Show CHIPS OUTLOOK DON dickinsons DICKIN SONS HOPES OF al TUE ELECTION senator caustic to senator hale correspondence of the chief justice fuller will be sworn in on monday it is over half a century since we had a democratic chief justice sworn in general andrew jackson having appointed roger B tancy to that position in 1836 let us all hope that justice fuller will prove a worthy successor of chief justice tancy senator cockrell made a caustic reply to senator halo s goody goody speech in regard to the circular issued by gen bennet in relation to equalizing the two political parties in the government employed emp loyes at the armories and arsenals he opened his remarks by reading the jay hubbell bulldozing circular to government employed emp loyes issued during the campaign of 1880 which was signed by senators bena tors allison hale aldrich and hiscock Hisco ek ho then quoted gar fields letter to dorsey of star route notoriety asking him to have brady second assistant postmaster general called upon for aid also a letter from levi P morton present republican candidate for vice president to dorsey stating that he had contributed mr cockrell said ho only read these letters to the memory of the senator for maine hale and to show the depth of degradation to which the civil js ervice had bean brought under the republican administration in 1880 governor gray of indiana who spent several days here this week assured mr cleveland in a personal interview that indiana was all right the army officer in charge of the building of tho washington aqueduct tunnel upon which gross frauds have been discovered was detailed for the work by president arthur the everlasting much talked of republican tariff bill has been re to the senate together with a majority and minority report the minority report is the work of senators harris vance and beck and shows conclusively the many advantages of the mills bill over tha republican publican Be substitute the bill will be called up on monday for consideration and will probably occupy the entire attention of the senate until the recess is taken to allow the members to go home to vote it will be impossible to get it to a vote before election attorney general garland has returned to the city much improved in health Thur manwill be here next week to argue the telephone cases before the supreme court he will be given a public reception which is certain to be a rouser for the old roman is extremely popular here postmaster general has returned from his trip to michigan lic higan he reports that the democrats of that state are very enthusiastic and hopeful of carrying the election there senator voorhees Yoo rhees loft hero yeste day for indiana where he has daily engagements to speak from monday next until saturday november ad representative merriman of new york is very positive that hill will carry new york he also thinks that mr brice is managing the campaign compa ign wisely the republican national league of this city has been sued by a stationer for for stationery furnished mr cleveland has approved the chinese exclusion bill and sent a message to congress recommending legislation to allow such chinese laborers as shall have actually embarked on their return to this country before the passage of the law and are now on their way to land provided they havo the proper certificates also that without acknowledging legal liability but because it was stipulated in the treaty which has failed to take effect and in a spirit of humanity befitting our nation there be appropriated the sum of payable to the chinese minister at this capital on behalf of his government as fall indemnity for all losses and injuries sustained by chinese subjects in the united states representative lanham of texas offered the following resolution in the house that it is the sense of this house that appropriate legislation for the prevention and suppression of trusts is immediately demanded on behalf of the great body of the american people and that the remainder of this session or so much thereof as may bo necessary should be devoted to the perfection of such I 1 gi and to that end all other legislative business except general appropriation and tariff bills should ba subordinated until the purpose of this resolution be attained this session of congress now boats tha record for continuous length chairman quay was over here early in the week making a final at to prevent the republican Sana tors from reporting any tariff bill but the senators had decided to report their bill so that his visit was like all the rest which ho has made lately for the purpose fruitless senator ingalls was opposed to reporting a tariff bill and some people say that neither he nor senator plumb will vote for the bill which has been reported on account of the big cut in the sugar tariff the public debt was reduced 14 during september the continued absence of a quorum in the house has started a project to pass a constitutional amendment making a smaller number than a majority of all th members a quorum in tho legislative bodies of no other country in tho world is so large a number required to constitute a quorum go in the house of ives washington D C oct |