Show THE NATIONS CAPITAL political and social cant chat OUR LETTER washington jan 17 mr harrisan Harris cn has if appearances count for anything taken a step in the nomination of mr dark to be collector of customs at chicago at the request of mr pullman the sleeping car and in spite of the protest of senators farwell and cullom and several republican representatives from illinois eliat can not fail to a fight senator barwell openly expresses his determination to defeat the nomination of dark when it canies conies before the senate and if lie can get a few republican votes ha is likely to succeed as he has a claim on the democratic senators for kielp in the confirmation of chief justice fuller which will give him their votes if he asks for them hows this for a new navy alie committee appointed by secretary tracy to report plans fr f r a new navy lias gone into the business in u ny that would soon turn thu treasury surplus into bis deficiency it it lidid its way we should var ela during the dext fourteen years at a coit of fortunately for the taxpayers of this couii try mr gracya hap no control over uncle sima cash box the seven acres of land in hie lion i the dakof is nhi soon be opened lu settlement i harrisone to linit 11 has already tec written au if i f yet been made public the anity aboud tin cuin ot the on rule fri and Is a diversity 01 ibisi it saine believe he minor of ati aoi e to a the radical changes proposed iy ay speaker reed is tauri others th tt the delay is dimply to leave alie house in the speakers anil still others that the hitch is caused because a numbs y of the llepun gicana have refused to vote for any rules curtailing cheri liefl the minority re alie fail 1 chit two from now aliey vill belong to alie minority mr carlisle will make no fight in the committee but when alie new rules arp reported to alie house unless they pre very diu erent from those proposed by the Sp lie will liht their adoption in every possible manner speaker reed will a special of alie house to have of alie worlds fair matters mr reed says he intends to arrange the committee so eliat no one af the rival cities shall have undue advantage the fun has begun before the house committee engaged in investigating the ohio ballot box forgery governor campbell and ex governor foraker are to tell alie committee what they know about the matter murat halstead also the last named will probably take of this opportunity to get even some of iaia political friends but personal enemies in the sanate mckinless McKin leys committee will give no more hearings on the tariff it will not attempt alie difficult task of bringing the republican members together in the now bill sugar will probably be the greatest obstacle to harmony secretary windom has prepared a bill chich is to be introduced in alie house next week to carry out the silver ideas contained in his annual message it is supposed that mr harrison will send a message to congress approving the bill immediately afterwards representative cummings of N Y city and also of alie new york sun is something of a wag but alie republicans did not seem to see the humor in the resolution lie offered in the house providing for the erection in the center of tho rotunda of alie capitol building of a bronze statue of the late samuel J tilden upon which alie following is to be prominently inscribed samuel J tilden nineteenth president of he united states elected but not beat ed mr walker biarne eldest son of secretary biarne died suddenly wednesday night in this city of pneumonia he was thirty five years of age and during gar fields brief held the of i fice of third assistant secretary of state at the time of his death he was ex aciner of claims in tho state department as the confidential tiye of his father the biarne family have indeed been afflicted since their return to the capitol within the last few months mrs biarne has lost her sister mr biarne a brother and now chev both mourn the losa of their eldest son |