Show bandall IMPROVING congressman SCOTT TO ENTER CLEV ELANDS CABINET A commission appointed to negotiate with the ute indians correspondence ot the senator gorman who has just re now tork where he attend a meeting of the na dional democratic tee says the selection of mr calvin S brice for chairman of that committee is very of the democratic party as die has the brains and ability to do good service in the cam laign some democrats in congress ad been of the opinion that mr brice lacked the experience necessary for carrying on the campaign but since he is endorsed by as experienced perien ced a politician as Ms predecessor senator german everybody as satisfied secretary vilas has appointed T S childs of this city maj R B weaver of ark and J M smith of wis as a commission to negotiate with the ute indians in southern colorado for their removal other reservation the president found it necessary again this week to veto a number of private pension bills As usual his reasons were conclusive the conferees on the river and harbor bill are in a dead lock the bouse conferees object to the various canal appropriations added by the senate the bill to regulate interstate telegraphy has been favorably reported the fourth annual report of the civil service commission has been placeda of the president dureg the year there were persons examined the names of 10 were placed on the list of eligi ble sand received appointments the report argues against the suggestion that appointments should be apportioned labong lamong congressional districts and recommends the extension of the classified service to em braco employed emp loyes of the railway mail service the field employed emp loyes of the labor and indian bureaus and the graded clerks in the labor and indian bureaus and the graded clerks in the several depots of the quartermaster generals office there is a rumor here that representative senta tive W L scott of pennsylvania will decline a to congress I 1 am told that tho reason is he wishes to be free to enter mr Clev elands cabinet jt appropriation bill is reported to the house probably next week it will appropriate something like in spite of all reports to the contrary ican officially so to speak announce that the president has made no for a summer vacation nor will he until congress shall agree upon a date for adjournment before this letter is in type the mills tariff bill will probably have passed tho house and the democratic party will have officially placed itself on record as being in favor of revenue reform the number of democrats who voted against shefree the free wool clause three probably represents the number which atvill vote against the bill when it is put upon its final passage mr kanduff is improving slowly and his family hope to be able to carry him to his country residence near philadelphia in a few days the fisheries treaty has taken up a considerable portion of alio time in the senate this week senator pugh made a strong and sensible argument in favor of its confirmation and little billy chandler made a speech composed equally of protection and bloody shirt against it A bill has been passed by the senate appropriating for the erection of a monument in louisville ey to george rogers dark who captured the northwest terri tory the date for the great cleveland and thurman ratification meeting in this city hasteen definitely set september ath the republicans of tho house by their action in refusing to vote wednesday on the tobacco clause of the tariff billJ eft tho house without a quorum and caused an adjournment when it had been arranged to take a recess to an evening session for the purpose of acting upon bills from the labor committee it is believed it was done purposely is saidi that republican members of the senate committee on finance already have printed copies of the proposed senate tariff bill july |