Show WASHINGTON NOTES NOTES What Congress 11 U Doing Df Doing Departmental and SodaS Social Mr 11 Cleveland Cleveand is nt because of the rumors sen sent sent-d t la ia I his health is bad S The Senate committee on Indian affairs affairs af af- af fairs has made a favorable report on the bill for the removal of the the Southern South em ern Utes to Utah i iThe The Democratic senators rare making an effort to agree upon of the tariff bill in caucus s before it comes before the Senate 1 Mr M r. r Fithian c of f Illinois sa says s that the House will not be permitted ed to take up the appropriation bills or anything else ese until the bill biJJ is disposed disposed dis dis- disposed posed of There is said to be little prospect that the Chilian Claims Commission will be able to complete t the consideration tion of the cases submitted to it before before before be be- fore its date of expiration Judge Cox of the Supreme Court of the tho District of Columbia has granted an injunction against the the commissioner commission er of pensions forbidding him to cut S the tho pen pension ion of Judge Long of Michi Michi- gan I IThe Th The call for a caucus if Jf I Democrats to agree upon a rule for recording members present but not voting in order order order or or- S der to make a quorum i IT growing in favor The rhe call now bea beats bears s the tho names of Democrats J Now that the bill has passed the House there is much L speculation as to what the Senate and the President will do with it It is ib I generally believed that th Senate will L pass it but it is by no in means means s n-s certain L that President Cleveland will iII sign t thi the e i bill J I Jerry Simpson says t the lC income tamis tax tam taxis taxis is the saving clause of tlc Vilson e. e Wilson bill Both he lie and Lafe Pence state te that the thc Populist members vot for the Wilson Wilson Wilson Wil Wil- son bill b because cause of or the income he income tax ax Mr Pence says sars that if returned without without with with- out the income tax the 1 Populists will I vote vote against against it i An Arctic expedition with the North I Pole as its objective point beet been I discussed at Washington and nd will start starton t on n- n ns its s journ y n. n Wa Walter e W Wellman who for some year ear has b been e a prominent nent n nt newspaper nu r i l nt er representing the Chi h is the projector and leading lending spirit of tl the enterprise After conferring on the subject b Secretaries Lamont Lament and Herbert have i decided that there shall be no contests contest u at football between the cadets at Annapolis Annapolis An An- Annapolis and West t Point This action I is taken because of the conviction that the inter-academic inter matches are arc a detriment detriment detriment det det- S to discipline and to the studies studie 3 of the cadets Senator Morgan pres presented to th the i Senate on l 1 Monday the majority report t on the tIle Hawaiian question Mr Ir Morgan Mor Nor gan takes an impartial view of the controversy controversy controversy con con- as to the propriety of the acts act I of representatives of our government but does not urge annexation He He Ht i does however say that we exercise a amora amoral amoral mora moral protectorate over the islands The civil service commission has transmitted to the Senate SeDate in response to a resolution of inquiry a statement of investigation since March I arch 4 4 1839 1830 of various alleged violations of the civil service law Jaw The feature of the tho report is is an attack on Secretary Carlise Carlisle Carlisle Car Car- lisle lise and the tho treasury department for wholesale violation of the civil sen service ice law Jaw The public debt statement issued sued on ou the 1st st shows the net increase of the tle public debt during February was 10 40 The interest interest bearing bearing debt amounted to which is isan an increase of during the month The debt debton n which interest ceased since maturity decreased 13 and the debt bearing ng no in interest increased 1305 ISO The cash balance bal bal bal- ance shows an increase increase Mr l Bland obtained his quorum on the 1st and passed the bill to coin the silver by a vote of to 30 The quorum was obtained by the defection from the minority of three I New Yorkers who decided that the bill must be got rid of TIm The bill s passed was in the nature of f a r 1 lute tute for tho the original text of the meas incas ure nrc The changes do not affect the time material features of the bill which provides for the coinage coinage- of the silver s in the treasury the issue of silver certificates thereon if need be in the discretion of the secretary of the treasury in advance of the coinage coin coin- ape age and thereafter the coinage of the remainder of the bullion as fast as practicable Mr Pence stirred up the House Hous e last Monday Ho He delivered a speech on the situation and scored the members memo mem bers hers who were blocking the work of the House He reflected severely up I on Ellis of Oregon and PickIer of South Dakota who he lie declared ared had hadnot hadnot not voted according to their own conscience conscience con con- science since August ille lle was called to order and his exp being leing more offensive to the men amen he was not allowed to pr proceed with bi Ids his speech I Itt S |