Nevada County picayune., 1892-01-28
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular correspondent.
Washington, Jan. 2, 1892.

W aSuluSloli, Ja'I' -N. Ic"-'
 The National Democratic Commit tee has, after mature consideration and deliberation of all the circum- stances involved, decided upon the place for holding the Democratic na- tional convention. The decision does not meet with the approval of everybody, nor was it expected that it would, but. the members of the committee have by virtue of the au- thority temporarily invested in them, done what they considered best for the interests of the party, and that fact has been so fully recognized by the members of the disappointed delegations that all of them will re- turn home fully determined to for get their personal disappointment in working for the election of the ticket which shall be nominated by that convention. Let all good Democrats go and do likewise and the result will be victory.
 The meeting of the executive com mittee of the National Association of Democratic Clubs held at the Ma tional headquarters here this week was presided over by Representative Wilson, of West Virginia. All of the members were present in person or by proxy, and they were all enthu- siastic over the condition of the as sociatlon, which will this year make itself an important factor in the Presidential campaign. According to the report of the Secretary there are now between five and six thous- and clubs in the association, repre- senting every State and Territory. The committee decided that the full committee, which will decide upon the time and place for holding the National convention of the Assocla- ton to ratify the nominations for President and Nice-President should meet at the same time and place as the nominating convention. The club convention will be held some time in August, and several cities are already in the held for the honor of entertaining 1t.
 Senator Germans reelection has from the first been certainty but that did not prevent his col leagues from overwhelming hlm with cOngratulations as soon as it was an accomplished fact.
 Hon. Edward J. Phelphs, of Yer mont, who was our minister to En- gland during the Cleveland admins tration, will probably be one of the representative of this country in the arbitration of the Behring Sea matter, Mr. Phelps was a guest of State dinner at State dinner at the W Whlte this week.
 Thoughtless people are predicting short session of Congress, but men like Mir. Holman, who know that protracted controversies are certain to arise between the House and Sen ate over the appropriation bills, do not look for an adjournment earlier than August, and will not be sur prised if it does not take place earlier than October.
 Speaker Crisp has not yet ventured out of doors, but he assisted hls Democratic colleagues of the com mittee on Rules in the preparation of the code of rules which are to govern this House during tms Con- gress. The new rules, now com pleted, are largely made up from those under which the House of the Fiftieth Congress worked, with sev- eral important changes to prevent flbustering beyond a reasonable time, and instead of giving the Speaker authority to cut off debate, as the Reed rules did, they give the majority of the House that authority
 If is nonsense to charge, as the Republicans are doing, that the 1 Democrats of the House defeated the bill for the reform of the system of printing and distributing public documents because of the retrench- ment it made in expenditures. 1t was defeated because it gave the Public Printer too much authority, and because it created new bureau of office holders. The retrenchment will be made without the objectiona- ble features of this bill.