Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1888 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

The conference committee agreed to appropriate $400,000 for the site and JSOO,OOO for the new buildings at Omaha, but the report was rejected. The Senate is so closely divided politically that, should the Democrats carry New Jersey, the control of that body would depend upon the Vicepresident. The Senate has adopted Mr. Hoar’s resolution for a committee of seven to report upon’the relations of commerce and business between the United States and Canada. Congressman Bynum and Mills have returned from their visit to Atlanta. It

is understood that Major McKinley will visit Atlanta during the latter part of August. v The Senate has refused to'appropriate 510,000,000 for the recovery ojf propertyof the late Confederate States, now held in adverse possession to the Government. Congressman Bayne, of Pennsylvania, wanted tci distribute 10,000 copies of McKinley’s pretection speech among his constituents, and after they had been sent out by mail he discovered that, by mistake, McMillan's free trade speech had been sent instead. Then he was mad. - <• * Mr. Frye,from the select committee on ffie Pacific railroad, reported favorably to the Senate the Outhwaite bill to refund the Union Pacific central branch ofthe Union Pacific company’s debt. It is identified with the bill which has been unanimously reported by the committee on Pacific railroads in the House.

Senator Spooner, from the committeeon public buildings and grounds, made a favorable report to the Senate on General Hovev’s bill, appropriating SIOO,OOO for the establishment of a marine hospital at Evansville, which hill passed the House last week. No amendment was made to it by the Senate. committee, and Senator Spooner sAvs the bill will, without reasonable doubt, go to the President for his signature within a few days. When Congressman John J. O’Neill,of Missouri, went A Vest a short time ago to be married, a Mrs. Ethel Moore, of AVashington, who has claimed heretofore that she was married to Air. O’Neill, sent & protest against the Wedding to Archbishop Kenrick and the pastor of St. -Weresas Church. Her letter was not received, and the marriage was celebrated July 25. Now the AA r oman’s League of AVashington has made a complaint to the Postmaster General that undue influence was exercised by Air, O’Neill in preventing the delivery of the letter.