Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1890 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

The tariff bill was signed by the Presi dent, on the Ist, and is now a law. It is said the State Department will at once proceed to negotiation reciprocity treaties in accordance With the provisions of the new tariff law. The President on the 30th appointed Smith A. Whitfield, of Ohio, to be First Assistant Postmaster General, and .Tam «_ Lowrie Bell to bo Second Assistant Posb» master General. The Boston local United States authorities, acting under instructions from Wash ington, have begun a stringent enforce ment of the new law relating to lotteries, and have advised the newspapers to receive no more advertisements pertaining to gift enterprises. Assistant Secretary of. the Treasury Spaulding, who has charge of the revenue marine service, says there is no truth in the reports emanating from Port Townsend, Wash., that the revenue cutter Wolcott has been ordered to proceed to Behring Sea to seize sealing vessels. He said the Wolcott has not been ordered to Behring Sea or anywhere else, and, so far as he knows, will remain at Port Townsend for some time. The first indictment found undert he law prohibitixig the collection of campaign assessments was returned by the grand jury of the District Court on Tuesday, Charles A. Newton, president of the Old Dominion Republican League of toe District of Coumbia, sent a circular to the employes of he Government from that State asking them to contribute toward the election of the Republican ticket. The matter was brought to the attention of the Civil Service Commission, and it was decided to test the matter in the courts. The indictment stripped of. legal verbiage, charged that Mr. Newton, on Sept. 27 v IBB9, solicited from Margaret Bingley, a clerk in the Bureau of Education, a contribution for the purpose of aiding the election of certain candidates of the Republican party in the State of Virginia; that he solicited from Paulus P. Glass, a clerk in the Govern ment Printing Office, on Sept. 27, 1889 financial aid for the same purpose; also at the same date and place, he solicited a contribution from John G. Logan. Another indictment has been found against John J. Verser.