The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-06-04
Washington Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent

The House, owing to the fact that many
of the members desired to spend Memori-
al day out of the city adjourned from
yesterday to Monday, June 2. A party of
Congressman have gone to Gettysburg to
take part in the Memorial ceremonies TO-
day, and many of them were at Arlington
cemetery where the G. A. r. held in
teresting services.
Speaker Reed did an excellent thing in
issuing an order prohibiting the sale of
liquor in the House restaurant, and now
II q similar order is issued and strictly en-
forced on the Senate side, the disgraceful
spectacle OF two openly conducted bar
rooms, one in each end of the Capitol
building, will be seen no more. The sale
Of drinks to any and everybody who
chooses to purchase by the keepers of
these restaurants has gone quite far
enough to disgust people who ore not
prohibitionisis.
The House Ways and Means committee
has set down on the Farmers Alliance
very heavily by unanimously agreeing to
make an adverse report on the Alliance
bill providing for subreasuries for the
deposit OF agricultural products. The
members Of the committee refused to con-
slider politics In this matter hence the
unanimous vote. II was courageous thing
for soTe Of them TO do, because they
had received notification that unless they
supported this bill the Farmers Alliance
would oppose them In their districts.
The Senate bill subjecting imported
liquors to the laws Of the States has
obliterated party lines in the Senate FOR
the time being, and the dignihed Sena-
tors are iudulging In speeches pro and
con on the constitutionalityity Of the bill
The river and harbor bill has not yet
passed the House. but that It will, Is now
certain.
II had 10 come at last. New York
City, the wealthiest city on this continent
confesses, through one Of her Representa-
tives, who Is himself millionaire, her
inability TO raise the money necessary to
erect a monument TO Gen. Grant, and
asks Congress 10 pass joint resolution
which has been introduced by Represent.
alive Flower, appropriating s25O,OOO to
help pay for a monument. This Is gener.
ally regarded as piece OF monumental
cheek, and the impression Is that Con-
gress will refuse to appropriate money
Tor the erection Of monument 10 Gen
Grant at any other place than at the
National Capital, where II the q. A. r.
can have its way, his body will nnd lis
final resting place.
A reunion Of the surviving members Of
the Thirty-fourth Congress, which Is
memorable for the sixty days contest over
the Speakership, which resulted In the
election Of N. p. Banks, who is member
Of the present House was held here
yesterday. Among those present were
Ex-Spenker n. p. Banks, Sena-
tors Sherman and Morril,
Ex-Representatives Sidney Dean, Edward
Dodd, !. L. Hagler, Will Cumbach, John
A. Bingham, James Bishop, James II.
Campbell and A. G. Cragin.
The Senate has decided TO 70 into the
whole tariff question In detail, and It Is
not expected that the Finance committee
can report the bill to the Senate before
July.
The conference committee on the
pension bills passed by the house and
Senate respectively has not yet reached an
agreement.