The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-01-14

WASHINGToN WHISPERINGS. Con
Gress resumed its session after the holiday
recess. and Mr. McMillin. owing to the
continued illness of Mr.. Crisp. was chosen
Speaker pro tem... The fact that it is
generally recognized that it is to be the
policy of the Speaker and the ways and
means committee OF the House to attack
the Mckinley tariff law by specific bills
aboishing OF greatly reducing the duties
ON separate articles, was strikingly shown
Jan. 9TH. Some II to 20 bills were intro
duced. each proposing to place some one
| or more of the named articles on the free
| list. Papers have been forwarded to
Secretary Blaine for a claim against Chilli
for $500 by Patrick Shields, fireman
on the steamer kcweena. who was NAL
treated while in Valparaiso by Gillian
mob. ... The Cherokee council has for
mally ratified the agreement with relation
to the Cherokee strip. All now needed
to throw open over 100000 acres of
land to white settlement is that Congress
shall ratify the agreement. Congress-
man Milliken has introduced bills in the
House for $40. 600 for public buildings at
Gardiner and Waterville. He has also
introduced a bill making it unlawful for
any railroad company to operate cars of
| any kind unless equipped at both ends
with uniform safety and automatic coup
| lers. this bill being identical with Senator
Collum S, introduced last month, to carry
out the recommendations made in the
| President message...... is expected
| that sentence will be passed upon the
| three Chilians found guilty of assaulting
| the Baltimore's S seamen in Valparaiso at
the conclusion Of the festivities to cele-
| brate the anniversary of the revolt against
Do1,~ ID hoC
troduced bill prohibiting free passes on
| railroads except in certain cases, and pro-
| viding for strict enforcement OF the in
| terstate commerce law..... The President
| is preparing proclamation of retaliation
against those countries which have refus-
ed to enter into reciprocal trade relations
with this country, and will probably have
| it ready for issue before the end of the
present week. -. Mr. Mills of Texas has
| been granted indefinite leave of absence
| from the House. ..... The Joint resolution
authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to
send relief to the suffering poor of Rus
| sia was killed in the House Jan. &c.. Mr..
Blaine illness of last week was only tenn
porary and by night he had recovered full
| ly from his indisposition. .... Senator Hill
of New York. was sworn in at noon last
| Thursday; no objection was made.....
Senator Petfer of Kansas, in the Senate
Thursday, introduced a bill of a purely
| Alliance character authorizing the secre-
| tary of the treasury to issue treasury
| notes to the amount OF one hundred mil
lion dollars, these notes to be loaned to
the people of Indiana on mortgages upon
their land. .... Senator and Mrs. Hale give
a dinner Jan. 20 in honor of President and
| Mrs. Harrison. 49,. Senator Kyle of South
| Dakota expects soon to introduce in the
| United States Senate a Joint resolution
| asking for an amendment to the COnStitu-
| ton of the United States giving Congress
| the power to regulate the laws regarding
marriage and divorce. 80. Rear Admiral
c. R. p. Rogers, U. S. N. (retired),
died in Washington last Friday evening of
heart disease. .... Ex-Speaker Reed return
ed Friday for the first time since the holi-
days. He has been detained by illness in
his family. He does not expect to leave
Washington until the end of the session.
He will have something to say when the
Democrats shall bring in their new rules.
The only rule thus far adopted as per-
manent rule of the new Congress is one of
the condemned Reed rules of the last Con-
gress. ..... The leaders of the farmers
Alliance have been in secret session here
several days. The result is the adoption
of a resolution to-day declaring against a
third party. There was no need of this
declaration, for it is well known that
the Alliance is simply an annex OF
the Democratic party. There is prac-
tically no difference between the South
ern Alliance representatives and the
Democrats in Congress. ..... Senator and
Mrs. Eugene Hale's magnificent new home
on the corner of K. ard Sixth streets,
Washington, built by the widow of Zach
Chandler, as a gift to her daughter, was
thrown open Wednesday Jan. 6, for the
first time, the hostess and her mother
Mrs. Chandler, extending a hearty well
come to large circle of friends and ad-
mirers. Mrs. Hale wore rich robe o1