The Bessemer indicator., 1894-03-31
WASHINGTON NOTES
what Coagrsss Is Deins- Dsp.rtas.t.'
and Social Gossip

Seuate auotueE iEse coihaBe oiii'
Re preventative Geary Of California
approves Of the new Chinese treaty.
Some of the silver Democrats threat
en- to fasten free coinage rider to the
tariff bill.
Secretary Gresham is reported to
have predicted an outbreak on the Ha-
waiian islands soon.
Reports of revenue collectors to the
treasury department are to the effect
that about one-half the Chinese have
registered
The Senate committee on foreign
relations has under consideration
treaty with China, which will allow
the immigration of Chinese under re
strictions.
The secretary of the interior has
authorized Colonel William F. Cody to
hire l25 Sioux and Comanche Indians
for exhibition in Buffalo Bills Wild
West show,
Congressman Boen of Minnesota
wants all salaries of government Of
ticials reduced to correspond with the
times, and has introduced a bill to
that effect
The Populists in Congress have
adopted badge, which they now wear
in the otherwise useless button hole
in the left lapel of their coats. 1t
looks something like a Grand Army
badge and is easily mistaken for one
Senator Stewart of the committee
on mines and mining has favorably re-
ported his bill amending the mining
laws. The bill was amended in com
mittee so as to require that $50 in
stead of so be expended annually in
work upon each twenty acres of placer
claims.
President Cleveland objects to the
old time custom of egg rolling on the
Monday following Easter, which has
always been participated in by the
children at Washington. That is, he
objects to the cgg-rolling being down
in his back yard, and says that it will
not be allowed in future,
The estimated amount of revenue
shown by the tariff bill reported to
the Senate is 1881 900, 900, a reduc-
tion of sl3, 100000 or Sl4, 900. 900
from the estimates in the first bill re-
ported to the committee. The princi-
pal loss is on domestic cigars and cigar
cites and on tin plates and fruits
This will produce more than is needed
Representative Geary of California,
framer of the Chinese registration act,
causes some surprise by coming out in
approval of the new Chinese treaty
He does not agree with those who ar
que that it amounts to an abrogation
of the Geary law, but looks upon it
rather as a recognition of the registra
ton principle, which is the feature of
the law that bears his name.
Judge Bradley expressed himself
in strong terms the other day, while
trying the Breckenridge case. upon
the impropriety of the newspapers
publishing the details of the scandal
Gus case He said that such papers
were liable to exclusion from the mails
on the ground ofabbscenity. The trial
continues to draw full court room of
people from all stations in life
The pension rolls will be greatly en-
larged by decision of Assistant See
retary of the Interior Reynolds. 1t
will admit to the rolls the names of
large number of insane, idiotic and
permanently helpless minor children
of deceased soldiers where the pen
sions of the former have ceased by the
children attaining the age of l6 years
prior to the act of June %, 1890. The
decision holds that the act of 1890 has
the effect of restoring these dependent
persons to the rolls during life or a
continuance of the disability
The governments of the United
States, Great Britain and Italy have
united in recommending to the gov
ernment of Brazil that humane
course be adopted in regard to the in
surgent refugees who have sought shell
ter on board the Portuguese warships.
The representative governments have
urged in support of their recommenda-
tions that the insurgents have com
mitted no crime against common law
Senator Colquit of Georgia died at
his home in Washington on the 26th.
For nearly two years he had been
crippled with paralysis, but performed
his duties. He has been wheeled in
and out Of the Senate chamber in an
invalid chair, has attended the meet
member, but has not made a speech or
been able to take any active part in
debate on the Senate floor.
1t was generally conceded in Wash
ington on the 26th that there was no
hope that President Cleveland would
sign the seigniorage bill, and the sill
yer men were figuring on trying to pass
it over his veto To pass the measure
over veto would require 235 yea votes
in full vote. But, as full house is
never to be expected, the 29T present
at the last vote is counted on being
the number who would vote on the
veto question. With such member
ship two-thiris vote necessary to
overturn the veto would be 1873, or
80 more than Mr. Bland could com