The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-05-16
Washington Letter.
tFrom our Regular Correspondent,

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Washington, DC. May 8, 1890.
Representative Mckinley opened the
tariff debate in the House with a good,
strong, sensible speech in favor of the
Mckinley tariR bill and also stating in
a nutshell the position Of the republic
can party on the question. He said
"lf any n thing was settled by the
political contest Of 1883 it wasthe pro-
tective policy as promulgated by the
republican party in its platform as
maintained Ivy the republican party
through a long series of years, should
be secured in any legislation which is
to be had by a Congress chosen in this
great contest and upont his mast .ring
issue. The people have spoken,
and they asked this Congress to register
their will and embody their verdict in
to public law. If this bill shall
become a law the of the gov
eminent will 10 diminished from fifty
to sixty millions of dollars per annum.'
1t is expected that the general debate
on the bill will be closed Saturday night
then will follow eight days of five.min-
ute debate, the final vote being taken
on the Goth inst. This bears out your
correspondents prediction that the bill
would be passed by the House before
June 1.
Republican caucus of the House has
decided upon adjournment not later
than July l. Of course to make this
decision operative it must lie approved
by the senate, and as the senators have
not the same reason for wishing to get
away from Washington early this year
as the Representatives they may not be
willing to hurry themselves any, and
it may lie somewhat later than the date
set before adjournment actually takes
place.
1t has been practically decided by the
republicans Of the House that the river
and harbor hill carrying an appropria-
tion of something like S25 100000, shall
not pass at the present sess On. a
number of other measures involving
more or less heavy appropriations will
also he quietly shelved, and it will not
be surprising if the democratic cam
pa; sn of 'cxtravagant appropriations
shall be turned against that party in
the coming Congressional campaign by
the fact Of the total amount of money
appropriated by the first session of the
Fiftylfrst Congress being less than
that appropriated by first SESSION of the
Fiftieth Congress, when the democrats
had a majority in the House.
The bill authorizing the Secretary of
War to deliver to the state of Colorado
all the flags carried hy Colorado regi-
ments IN the lat, civil war has become
a law.
The senate took up the Jones silver
bill this week, but owing to the absence
of Senator Jones, its author, it will not
be disposed Of until next week, if then.
The sudden death of Senator Beck on
Saturday last, and his funeral in the
senate chamber onTnesday made Il big
hole in the Congressional work, little or
no business being done on Monday and
Tuesday.
The members Of the senate commits
tee on pensions do not take kindly to
the Morrill, service pension bill which
the House passed as substitute for the
dependent pension bill passed by the
senate, and it is probable That a report
recommending noncurrcnce will be
made to the senate. That il adopted
by the sen.te, would throw the matter
into the hands of a conference commit
tee of the house and senate and would
probably result in a compromise bill,
} containing something Of each of the
, present bills.
Attorney General Miller has been
confined to his house for nearly a week
by sickness but he is getting better and
expects to he in his Office Monday.
Secretary Tracy has sold the residence
in which the disastrous FIRE occurred
. that deprived him of wife and daugh-
ter.
: The meeting of the Republican
National Committee which was called
r for the 9Th in this city, has been
! postponed until Monday the 18th, to
. oblige several members who found it
3 inconvenient to come earlier.
Mr. John l. Davenport. United States
supervisor of elections in NewYork was
, before the republican caucus committee
which is considering the question of a
! Federal election law, this week. Mr.
Davenport favors the NAN features of
5 the Rowell bill. The committee has not