Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-05-10
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
The President Sounds the Keynote of Legislative Rcform.-R Reprosenta- tive Mckinley Squelches Carlisle. Free Trade Mills Threatened to Resign but Didn't.
From Our Regular Correspondent.

! WASHINGTON, D. C., May 2, 1890. | The president sounded the republican legislative keynote, when he vetoed a 1 bill appropriating S2OO,OOO for an ad dition to a government building in a town where he did not think the addition of pressing necessity. The conluding ! paragraph Of his veto message was as ! follows: The erection of public build 1 ing is largely g matter Of local necessity and convenience, while expenditure for enlarged relief and recognition of the ! soldiers and sailors of the war for the preservation Of the Union necessary for coast defenses. and for the extension of our commerce with other American States, are of eun;versal necessity, and involves considerations, not of conven- fence, but of justice, honor, safety, and general prosperity" Congress has al ready taken the hint which the presl- dents language so plainly conveys.
 Senator Sherman has announced on the floor Of the senate that he 'h nks 1t ne cessary for that body to have d rule similar to that of the house, which au- thorlzes the presiding officer to count those present and not voting when it be- comes necessary in order to make Q quorum. The democratic senators, like their brethren in the house, object to this rule, but it will be adopted notwith- standing.
 SeGater Dolph has reported from tEe senate foreign committee, concurrent resolution requesting the president to negotiate with the governments of Mex leo and Great Britain, treaties to pre- vent the Chinese coming into the United States through Canada and Mexico, and 1t hGs been adopted by the senate.
 Secretary NoDie has gone to St. Louis to attend the opening of the new mer- chants, iron and steel bridge across the Mississippi.
 It IS reported that Gen. Clarkson's successor as first assistant postmaster general, will be Pennsylvanian.
 Representative Mckinley squelched Mir. Carlisle very effectually, when he was objecting to the consideration by the house of the civil service pension bill, by remarkiDg: The republicans wish to do the public business of the country. Talk about considering measures. The democrats considered and did nothing (when they were in a majority, the republicans consider and do something. What the country wants rpSuitS and pot sneachesr
 Tho committee Investigating the Ohio ballot box forgeries heard more testi- mony this week, and RepreSentive But terworth created a sensation while Q witness was testifylng concerning him, by saying: You are lying from begin nlng to end". No more testimony is to be taken in this case.
 The civil service investigation will be closed tomorrow, with two hours debate equally devided between the commis- sioners and their opponents. The com mlitee promise to make report as soon as possible.
 4 republican caucus of the house this week discussed .::e McComas anti-ger- rymander blll, but no vote was taken up on 1t.
 The house caucus approved the silver blll prepared by the joint committee of the house and senate, and the bill will be passed by the house just as it Is, but the senate caucus made some changes in it. As l1 now looks, the bills as passed by the house and senate will differ and the matter will be referred to conference committee for settlement.
 Representative Mills got so mad be- cause Speaker Reed would not allow himself to be brow-beaten, that he threatened to resign. Bat he didn't do 1t. Mir. Reed isn't an easy man to bull doze, and Mir. Mills should have known 1t, and saved himself needless humIlia- tion.
 Tie senate committee on Agriculture will probably shortly report a bill pro- vidIng penalties for dealing in adulter- ated or impure food articles.
 The bill classifying all wCrsted cloths Us woolens, has been passed by the house. The bill Is identically the same that was asked for by NIT. Fairchild, the last De mocratic Secretary of the Treasury, and is intended simply to correct an error in the tariff law, but that did not prevent the democrats from opposing 1t, and re- fusiDg to vote upon its passage, making 1t necessary for the speaker to count quorum. That's the democratic idea of statemanship.
 IL Is now generally believed that Speaker Reeds idea of an adjournment by the first of July will be endorsed by republican caucuses of both houses. Aside from the regular appropriation bills, all of which are in an advanced state, the tariff bill, the silver bill, the service pension bill, and perhaps, but not certain, a Federal election bill, will be passed before adjournment. The de- mocratic leaders tried their best to work up sentiment Ill their party against early adjournment, but owing to the fact that the most of the members of both parties are anxious to be in their respective districts as early as possible this year, they failed.