Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-09-19
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(FrOm our Regular Correspondent

0OAhthS UOh Al ONHS.~S~'
and his Republican colleagues on
the House Ways and Means CON-
mittee broke all previous records |
for speedy committee work, in the
of the tariff bill. It'll
did not get over to the House un.
til Friday afternoon; it was i'm.
medlately referred to the commit
tee, and this afternoon 1t was all
ready to be reported to the House.
The committee recommends non.
currence in all of the Senate
amendments, leaving IT to the con.
ference committee to settle the
differences of opinion which exist.
If there is no hitch the bill will be
in the hands of the conference
committee by Wednesday, and 1t
is expected that it will be reported
back to the House and Senate
within week. The only amend
ments upon which there is likely to
be q stubborn controversy are the
sugar aud biDding-twine amend
ments. The latter will hardly be
changed, but 1t would not be sur.
prlsiDg if sugar goes as it was IN
the original House bill. All rumOrs
of any intention on the part of the
House to aDtagOnize the reciprocity
amendment are simply bosh.
The attempt to get up financial
furry on account of the passage of
the tariff bill with clause which
makes it go into effect October /,
has fallen very fiat. 1t was stated
that it would require $4,000, 900
to enable the importers to get their
goods out of the bonded ware hous-
es by that date, but Gen. Nettle'
ton, Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury, very quietly put an end
to that story by showing that not
over S10,000,000 would be required
and he stated that between now
and tue first of October the Treas
ury would release more than $780,
100000 in addition to the ordinary
current expenditures. AD attempt
was made in cartaln quarters to
cojerce the administration into
adopting the Cleveland policy of
deposlting large sums of Govern
ment money in the National banks
to relieve the stringency in the
money market, but 1t did not sue
coed. Neither the President nor
Secretary Window believe in that
sort of financiering.
Saturday was eulogy day in Con-
gress-in the Senate the late Sam
uel J. Randall was the subject and
in the House, Senator Beck. The
custom is a beautiful one, and no
one should have a word to say
against it, but in view of the time
consumed thus at this session.
nearly a full mOnth-many Con.
gressmen favor the adoption of q
suggestion recently made to hold
these services on Sundays.
The committee investigating the
Civil Service law held session
Saturday, at which Representative
Grosvenor accused the Civil Ser
vice commissioner of deliberate
Misrepresentation. The committee
has adjourned until December. Its
members are as tired of the subject
as the public.
The committee investigating the
charges against Gen. Raum has
practically completed its work, and
a report completely generating
Gen. Raum on each and every
charge made is expected from it
this week.
The following bills by agreement
of a Republican caucus are to be
considered by the Senate in the
ordernamed The anti-lottery bill |
Repeal of the timber culture law
bill establishing private land claim
courts; bill for relief of q. S. Su.
preme Court; bill for adjustment of |
laborers claims under eight hour
law; bill making eight hOdrs days
work for labOreIs in Government /
employ, or engaged in doing gov.
eminent work; bill to transfer the
Revenue Marine service from the
Treasury to the Navy Department.
bill for the settlement OF claims
arising from Indian depredations;
Paddock pure food bill this is TO
be substituted for the Compound
lard bill which recently passed the
Housed; Torrey bankruptcy bill;
bill to place telegraph companies
under the Interstate Commerce law
aud bills relating to the District of
Columbia.
Owing to the action of the Dem.
ocrats IN leaving the House and
breaking a quorum a whole week
has been wasted, and 1t will he no
haitian fhio xpaoE nniacs onouoh Ro