Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1890 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

The Attorney-general submits an opinion to the effect that the eight hour law is valid. The President has issued a proclamation directing the removal of all cattle from grazing upon the Cherokee Outlet, Indian Territory,by October 1, unless negotiations now pending for the cession of that territory to the United States shall hkve been completed sooner. At the meeting of the Senate Finance ■Committee, Tuesday,the various silver and currency bills that have been referred to it were under consideration. The discussion covered the whole range of the financial situation, but the silver question was the principal topic. All the Republican members of the committee were present, and Messrs. Harris and Vance of the minority. The disoussion is said to have demonstrated that there was little, if any, varianco of views upon the manner in which the silver question should be treated. There was practical agreement that a bill should be passed authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to increase the purchase of silver, store it as .bullion, and. issue certificates upon it. It is expected that the details of a bill covering these propo* sitions will bo drafted at the next meeting of the committee. .

Postmaster General Wanamaker reports to the Senate that it would cost $1,317,040 to extend the free delivery system to the 664 towns in the country having over 3,000 inhabitants, and $670,225 to extend it to the 594 towns having over 5,000. The recent murder of Deputy Marshal Saunders in Florida was the subject of an extended conference at the Cabinet meet ing on the 18th. The Attorney-general presented the reports of United States Marshal Mizell and District Attorney Stripling, of Florida, detailing the circumstances of the affair and the causes which led to it. Both gentlemen had previously seen the President and tho Attorney-gen. eral, and had given them oral reports. Quincj, the town near which the murder occurred, is scat of Gadsden couuty, one of tho northorn tier of counties,ami adjoins the Georgia line. Tbenext county east is Madison, and tho history of these two counties since 1880 shows a condition of lawlessness and terroism which the President considers worthy of national attention.

Senator Ingalls is preparing a speech which will cause a sensation when it is delivered ip the Senate. Lvcr since bis speech on the race question he has been bombarded with letters from the South. A number of them have been published! fitlrßßTSaS ffepf a ootlScQon" wliToh “EeTs arranging to place before the country in fi speech. The majority of these epistles are of the most outrageous character, and the threats cand intimidations contained in them would be enough to frighten the average man. He baa also received a number of articles which would make a small museum in themselves. These will also be exhibited. Among the exhibits will be a cartridge and a letter from an indignant Southerner who exclaims: “The next bullet you receive from me will be from a rifle.” , At Louisville all idlers are imprison<L