Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-05-22
(From our regular Correspondent
Washington Letter.

| WASHINGTON. ID. c., May ~, 1890.
Senator Quay has presided over very
, important meeting of the National Repub-
lican committee here to-day. One notable
feature of the meeting of the committee
was the entire absence of the wranghng
which our Democratic friends have been
| of late so Industrious IN telling about.
/ There is harmony among the members of
the committee and they all think that the
| Republicans can hold their own If not in
crease their majority in the House of Rep
resentatives by hard work between now
| and election day, next November.
The Sherman family which has occupied
proud position In American history for a
good many years celebrated two notable
anniversaries in this city, Friday and Sat
| urday evenings The hrst was the seven
tieth birthday of Gen. William Tecumseh
Sherman, and 1t was celebrated by re-
ception at the residence OF his brother
John, the Senator, which was attended by
-
ton. The General. who by the way, is
looking remarkably well, came over from
New York city, where he now resides, and
will remain here for few days The sec
ond event celebrated was the sixty
birthday of Senator John Sherman, who
made 1t memorable by dinner at which
the President Vice President and other
prominent personal friends were enter
ained
In the House to-day, the tive-mnute de-
bate on the tariff bill, which Is TO continue
eight days, was begun. At it, close the
vote will be taken. Some very strong
speeches were made last week in support
of the bill, but as important as the sub
ject Is. none more important, the audi
aud In The galleries. There is but little en-
tertainmcnt in tariff speech, no matter
how able the speaker may be.
The election Of a successor to the late
senator Beck has brought out the fact that
ex-Speaker Carlisle, one OF the leading
candidates. has great many bitter enc
mics in his own party, aud some very re-
voting stories OF his personal habits and
private life are being told by Democrats
here.
A bill has been introduced In the House
to prohibit printing upon or attaching any
advertisement for public display to an
American flag
In spite Of Democratic opposition the
Senate has passed. and the President
sl-ae1. lhe bill Classifying all imported
worsted cloths as WOODEN.
Secretary Proctor on Saturday made
second allowance of $50, 900 for the Mis-
sissippi flood sufferers This leaves bal
ance In his hands Of SO 900 out Of the
$3.50 900 recently appropriated BY Con
gress
Representative La Favette of Wisconsin
made telling point in favor Of = protec
tive tarif when he said The Democrats
denounced the Republican party when in
lss3 II placed duty on wire nails Of I
cents pound. The duty has stimulated /.
the production of wire nails. and to-day |
they are being sold at cents pound, or /
Just little more than one-half Of the duty I
to learn, a. he did last week. that instead 4
Of owing the Government $4,000 as |
claimed by the Treasury department some /
years ago, the Government owed him So |
800. that he tainted iu the Office. The /
mistake was made by a careless book keep |
or.
The Senate has passed the Army appro- |
priation bill with an amendment providing |
that no alcoholic liquors, beer or wine
shall be sold to enlisted men in any can |
teen or building in garrison or military |
post.
The House has passed a bill giving Mrs /
Parnell, mother of the leader OF the Irish |
party in the British House Of Commons, a
pension ot $50 month. The pension Is
given in consideration Of the extraordinary
services OF Mrs. Parntlrs father, Admiral
Charles Stewart who served in the United
States navy for Il consecutive years.
The Senate before passing the annual
pension appropriation bill adopted an
thereto, increasing the number
OF pension agencies from eighteen to
twenty.
The Roweli Federal election bill which
has been approved by the Republican eau
Gus has been init oduced in the House. II
is almost the same a. the lioar bill now
pending in the Senate. 1t now seems Ger
tain that a Federal election law will be
enacted at the present session, though
few Republicans in both the House and
Senate are opposed to it,
Senator Edmunds is again in his seat,
and he denies that he has been i'll as was
reported, and says it was only another case
of newspaper sickness"
Representative Morrill, of Kansas, who
has been represented BY the Democratic
press as being candidate to succeed Sen
ator ingalls,, says that he has no idea OF
becoming a candidate for the Senate, and
he adds that Mr.. ingalls, is certain of be-
ing reelected by good majority.