Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1885 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

Washington telegram: “Gen. Slocum said to-day that he should not under any circumstances report to the House the bill passed by the Senate to put Grant on the retired list, but not mentioning his name. He declared he should report the other bill, which does mention Grant’s name, and let the President veto it if he still thought his pretext for vetoing the Fitz John Porter bill was good. Gen. Rosecrans, C liaii man of the Senate Military Committee, is utterly opposed to putting Grant on the retired list He says he is not in favor of recognizing in any way the late firm of Grant & Worth ” It does not seem ltkely that the Spanish treaty will ever be reported from the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. The consideration of the Nicaragua treaty will probably be postponed until next Congress..,. The River' aud Harbor Committee has decided to insert in the appropriation bill $300,000 to commence work on the Hennepin Canal... No notice is to be taken of Gen. Hazen's charges against Gen. McKeever concerning the alleged derogatory remarks made by the latter about the management of the preely expedition. Although for lack of time the bill providing regulations to protect the public is not likely to pass the present Congress, an appropriation will probably be recommended to prevent the spread of a possible cholera epidemic in this eountry. Secretary McCulloch owns that he had a very 6tormy interview with exBpeaker Randall on the subject of the whisky regulations. Mr. Randall questioned the authority of the Secretary to promulgate Buch regulations, and made some remarks about assumption of power and impeachment... .A' dispatch from Washington announces the death of RearAdmiral PowelL To the statement that the proposed imposition by the German Government of a discriminating tariff upon American cereals would be a violation of the treaty with Prussia of 1828 answer is made that the German Empire is not the Prussia Of 1828. This would seem to imply that the treaty of 1828 with Prussia is no longer in force between the United States and Germany, The State Department at Washington takes the ground that the treaty is still operative.... Great preparations are being made in Washington for the inauguration. Thousands of mattresses are offered to rent, and prices for windows range from. $lO to SSO. Very considerable contributions are said to have been made to cover the expenses.