The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-05-16

trrom our regular correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. ID. c., May 10, 1890.

session is secret and all sorts of rumor
are going around about a big fight in the
committee against the domination ofQuay,
Clarkson and other bosses. The only
thing certain up to this writing is that
Quay will not rttiIe from tie head of the
committee, as has been SO persistently re-
ported. 1t is expected that the commit
tee will rave something to say to its party
about legislation, particularly upon pen
sions and the Federal election bills now
before both House and Senate.
Mr.. Harrison attended a dinner given
by Senator Sherman Saturday night in
honor of the Senator's sixty-scvcnth BIRTH
day. Friday night a big reception was
held at the Senator's residence to celebrate
Gen. w. T. Snerman's seventeen BIRTH
day.
Eight more days of tariff debate in the
House and already everybody, including
the members, are heartily tired of it.
There is one consolation, the long set
speeches are all over and the rest of the
time no one man can talk longer than five
minutes " ithout unanimous consent. At
the end of the eight days which begins
to-daJ the voting will commence. The de-
bate has kept the House empty since 1T
began, both on the floor and in the gal
leries.
The Senate has passed the military acad-
envy, the army and The pension appropria-
tion bills. Quite an amusing debate took
place whom the army ill was under con-
sideration upon an amendment, which was
adopted, prohibiting the sale of alcoholic
liquor, beer or wine in any building at any
army post or military station. At The
close Senator Blu. Ter suggested that all
that was needed to make the thing COM
plete was a provision in the bill to supply
the officers and men of the army with
nursing bottles, infants food, catnip tea
and such things. An amendment to the
pension bill, which was also adopted was
the cause of an extremely acrimonious de-
bate. 1t increased the number of pension
agents in the United States from eighteen
" Ill III Ptti8to 'it iiAii
charged with having entered into a bar
gain to get the amendment through for
the purpose of getting a certain man ap-
pointed as one ofthc new agents. Mr.. Sher-
man denied it. When the vote was taken
Senator Payne voted with the Republicans
in favor of the amendment, and Senators
Allison, Ingalls, and Plumb voted with the
Democrats in opposition.
Senator German will succeed the late
Senator Beck as chairman of the Senate
Democratic caucus.
The impression here is that ex.Speaker
Carlisle will be elected by the Kentucky
legislature as Senator Beck's successor.
Mr.. Carlisle's enemies here, and he seems
to have a good many of them among the
Democrats, are 1esorting to the desperate
method of attacking his private life and
habits by telling the most outrageous
stories and getting them telegraphcd to
Kentucky in the hope of getting him de-
fcated.
The youngest daughter of Secretary
Blaine will lie married this week to a Mr..
Damrosch, of New York. Owing to the
family being in mourning the marriage
will be very quiet.
The Federal election bill which was ar
proved by the caucus has been introduced
in the House. 1t is believed here that this
bill will become a Law at this session.
The House has passed a bill giving Mrs.
Parnell, the mother of Parncll the Irish
leader, and the daughter of Admiral Charles
Stewart who gave seventy-one years of his
life to the L. 5. Navy, a pension of $50 a
month.
Ex-Congrcssman Steele, of Ii diana, has
been appointed governor of the new terri
tory, Oklahoma, and White they do not OBJ
ject to Mr.. Steele personally, there is a
very decided disposition among the Repub-
licans to kick because an Indiana man was
selected. They accuse the President of
having already given that state enough,
but the Indianians here laugh and say that
wonld be impossible.
Representative MORROW, of California,
wants closer relations with Mexico. and he
las reported from the House committee
on Foreign affairs a resolution requesting
the President TO invite the Mexican gov-
ernmcnt to negotiate for the creation of an
international commission TO which all
questions affecting the interests of either
country shall be referred for settlement.
There are a number Of disputed questions
now pending between this country and
Mexico.
Representative Mason has introduced a
resolution in the House authorizing the
committee OH Labor to investigate the
hours of labor throughout the country
with a view to bring about a general eight
hour law.
There are no new developments in the
silver problem. The Republicans are APP
parently as far apart in their views as ever
in spite Of constant committee meetings to
try to get together. WESTON.
Tho Editorial Excursion.
The annual editorial trip will start this
year from New York on Thursday, jane
10Th. On the afternoon Of that day the