per
month there are resolutions by different
States and Territories thanking General
Crook for the excellent service he hal
rendered in the Indian wars. Among
them is a joi t resolution Of the o egon
legislature OF S ptember 81, 1868. in
which General Crook is most heartily
thanked for Kidding the coantry OF the
Snake Indians and opening to p a eful
settlement 5000 square miles which the
Indians had formerly occupied. General
Crook was invited to be guest OF the
Stale at Salem. The resolutions are
signed by John Whitaker, Speaker OF
the House, and p. +. Burch, President
OF the Senate.