The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-04-29
Washington Letter.
lFrom our Regular oorrespOndent.l !

WASHINGTON, d, O., April "a, '91.
Senators Allison, Aldrich, Hiscock, Car.
isle and Harris compose the sub committee
of the senate finance committee, which met
here this week for the purpose Of making
the investigation into the workings OF the
Mckinley tariff act, ordered by resolution
OF the senate at the last session. 1t is ey-
pected that mass OF authentic and useful
information bearing on the working OF the
tariff and It's relation to the manufacturing
and general business of the country will
be gathered by this subcommittee, which
will begin its work at ouce.
An interesting feature of the present
week has been the visit OF portion OF the
celebrated Sixth Massachusetts regiment,
which was attacked by a mob In the
streets of Baltimore while on Its way to
the defense of the capital in April, 1861.
They arrived here Tuesday evening from
Baltimore, where, for two days hospitall
ties had been showered upon them to
make amends for their very inhospitable
treatment thirty years ago and up to this
morning when they started on their return
home, they haye practically owned Wash
ingten, everybody seeming anxious to do
something to add to their pleasure. The
veterans met many old friends here who
were here when they came in '6i and
"reminiscences of that period have been
in order all the week.
There is general desire to have the an
nual encampment OF the G. A. X. In 1872
held in Washington, but SO far there has
been no organized effort 10 secure 1t. The
G. A. R. men say that they will not invite
their comrades to meet here unless there
is fund OF at least $4,000 guaranteed
for their entertainment 1t is believed
that this fund could be raised here If the
right parties would take hold Of the mat
ter and there is still hope that they will
do II
Attorney general Miller, who has been
laid up with the grippe for a couple Of
weeks, Is again at his desk and next week
he will appear before the supreme court
in the Sayward case and also 10 the case
involving the constitutionality of the law
closing the mails to newspapers that pub
lish lottery advertisements, both of which
were postponed on account of his illness.
General Superintendent White, OF the
railway mail service, believes in personal.
ly encouraging the men under him and he
has Just announced his intention to pre-
sent the clerk who makes during the year
ending Dec. 81, 1891, the bes, case exam
ination, a handsome gold medal. This is
open 10 every mall clerk In the service
and will doubtless prove an incentive to
increased efficiency among the boys who
handle our ever growing volume Of mail
matter.
Secretary Foster has about $lS,OOO,OOO
in silver halt dollars in the Treasury which
he Is very anxious TO get into circulation
and It has about been decided TO with
draw, gradually, enough OF the $4,000
900 now on deposit with the 200 national
banks, which are designated government
repositories to enable him TO replace II
with these silver hall dollars, so no one
need be surprised TO find the national
banks paying out an unusual number ol
half dollars 1t is expected that the trans
fer will be effected by July 1, on which
date the treasury department will have tc
pay out about s3O,OOO,OOO on account Of
pensions