Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-19
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

The PRESIDENT has referred the bill for
the admission of Wyoming to the Attor-
ney-General to see if there is any legal
obj action to its approval.
The Superintendent of the Census has
received telegram from Census Super
visor Davis of San Francisco, saying he
tlnds there was but one district in the
city in which there was any padding. In
this district A77 names were made by the
enumeratur. He has been arrested. A
recount is now in process.
Representative Wilson has been urging
the Postoffice Department to make all the
money-order offices in Washington United
States repositories. Heretofore Portland,
Or, has been the only money-order de-
pository on the North Pacific Coast. Will
son wants tive districts-one for Eastern
and the other for Western Washington.
There is some delay in the completion
OF the public building at Port Townsend,
wash. The supervising architect has
informed Senator Squire that the present
contractor was the second lowest bidder.
but was higher than the estimate of the
department consequently they were in
curing into the reliability of the lowest
bidder, to whom the contract would be
awarded.
Representative Hermann is urging on
the department an increase of mail serv-
ice between Roeeburg and Myrtle Point
There is now tri-weekly mail service. 1t
is claimed that during the summer and
fall extensive railroad operations will be
under way and additional mail facilities
VIII be lmperatively req Tired, as already
they are needed. He presents lengthy
petitions from the p -ople, and also a GER
tihcate signed by all the postmasters in
termediate.
The country was promised early in the
present session an early adjournment,
but now the hot July DAYS are upon us
and Congress is still in session, with no
prospect of adjournment before the last
OF August. Speaker Reed has announ ed
several times that the House 10 ready to
adjourn at few days notice. 1t is the
probable intention of the members of the
House to keep this announcement going
until the Senators will get weary of il
and rush through the remaining bust
ness.
Senator Mitchell, upon being asked
whether he was opposed to the tariff bill
and therefore voted against it's considera-
ton, replied t. at upon the day it was
proposed only an hour and half could
have been given to it, but his main OBJ
lect was that he wanted the river and
harbor bill disposed of before the tariff
discussion began. He holds that the i'm
proVement OF the rivers and harbors pro-
vided for in his State is of far more i'm
portance than the tariff bill. and the
river and barber bill can be disposed Of
In very short time if considered.
In the report from the Senate Commit.
tee on Pensions giving the widow Of Gen
eral George Crook a pension of s 90 Del
month there are resolutions by different
States and Territories thanking General
Crook for the excellent service he had
rendered in the Indian wars. Amone
them is loiLt resolution of the Oregon
LEGISLATURE of September 81, 1868, in
which General Crook is most heartily
thanked for Kidding the country of the
Snake Indians and opening to a.efuI
settlement sc, 900 square miles which the
Indians had formerly occupied. General
crook was invited to be a guest of the
State at Salem. The resolutions are
signed by John Whitaker, Speaker q
the House, and B. F. Burch, President
of the Senate.