Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-05-27
Wise SOLONS IN THE east.
Reade Seems to Have a Dead
Thing On the Sergeants at
Arms Office
Workmen Urged to Sue the
Government for Twenty
Years Back Pay
A Batch of General News
Comes From All Over
America

WASHINGTON, May u ih' hS"' W.
The place of sergeant at arms IN the senate
is narrowing down to assistant sergeant
at arms Readc and Quay's candidate
Sjlas NJ. Bailey. Some tine work Is belhg
dpnc for Bailey but MIR. Reade is very
nopular and starts out with nearly all the
New England senators strongly III MS
favor. The senator from North Carolina
who t. one of Readc's strongest iflehds' Is
an Maine ON fishing excursion, but
when he returns he will put in some good
work for his friend. A caucus Will not De
held until saturday evening, june ".
Bailey is said to have the PennsslNahia
and New York senators with "A good
MANY Others scattered through the west.
In the senate his morning Carlisle came
forward aud was sworn in. Plumb Of
fered a resolution directing the alliance
committee to collect and furnish the sri'
ate with information relative to th'
house tariff bill showing where and II
what proportion duties are fixed therein
Increased or decreased. and present rate
of duty as they are agreed to.
Stanford reported favOraby wiihou
amendment. the bill providing for n pun
uc building at Alameda. California. L
cost siO.OO0 stanford also introduced
bill providing for s'5.uD hnlldIhg
Fresno. California.
Sanders introduced bill for protectio
, To titles of mineral land.
Plumb introduced bill authorizing III
pnrchaSe of ~. iO.UO worth of silver bul
H.. ......,tI,tt aud in ulpnt Tor sam
the secretary of the treasury i 10 iss'
limited States notes. said notes 10 hc lcgi
tender and To be- redeemabe In coin. III;
n Out of each billion purchased there sh;l
be coined not less than s..uD.WO month";
and after two years from passage OF ~
act the minimum coinage sha'' " s''"'
Ion.
Stewart submitted a resolution me
was agreed to- directing the secretary
n tLa Interior 10 inform the senate ho
u much of the sEO.UD appropriated Tor lri
CATION surveys have been diverted ~
used for topographic surveys ana MATE
connected Herewith. and by what autho
itv Of law the appropriation was 50
Vcrtrd from the purposes intended
In tbe house today Burrows. Of Micl
nan. was elected speaker pro tenn. 10 .
during the absence Of Speaker Reed.
20 The bill for the establishment oi 10
Creek pdfk dS u Ihibl' poi " -. ~ :.
of Columbia was taken up. nc nill W
pasSed. appropriating sl.@o.1n Tor
. park.
A hill was introduced authorizing wol
men who have been employed On goyel
I'M ment works since the enactment OF
lU nipIu hour law of 1865. 20 bring :
against the government In the courl
claims to recover pay for extra hours :
ploved All days Of work To he eonsid
ed at hours. , ....
,rr sent Ia the house today the draft OF u
III. imposing a penalty upon persons who
. ierfere with or impede the revenue ONT
in their duties.
The president today commnted the
tence Of death 10 life Imprisonment IN
ease of Lewis Williams. colofed. VINO
Ia be hanged here THURSDAY; ,.,,.
The president today made public
names of the commissioners at larg,
the Worlds Fair as follows: Au
bullock. Of Massachusetts,. alterr
Henry ingalls,. of Maine: Thomas
Palmer. Of Michigan: alternate, ia
oliver. of Indiana: u. {. kcrnes
Missouri; alternate. X. "A. Furnes'
Nebraska; Edward II. Amidor.. of
Work: alternate. Gordon W. Allei
New York; Peter II. u: Widene
Pennsylvania: alternate. Jno; W; ,
80 fan. Of Pennsylvania: Samuel W. ihi
w Of Georgia: alternate, VIM. lindsa
Kentnckcy: Henry ENall Oh IL,
NC Marx l.. Mcdonald. of CALIFORNIA:
nate. Thomas Burke. Of the sta
Washington: for District of COlui
II Rritton aud T.. kurtz johnson: n
A. Wilson and Dorsey cloggeu :
mates