The Forrest City times., 1892-07-15
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
special Correspondence of Tho Times.

special ltarreSpundeucc oi lhc Times.
 "A BUSY WEEK UNDER THE DOME
 After the holidays Of The fourth of July the house and senate seemed t0 meet with determination to get through with their work on appropriation bills. Delay was caused hy some lilihusteTing in the house al ainsi ihe free coinage bill, and generally bs Inc determination Of the senate t0 force up appropriations as far as possible.
 The sensation Of the week was caused by the news of the fatal encounter at Car negie's steel works Wednesday night h. yesiiyatiens were at once ordered by both the senate and house. the latter having al ready the question 0f pinkcftou men under inquiry. Although no one wished to gain a partisan advantage from aaeh tragedy, it is Impossible that the affair should hot have an important bearing on the tarin controversy.
 Very little was done on Tuesday. In the senate Mir Berry spoke on the Hale resolution touching the taflil and made some tolerable hits. The senate adhered Co its aiuendusnts increasing appropria- tiUns foi fhe pisetTlct Of Columbia. \ number of private bids were passed.
 lH tue housc the se0ate bill providing for the free coinage of silver ai4d gold was read and fight began for it's delay. Mir Tracy of New York soyed 70 refer it to the committee on banking and curren- ey. No quorum voted. X call of the house was ordered. and leaves of absence. except for sickness, were revoked. A vote was then had on fraey's motion. A quorum disappeared again, and another call nf the roll was had. the house finally zdjuuruiug without action.
 In the senate On "Wednesday MT. Aldrich of Rhode Island presented pc iitious for retaining wool and its mann lecturers at ihe rate established by the Mckinley act House bill granting pen- siun Co survivors qa the Indian wars of is32 io isi3 WAS taken from the calendar aud amended by extending iis heueht to thr Seminole wars of 1859, Oregon aud Washington wais of 1883 aud Sioux war ol fsj2. in Minnesota and baSota. Then the hill was rccummItcd 70 the committee oH pensions. Any further iu- formation regarding fhr hll ana ifs provisions win he chccrluily furnished hy MessTs. fyert X Applcmsu claim at- tOrHeys Washington, n, C.
 Nr. kylc'S resolution tur an iutcst'- catInn relatives to the ''slum ct cties was adopted. Twenty thousand dollars were appropriated for the purpose.
 Senate Bill to adjust Che pensions of tht-sc who lost linil,s or tho usc ef them was passed The additional annual charge on the treasury for ihis will he less than STo0. 0oN.
 The conference report on the river and harhor bill was agreed to.
 in the house Che conference report on the river and haFbur bill was likewise referred to shcu hlhtastcrmg began again on the silver bil.
 Ou Thuf.das thr news of tlc fatal en- coautrr between working mtn aud Pink cTton men at Caiuveir', sled works naturally expressed thr attention of tafh hoIses. ln the sruate tWo resolutions fI investigation. offered, respectively. by McssTs. GailHgyr aud PvHvf thc day be- fore, were brought up lu the discussiuu Mir. Palmer spoke aI length against ihe employ meut uf Plnkerton forces and said that working men should not be subject Co arbitrary discharge Mr. Fuoihets pointed oui the discrepancy between. the promise uf increased wages of working men. under ihe Mckinley act. and t4cat. msut they had just received from emo oi ns chief henrhriaries, the Carnegie cou- csTn. Mr. Hale made the principal at- tempt to reply con the republican side. Conference reports con the Indian hill military academy bili. legislative htiL. postuiilrc bill and b.ll approving the funding ari oi Arizona were presented and agreed tn.
 The senate then proceeded in the con slderaitnu of the Suudry civii arUropJia. tion bili and disposed ol half of e. ln the house ihero was nu further filihustrrHR against ilie senate free coinage hll, and it was referred by the speaker Co the coin age committee.
 Mir. Oates of Alabama from the com. mittec on judiciary reported back a faso- luii0n for an investigation as Co the em ploymenl oi PinAertun detective forces ai lIomestrad. p@. Mir. Terry of Arkansas moved to amend by instfLciiug ihc cani- mittee ta enquire whether the employ ment oi PinkcTt0n detectives has any con nectlon with the federal taNsiion and a melton Co refer as amended was agreed tu. The conference report on he Indian appropriation hill was agreed Co. The bili approrriatss sSf5. .Sa3 less than the bill a C passed the senate. and Sls,a. IFS more than as it originally passed the house.
 In the senate Friday r.e fertilization  bill was placed on the calendar and a bili was passed changing ihe opening of the Chicago far from the i2th Co tlse 2ist of October.
 MT. Galiinger then essayed a reply Go the speech Of Mi Noorhces The day h,.- fore, and chanted The praises of high iarin. Consideration of the sundrs civil bill was then resumed. The paragraph for the surveys and rcsurveys was de- ciared by hessrs. Shoup and Allen Co be insufficient and was hnaily amended by increasing the appropriation from S20o, . 900 as In the house hill, and from SST5. .- 00e. as recommended in the cOmnittee's amendment to S45o.oO0 After dispos- ing of twenty pages of the bin it was laid aside. 4 conference report on inc blli to increase the pensions of certain soldiers and sailors who are totally helpless from injuries received CT disease contracted in tue service was agreed tO.
 Mir. Quay oi Pennsylvania succeeded m getting printed in the record an inter view with President Frick of the CaTna- gie company.
 Friday was suspension day m the house and Ar Shlvely of lndiana moved the rassass of the rr plats bsll h ,se C.. hafa NIT ArAttls~ af rFeNrn~ea. ans. 4h.