The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-08-11

WASlIINGTON WHISPERING>. The hear
inc on Congressman Watson charges OF
drunkenness was closed Aug. ,. Nh.
Watson made a statement in which he re-
iterated his belief that Mr. Cobb was
drunk. .....I 1t is not Il record to boast of
much, which the sd Congress has made
in its first session. In the matter OF APP
preparations it has exceeded 10y some mil
lions its predecessor, the much criticised
''billion'' Congress. One great thing to
the credit of the present Congress is that
ii has put free silver coinage into the
limbo of the future. For the rest, the
story is soon told. Out of T. 00G measures
introduced in both branches, between 100
and 800 have become laws. The most inn
portant of these are the questionable
Chinese exclusion bills, the bill admitting
TWO lInman steamships condltlonaIIy to
American registry. the Black Hawk and
Seminole var pension bill, the eight hour
bill, the army nurse and Intermediate pen
sion bills, The McGarrahan claim bill
Vetoed-thc bill to increase the pay of
members OF the life saving service, the
bill making the secretary of agl'iculture
member Of the cabinet the bill to estab-
lish line promotion in the army. the
bill for better control of national
w
rectjls. This comprises the list OF the
most important laws enacted. .... The Pres
ident has vetoed the Senate bill amending
the act OF March ,, 1887, comforting on
the court of claims jurisdiction in contest
ed land patent cases. The President has
approved the act amending the act au-
thol1zing the appointments of receivers of
national banks..... The report that the
British government has taken formal pos
session of johnson Island, in the Pacific
ocean, does not excite much interest in
official circles at Washington. as the island
is of no value for strategic purposes and its
supply of guano is practically exhausted.
...... Congress adjourned finally at II p. m.
Friday having passed the world $ fair bill
appropriating -, 800, 600 the sunory civil
bill and several private pension bills. The
world fair bill was Immediately signed
by the President. The reports ON the
Watson charges of drunkenness We're or
dered printed. The majority report de-
clares the charges false..... The House
committee to investigate the Homestead
trouble and the Pinkerton business was
instructed to continue the enquiry during
recess. Charles DeStruVe. Russian
minister to the United States, has been
transferred to the Hague. He will be
succeeded in Washington by Prince Can
tacusene, at present chancellor of the Rus
sian embassy at Vienna. 800. After signing
various bills President Harrison left Wash
ington Friday night to join Mrs. Harrison
at Loon Lake. The Department of
State learns that a serious revolutionary
conspiracy has been discovered in Bolivia.
y large number of prominent men have
been sent beyond the frontier and martial
law has hann nrpcl aimed The PraSI-
dent has selected five delegates to repre-
sent this country i'll the international mon
tary conference. Their names will be pub
licly announced by the secretary of state
this week. Senator Jones, of Nevada, is
known to be one of the number...... The
Bangor Republicans have nominatedJames
Adams, Capt. Henry y. Fairbanks and
Chas w. Coffin as candidates for represen-
tatives to the Legislature. LAS to what
Prohibition can and cannot do in politics
Senator Frye, at the Fryeburg ChauIauqua,
apt]y said that in Maine it cannot elect Il
single member of the legislature, but ''if
it had two thousand votes in the second
district it might defeat Nelson Dingley, as
good a temperance man as ever lived, and
elect McGillicuddy, who is a bitter foe to
Prohibition
POLITICAL POINTS. An Augusta des-
patch says that the Republicans expect
to have MI. Blaine, Senators Hale and
Frye, Hon. Henry B. Cieaves and the Con-
gressional nominees on the stump, while
from away they will have Mckinley,
of Ohio, Burrows, of Michigan,
Hon. J. P. Dolliver, of Iowa, Hon
Joseph Hawley, of Conn, Senator Wal
colt, OF Colorado, and Gen. George Sheri-
dan, of Washington. ..... The Hallowell
Republicans have nominated eX-Mayor
George S. Fuller for representative to the
legislature. ...John III. Littletield, the
well-known lecturer on Personal Re-
collections of Abraham Lincoln" will
take the stump for Harrison and Reid. Mr..
Littlefeld made his first political speech
for Fremont, in 1856, and has taken an
active part in every Presidential campaign
since. James J. Maher's nomination
papers as the Republican candidate for
representative to the legislature from Au-
gusta were filed with the Secretary of
State Aug. by Mr.. Maher's attorney, E.
w. Whitehouse, Esq. They were signed
by the chairman and secretary of the
second caucus. What disposition will be
made Of the papers is not learned. 1t is
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