The Washington bee., 1892-02-20
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
Late News at the Seat of Government

The Catchings' resolution toinvestigate
the Pension Office was agreed to by the
House. - The coinage committee
adopted the Bland bill by vote of eight
to five and it was placed on the House
calendar.-The Military Academy ap.
preparation bill was passed by the House,
after looping off a number of Items
1t has been practically agreed by the
House ways and means committee to re.
duce the cotton duties to 40 per cent
The House committee on coinage weights
and measures has agreed by a vote
OF eight to five to report Mr..
BANDS free coinage bill favorably.
The Senate committee on agriculture
considered the resolution of Senator
George relative to the appointment of
committee to inquire into the cause of the
low price of cotton and the depressed con-
dition of agriculture in the cotton raising
States, and agreed to report back to the
Senate an amendment in the nature of a
substitute authorizing the committee to
make general investigation for the pur-
pose of ascertaining the present condition
of agriculture in the United States, the
present prices of agricultural products,
and, If there be any of which the prices
are depressed, the causes of such depres.
sion and the remedies therefor The
House bill reducing the duty on barley
and hops will be favorably reported.
Representative Wheeler has introduced
bill to reduce all Government salaries Of
$1,000 and more 20 per cent, and those
exceeding $500 10 per cent, in view of the
financial distress which prevails in the
rural districts. e. G. Boudinot, rep
resenting the Cherokee Nation, opposed
before the House territories committee
yesterday the admission of Oklahoma
and Indian Territories as one State, on
the ground that to do so would violate
the treaties of 1885 and 1928, and would
give legal status to whites residing lille.
gally in the Indian Territory
Whites constitutional amendment to
abolish the power of national banks
to issue currency was reported adj.
versely and tabled by the House.
Senator Teller has interviewed the
anti-silver Senators and found them hos
tile to a measure to coin the American
product, preferring free coinage to such
law. He thinks the Senate will pass
free silver bill.-Mr. Wise, of Vir.
ginia, reported to the House, from the
committe on interstate and foreign com.
merce, the bill making Newark, N. j., a
port of immediate transportation
The Senate got into wrangle over a
provision of the printing bill creating a
of Public Documents
There are indications that this week will
be notable in Congressional annals as one
in which political issues were made up.
In the House there may be an alignment
of members on the silver question, and il
is probable that in the Senate will be de.
fined an economical policy, as sequence
of the program adopted by the majority
in the House.-The tendency to cut |
down appropriations, as shown in the re.
auctions of public money for Indian
schools, West Point, and other objects,
has aroused considerable criticism, and
between the two houses is
probable. Among the bills likely to be !
discussed this week are the Paddock r, >. .frle
food bill; the bill providing for the cree.
ton of public buildings for post offices in
towns and cities where the receipts ex. /
coed $4,000 annually; the Urgent De.
fciency bill; the Indian appropriation
bill; the bill allowing commercial trav.
elers special railroad rates; and several
measures affecting the order of business. (