The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-08-15

ing, instead of allowing the Democrats to
talk to each other for a couple of hours, as
was intended.
Why the River and Harbol bill was not
taken up in the Senate on Friday, as had
been announced, is being asked by lots of
folks. But the Senators who might, If they
wanted to, explain why the programme
was changed FAINT saying a word. Mean
while another scare is on among the friends
of the River and Harbor bill.
The 1000 employees of the Government
printing Office are unanimously in favor OF
speedy action on the part OF Congress IN
providing the means to build a new office
in which lille and health will not be en-
dangered as they now are, and unless Con
gress shall show a disposition to go ahead
in this matter these people, who represent
every section OF the country, and who Weld
an influence which is by no means to be
despised, propose, through the Labor or
CARNATIONS of the country, to ma Ike things
quite lively for some of the members OF
the House. And nobody can blame them
either.
Representative Enloe, Of Tennessee, who
loses no opportunity to Norry Speaker
Reed, raised an odd question on Saturday.
Rising to a personal explanation he said
that IL few minutes previously, when at
tempting 10 leave the House Tor a few
minutes he was stopped by a door keeper
who attempted TO use force to stop him,
and told him that lie as acting under the
orders of The Speaker. MIR. Enloe Was
laboring uhde great excite ment, or else
he vas doing some good acting, aud many
of his Democratic colleagues also worked
themselves into a White heat, and for a few
minutes it looked as though there would
be a terrible row. The Speaker said he
had issued no special orders, but he was
under the Impression that ii vas the duty
from leaving the hall during the calling OF
the roll, in order to prevent the breaking
of a quorum. Representative Whitthome
suggested that the question be submitted
To tue cOIIlilllttc On lifc UuulCiaI III ~
was unanimously agreed to, which ended
the rumpus.
The President, -four members of his cab
met, and quite a large number of members
of the House have gone to Boston to the
G. A. K. encampment.
1t begins to look as though the remains
of General Grant would after all find their
final resting place at Arlington cemetery.
The Senate has unanimously pas sed Sen
ator Plumb's resolution expressing the
desire of Congress that they be brought
here and extending to the widow all neces-
sary facilities for making the change.
The Original Package" bill has receiv-
ed the Presidents approval, and is now a
law.
Mr.. Harrison sent a special message to
Congress Friday recommending that $40
900 which remains of the appropriation
made last spring for the Mississippi flood
sufferers be used for the Immediate relief
of the poor and needy residents Of OKLA
homa.
Those Republicans who are opposed to
Mr.. Blaine's reciprocity ideas are now try
ing to bring all the influence they can com-
mand to bear upon Mr.. Harrison i'll order
to prevent his sending a message f~avoring
reciprocity TO Congress. 1t is hardly like
ly that they will succeed, as it is known
that Harrison has fully made up his mind,
and reciprocity has the active support of
every member of the cabinet, with one
exception.
The newspaper men of Wash ington do
not often get left in the hunt for news,
but the officials OF the State department
bamboozled them completely in regard to
the war between Guatemala and Salvador;
they pretended that they had heard moth
ing whatever from the L. S. Minister,
when all the time, as has now leaked out,
the department was in constant communi-
cation with the Minister, WHO has been eu-
gagged in trying to patch up peace be-
tween the countries, acting all the while
inder instructions from Mr.. Blaine.
The investigation of the Civil Service
Commission is going on yet, but nobody
takes the slightest interest in it.
WESTON.