The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-03-03

WASHINGTON WHIspERINGs. Senator
Chandler has secured the adoption of a
resolution calling for a report of Admiral
Preble, which gives the history OF the
Portsmouth, (N. H., navy yard. In
the [. $. Senate last week Senator Man
derson introduced three bills calculated to
reach the green goods swindlers......
At the Democratic caucus of the House
last Thursday night no decision was reach
ed III regard to the silver bill Mr.. Bland
presented resolution calling for discus
sion and action almost Immediately, but
by a vote of 50 to % the caucus adjourned
without taking action...-.. The Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury has awarded the
contract for furnishing and delivering
granite for the fo@ signal station TO be es-
tablislled on the casterly Side of the
Cuckold's S Island Maine to George w.
Andrews of Biddeford for s1762; also the
contract for furnishing 60, 900 brick for
the construction of the same light signal
to Nathaniel Bupant Of Newcastle, Me. :,
for $40. .... In the Senate Thursday Mr..
Hale and Mr.. Vest discussed at some
length the question Of reciprocity.
senator Hale of Maine is very hopeful that
the bill which he introduced Il month ago
to further increase the naval establish
ment may be adopted. 1t authorizes the
construction of three battle ships of from
-, 600 to 100, 600 tons displacement, two
armored coast defence vessels five gun
boats of from 800 to l, POO tons displace-
ment and eight first class torpedo boats.
...... General Dyrenforth's report OF his
rain making experiments show that he
did not succeed in securing results which
would lead him to form a conclusion. He
hopes the subject will be further investi-
gated, The House ways and means
committee Friday decided that the wool
bill should be the first of the tariff bills to
be taken up in the House. The Demo-
cratic majority of the committee is dis
cussing bill providing for free tin plate
or a rate as low as that of the tariff of 1SS3
At a meeting Of the Congressional
Temperance Society the following officers
We're elected: President, Hon. n. Dingley
Vice Presidents, Senators Dawes, Colquitt
and Wilson. and Representatives o. Don
nell, Morse, Picker, Lewis and }. d. Tay-
lor Secretary, +. ID. Power. ..... Chief JUS
tice Fuller, it is said intends to resign if a
Democratic president should be elected.
The Chief Justice finds his salary too
small for his expensive family. The
House committee on naval affairs has un-
der consideration the Berdan iron clad de-
renee NeSSel. ne snip would De lfoNlu-
ed with heavy sub marine gun, to be au-
tomatically discharged by contact with an
enemy vessel. ..... The Treasury Depart
ment denies in the most positive terms
that Great Britain has slgnitied willing
ness to take part in an international mon
etaIy conference. The I. 5. Supreme
Court pronounces the Reed quorum rule
constitutional. There is no appeal from
that decision and it will probably sur
prise nobody except those people who had
actually deluded themselves into the idea
that the constitution did not mean What
it said. .... The Rules Committee has re-
ported the resolution making the silver
bill'a special order in the House for Mar
-, % and "a, and Mr.. Catchings has Civ
en notice that he VIII cali the resolution
up next Monday. special from Col
umhlS, Ohio. says that Senator John
Sherman does not expect To serve out the
term to which he was elected by the Ohio
legislature last january. From inside
sources ii is learned that he has made mp
his mind to retire to private life.