Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 January 1884 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

Bills have been introduced in Con-' gress for the erection of twenty-three public buildings in various localities at an aggregate oost of $2,080,000. The United States has filed in the Court of Claims a bill against the Union Pacific road for 8899,667, including 5 per cent, of the net earnings. Representative Horr, of Michigan, Chairman of the subcommittee on the Fortification bill, favors an appropriation of $3,000,000 for national defenses, setting aside $85,000 for torpedo experiments. Congressman Robinson's resolution calling for Information as to the clothes worn by American representatives at foreign oourts is said to have direct reference to James Bussell Lowell, “Sunset” Cox having reported that the Minister to the Court of St. James arrays himself in purple and fine linen, knee-breeches, and buokled shoes, contrary to the forms of republican dress as laid down by statute. The bill for the forfeiture of the Texas and Pacific land grant, estimated to be worth $40,00(1,000, will be the first one considered In oommittee. The annual report of the Attorney General recommends the abolition of the system of paying marshals and deputy marshals in fees. More than 100 bills have been introduced in the present Congress to extend the provisions of the Pension law. Commissioner Dudley says that under the existing law, if all claims were passed, it would take $1,295,729,000 to pay off the pensioners! Mr. Springer, of the Judiciary Investigating committee, thinks that the attorneys employed by the Government In the star-route trials did not do their full duty, and intimates that for valuable consideration some of the roost guilty of the star-routers were allowed to escape. Mr. Springer proposes to probe further into this matter.