Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1890-04-05
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Special Correspondent.

A caucus of Republican Senators has ar
ranged a programme of business for the
Senate for the next FIVE or six weeks to come,
and it has also agreed that, beginning next
Monday, the Senate shall meet daily at II
o'clock. The order of business adopted is
as follows: The dependent pension bill,
the administration customs bill, the railroad
land grant forfeiture bill, the Jones silver
| bill, bills to admit territ cries, and the Mon
tana contested election case. The last named
will be called up Monday and given the right
OF way until it is disposed of. It's fore.
gone conclusion that the Republicans will be
seated.
Senator Sherman's antitrust bill, with sew.
eral amendments, including that of Senator
Ingall, to prohibit trading in cultures" and
''options" is still before the Senate.
The old question Of transferring the Pen
sion Bureau to the War department is again
being agitated in Congress. Secretaries
Proctor and Noble, have, in answer to res
olution.o of the House, transmitted to Congress
their views on the matter. Secretary Noble
under whom the bureau now is, can see little,
If any, advantage in making the change,
while Secretary Proctor, under whom it
would come if transferred, thinks it would
be an excellent thing to do, and that it
would save considerable money. 1t is not
yet apparent what DISPOSE ton Congress will
make Of the matter.
Bills have been introduced in both House
and Senate to grant a pension Of $4,000
year to the widow Of Gen. Crook.
The House has passed the bill for the ad-
mission Of Wyoming as State.
The Chicago Worlds Fair bill went
through the House with rush, receiving on
ly 4o adverse votes, and they were mostly
members who had from the first opposed
holding any fair at all. As has been fore
Swallowed in this correspondence the bill was
amended to make the date Of holding the
fair from April to October 1898. The bill
will be pushed through the Senate as soon
as possible.
The House Committee on Territories has
decided to postpone further consideration Of
the bills to admit New Mexico and Arizona,
and to appoint subcommittee TO examine
the constitution OF New Mexico and to report
on both territories. 1t is believed that this
action kills their chances for getting in at
the present session.
The Ways and Means committee are still
working on the tariff bill, and the present
indications are that it will not get before the
House before about April 10. Hides and
raw material have been put back upon the
free list, and il is limited that the cut in sugar
may not be more than IS per cent, but this
last is only surmise.
The Civil Service Commission have after
many months of investigation had warrants
of arrest served upon the president and treas
urer of the Virginia Republican Association
Of this city for alleged violation Of law in
soliciting campaign contributions from Office
holders. The civil service officials say their
principal object is to have the court construe
certain clauses of the law.
The House committee on Elections has
been working very hard this session. Up to
date it has passed upon seven of the seven
teen contested election cases, and out Of that
seven, four have been decided in favor Of
Republicans and three in favor Of Democrats
which shows that the abuse heaped upon the
majority Of that committee by the Demo-
cratic press has not been deserved.
Members Of the Three Americas Congress
are to be taken to Mount Vernon on the U.
S. S. Despatch on April 5.
| Ex-senator Angus Cameron has been ap-
pointed chairman Of the Cherokee commits
sion and an attempt is to be made at once to
close the negotiations with the Cherokee In.
dams for their lands.
Secretary WINDOWS silver bill has been
favorably reported to the House with amend
ments depriving the Secretary Of the Treas
ury Of the discretionary power to suspend
coinage. and providing for free coinege wien
silver reaches the value of 81, for 37IH
grains. The fate Of the measure is very
doubtful. 1t will have hard fight to get
through the House, and it may not succeed
in doing it, and men who ought to know, if
anybody does, say that it cannot possibly get
through the Senate.
Speaker Reed has done another courageous
thing in depriving the ex-members Of Con-
gress, whom he had reason to suspect Of
lobbying, of the privileges Of the floor Of
the House. Mr.. Reeds backbone, may
make him President one Of these days.
Representative Butterworth's bill defining
s'options" and cultures" and putting spec
ial tax upon dealers therein has beeu fovor-
ably reported to the House.
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