Show CAPITOL BILL HRS OLY TO GET A PENSION senator germau sanguine of democratic success correspondence of the senator reagan who does not believe with mr blaine that trusts are private affairs has introduced a sub for his former bill defining trusts and providing for the punish ment of persons connected with them he says he proposes to have his bill voted on at this session if possible A substitute for the bill to give mrs sheridan a pension of a year has been reported from the senate committee on pensions it reduces the amount to a year the chinese prohibition bill was unanimously passed by the house after the discussion had brought out harrisons damaging record on the chinese question there seems to be no limit to some peoples ideas of pensions A bill came up in the senate this week which proposed to pension the daughter of a soldier in the revolutionary war it was not passed nor even voted upon so great was the appos democratic representatives who are absent OH leave may have their leaves revoked as there seems to be a disposition oa the part of the republicans public ans to bring about a deadlock representative hooker of mississippi has introduced a bill changing the time for the assembling of the fifty first and subsequent congresses to the first monday in march of each boar instead of the first monday in december the republican senate has rejected the fisheries treaty and now they are frightened to death lest mr cleveland should take advantage of the power conferred upon him by the retaliation act to bring about strained relations with england notwithstanding the fact that the treasury department paid out 10 this week on account of pensions the total receipts for august up to date are in excess of the disbursements senator german who has just returned from democratic head quarters in ew york says everything Is being done by our managers there that is possible they cannot shape the canvass they can only send out documents look after organization and encourage active work they are doing all that there is no friction whatever nor is any change needed or thought of I 1 am satisfied with the outlook the republicans lie about the surplus for the present year having been entirely exhausted by the appropriations made by has been completely exploded by an official statement made by the treasury department part ment which shows that with all the appropriations made and expected to be made the estimated receipts of the government will give a surplus of nearly the republican senators are still trying to agree on the tariff question senator anar left their new york head week long enough come voice that of mr blaino in trying to persuade the senators not to offer a substitute for the mills bill the republican members of the finance committee still persist in saying that they will report a tariff bill it is believed here that the democrats can hold their own in the house at the coming election in tact a slight increase in the majority is figured on at the headquarters of the congressional committee dEe blatson declined a silver pitcher and goblets which was presented to him by government printing office employed emp loyes for his help in getting the bill passed giving them 30 days annual leave he says he is opposed to being rewarded for doing what he considered to be his duty I 1 understand that mr Clev elands letter of acceptance is to be given out next week senator beck wants to abolish the treasury sinking fund he says there is enough money lying idle in the treasury today to day to pay off every one of the four and a half per cent bonds without any to the government the requirement of a sinking fund which had been a fraud for ten years was designed simply to maintain taxes the sinking fund was maintained for no other purpose than to keep up taxes and to put money in the pockets of bondholders bond holders by enabling them to combine together they had already within five months put up the price of bonds 5 per cent and they would put it up per cent within a year unless the sinking fund laws were repealed mr beck has introduced an amendment to the house tariff bill suspending all he laws relating to the sinking fund he has also introduced a bill to repeal these laws |