The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-04-09
HOBART WILL RUN IN
He Is In Washington Look
ing After His Vice
Presidential Fences.
YOUNG PITNEY WILL HUSTLE

Johnston Cornish will Make Things
Lively for Him-Washington
Gossip.
WASHINGTON, April 8, 1S96.-Thers
has been but very little done by Congress
this week that is of more thar ordinary
interest TO the people of New Jersey, ex-
cepting the passage of the Rivers and
Harborss bill and the Cuban concurrent
resolutions. Yesterday, in the House,
Congressman Pitney accepted an invitation
to put himself on record as being opposed
10 the taxation of the nation for the
benefit of q single locality. The occal
sion was the Dill to provide a. free library
for the District of Columbia, which has
been so amended as to provide that the
Government should pay one-half of the
expense of such a library. Mr.. Pitney
spoke on the question, and with consider
able effect. He said in substance thar
ne was heartily in favor of a free library
in the District, but he believed that the
District of Columbia ought to pay for it.
He did not think that citizens of New
Jersey or California should be taxed for
a library that could only be used by people
residing in Washington. He favored a
free library, but opposed the effort to
make the Government pay for it. The
amendment was defeated.
Congressman Pitney yesterday was asked
by your correspondent If he expected to be
renominated. He did not answer the
question In a direct manner, but said:-
If I am / will do some tall hustling.''
"Win that be necessary? 2"
Yes, for THE district has a normal
Democratic majority"
There is a large number of New Jersey
people in Washington at present, and
prominent among them is Frank A. Ma
gowan, Trenton's former Mayor, who
stopped a few hours in Washington on
Monday, but declined to be interviewed.
He said he was on his way to Trenton.
Philip Leves of Paterson, is representing
MS tow at the National League of Mu-
sicians' Convention at Washington.
Ex-congressrnan George B. Fielder, the
present Register Of Hudson county. is
stopping at the Arlington.
congressman Pitney has been informed
ina that me bill he passed in the House in
sne interest of Frederick B. Belts. Of
s morris 81 has passed the Senate and
The history of this claim is a pecuIiar
one; Il is for the paymen of Treasury
uraft No. b.453, issued on Treasury Into
Isl draw : :, N6. 4sgl. dated March 1,
Orleans in favor of Sampson & Hen
bricks, for $3.50. The consideration Of the
q1nitad was the rent Of rooms for the
Snree months, ending December 20, 1860.
shortly after receiving the draft, and
On 9ric Il ABOUT April = 1851, Sampson & Hen
course or business 30 Messrs. Belts.
Mlcnois q Co.. Of New York city, in pay
meh5 o. 1oe 2 DEBT incurred prior to Janu-
Sampson 8 Hendricks In Austin, Tex.
BY the collecting agent Of the New York
f 7ar1, L ahd reached he latter firm IN New
commencement Of the war, when it was
too late to send the draft from New
York to New Orleans for presentation
Msssrs Belts Nichols 8 CO, therefore
f ~ after the ,o close Of the wal. and then
Of the Treasury at Washington, with a
letter explaining that By. reason Of the
war 1T tney mad been unable to present it
leans, the letter closing with these
Not knowing whether there Is now
80 ACdoal at NEW OTle3nS.s
we inclose it to you for or al,
VICE what to do with the same
The Secretary Of the Treasury never
the firm again wrote, but received no
reply. June 10, 1870, a third letter was
written, and to this a reply was received
draft must prove "fhat they ya ala not t p ane
mote, encourage or IN any manner sus-
t tain the sn late rebellion and were dis
opposed to it." So great a time had
elapsed since the making of the draft Is
the present that Mr.. Pitney advised that
would cover the matter and do away
with the requirements Of the Treasury
Department.
Everything PORTS to an adjournment of
prophesy seems to be justified BY the
condition Of the appropriation bills. OF
the bills which have. been signed and be-
come law, except the urgency deficiency
bill, which was passed early IN the session,
there are the appropriations for the army,
for the diplomatic service, for the
Military Academy and for pensions. The
following have passed the House and
and are now in conference.-the
Indian and post office appropriations.
Ihey are at present in the Senate. The
River and Harbor bill have passed the
House and are all in the hands of the
Senate Committee on Appropriations. This
leaves three bills TO be considered, VIZ,
the District of Columbia approximation bill.
the fortiications bill and the general de-
ficiency bill. 1t would therefore appear
that the House win have completed its
work by the last of next week. Aside from
this fact. many of the members are grow
ing FESTIVE and are anxious to get home
and get to work on the preliminaries for
the approaching campaign. Others fear
that the Republican party will not be bene-
fitted if the session of Congress is prs
longeds much longer with the record it has
already made of having accomplished