The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-03-29
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From our Regular Correspondent0

. WASHINGTON, March Oath. $780,
The President took advantage OF
Mrs, HarriSOn's absence to take
little pleasure trip himself and spent
several days in his favorite pastime-
wild duck shooting-in Maryland.
He returned late Saturday afternoon
much pleased with the excellent
sport which he enjoyed.
The House Committee on the Alco-
holic liquor traffic has made favor.
able report on the bill for the APP
continent of a committee to inVesti-
gate the alcoholic. fermented and
various liquor traffic in all its branch
Lee its relations to revenues and tax
alton; its effect upon labor, agricul-
Lure, manufacturing and other in
lSustries its moral and scientific as
poets in connection with pauperism,
crime, social vice and the public
health. The bill provides that the
report of the commission shall be
made within two years from the
date of the appointment of the Com
missioners.
The Blair Educational bill was de-
feated in the Senate, and no one was
greatly surprised as the measure has
been gradually losing support for
some time.
The House has passed the regular
annual pension appropriation bill.
Itcarries $98 100000. In the discus
sion on the bill it was evident that
the Repubican.members are in favor
of service pension. Several OF the
speeches were very strong arguments
in favor of such measure, and they
were received with great applause on
| The Republican side of the House.
The House has seated Mr.. rMudd,
The Republican contestant from
Maryland, and this week the COM
mittee on Elections expect to dispose
If the four contested cases upon
which arguments have been heard.
The Democrats of the House Com
nittee on Territories have made a
minority report against the bill for
tie admission of Wyoming as a
Safe. The bill will be passed just
lie same as if they had not made it.
The Three Americas Congress
htve passed a resolution favoring the
slbsidizing Of one or more lines of
J steamships between San Francisco
and Valparaiso. and also recommend
ing Government aid to a company to
lay a cable connecting San Francisco
with all the principal ports in Cen
trail and South America.
Owing to the fact that several inn
portant Interests affected by the new
tariff bill are asking to be heard be-
fore the measure Is reported to the
House, it is not likely that it will be
reported before the last of this or the
first of next week, and it is possible
that several important changes may
be made in it.
The House has passed the bill to
place Gen. J. G. Fremont on the re-
tired list of the army with the rank
of Major-General.
The Tanner case is likely to be all
gone oyer again, in the House, be-
fore long, as a resolution has been
adopted calling on the Secretary Of
The Interior for all the evidence
taken in the investigation made in
the Pension Office last year.
| Senator Sherman in an able argu
ment in favor of his bill against
trusts, said: "If this country will
not endure king in political power
it should not endure king oyer the
production. transportation and sale
of the necessaries of life. If it will
not submit to an emperor it should
not submit to sn autocrat in trade. "
He alluded to the Standard Oil
Company, the Diamond Match Com
pany and the sugar trust as the kind
CTR organization the measure was
A aimed at. Senator ingalls, gave no.
tice that he should offer an amend.
ment to the bill to prohibit specula-
ton in futures" or "options."
The Worlds Fair DILL is to be
voted upon in the House tomorrow
afternoon. There is no doubt of its
passage.
! The Senate Committee on appr0-
priations has reported favorably the
House joint resolution authorizing
the appointment of thirty medical
examiners for the Pension office.
! This resolution which has already
passsed the House, was offered be-
cause Gen. Raum, Commissioner of
Pensions, stated that he could not Sc
cure satisfactory examiners through
the Civil Service Commissioners.
The federal election bill introduced
nv Mr.. Lodge has not made a very
favorable impression upon Republi-
cans, though it has greatly alarmed