Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-06-18
WASHINGTON Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent.

fresl0ent IS much pleased that the con-
ference committee and the house and
senate passed a pension bill. The new
bill is the result of a compromise, the
senate conferees withdrawing the de-
pendent feature, and the house confcrees
withdrawing the service feature of the
bill which had previously passed the
house. This makes a disability measure
| of the new bill, which will become law
IN few days. Representative Morrill,
estimates that the new law will add about
$96, 100000 per year to the pension ex-
penditures of the Government. The new
bill limits the charges of pension agents
to ten dollars for each claim prepared
under it.
The silver question is becoming quite
interesting in the senate, the finance
committee having, after adding several
amendments to the caucus bill, which
passed the house last week, reported that
measure favorably, and Senator Morrill,
has given notice that he will, at the
proper time, offer the house bill as a sub
stitute for the Jones bill, which the SEN
ate has been discussing for several weeks.
After today the speeches on the subject,
in the senate, will be limited to five
minutes.
1t is stated today that the Senate f.
nance committee:has practically COM
pleted its consideration of the Mckinley
tariff bill, and that the bill will be re-
ported to the senate next week. Per-
haps 1t viii! be, but it is doubtful.
The house republican caucus has
agreed to consolidate the Roweil and the
Lodge Federal election bills After that
is done another caucus will be held to
determine whether the bill shall be
pushed through at this session or left
over until next winter. If the house
should pass it, 1t is extremely doubtful
whether it could be gotten through the
senate.
The Republican congressional cam
paign committee has opened headquarters
here. and the work will be rushed just
as soon as secretary shall be selected to
take the place of Scuyler S. Olds Of
Michigan, who has unexpectedly resigned
the secretaryshlp to which he was elected
last week.
The Republ lean senatorial caucus NOM
mated ex-representative Valentine of
Nebraska, as Sergeant alarms to sue
;eed Mr.. CanadY, whose resignation is
to totakes effect July There were a
number of other candidates, but they
were all out of the race after the first
ballot. Mr. Valentine is we'll known
here, and he is certain to make an eff
cient and popular Official.
An excursion party of Minnesota news
paper men and their families have been
enjoying the hospitality of Washington
this week, and if they have carried away
as good an impression as they left here,
Washington has a right to feel very
proud. 1t was as fine looking and brainy
crowd as ever visited the National
Capitol. and they will be welcome When
ever they choose to repeat the visit.
Secretary Tracy this week opened bids
for more than five million of dollars
worth of new vessles for the navy, the
principal of which is to be the largest
vessel ever built for the United States
navy. Mr.. Tracy thinks the bids were
higher than they should have been and
he is now carefully going over them in
detail to decide whether to throw them
out on that account.
!. A private telephone wire has been
strung between the Presidents private
office and the residence of Secretary
Blaine. That looks like strained rela-
tlons between those two gentlemen,
doesn't it?
Senator Quay had candidate for Ser
geant-at-Arms of the senate, and he
worked hard to have him nominated, but
failed. Mr.. Quay does not grieve over
his defeat, as far as could be seen, as he
stepped jauntily up the steps Of the
White House on his way to pay the Presi.
dent his usual trl-weekly visit.
Commissioner of Pensions Raum in
dignant]y denies the allegations in the
resolution offered by Representative
Cooper providing for an Investigation of
the pension Office, and says that he is
ready at any time to have any act he has
performed since taking charge of the
office thoroughly investigated, and he
hopes the house will adopt Mr.. Coopers
resolution.
Representative Springer was charged
IN the lobby of the house, Tuesday, with
opposing the passage of private bill by
the House through improper motions.
Mr.. Springer threatned to have the man
who publicly accused him brought before
the bar of the House, but he didn't Go
| it. Was he afraid that the man could
prove the charge?
Mr.. Blaine is not worring himself over
the attacks made upon him by the En-
gIish newspapers because of the stand
taken by this country in relation to the
Behring Sea fisheries, and there is no pro-
liability of any change IN our policy.