Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-02-28
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From Our Regular Correspondent J

fret, but the persistency of the ma
licIous gOssipers who are cOhst ant
lv, nd without the slightest i"un-
dation therefor, printing ST. ries
cl inning to give the fullest details
Of disagrcements between piOuli.
neBt memberS of his administration
aud himself has of late been the Oc
csslOn Of his showing consider able
feeling in discussing the matter
with his personal friends. Of
course he knows that the stories
always originate with Democrats.
aud that they are sent out solely
for their political effect, but they
are harrasslng all the same.
The House Will begin balloting
on the Worlds Fair either this
afternoon or tomorrow morning,
and will proba bly, determine where
1t is to be held by the middle OF
the week. But that Will by nc
means settle the matter. Your
cOrresp ondent has 1t on the very
best authority that 1t has been
fully determined upon a majority
OF the Senate that if the House &C.
lects any other location for the fair
than Washington that no fail
will be held at all. The reason for
this is that it has been discovered
that the Democrats have o we'll
laid scheu.e to use the fair for po-
litical purposes should either New
York or Chicago be selected. and
the Senate is opposed to such q use
being made of it.
A hoary headed old real estate
job has bobbed up again before
Congress. 1t is bill for the Gov.
eminent to purchase the real estate
aud buildings south OF Pennsylva-
MIA avenue, between the Treasury
and the Capitol, for the purpose of
erecting public buildings thereon.
-Four ffthS of this ground is GOV
cred by water whenever there Is a
freShet in the Potomac river and
many of the cellars have water in
then at every high tide, and the
owners have for many years been
trying to unload this very unde-
sirable property upon the United
States at fancy price. 1t Is hard
Iy probable though that Congress
will ever pass such a bill.
1t is hard to say what Is the real
effect of the Congressional investi.
cation of the civil service commits.
lion as far as 1t has gone. The
friends of the present system claim
a indication, while Its enimies
claim just the reverse. Therefore 1t
would be Jpst as we'll to suspend
Judgment until some of the other
witnesses are heard.
Representative McComss IL work.
ing on a bill which will shortly be
introduced, that will put an end to
the gerrymandering Of COngres'
sional districts. The Same bill will
also require that certincstiOn Of 1.-THE
election of members OF the House
of Representatives shall he made
direct TO the clerk of the House by
the State cauvasslng boards. Such
measure would, 1t is believed,
meet with almost unanimous ap.
prOval from the Kepu bIicans.
Senator Dolph, from the com
mi;tee on Coast defenseS, has re.
p0r'ed Il bill to the Senate which
appropriates $123,OOO,OO0 to be
spent in instruments on ceast and
barbOr d"fenses between the frat
of next Jnly aud the 80, Of June
1900.
There are four contested election
caseS-three seating Republican
contestants and one confirming q
sitting DemOcrat-ready to be dis
posed of by the House, and notice
has been given that they will be
called up as soon as the House dis
poses Of the Worlds Fair.
1t is stated at the Capitol today
that the Senate committee on Fl.
nance has decided to report favor
ably the bill to increase the coin.
age OF silver dollars to $4OO, GOO, 900
a month.
Secretary Window opened the
sealed bids which had been received
IN answer to his advertisement for
proposals for the exclusive rights
TO take seals in Alaskan waters for
twenty years, last Friday. There
we're twelve bidders. The award
has not yet been made. All of the
bids are higher than the Govern
menU has received for this privi-
Iege for the last twenty years.
The schedules to be used in tax.
ing the census this year are a de-
cided improvement upon those
nreylousIy used; they are what is