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be i,,rutwrs of he senate com
rm ~ Fvreign Relations made
. ii -. +" i',ati 80 Secretary Olney at
81 2 m"t-7i 4 ~ the coinmittse that
IN .lu@,'a upon the invltation Of
S i.ntpr Sin4nan, now chairman Of
fhaI com uIltee and soon to sue
% C, cd n'u, Il he head Of the State
Drpartne hat neither predju-
d rr dt ire to get even with
ti.r' Hdm s'ration was p aging
part in HE consideration of the
arbitration treaty; that Senators
we're IN ynf'er The fullest infor-
n ions ab"ui those sections of the
Il IT uich more than Que
C. s.ru on ould be placed, and
tia .,e that information had
h,'rn btHrur The treaty would be
a, aitu according to its meris.
The rpsu none of the Sena-
torirA contests gave more satisfac-
tim to republicans in Congress
than n" recollection of Senator
PTitchar q, of North Carolina. there
wRs u @nublr satisfaction. They
were glad to 500 Senator Pritchar 1
y reelected, because they thought he
deserved to be, and because it was
a singing defeat for Senator But
Ter, the man who traded the popu.
list votes to Sewal, and who has
been posing as the biggest headed
rooster in the populist barnyard
and otherwise making show of
himself
This has bsen almost entirely
devoted to 81 routine business in
both branches Of Congress, except
ing the time given up to the
Nicaragua Canal bill ia the Senate.
The republican members of the
House Ways and Means committee
art sticking steadily to the work
Of preparing the tariff bill-how
hard this work really is there are
few who understand, outside of
those who have taken part in
similar jobs.
Ex-President Harrison, ex.At
torney General Miller and ex.
Vice Presidedt Morton were in
Washington this week, but their
visit has no political Significance,
as neither of them is now actively
in politics. The first two came in
connection with case they had
before the Supreme Court and the
latter on business connected with
his large holdings of Washington
real estate.
A petition signed by more than
two hunderd members of the
House, asking that time be given
fer the consideration of % bills on
the calendar providing for the
erection of bubble buildings in
various states, was presented to
Speaker Reed this week by a com
snitteo headed by Representative
Hicks OF Pa, Mr.. Reed now has
che matter under consideration.
Although he candidly told the COM
saittee that he was pelsonly OPP
posed to appropriations of this
nature while the annual deficit is
100000, and that he did not
approve of passing bills providing
Cor public buildings and leaving
the appropriations to pay for them
. TO be made by other Congresses,
there is possibility that he may
grant the request of the signers of
the petition and set aside enc or
anore days for ,nsideration OF
ghese bills.
The silver democrats are already
weakening On their programme of
preventing the confirmation Of the
e nomination Of gold democrats for
Office. Secretary Francis was con-
firmed without Il division, aud the
nominations of eX-Congressman
F0rman, who was the gold demo-
cratic candidate for governor OF
Illinois, to be Commissioner Of In.
ternal Revenue, and of William
Crow McCreery to be collector OF
of the First District of Mo-, have
been favorable reported and will
probably be confirmed. Some OF
The small fry nominations will
probably be permanently hung up
because they have nobody in the
Senate to make fight for them.
The House committee. on Public
Lands spot ed some democratic
stories by promptly reporting bach
20 the House the Free Homestead
gill Just as it was passed by tn,
Senate. Chairman Lacey present
ed 6 minority report fayoring tn,
execution of lands the government