Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-03-12
WASHINGTON Letter.

WARRINGTON, March r. The President
was so much pleased by the news of Sen
ator Allison's re. election that be sent for
Mr.. Allison to come to the White House
in order that he might receive his per-
sonal congratulations. Since the news
arrived here Mr. Allison has been COM
PEELED to devote the greater part. of his
time to receiving congratulations. Few
men in the senate are as popular as the
senior senator from Iowa.
Certain dignitied members of the senate
continue to fret because the wicked
newspaper men will not tell how they get
the proceedings of the secret sessions of
the senate, and all sclts of remedies have
been proposed, Senator Blackburn even
going to the extent of proposing to
abolish the press gallery entirely. 1t is
much more probable that it will end in
the abollshment Of the secret session.
1t took the house four days to seat Mr.
Featherstone, the Republican contestant
from one of the Arkansas DISTRICTS but
he cot there.
Political lines have become somewhat
obliterated in the discussion of the Blair
bill. Senator Spooner spoke against and
Senator Barbour of Virginia for it this
week.
Invitations are out for an excursion
through the South to be given by the
state department to the members of the
Three Americas Congress. 1t will start
Immediately after the adjournment of
the congress, the date being somewhat
uncertain at this time.
The civil service investigation, after
being extremely lively and sensational,
has again become quite dull. It is be-
lleved that the committee will report the
majority of the charges against the COM
mission as having been proved.
The senate committee on agriculture
has reportad favorably on the bill trans
ferrlng the weather bureau from the war
to the agricultural department.
Ralph Beaumont, chairman of the
knights of Labor legislative committee,
made an argument before the house post
Office committee this morning in favor of
Postmaster General Wanamaker's postal
telegraph bill.
The United States Supreme Court this
week heard arguments in the case of
Nagle, the deputy United States marshal
who killed David Terry to prevent his
making an attack upon Justice Field.
The decision is anxiously awaited, as the
question at issue involves to certain ex-
tent the old Calhoun doctrine of states
rights. Magic was released from the
custody of the state authorities of Cali
fornia by United States judge on writ
of habeas corpus, it being claimed by the
state that he should have been regularly
tried for murder. The court room was
crowded to It's utmost capacity while the
arguments were being made.
The fifth woman-Clara Shortridge
Foltz, of California-has been admitted
to practice before the United States
Supreme Court.
Ex-Governor Warmoth's nomination
to be collector of the port of New Orleans
was confirmed by the senate after the
hardest fight of the session.
The Democrats thought they would
create CONSERVATION among. the Republi.
cans of the house when they announced
that Mr.. Pendleton of West Virginia, who
was unseatcd last week with less than a
quorum, would carry his case to the
supreme court by making claim for his
salary as a representative, but they
quickly discovered their error, for moth
ing would please the Republicans better
than to get decision from the supreme
court on Mr.. Reeds rulings. They are
perfectly satisfied that the rulings are
constitutional, and a decision of the
supreme court would probably quiet the
loud-mouthed men on the Democratic
side of the house.
A committee of the house will investi
gate the killing of Powell Clayton ir
Arkansas.
Ex-Representative Taulbee, contrary te
the reports generally circulated, is likel,
to die from the pistol shot received from
Charles E. Kincaid, correspondent of the
Louisville Times, last week. The bal
has not yet been found, and the patient
Is suffering severely. The witness to tht
assault in the house corridor will not tall
and the scandal out of which the shoot
ing grew is not much discussed. Al
stories to the effect that Mr.. Taulbee
doesn't want Mr.. Kincaid prosecuted arr
moonshine, as they generally are in sucf
cases.