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WASHINGTON NEWS
From our regular correspondents
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 1889.

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 90, 1850.
The president spent his Christmas a.
the White house, although to do SO ho
was compelled to decline several yerye
enticing invitations to go. elsewhere.
Mrs. Harrison has seen no company
since the death Of her sister, but shss
will assist the president at the official
reception on New Years day.
Speaker Reed kept his word, and an>
nounccd all of the house standing COM
mittees on Saturday: The assignments
seem to give general satisfaction to tho
members.
If the present house continues MS welt
as it has begun it will deserve well Of
the country. First Speaker Reed broke
all previous records in the appointments
of committees; and on Saturday an ap-,
|propriatlon bill-thc District of Colum.
bia-was reported to the house from tho
committee on appropriations, the first
time i'll the entire history of congress-
that such \ thing has been done befora
the holiday recess Mt the beginning of I.
new session. 1t is agreat pleasure To
be able to record this bit of industry,
and it is to be earnestly Hoped that tha
good work will be kept up when COM
gress meets again JanuarN6.
Senator Ingalls, doesn't want the pres-
cnt census, or rather tkatof 1890, to bo
q repetition of the lastome, which was
notoriously inaccurate, and by the way
all of the tones OF n,isinformation, ax
Mr.. Ingalls, termed the reports, have not
yet been printed. Senator Hale prom
ises that the eleventh census shall be-
much more prompt than WAS the tenth.
Senator Hoar has introduced bill
that all business men would like to sec
become u law as soon us possible. 1t
provides for uniform, system Of bank
ruptcy throughout tho United States.
The house has by resolution, requests
cd the treasurer of the United States to
take charge of the money left by Silcott
in the safe of tho sergeant at arms of the
house-somethnng like $50, ,0oo-until
some agreement is reached by the house
us to its final disposition. The matter
will be settled after the recess.
The senate confirmed q large number
of nominations, including that OF JUST
ice Brewer, before knocking off for
Christmas.
Assistant Postmaster General Clark
son, who has just returned from visit
to his home i'll Iowa, says the talk about
opposition to the recollection of Senator
Allison is all bosh; ard that the rcpubli-
cans of Iowa have never heard of it, ex-
cept through outside papers.
Senator Cullom has introduced bill
to establish a postal telegraph service.
1t authorizes the postmaster general to
make u five years contract with any sx-
isting telegraph company to transmit
messages between free delivery cities.
The messages are to be delivered by tho
regular letter carriers. The price will
depend ON how good contract can be
made with the telegraph companies.
The senate passed Senator Chandler's
resolution calling upon the secretary of
the navy for information as to the exist
cncc of q band of naval officers organ
lzed for the purpose of lobbying.
Somebody, or some committee, ought
to have authority to exercise some sort
of censorship over bills introduced in
troduced in congress. Among the ava
lanche of measures poured into the
house and senate, particularly the forni-
, CT, during the past week, are hundreds
of bills that il is Il sheer waste of public
money to print. Besides the foolish
and absurd bills, introduced generally
to get rid of some cranky constituent.
there are duplicates or almost dupli-
Gates, of the interesting and really i'm
portant measures. Ii somebody would
take the trouble 70 figure up the cost to
the government of these useless bills l.
am certain the amount would be aston
ishing, and that some method of stop
ping the needless expenditure would be
speedily discovered.
| Commissioner Raum IS reorganizing
the pension bureau IN order to increase
its adjudicating capacity. Hc las made
changes that will virtually give him the
additional services of rs experienced
clerks.
The house committee on elections has
announced the programme for hearing
the coptested election cases. 1t will be-
gin January 6, with the West Virginia
cases, and continue until all arc. dis
posed Of, the last occupying tho week
beginning February II.
Supervisor OfCcns,ls.
WASHINGTON, Doc. 31.-Special.--
State Senator d. S. Dodds of Nelson
county, North Dakota, will wake up
this morning and find in his New Year
. stocking an appointment as supervisor