Show CAPITOL DEMOCRATS HOPEFUL TUE WILLS TARIFF BILL MAKING GOOD PROGRESS tiie agricultural appropriation bill passes the house of the mr barnum chairman of tho national i democratic committee has been in tho city for several days in consultation with mr cleveland senator german and others he positively refused to bo interviewed but from another source I 1 leam that he is very confident of democratic success he winks in a comical sort of a way when told that the republicans expect to carry connecticut new york and now jersey as much as to say they may smother year but not this ono commissioner colman certainly lias reason to feel proud administration of tho department when he receives such compliments as the orio paid him by senator plumb at the meeting of the senate committo en agricultural the question under consideration was the proposed transfer 0 f tho weather bureau to the agricultural department general groely chief signal officer was present to oppose the transfer ho accused mr colm an of using influence to bring about the transfer senators paddock and plumb both republicans warmly defended colman from this charge and senator plumb added tho feeling among farmers of the west is in favor of leaving tho weather bureau connected with the agricultural department which has grown steadily despite opposition and ridicule and which is now rendering better service and is of more to the people than ever before generals able letter against the subsidy amendment to tho postoffice Post office appropriation bill was before the senate this week it acted on the senators much as a red bandanna might be expected to act on so many young and unruly bulls they insisted upon the amendment and asked for another conference mr beck told them that ho had idea that the house would ever abreo to the amendment and he did not believe that it ought to do so the house acs passed the they agricultural ri appropriation all with the senate amendments representative samael J bandall had a dangerous attack of hemorrhage this week but is now somewhat better his physicians say that absolute rest is necessary noc essary for him so that it is not likely that he will again appear on tho floor of the house at the present session the mills tariff bill is making good progress in the house and hopes are now expressed of getting it to a final vote next week its passage is assured the independent colored political association of virginia met in this city this week and heartily approved the call for the conference of independent colored men at indianapolis on tho dinst they elected fifteen delegates to the conference and passed a resolution endorsing the administration of president cleveland tho national convention of the national american party will be held in this city august to adopt a platform and nominate candidates for 1 president and vice president tho senate has passed a bill to amend the inter commerce act which makes a number of more or less important changes chauges in the law granny blair has succeeded in getting his constitutional prohibition amendment about as far as it will ever go A favorable report has been made upon it by the senate committee the house committee on military affairs has made a favorable reported on the bill introduced by mr appropriating for aiding state houses lor the support of disabled soldiers and sailors of the united states among the provisions of the bill is one providing for the payment to state houses of for each inmate received by them it is estimated at the postoffice Post office department that tho deficiency in the revenues of the postal services for the fiscal year just ended will be about last year it was something over the following gentlemen have been appointed by chairman badum as the campaign committee W L scott of pennsylvania arthur P german of maryland matt W eangom of north carolina calvin L brice of ohio john S barbour of virginia hermann oelrichs of new york mills boss of now jersey arthur sewall of maine and erskind M phelps of illinois the first meeting of this committee will be held next tuesday at the headquarters of the national committee in new york city washington july |