Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-02-27
Washington Letter.
CF7om our Regular Cores poadeut.l
Washington. d. c. Feb. Il. 1890

over the new rules was in progress in
the House, positively refused to express
his opinions upon the merits of the
rules reported, but your correspondent
happens to know that since their adop
ton he has expressed himself as thinking
their adoption the greatest legislative
reform made 10 Congress for many
years. The vote in the House on the
adoption of the rules was 16l to 145, a
strict party vote.
An agreement has been made between
the leaders of both parties in the House
not TO call up any of the contested
election cases this week This has
been done in order to dispose of the
Worlds Fair question. The committee
has reported two bills. one providing
for holding the fair at Washington ana
the other for holding it either at Chi
eago. New York or St. Louis. 1t is
proposed to give several days to q dis
cussion of the bills, and it is expected
that by Friday, or Saturday at the
latest, the final vote may be taken. A
large number of boomers of each of the
! contesting cities are here and the Wash
ington people are noways backward in
upholding the claims of the capital.
Take it all in all the members of the
House will have a very lively time this
week.
The Senate committee on Privileges
and Elections hesrd the evidence in the
Montana Senatorial contest on Saturday.
The democrats being represented by
ex-Solieitor- general jerks and the re-
publeans by x.Commissioner of Pat
ents, H. E. Paine. After hearing the
evidence md argument the committee
went into executive session The re-
port is anxlously awaited and will
probably be made sometime this week
Opinion seems to be divided as to
whether the republicans will be seated
or all of them thrown out
Some comment is heard among re-
publicans upon the hardness OF the
republicans in organizing their con-
gressional campaign committee. The
democrats have already organized theirs
and from tile fact that Roswell p. |
Flower, the millionaire New York Con-
gresham, has been made chairman. it I
Is surmised that no money will be lack I
inc. German is chairman of the Senate
branch Of the committee, in fact he is !
the boss Of the whole machine, Flower I
being only an ornamental tigurehead /
who IS expected to come down literally |
with the ducats
The bill providing for ascertaining
the mortgage Indebtedness Of the coun-
try when the census i taken this year.
has passed boil Senate and House and
is now 10 the hands Of the President
Gen. Alger arrived here Saturday and
was guest Of Mrs. Gen. Logan until
today, when he took quarters at hotel /
Tonight lie will attend the encampment
Of the g. A. r. and tomorrow he goes 10
Baltimore to attend a camp fire and
banquet Afterwards he will return,
probably to remain hele until the Con-
gressional Pension committee decides
upon some line Of action regarding the
various pension bills, now before them.
1t was supposed that the hearings in
the Ohio ballot box forgeries were closed
last week, but Col. Neal Of Cincinnati.
is to testify today The reason for The
re-opening was furnished by Mr.. Kuiz,
ex.Gov Fosters private Secretary, who
testified that Col Neal had said that
Gov. Camp bell, while member OF
Congress, had gone to President Cleve-
land AMI asked him to get the demo
cratic leaders to suspend the tariff tight
until he (Campbell) could get his ballot
box bill through.
There is hitch in the new tariff bill,
and besides that. Mr.. Mckinley, the
chairman of the Ways and Means COM
mttee. has been sick for nearly a week,
so that there is little probability Of the
bills being reported to the House until
after the first of March. Sugar is the
principal stumbling block.
| Among the bills passed by she Senate
last week was one appropriating $500
to'pay attorneys fees due Porter. Harri-
son. and Fishback. the Presidents old
firm The services were performed some
years ago. and were occasoned BY
suit brought against Gen. ltovey, now
Governor of Indiana, by man who was
convicted of being member of the
Golden Circle by military commission
appointed by Gen Hovey while COM
mandlng the department of Indiana
Secretary Window is to give his
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