Show our washington V letter TO till s washington ton april ua 10 the sper ial ses se session S of congress now getting fairly started promised to be one olle ot of taw most inter astill affairs in ill tit lol legislative li line ille ever witness edin this country fou rr As to ic I results c tilts in ill lite ava y of 1 legislation lati oll that is another matter while tile president called tile congress oil together tor the sole pill purpose po ze of enacting a 1 reciprocity tariff treaty w th it ll 11 i appici apparent cat that tit thoro rl is an all intention to make 11 a ij 1 tiit that mite it 11 secondary the If olive is anant inac nt on oil si t revision of tit alc tlc tariff it will begin begill 1 with wool but it will 0 go o filst as a far as it fan in the protectionist aided ly by a republican senate enate will do e everything very thing possible to balk the revisionist Alre already aily tho the progressive r I 1 insurgents r have shown that they realize their strategic position they ill e v will gizi lik birc re aar largely ei in hi thi the f final 1 lal reg results ilits tm it A greater extent in ill jhb senate than in in the house there are arc two well defined le fincI 11 groups of insurgents I 1 otio ono each on oil tile Denio Donio cartic and sides while the and well inan managed aged 11 in the main the dome demo brats are fighting fi litins antohn anloff and are ill unable table to agree on oil a inadi for leader they would like to have senator culberson of tc teis is take tile reins but bill lie would face a which would not bo be pleasant for him bini as lie ho cotil would 1 I not lie be directly opposed to senator bailog also froin texas and an all ambitious lel leader lel wilo aspires spires 1 to to control the notion of the democratic stalwarts stal warts relations lie IC tween the two texas senators aita tili already edtl strained aside from froin the alie scat rial ln ili tir gents beom to le wi ivi phout satisfactory froin which to pick n i leader their forces ure tire ili inchoate choti tc tin unorganized organized L seemingly with talent enough rone none of it seems to lie be of j list tile right sort and every suggestion C made of a ninn to lead meets with objections to hini him i or vil another william jennings bryan himself tried to lo brin bring ra order a and nd organization among his progressive 0 feilds friends int in the senate but with little result it looks is as sonic somo of file he political wise ones have said like it a contest between bailey and bryan with twi bailey seeni seeming hig holding abe advantage join john sharp r Wil william linin may yet contest balleys Rail cys leadership and raner llaner will be another contender for the lio honors nors I 1 hailey ti life is it nian man whose ability is not questioned heis a big 11 lawyer and in an inne ab nb e and effective debater even ta liose who dislike him and ile ho his has his ailein enemies acs ics readily aan admit tit thea brilliancy of his bis intellect likely to load lead his hi partain sparty in the senate tile the only man there who ever silenced eit mill him completely was that brandy man senator Hughe of colo lose sit superior skill I 1 I 1 m debate knowledge 0 of f t alio it 0 1 law aw and 1 po power w or as 0 orator ra t 0 r amazed ill the galleries allerico all erics and won the homage t of his colle colleagues giles on oil tac one olie oven occasion sion when lie ho gave a t glimpse of liis his ability his death cut clit off one of tile thu most promising carbera ill in the upper tipper house of con oil gross ress 1 of destined es tilleI to 0 be 60 the leader of tile the minority lailay to have no lin real but lie rules by j of his intellect and liis his ness nc is rather than through any ally othni quaff quality lua lity of mind or heart heahy on oil allo lie Hc public publican all sidi i aecus ac e Is to 1 lie e conceded that may wilt dominio as texas jast bior on oll tile the ni side lodge and erile crine are arc ti a powerful pair lodge act acts as for the administration on oil the floor crane lifts lias tile the presidential deitt ial war and works out arbitration and reciprocity schema in ill tile the cloakrooms harmonizing antigon jets anti and plating 11 tile I 1 most of tile oli old tillee leadora cle of tile have died or g gone ile down to flo defeat feat ullon and park perkins mg an ah to too old for faro but their wisdom will be va in council root acl nelson oll allinor alli ncr axon bu ton 11 penrose enrose smoot sutherland JI warren arren these the se uil and others give a sprinkling of that element clement so greatly respected in the senate seniority all of the warhorses war horses iro aro not departed and among somo some of tile the lie new comers comer there qualities which compensates for brevity of experience if one may judge I 1 by the number bel of 0 bills of nil ml kinds introduced din ILI ing fing the t arst few da days s of the special essio it the members do to not look for fol illi an carly cai ly adjournment it would seem as if they were pre prepared parel to legislate upon every over subject under tinder tile the sun still and I a few which have never before beell limong among atheni was a bill by 1 y mr payne of now new york for foi tile the creation tio ofa of n bariff li board oarl this 1 was ile berred to tile alio IV ways ays and 3 keaim I 1 cola committee aich is getting 0 along alon 11 very in its own on op opinion illion without tile the advice of site scicli a body in ill the work of framing 11 t gritl schedules there were hundreds of private bills and it a large number iber of tilts these were for tile in ill crea creaig n of pensions coll congressman Tes small austin seems to be in the load lead in tile presentation pic of bills bill both of a public mid and private nati natilee lre there is considerable talk about I 1 the ballinger C caso the elie lilies of the fornier of the interior seem not notto toba bc satisfied with it h driving him into private lif eTheN seeni to eliat the very voluminous and even tiresome testimony niomi brought bro tight out with every facility olferd for bringing blinking it out at tile the congressional investigation did wit nut include some home thin thing which might lie told How however evor it is not the general opinion that anything would be g gained aila d by reopening tile 1011 ion in view df if the country wide vide excitement cit ement over the alaska coal land cases the ballingor Balling cr inquiry there has been much interest over tile decision of a federal judge in ill Soi seattle attle t that it at a group of coal claimants claiman tg not the C cunningham claimants claimant 4 1 were justified in ill enter entering hig into in an agreement to work their claims jointly 1 this upsets the main question on which government inist n have revoke the clai claims 1118 0 of f these speculators As it wol would id result in the clear listin listing of nearly all the coil coal claims iuis in the lias has arranged arran sed to tako take an appeal at once olice to tile the court it is expect expected eit that tile the ourt court aou il mako the case special vial ind and that it wo would uld endeavor r to 1 reach a decision us as early as possible ble As tho couri court wilt will soon tako take its su summer recess the alaskans Ala Atti and tile the residents of the pacific fic coast who ivilo always bave had to pay excessive prices for even poor coal will tile the court will be ahlo abla to to settle chis question at an early date at as that will expedite tit open ink ing of the alaska coal fields under ta ider soilo collio plan kiich wh uh congress will approve there is is a man inan ili in i ono 0 of I 1 tile llie public land states who is doubtful doubt fili about tile the validity of r patent is idol by tile united states and signed IY by the president ho is ii a law officer at t that jud sini front from all the manner in ill which ile ho quotes 1110 tes law and discusser its bea bearings ringi on oil his hid land title this man wrote tile the Coin mis of public lands land lion ilon fred and III complained tile the patent pit tout lie he had been granted did not comply with tile the lassof his state 3 the laws lawa hero here require wrote lie top that a deed shall be signed cl by both a man and his wife Is as granfors grantors gran tors this patent beadi the signature gi glasure win mill 11 taft but it ib is aled by mrs itt taft ft her namo callic should gli bo attached to the patent to ninke it leal under the laws of this state st ito I 1 note too that the name in tile bo body dy of the docil document is william 11 taft the si signature mature is win awill ir tatt tile the two name should be ninde made to correspond 1 finally the signature 0 is cot that tha of tile president persona nit but it i signed I 1 by y a clerk tor for him I 1 should like to have tile the patent corrected in ill all 1111 thesis these particulars P possibly it is unfortunate that these requests could not bo be com pica with the land office regards 0 the tha iti ill question as a perfectly A abod cod p patent iri iii v ro and it is strictly in in conformity with the law la anil and the office last ccok was not it a particularly brisk week cek in land business and yet about 1800 patents wore were i is if mrs irs taft raft coull couii lie be required to each one she neld have to sign WO patents a lay flay if tile president iio ident personally hail had to si iii each cadi one it would inake a sad I 1 broad on oil tile the tittle time ile he liae have to el s give ic to public but |