River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-01-30
WASHINGTON LETTER.
from our regular correspondent
Washington. Jan. "a. 30.

Senator Ingalls, is still postmaster
in the art of excoriating democrats.
particularly those who are his col.
leagues in the United States Senate.
Yesterday afternoon the senator from
Kansas made characteristic speech
to crowded galleries. 1t was made in
reply to Senator Buffers remarks in
favor of his proposition to send the
negroes to Africa.
Speaker Reed is ruling the House
with a strong and steady hand, and
now that the republicans have pulled
themselves together and are acting in
concert the democrats find it utterly
impossible to succeed in any dilatory
tactics. As soon as one of them at.
tempts to do anything irregular Mr..
Reed decides promptly against him
and the House stands by the Speakers
decision. or at least the republican
majority does, which amounts to the
same thing. OF course the democrats
who expected to keep the House in
tangle all the time by fillibustering
are kicking hard and yelling "usurpa-
tion," but Mr.. Reed only smiles at
them and goes ahead in his own way.
The republicans are congratulatiDg
themselves that no mistake was made
in electing Mr.. Reed to be Speaker.
Senator Chandler has offered a con.
current resolution instructing the
committees on immigration in the
House and Senate to investigate the
working of all U. S. and State laws in
regard to immigration from foreign
countries. and also to investigate the
working of the contracts made by the
Secretary of the Treasury, under act
of Congress of August 3, 1852. with
various state commissioners, boards
and officers.
The Western Congressional Associa-
ton had house wal ming this week
in the quarters secured for the future
VI tnC aooOClabiOu.
Secretary Blaine is so greatly pros
trated with grief for the death OF his
S III, Walker, that he has not yet been
anle TO regularly Resume his duties at
the state department.
Tie House committee on rules had IA
meeting yesterday, aud il is UNDER
stood practically agI eed on the sched
uis OF Jules To be reported To the
House, which may be expected To tee
reported almost ally day now. There
Will of course be Two reports, one by
tile speaker for the republicans. and
one by ex speaker Carlisle for himself
and ex.speaker Randall, the democratic
members vf the committee.
The House isn't making very rapid
progress in disposing of its Worlds
Fair question, in fact it don't seem to
be making any progress at all. The
trouble seems to be that none of the
advocates of the rival cities wish To
take single step forward unless it
favors the particular city for which
they are working. Unless some sort
of a compromise is agreed upon there
viii be no Worlds Fair.
The President has removed batch
of Receivers of public moneys OH
account of their being short In then
Cash. The officers removed we've
IN Arizona, California, North Dakota,
Color ado and Kansas. There are more
removals of the same SOFT already
determined upon.
= The House committee on Ell, ctIons
has reported in favor of unseallng
jackson, the sitting member iruu
Vest Virginia, anu d-ciaring Smltn,
the republican contestant, entitled u
the seat. This Is the tiIst of tile
sew, nteen contested election Cases To
De disposed of 10y the COMMITTEE
There was a minority report sign. Il
10y all of the democratic members of
Tie committee.
The President and Mrs. Harrison
entertained the diplomatic corps at 4.
stale dinner at the " NE Iious. nIi
Tuesday evening.
SECRETARY Tracy has appointed a
naval court of inquiry to gather the
information asked for by Senator
Chambers resolution, AS to naval
officers handing together to influence
certain legislation, recently adopted
by the Senate.
Senator Jones has introduced bill
to discontinue the coinage of SO and
81 gold pieces and cent nickel pieces.
The coinage of these pieces has been
practically abandoned by the govern
meDt because there is no demand fol
them.
The House committee on reform in
the Civil Service will decide Monday
whether it will report favorably on
the resolution to investigate the civil
service Commission. The Commission
having Joined their opponents In ask
ing for an investigation the committee
is almost certain TO report in favor
of it.
The House spent the first half of
the week on the Oklahoma town site
bill, and finally passed it.