The Republican., 1890-02-22
OUR WASHINGTON LETTE|
(From our Regular Correspondent

the rules reported, out your C|rres-
pondent happens to know that bince
their adoption he has expressedhim-
self as thinking their adoptiok the
greatest legislative reform made in
Congress for many years. The vote
in the House on the adoption oirules
was l61 to l45. a strict party vote.
An agreement has been made be-
tween the leaders of both parties in
the House not to call up any Of the
contested election cases this week.
This has been done in order to dis.
pose of the Worlds Fair question.
The committee has reported two
bills, one providing for holding the
fair in Washington and the other for
holding it either at Chicago, New
York or St. Louis. 1t is proposed
to give several days to discussion
of the bills, and it is expected that
by Friday, or Saturday at the s>tas.N
the final vote may be taken <A5S
number of the boomers of each OF
the contesting cities are here and tb
Washington people are no wass
back ward in upholding the claimsof
the Capital, Take it all ia all jhe
members of the House will hayt a
very lively time this week. Y
The Senate Committee oJ Priyil-
eges and Elections heard the evi.
dence in the Montana Senatorial con-
test on Saturday. The Democrats
being represented by eI-Solicitor-
General jerks and the Republicans
by ex-Commissioner of patents H.
Z. Paine. After nearing the evil
dence and argument the committee
went into executive session. The
reports anxlously awaited and will
probably be made sometime this
week. Opinion seems to be divided
as to whether the Republicans will
be seated or all of them thrown out.
Some comment is heard among
Republicans upon the tardiness of
the Republicans in organizing their
Congressional Campaign Committee.
The Democrats have already organ
lied theirs and from the fact that
Roswell P. Flower, the millionaire
New York Congressman has been
made chairman il is surmised that
no money will he lecking. German
is chairman of the Senate branch of
the committee. in fact, ne is the boss
of the whole machine, Flower being
only an ornamental figlrehead who
is expected to come down liberany
with the ducats. :
The bill providing for asscavtainta
the mortgage Indebtedness ~ the
country when the census is taken
this year. has passed both Sensle and
House and is now in the hands Of
the President.
Gen. Alger arrived here Saturday,
and was a guest Of Mrs. Gen. Logan
until to-day, when he took quarters
at a hotel. Tonight he will attend
the eneampment of the G.. 4. r.
here and tomorrow he goes toBalti-
more to attend a camp fire and ban
quet. Afterwards he will nturn,
probably to remain here until the
Congressional Pension committee de.
cides upon some line of action Egard-
ing the various pension bills now
before them.
1t was supposed that the herings
In the Ohio ballot box forgeries were
closed last week, but Col. Nal. of
Cincinnati, is to testify to-day. The
reason for the re-opening wa fur.
nished by Mr.. Kurtz, ex-Gov. Fos-
ter's private secretarv,s who tetified
that Col. Neal had said that Gov.
Campbell, while a member OF Con-
gress. had gone to President Cleve-
land and asked him to get the DEM
ocratic leaders to suspend the tariff
fight until he (Campbell) could get
his ballot-box bill through.
Thore is a hitch in the new tariff
bill. and besides that, Mr.. Mckinley.
the chairman of the Ways and
Means Committee. has been sick for
nearly a week, 80 that there Is little
probability of the bill's being report:
ed to the House until after tife sfst
of March. Sugar is the principal
block.
Among the bills passed by the
Senate last week was one appropri-
ating $4,000 to pay attorneys fees
due Porter, Harrison and Fishback,
the Presidents old firm. The ser.
vices were performed some years
ago, and were occasioned by a suit
brought against Gen. Hoyey, now
Governor of Indiana, by man who
who was convicted of being mem
Der of the knights of the Golden
Circle by military commission ap-
pointed by Gen. Hovey while COM
manding the department of Indiana