Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-04-12
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Speaker Reeds Backbone-The Bill toiAdmit Arizona Shelved for
 tho Present Session.
From Our Regular Correspondent.


 From Our Regular Correspondent.
 WASHINGTON, D. c. March 2S, 1890.
 4 caucus of republican senators has arranged programme of business for the senate for the next five or six weeks to come, and it has also agreed that, be- ginning next Monday, the senate shall meet daily at eleven o'clock. The order adopted is as follows: The dependant pension bill, the administration customs bill, the railroad land grant forfeiture bill, the Jones silver bill, bills to admit territories, and the Montana contested election case. The last named will be brought up Monday and given the right of way until it is disposed of. It's a foregone conclusion that the republl- cans will be seated. Senator Sherman's antitrust bill, with several amendments, including that of Senator Ingalls,, to prohibit trading in futures" and "options" is still before the senate. The old question of transferring the pension bureau to the War Department is again being agitated in Congress. Secretaries Proctor and Noble, have, in answer to a resolution of the house, transmitted to Congress their views on the matter. Secretary Noble under whom the bureau now IS, can see little, if any, advantage in making the change, while Secretary Proctor under whom 1t would come if transferred, thinks it an excellent thing to do, and that it would save considerable money. It is not yet apparent what disposition Con- gress will make of the matter.
 Bills have been introduced in both House and Senate to grant pension of 5000 year to ths widow of Gen. Crook
 The House has passed the bill for the admission of Wyoming as State.
 The Chicago Worlds Fair bill went through the House with a rush, receiv- ing only 49 adverse votes, and they were mostly members who had from the first opposed holding any fair at all. As has been foreshadowed in this correspon- dence the bill was amended to make the date of holding the fair from April to October 1893. The bill will be pushed through the Senate as soon as possible.
 The House sCommittee on Terri ories has decided to postpone further consid- eration of the bills to admit New Mexico and Arizona, and to appoint sub-com- mittee to examine the constitution of New Mexico and to report on both ter ritories. It is believed that this action kills their chances for getting in at pres ent session
 The Ways and Means committee are still working on the tariff bill, and the present indications are that it will not get before the House before about April 10. Hides and raw material are put back upon the free list, and it is hinted that the cut in sugar may not be more than 9 per cent, but this last is on'y surmise,
 The Civil Service Commission have after many months of investigation had warrants of arrest served upon the presi- dent and treasurer of the Virginia Re publican Association of this city for al legged violation of law in soliciting cam paign contributions from office holders. The civil service officials say their prin- cipal object is to have the court con- strue certain clauses of the law.
 The house committee on elections has been working very hard this session. Up to date it has passed upon seven of the seventeen contested election cases, and out of that seven, four have been de- cided in favor of republicans and three m favor of democrats, which shows that the abuse heaped up.n the ma iority of that committee by the demo cratic press has not been deserved.
 Members of the Three America's Con gress are to be taken to Mount Vernon on the U. $. $. Despatch on April 9th.
 Elk Senator Angus Cameron has been appointed chairman of the Cherokee commi iSsion, and an attempt is to be made at once to close the negotiations with the Cherokee Indians for their claims.
 Secretary Windom's silver bill has been favorabyl reported to the house with amendments depriving the secre- tary of the treasurer of the discretionary power to suspend coinage, and provide for free coinage when silver reaches the value of s1 for 371 Ii grains The fate of the measure is very doubtful It will have a hard, fight to get through the house. and it may not succeed in doing it, and men who ought know, if anybody does, say that it cannot possibly get through the senate.
 Speaker Reed has done another cour- ageous thing in depriving the ex-mem- bers of congress. whom he had reason to suspect of lobbying, of the privileges of the floor of the house. Mir. Reeds back bone may make him president one of these days. |
 Representative Butterworth's bill de lining options" and futures" and put ting special tax upon dealers therein has been favorably reported to the house.