Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-07-20
NATIONAL CAPITAL NEWS.


partment.
In the discussion the other day by the
House Committee on the Pacific railroad
funding bill it was practically decided to
abandon the feature OF the plan proposed
by Attorney General Olney, that permit
ted reorganization of the company, in
case it was not satisfied to continue on
the basis of the plan adopted.
The Attorney-G General has sent to the
Senate through the Secretary OF the
Treasury request for a deficiency APP
preparation of $l25, 600 in lieu of $500
asked for some time ago. This amount
will be used to meet the expenses in
Cured by the United States Marshals in
the arrest and punishment of Coxeyites
in the West for stealing trains.
Senator Sherman has introduced a
resolution in the Senate, which went
over under the rules, instructing the
Committee on Interstate Commerce to
inquire into the expediency of regulat-
ing by law the employment and use OF
sleeping and parlor cars now owned by
railroad companies engaged in interstate
commerce, the cost of operating them,
the charges made for their use and what
ought to be reasonable charges for the
seats, berths and sections in such cars.
A request for troops subject to call has
been forwarded by Secretary Smith to
the Secretary OF War on the ground that
parties are preparing to overrun the
Blackfoot Indian reservation in Mon
tana. The communication incloses re-
port of Indian Commissioner Browning,
stating that the Indian police force will
be unable to keep these parties from the
reservation, and recommends that two
troops OF cavalry be furnished on the
the call of Agent Coe. The department
has decided to allow no prospecting on
the reservation.
Kyle Of Mississippi is evidently not
accustomed to hearing discussions in
volving the expenditure of vast sums of
money. In the Mississippi Legislature
the appropriation OF $4,000 would be
called reckless extravaganza. Conse-
quently he has been greatly astonished
at the manner in which the Representa-
tives talk about this government indors-
ing Huntington's railroad bonds for
1874, 900, 900, $40, 900, 600 for the Nicara-
qua canal, millions for rivers and har-
bors and hundreds of thousands for pub
lie buildings. The other day, when the
House was considering an appropriation
bill carrying a big sum of money for sub
sdy to a Southern railroad for carrying
the mail on a fast train, he turned to one
of his colleagues and drawled out in his
dry way: "Golly, these fellers talk
about dollars just as we do about goober
nuts down in our country"
In coast and geodetic survey circles on
both coasts there are much interest and
feeling with regard to the war which is
being waged on superintendent Menden-
hall by various persons. Carlisle would
like to have Mendenhalrs place in order
to give it to one of his friends. He has
been unable to do this, and has been an
moving him in various ways. Carlisle
appointed so many men over the super
intendent's head that Mendenhall, who
found these appointments incompetent,
finally sent in his resignation to the
President in order that either he might
terminate his connection with the sur
vev or have it settled that he should have
some jurisdiction over his subordinates
in determining their fitness for office.
Cleveland has been friendly to Menden-
hall, and has several times said he did
not intend to have him disturbed. 1t is
thought that the President will decide
the matter in favor OF Mendenhall.
The amended sugar schedule, which
will probably be offered when the tariff
bill is taken up in the Senate, has been
put in shape by Jones. 1t was accepted
by all to whom it was shown except
Blanchard. The amendment as prepared
changes the date when the sugar sched-
ule shall go into effect from the LIST OF
January to the time OF the passage OF
the bill, and provides for continuation
of part of the bounty for the present
year, giving nine-tenths OF cent bounty
per pound on sugar testing above 80 de-
grees by the polariscope and eight-tenths
on sugar testing below 80 degrees and
above so degrees. The Secretary OF the
Treasury is also authorized to refrain
from imposing the additional duty OF
one-tenth OF a cent on sugar imported
from countries paying an export bounty
where it was demonstrated to his salts
faction the producer has not received
the bounty.
Senator White expects to call up after
the passage of the tariff bill his measure
providing for the payment of the civil
war claims OF California, Oregon and
Nevada. By the terms of the bill Cali
fornia will receive nearly 81 100000, Or
egon nearly $500 and Nevada over
$4OO, 900. These States are the only ones
having legitimate claims against the
government on this basis whose claims
have not been satisfactorily settled and
the amounts paid in full. John Mullan
has done considerable work in pushing
this claim, which he has undertaken
among several others of similar nature
on behalf of different Pacific Coast
States. This work has been done under
contract, and in the case of the civil war
claims it is held that his contract no
longer holds good. Mullan claims, how
ever, that he is entitled to a certain per-
centage of the amounts paid to Califor-
mia. Acting in response to the agitation