West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-03-20
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March ~, 1890. (

mistake suppose that the
Oklahoma bill, which pissed the
House last week, opened the Cher
okee strip to settlement, and Mr..
Harrison has issued proclamation
Of warning to people intending to
settle thereon.
A resolution passed by the House
calls on the Secretary Of war for
information as to the money and
facilities he has for rendering aid
on the flooded Mississippi river.
The Words Fair bill has been
perfected according to the ideas of
the Chicago folks, and twill prob.
ably como up in the House this
week. Nothing has been agreed
upon as to date. The government
appropriation is $15, O0O,O
The wonderful egg is at last
Matched, and the product Repre-
sentative Lodges Federal election
bill has been reported to the House.
1t is a remarkable connection, and
is claimed to be based upon the
Australian system of voting.
The everlasting and eternal race
question has been up again in the
Senate. Whenever some republican
Senator has fit Of Indigestion and
feels disgusted with himself and
everybody else, he gets up and fires
of something about the poor mig
GER"
Senator Voorhees, and Judge Jer-
emiah Wilson will help in the de.
Tense of G. e. Kincaid, the news
paper man, who killed Ex- Congress
man Taulbce, of Kentucky.
There's a regular monkey and
parrot time going on in the Navy
department. Secretary Tracy has
forced the head of one bureau to
resign, and it is SAID that there are
Others to follow. Naval officers
accuse Mr.. Tracysof being whimsi-
cal in his ideas.
Republican Senators have had the
nerve to engage in a revolt against
Quay bossing. Quay, according
to the story, demanded that the
present Scrgoant-at-Arms of the
Senate should be put out to make
room for one Of his men. and a
majority of the republican Senators
not only refused to agree to this.
but intimatcd in very plain language
to Quay's agent, the boss being still
IN Florida, that even if there was a
vacancy in the Office, his man could
not have it. The question now is
whether Qnay will quietly pocket
the atTront, or whether he will
attempt to whip enough of the SeD-
ators into line TO control party
caucus and attempt to get revenge.
According TO high republican au-
thoritY they viii only require about
10000, 600 a year to pay the pen
sions under the bill that they pro-
pose passing at this session. That
will bring the pension payment up
to more than $3.50, 1000, 900 a year.
mere tri1e.
a republican appointed to n
$1,000 Federal office in New York
last week by Mr.. Harrison, is a de-
faulter for a large amount to the
Government. The defalcation oc-
CURED in this city some years ago.
Secretary Noble considers his
authority greater than the Senate.
and has accordingly refused to fur
nish certain reports, relating to the
with holding of land patents in the
Union Pacific railroad grants, asl,
cd for by resolution Of the Senate.
lie holds that it is matter for him
to decide upon.
Mr.. Reed has undertaken another
big contract. He says he intends
to attempt to break up the practice
Of ex-membcrs of Congress acting
as lobbyists
Another attempt is being made
to have the Government adopt paper
fractional currency for convenience
in small transactions through the
mails.
senator Eustis convicted Sem
ator iIoar Of making q wilful mis-
statement ON the floor Of the Senate
last week, but that will not prevent
the Massachusetts, Senator doing
the same thing again whenever it
may happen to serve his purpose.