Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-04-24
From our regular Correspondent.l
Washington Letter.


e WASHINGTON ID. c., April IL, 1890.
r The Senate to-day concluded the Nor
, tana contested election case by voting !
), seat Inc Republican Senators. This actio
was anticipated from the first
e Secretary Window gave the republican
E caucus committee, which has for seyera
r uays been engaged in preparing a silye
OIL which would receive the support o
! the republicans in both Senate and House
!, ms views on the subject Saturday. II,
sun believes that the bill prepared by hin
ana which is now In the hands of Hons,
committee, would prove entirely sa,isfac
tory II enacted into law, but he express.
Gu ms Willingness TO support any other
measure that would appear TO offer as good
solution of the question. The com
mittee Is to report to republican caucus
tonight, which will probably decide upon
the outlines of a silver bill to be nnsbed
through Congress at once. The pl,-,
s'l'er men are clamoring for outright
ana absolute free coinage and the Indics-
ions are that the bill agreed upon VIII
give IL TO them, In effect II not In name
II has been proposed to put the Fish
commission under the control of the
Agricultural department, bu, Fish Com.
missioner Mcdonald is bitterly opposed 10
IT, lie wishes to retain his present inde.
pendent position of not being under the
control OF any department, and making
ms reports directly to Congress. But /,
strikes most disInterested people that the
commission ought TO be under the sinner.
vision OF one Of the Government, depart.
ments' and the Agricultural would seen
to be the proper one.
Secretary Proctor 1. out of the CITY Ia. |
day and Gen. Grant, the newly spnoIp,.d |
assistant secretary Of Warts acting Sccre.
tary
ne friends Of Chicago here are happy.
lhe SENATE committee Las made A favor.
able report on the Worlds Fair bin with !
several minor amendments, and in all
1t will be passed BY the Senate
this week.
Senator Sherman's antitrust hin mr.
-ather the substitute ia, ,he L,dic,a
committee reported for it, and which the
senate passed last week, is not well re-.
eifed by the members of the House and
Is extremely doubtful whether IL viii
Yer get before the House The reason :
OF this is that the bill will not, in the ,
p'hion OF experts, hurt any OF the exist.
'g trusts or prevent the formation Of new
mes
Senator and Mrs MaAderson celebrated
'e'r ;'lver wedding last Friday nigh, by ,
wing a. - on to their friends. =
A very intertSs ..rcmonr tool r,. a
the White House Al noon Ss,,,I.r b
men the President presented to .'r g
'seph Francis. the Inventor Of the first "
'e saving car, the gold medal authorized re
act OF Congress Of August, lsss. Mr.. "
Tancis is 50 years old and yery fe.hl, Il
mas received medals and decorations
ON number Of foragn governments. so
IL TINS is the first recognition he has ever Ga
Vi from his own Government po,wi,h- ~
ahdins his invention has been for wears IN
ed by our life saving s,ryice.
ne hree Americas ugrcss viii form. AT
ao1ourn on ThLrsdsr. and on Friday "a
International banks :,
Mr.. ]. Edgar Eugle, assistant chief OF -
c record division of the Pension office a.
ii who had his pension rerated, has been
smissed. =,
II bey{ns to look at last a. If there was "
respect Of getting good national bank v
.pt law through Congress. The Iorrey n
,nkruptcv bill has been fasorabiy re-
orted to the House This bill protects y
i, interests Of both debtor and creditor a
nd will, If it becomes a law al the present
essiop, 20 into effect Nov. /, next
The President has received gold headed !
sne. cut from the woke which supported
he Independence bell In l776 The cane
anne from a citizen Of Phlladeiphia-
The Mckinley tariff bill win be reported
o the House tomorrow, and ex Speaker
,arlisle will present the democratic side
II the question III tiAooA aeN Ai'''t'Nl !
.port against the bill. The democrats
ave suddenly lost their courage and de-
.lded that they would not prepare tarin
ill. When the debate on the bill Is TO
begin will be determined upon later on,
out it is perfectly safe to say that II VIII
not be as extensive as that upon the NILS
bill in the last Congress, and it is also safe
/, announce in the most positive terms
that the Mckinley bill will become law
at the present session OF Congress demo-
cratic statements to the contrary notwlth-
Senator Quay has returned from Penn
sylyania and is besieged by his friends for
information on various political questions
and they seldom go away without it.