River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-03-13
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular correspondent
WAsHINGroN. Mar. 7. rs

The President was so much pleased
by the news of Senator Allison's re-
election that he sent for Mr.. Allison
| to come TO the White House in order
that he might receive his personal con-
| gratulations. Since the news arrived
here Mr.. Allison has been compelled to
devote the greater part of his time to
receiving congratulations. Few men
in the Senate are as popular as the SEN
Tor Senator from Iowa.
Certain dignified members of the
Senate continue to fret because the
wicked newspaper men will not tell
how they got the proceedings of the
| secret sessions of the Senate, and all
sorts of remedies have been proposed.
Senator Blackburn even going to the
extent of proposing to abolish the
press gallery entirely. 1t is much
more probable that it will end in the
adjustment of the secret session.
1t took the House four days to seat
MIR. Featherstone, the republican con-
testant from one of the Arkansas dis
tricts, but he 'got there"
Political lines have become some
| what obliterated in the discussion of
the Blair bill. Senator Spooner spoke
against and Senator Barbour, of Vir-
ginia, for it this week.
Invitations are out for an excursion
through the south to be given by the
State department to the members of
the Three Americas Congress. 1t
will start Immediately after the adj
journment of the Congress, the date
being somewhat uncertain at this
time.
The Civil Service investigation, af-
ter being extremely lively and sensa-
tional, has again become quite dull.
1t is believed that the committee will
report the majority of the charges
against the commission as having been
proved.
The Senate Committee on Agricul-
ture has reported favorably on the bill
transferring the weather bureau from
the War to the Agricultural depart
ment.
Ralph Beaumont, chairman of the
Knights of Labor legislative commit
tee, made an argument before the
House post-office committee this morn
ing in favor of Postmaster General
Wanamaker's postal telegraph bill.
The United States Supreme Court
this week heard arguments in the case
of Neagle, the deputy U. S. Marshall
whe killed David Terry to prevent his
making an attack upon Justice Field.
The decision is anxiously awaited as
the question at issue involves to GER
| tain extent the old Calhoun doctrine
of States rights. Neagle was releas-
ed from the custody of the State au-
thorities of California by United
States Judge on writ of habeas cor
pus, it being claimed by the State that
he should have been regularly tried
for murder in the state courts. The
court room was crowded to its utmost
capacity while the arguments were
being made.
The fifth woman, Clara Shortridge
Foltz, of California has been admitted
to practice before the U. S. Supreme
Court.
Ex-Governor Warmoth's nomination
to be Collector of the port of New Or
leans was confirmed by the Senate af-
ter the hardest fight of the session.
The democrats thought they would
create CONSERVATION ameng the repub-
licans of the House when they an
nounced that Mr.. Pendleton, of West
Virginia. who was unseated last week
with less than a quorum, would carry
his case to the Supreme Court by
making a claim for his salary as
Representative, but they quickly dis
| covered their error, for nothing would
please the republicans better than to
get decision from the Supreme Court
on Mr.. Reeds quorum rulings. They
are perfectly satisfied that the rulings
are Constitutional and decision of
the Supreme Court would probably
quiet the loud-mouthed men on the
democratic side of the House.
A committee of the House will in
vestigate the killing of Powell Clay
/ ton in Arkansas,