Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1885 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

Senators Bayard and Garland, says a Washington correspondent, have been urged not to accept places In tbe Cabinet, on the ground that their experience and ability will be needed in the Senate to support the administration against the Republican majority. It is said that the House Appropriations Committee will disregard the naval bill just passed by the Senate, and will frame a regular bill for ttfe next fiscal year. If tbe Senate does not accept this, an extra session of Congress will be unavoidable. The expense of the protracted Swaim court-martial in Washington is reaching a very large figure. Lieut. Gen. Sheridan is confined to his house by Illness, which, though serious, is said not to be dangerous. He is suffering from derangement of the stomach, and his physi clan has ordered him to remain at home and rest. Secretary Frelinghuysen has sent to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations a letter stating that tbe negotiation of the Spunlsb treaty was undertaken in accordance with a policy which had received Congressional sanction. He declares that there is no thought of tbe annexation of Cuba, but that the treaty will give us all the benefits of such absorption. He then argues against the objections of the sugar and tobacco interests.