Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1890-03-01

IFRoM OUR REGULAR coRREsPoNDENr]
wAsH,NeroN, ID. c. Feb. "a, 1890.

VASE MOTION, ID. G. Feb. "a, 1890. |
The Presideps is not BY any means an /
easy man TO worry or hes Tut the |
persistency of tue malicious gOssipers who /
are constantly, and without the slightest /
foundation the refor. printing stori claim |
ing to-give the full est de tails Of disagree |
ment between plomnenr n embers OF bis /
administration and himself has of late |
been occasion OF his SHOW ing considerable |
feeling In discussing the matter with his |
personal friends. OF courte he knows that |
the stories always originate with DENT
oora's. and that they src sent out solely |
ior their political effecS Ia: they are
harras-ing all he satne
The House. will begin hAllotirg on the
Worlds Fair either ,his afternoon or
tot morrow morning, sni will probably
determine where il is to be held by the
middle OF the week. But that will BY no
means settle the matter. Your c1rresDon
dent has it on the very best AUTHORITY
mat it has been fully determined np"u 10y
majority of the senate that II House
select anyother location for the fair than
Washington that no fair W III be held at
all. The reason for this is thai il has
discovered that the democrats have q well
laid scheme to use the fair for political
purpose should either Nov York or Chica-
go be selected. aud the senate is opposed
70 such use being made of it. Il has
since been decided in favor nt Chicago.
A hoary headed old real estate job hes
bobbed up again before Congrvss. Ii is "A
Dilt FOL the GoverDment to purchase the
real estate and buildings south of Penn
sylvsnia avenoe, between the Treasury
and the Cap 'tOl, for she purpose Of erect
ing public buildings thereon. -Four fifths
of this ground is covered by water when.
ever there is freshet in the Potomac
river epd many of the cellars have water
IN hem al every high tide, and the
! owners have been for many years trying
TO unload this very undesirable property
upon the United States at fancy p. ice.
ls Is hardly probable though that q
, gress Will ever pass such a bill. 1t is
hard TO say what is the real eff OF Q
Congressional investigation of the civi |
service commission as far as it has gone.
. The friends OF the present sy stem claims
vindcation, while it's enemies claim
just the reverse. Therefore IL would be
> just as we'll to suspend Judgment until
"a some of the other witnesses are heard.
Representative McComas is working on
r bill which.will shortly lie introduced.
that will pat an end TO the gerry mander
II ing of Congressional districts. The same
,s bill will also require that Ger LITIGATION OF
g the election of member of the House vi
y Represen ,asives shall be made direct t.
t. the clerk of the House by the Ssats
It canvassing board. Such q measure would
le it is briieved' meet with almost unani.
e nous approval from the republicans.
" Senator Dolph. from the committee OF
M Coast detenees, has reported q bill to the
M Senate which appropristes 1923 600 600
az to be spent in instalulent on coast ans
~ harbor defenses between the frat OF ne x
"a July and the 80, of june 1908. There AT
four con tested election cases three seating
republican contestaptsand one confirming
a sitting democrat ready TO be disposed o
e by the House. and notice has been givel
ic | hot fh,.v i'll Ia ed ms,
fe House disposes of the Worlds Fair. L
IN stated at the Capitol to day that tn
&c Senate committee on Finance has decide
We to report favorably the bill TO increase til
OF coinage of silver dollars to 81 600 0C0
e. month Secretary Window opened th
ov sealed bids which had been received i
r. answer TO his advertisement for proposal
for the exclusive right to take seals
on Alaskan waters for twenty years, La
ar Friday. Thsre were twelve bidHers. Til
ca award has not yet been made. All of Cd
as bids are higher than the GoveInmeE
has received for this privilege for the la,
twenty years. Tue schedules TO be use
tv IN taking the census this year are a dec
Its ed Improvement upon those previous
tn, used; they are what is K lown "a fami
AT schedules each OF which will contain fro
too one TO ten names. instead of two hundr'
as in the last census. Clans Spreckle
the Sugar king. made an argument befo
ton the House Ways and Means commit
ent snsV ~ r9.':.Ss sno Sa' -,
len s, -. 'ne SI,' s oss.os ~ !.
ing an he sngar "onsnr,eS - =, tb;s oonntrv
VIZ The anti-monopoly association has sc
liu men here TO oppose Postmaster Genel
los Wanamaker's postal telegraph scheI
IL before the Congressional committee.
ing This is the Rrst omen oppoeitlon n
the the idea has met with. The House co
vor mittee on Elections has recently Civ
way hearings to a number of southern repl
ain licans as to the necessity free Fede
will election law. Senator Quay is expected
ran return FROM Florida the latter part of t