Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-05-17
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Representative Mckinley states in . nutshell the position ofthe Repub- Hcan Party on the tariff,
From Our Regular. C, .rrespondelt.
 WAsHrrrroS. D. C.. May 9. 1enO.

From Our Regular C, rrespondept.
 WAsHrxc1oS, D. C.. May 9, 1890.
 Representative Mckinley opened the
 tariff debate in the house with good
 strong, sensible speech in favor of the l Mckinley tariff bill, and also stating in
 nutshell the position Of the republican l party on the question. He said, "If any
 one thing waa settled by the political
 contest of 1853, it was that the protec-
 tive policy as promulgated by the repub-
 lican party in its platform as maintained | by the republican party through long
 series of years. should be secured in any legislation which Is to be had by a con
 gress chosen in this great contest and
 upon this mastering issue. The
 people have spoken, and they asked this
 congress to register their will and em-
 body their verdict into public law.
 If this bill shall become a law the revenues of the government will be diminished from s50,OO0OOO to S6O,OOO,- 900 per annum." It is expected that the general debate on the bill will be closed Saturday night, then will follow eight days of five minutes debate, the final vote being taken on the 10th inst This bears out your correspondents pre- diction that the bill would be passed by the house before June 1.
 A republican caucus of the house has decided upon adjournment not later than July 1st. Of course, to make this decis- ion operative it must be 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 be somewhat later than the date set, before adjournment actually takes place.
 It has been practically decided by the repu blicans of the house that the river and harbor bill, carrying an appropriation Of something like e25,OOO,00U, shall not pass at the present session. 4 number of other measures involving more or less heavy appropriations will also be quiet l ly shelved, anG it will not be surprising if | the democratic campaign cry of ''extraVa- gant appropriate shaIi be turned against that D rty in the coming COL gressional campaign by the fact of the | total amount of money appropriated | by the first session of the Fifty-first | Congress being less then that appropri ated by the first session of the Fiftieth !! Congress, when the democrats had ma iority in the house.
 The bill authorizing the Secretary of | War to deliver to the state of Colorado | all flags carried by Colorado regiments in the late 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 last, and his funeral in the Senate chamber on Tuesday. made big hole m the congressional work. little or no business being done on Monday and Tuesday.
 The members of the senate committee on Pensions do not take kindly to the Morrill, service pension bill which the house passed as substitute for the de- pendent pension bill passed by the sen ate, and IL is probable that report re- concurrence will be made to the senate. That, if adopted by the senate, would throw the matter into the hands of conference committee of the house and senate, and would probably result in compromise bill, containing something of each of the present bills.
 Attorney General Miller has been confined to his house for nearly week oy sickness, but he is getting better and expects to be in his office Monday.
 Secretary Tracy his sold the resi- dence in which the disastrous nve oc- cured that deprived him of wife and daughter.
 The meeting of the republican nation al committee, which was called for the 7th in this city, has been postponed until Monday the 12th, to oblige several mem- bers who found it inconvenient to come oarlier.
 MT. John I. Davenport, United States of election in New York, was before the republican caucus committee which is considering the question of a Federal election law this week. MT. Davenport favors the main features of the Rowel bill. The committee has not yet reached any conclusion; as soon as it does another caucus Will be held and the question definitely settled.
 Southern democrats are very much in the probable successor to the late Senator Beck. It is suppos- ed here that he will be elected by the Kentucky legislature, which is now in session, next week. Representatives Carlisle and McCreary are both consid- cred as candidates.
 Assistant Postmaster General Clark son has gone to Iowa, to attend the fun eral of his father.
 Senator Quay's visits to the president, which are quite frequent these days, are disturbing the democrats very much.
 Senator Edmunds, who has been ail- ing all winter, is now reported to be very Ill at his residence in this city.