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Show CONGRESS, Eungrj Democrats Swarming About the National Capital Eager for Their Pray, Tammany Has Served Notice that Its Heelers Must Be Taken Cars of Before All Others. PROPOSED PENSION LAWS. Disappointed in Regard to the Speaker's Slowness in Naming tho Committee on Eules, ARIZONA STANDS ALONE, Oulbertson of Texas to Be Appointed Inter-State Oommerco Commissioner Springer on Appropriations, "Washington, Dee. 14 So far as actual legislative business is concerned, it is probable prob-able that tho present work in congress will be. devoid of feature or iuteiest. It has conic to be generally understood that, while the time before the holiday recess in the. long suasion may be employed in perfecting the organization of the two branches of eon-Kress, eon-Kress, little can be attempted with prolit in the. line, of legislation. Many senators and representative!), assuming that the recess will begin before the cud of the week, have already made arrangements to leave Washington Wash-ington in a few day. Unless unforeseen difficulties are encountered encoun-tered the reorganization of the committee will be completed Tuesday, but there are in. expectations that they will undertake any Important work during the week. Tho introduction in-troduction of bills or resolutions, not pre scnted in the rush last week; a speech by Senator Turpio on the subject, of the election elec-tion of senators by a direct vote, of the pen pie, and ou by Senator Stewart on free coinage of silver, together which such re. spouses as they may elicit, will probably proba-bly compose the record of tlio week in tin-senate. tin-senate. The house will not meet until Wednesday, and, after a brief session, will probably adjourn, ad-journ, with an understanding that, on the day of reasscmblage, it will adjourn for the customary Christmas recess. A proposition has been broached that 'congress adjourn Friday, the isth, to Monday, Mon-day, January 4. It is believed that, in tho absence of committee, organization, nothlug can be accomplished by continuing the nominal sessions of the. house inlo the following week, before taking the usual recess. Taiiimnnv Must be Cared for. tiou. Mr. Pcffcr wrote that, while ho was unwilling to pledge himself to be iu line w ith the democratic partv on all occasions, v t he felt, that his relations with that party would be such as to entitle him lo consider-ate consider-ate treatment in the way of committee appointments. ap-pointments. The democratic wnat'irssmilcd when they heard Mr. Poller's plea that is, most of Ihcin smiled. Hut one democratic ft' uator a new ono and from tho south, whei'.) Mr. IVITer had done toiuo campaign-iim, campaign-iim, gol up anil denounced the writer in the I i v i 1 i i si, manner, lie reviewed some of Mr. lVtl'cr'a imti. democratic speeches and atiti-dcnio atiti-dcnio ratle, actions while down south, and urged the caucus to have, nothing to do with the tanners' alliance man. liy unanimous consent it was agreed to leave Mr. 1'clfcr hung up for awhile. Lots of ratrlola, Speaker Cri-p says he is afraid that he ran not complete the organization of the committees before the Christmas recess, though some of his friends think the work can be done iu a few days after he gets started on the actual work. The failure of the speaker to announce the coiumitteo' on rule Saturday was a disappointment, for it was generally supposed that he would nettle the matter. It, is understood that Crisp desires to consider the selections more i arefully. Thcre'are from four to ten applicants for each olllce under control of the house, and Kerr, clerk of the house, Scrrcant-at artu i odcr iind Postmaster Dalton held a confer, ence to consider the distribution of patronage. patron-age. Kerr dc ided to appoint Walker II. French of Massachusetts Hie clerk, vice Ferris Finch of Illinois, resigned. The dace is worth f.'lollO a war. Frank 11. llos. ford of the Detroit '.' I'm will be tally clerk, and .1. F. Snyder of I'ennsylvania dis. Inirsing and confidential clerk, two places laying good salaries. Arlionm on Hor Own Merits. Marcus Aiirelius Smith, delegate from Arizona, Ari-zona, discussing the probability of statehood state-hood for that territory said: "J will not consent con-sent to any omnibus bill, as far as Arizona is concerned. We have a clear American population. Our mormon vole is less than IdO. We have the land and the people. I want Arizona to stand upon IbJ merits with, out being handicapped by New Mexico, with its greasers, or I, tall with Its overwhelming mormon population. There is, however, a prevailing impression that I'lah will clamor lor statehood during the present congress, and that the. division of the gentile vote on party lines will be used as an argument towards to-wards furthering this end." M'oi Id's Fair Appropriations. Represent ntlve Springer of Illinois, in speaking of the action of the board of con-irol con-irol of the World's Columbian exposition, in deciding to ask for an appropriation of live million 'instead of a loan of that amount, as was at first contemplated, said: "I do not think there is any good reason to expect congress to make an appropriation of the amount speciried, for this congress will be fjuite chary in Its expenditures. Congress will, however, I am confident, make a loan in the board of that atnouut, for guaranteed as it will be by the receipts, which will aggregate ag-gregate three times the amount asked, there will he no failure to have it repaid. The Senate. The senate adjourned at 1:20 o'elock today to-day until tomorrow. A number of bills were introilui ed, and during a short, execu. Ilue session the recess appointments sent in by the president and referred to the proper eommittes, were continued. New Interstate Commissioner. It is understood that Representative Cnl-bertson Cnl-bertson (Texas) lias accepted the position of interstate commerce commissioner, that his name will be sent to the senate, and that he will resign from the house at once. The doorkeer of the house makes 15:3 appointments. ap-pointments. The salary roll of that olllce this year amounts to the net sum of $131,-4rtti, $131,-4rtti, Almost anybody can fill ouo of these places. The duties are of simple character. iey consist of suing doors open for states-tiic.u states-tiic.u to pasi through ; of carrying cards from filers, and the like of that. About four-nl'ths four-nl'ths of the patronage of the house is in the doorkeeper's hand. It is the, most desirable kind of patronage, because it is little work and good pay. The house elected ex-Con-trressmau Turner to be doorkeeper, and Mr. Turner, better known as "Iceman Turner," had not been sworn in before the rush for the subordinate places became tremendous. It seems as if every democratic member has been followed from his district to Washington Washing-ton by from two to ten henchmen who want to bo taken care of. Kepreseutative Tim Campbell, tho man who told President Cleveland Cleve-land that the constitution should not be nl. lowed to stand between friends, was Mr. Turner's campaign manager. Mr. Campbell "promised placesforvot.es with the liberality of a political bankrupt. Mr. Turner was soon overwhelmed. As a matter of self-defense ho went Into conference confer-ence with the. new clerk." new sergeant, at-arms and the new pos. .-. it was determined de-termined that tho lioaru on applicant,; for appointments should bs informed that the patronage would be apportioned among the states, and that they must look to their delegations del-egations for their p'laees.JJ "Tho ice man", congratulated himself on this plan for relieving the pressure, but o new complication has arisen. Mr. Turner is .a good Tammany man. He was put forward by Tammany. His expenses were, paid by Tammany. All of the 'Tainnuiuy influence was exerted for him. "Boss" Crocker heard of tho proposed distribution of the patron-age. patron-age. Ho wired Turner to come to New i'ork, and Tinner, like a loyal Tammany man obeyed. Most of the New York democrats went with him. It has been known by the waiting hoard that "Boss" Croaker proposes propo-ses to tell Mr. Turner what he must do with those 152 appointments. There is a great trepidation, for it is feared that after Tammany Tam-many is taken care of there will not be much left for the rest of the country. Proposed Pension Law Changes. The pension measures will undergo a radical rad-ical cliango in some respects if the bills which Representative R. E. Doane, a repub. liean member from Ohio, proposes to introduce intro-duce become laws. He intends to throw the burden of proof upon tho government, aud not upon the claimant, who, Mr. Doane says, Is generally in such circumstances that he cannot gaf her that which the pen. sion ollice demands. W hen a soldier en-listed en-listed in the ai iny ho was examined, and before be-fore being accepted was pronounced sound of body by the examining board. This Mr. Doane proposes to make, prima facie evidence evi-dence of tne health of tho claimant at that time, aud throwing out the present proof of health at the period of enlistment. The affidavit of the claimant that he is suffering from disease contracted in the lino of duty, supported by the. evidence of a physician that he is in such condition, is to be considered consid-ered sufficient, lo make out a ease. T the government disputes the. claim the burden of proof will rest upou it and not the soldier. Another bill will put the wife of the sol. dier on an equal footing with the soldier's mother. Now the mother dependent upon the services of her son for support draws a pension regardless of the number of times she may marry. The. soldier's widow is estopped the moment she remarries. Col. Doane's bill w ill remove this disability if it is shown that the widow has not at the death of the second husband been financially profited by the marriage. She may not bo the widow of a soldier, but Mr. Doane holds that she was the wife of soldier, and, if des. titute entitled to the protection the government govern-ment has promised. There recently came under Mr. Doane's observation the ease of a one-lesrsrcd sohiii r who drew a pension, but who suffered so from bis injuries that, life was ..nbeai aiibi. To end his misery he committed com-mitted suicide. Death from any cause other tfian that upon which the pension was granted stopped the. revenue, and in this case the widow aud six children were left destitute. This Col. Doane proposes to remedy by permitting the Wife to continue to draw the pension. Not St in k on Ills Whiskers. The democratic senators do not court Senator Sen-ator Pelfer. A few days ago Senator Gorman, Gor-man, the chairman of the democratic senatorial sena-torial caucus, received a letter from the Kansas senator. The communication was made known to tho caucus, if went somewhat some-what into au elaboration of Use w liter's pui- |