The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-10-03
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondence

OF the h0ur, Ills tarlH Dill has been
reported from conference practically
as he first reported it to the House
the report has been agreed to by the
House, and to-day, or tomorrow at
the outside 1t will be agreed to by
the Senate. Most of the Repubi
cans, in both House and Senate. have
worked like Trojans on this bill. and
it would be manifestly inYiduou5 to
single out individuals for special
praise; but all the same every Re-
publican in the United States who
believes in the cardinal principles of
his party as laid down by the Ma
tional platform of 'S9 and ratified by
the vote of the people who elected
Harrison and Morton and the Repre-
sentatives of the FIfty-first Congress,
should throw up his hat and give
three rousing cheers for Senator AL
drich and Representative Mckinley
for the able manner in w.lieetakaey
have discharged the arduous duties
and responsibilities which their
party associates placed upon their
shoulders by putting them in their
respective branches Of Congress, in
charge OF this, one of the most i'm
portant measures. from business
standpoint. ever passed by the Amer
lean Congress. To them it may be
truly said "Well done good and faith
full servants"
Delegations of Georgians and Ala
bamians are here trying to induce the
President and his cabinet to visit
their States. The programe is. to
get Secretary Blaine to deliver an
address on reciprocity and Secretary
Rusk one on farming at the opening
of the Atlanta, Georgia, exposition,
October Is, and then to have the
Presidential party before returning
visit the Alabama State Agricultural
Fair which opens at Birmingham on
October 90.
Senator ingalls, Indignantly denies
the report sent out from Washington
that he was paid $500 for the speech
which he recently made at Pitts
burgh. Said Mr.. Ingalls, 1T is an
infamous falshood, | neither eX,
pected nor received any remunera-
ton for the speech. My reward was
the consciousness of having done my
duty, and it was amply sufficient"
Secretary Tracy considers the re-
cent Government tests at Annapolis OF
the relative strength of various Kinds
of metal armour for naval vessels as
the most important event ip inari-
time warfare, if the expression b. al,
loWable in time of profound PEACE,
of the age. And Congress evidently
agreed with him, for his request for
an appropriation of 81 600 600 to pur'
chase nickel TO he used in allOying
the steel plates for all of the cruisers
now being built (the test proved that
plates composed of nickel and steel
were the only ones which could stand
the fire OF modern artillery was
promptly met by the passage of
joint resolution carrying an appro-
priation of that amount for the pur'
pose named.
The President and all of the menu
bers of his cabinet are here to per-
form their duties in the closing hours
of Congress, and that the closing
hours are near at hand would be ap.
parent to even stranger on account
of the general hurry and hustle
around the capitol particularly 10 the
House wing.
Secretary Noble has issued regula-
tions for the guidance of those who
may desire to make their own app!i-
cations for pensions under the new
pension law, without the aid of an
attorney, and copies will be mailed
to all who care to apply for them.
He has also issued stringent orders
against any preference beng shown
in the adjudication of these claims,
and any attorney attempting To OBJ
tain such preference is to he dis
charged from practice before the de-
partment.
The Democrats af the House have
been as meek as lambs ever since the
Republicans had a quorum of their
own present.
The committee investigating the
charges against Gen. Raum surprised
most people by sending for other wit
nesses in order to ascertain who fur
nished the New York Tribune with
certain information it published
about the Pension Office. The cor
respondent will not tell unless the
parties who gave him the informa-
ton shall consent.
The Democrats have succeeded in
having a resolution providing for the
Investigation of certain charges