Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1890-06-21
WASHINGTON LETTER.
The Presidents Summer Resort
Speaker Reed for '92-FederaI
Election Bill-MinOr Notes.

WAsHINGToN, ID. G., Juue 10. 1890.
The President and his family leave to-
morrow for Cape May where they have &C
cepted a cottage from Postmaster General
Wanamaker. Mr.. Harrison will return in
a few days but Mrs. Harrison and the
rest Of the family will not return for Sow
eral months. During the warm weather
the President will pay them weekly visits
and spend as much time with them as his
duties here will permit
Representative Vaux the picturesque
successor TO the late bon Samuel j. Ran
dali in the House. made his maiden
speech Saturday. 1t wasa eulogy of Mr..
Randall.
Speaker Reed says he is not candi
date for President. bat that does not
stop tho rapidly increasing sentiment
among Republicans that he possesses all
the necessary elements of q successful
Presidential candidate, nor does it pre-
vent many shrewd and long headed men
from predicting his nomination and cleo
ton in 1922
The evil service committee of the
House has at last made its report upon
the investigation of the charges aga inst
| the civil service commission. The report
exonerates g pmm issione,s Roosevelt and
Thompson and MAX es Commissioner Ly
man the scape goat. 1t is Thought here
that Mr. Lyman will feel compelled to ten
|
there is not the slightest doubt of its
prompt acceptance. No one believes that
Mr.. Lyman has willfully done any wrong
but by his lack of tact and Judgment he
has shown that he is out of place on the
commission. Campbell, the brother in
law of Lyman, and the man who stole the
questions which were offered for sale, has
already resigned.
secretary Noble has announced that no
person will be allowed to settle upon the
Cherokee lands until the agreement by
which they have been ceded to the Gov
eminent, shall have been ratified by Con
gress-
Senator Evarts from the Senate Library
Committee has reported bill appropriat
ing $50 600 TO buy the manuscripts and
correspondence of Thomas Jefferson which
are now in the possession of his descend
ants.
The Senate Committee on Commerce
: has. by additions, raised the amount az
propriated by the River and Harbor Bill
since it passed the House, to $2S 0
: The bill will be reported to the Senate
this week.
: The Senate Finance Committee expects
: to report the M, Kinley tariff bill to tn,
I Senate this week, unless the Dem ocrati
D members of the Committee wiIfuliy d.
{ lay the consideration of the several sch
dulles of the bill which have been turne
e over to them as fast as the Repub lIcan
h completed them.
n Pursuant to instructions of the HOus
Z Republican cancus the Lodge and th
X lweli FEDERAL Election bills have bee
merged into one, with some notification
in both, and to night the col solidate
bill will he submitted to another, caucu
which will finally decide whether.it sha
o. be passed at this session.
~ G. neral deb lts ~ ths IO1ss silver bi
n in the Sen was closed this afternoo
n aud the Honse bill, as amended by tt
- Senate Finance Committee, WIS snbst Il
- ed therefor
; The Senate sub committee which is
vesngating the Fish Commission has
:, ready taken sOme very interesting ties
- monV going to chow that Commission
- Nc D)nald has used the clerical force
,e the Bureau on his private work and th
Is besides putting several members of b
No family into lucrative positions, he b
"a made practice of using the boats al
w oars owned by the commission 10 car
OK pleasure parties composed of his fami
II and friends.
+? Last " eek the President found it nee
ch sary to veto another bill providing for t
f. erection o. useless public building
Ist The Democratic press now has it th
ul Mr. Blaine and Speaker Reed are jes
cir Gus of each other and hat each of the
in Is trying to shipwreck the political ba
IS of the other. This Is simply summ
elf twaddle Both Mr.. Blaine and SpeaI