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Washington Letter from March 7 1890 on Senator Allison and Senate affairs
From Washington a correspondent reports the President personally congratulates Senator Allison on his re election and notes his popularity. The piece covers secret sessions access, press gallery debates, Blair bill discussion, an upcoming South excursion by the State Department, and various political motions including court cases, appointments, and a pending weather bureau transfer. The column also lists a slew of contemporaneous political happenings and a paid medical advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washinaton
D. C
Allison
White House
Senate
Iowa
Blackburn
House
Featherstone
Arkansas
Blair
Spooner
Barbour
Virginia
South
State Department
Three
America’s Congress
Congress
Civil Service
Senate Committee On Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Agricultural Department
Ralph Beaumont
Knights of Labor Legislative Committee
House Post Office
Wanamaker
United States Supreme Court
Neagle
U. S
David Terry
Justice Field
Calhoun
California
United States
Clara Shortridge Foltz
U. S. Supreme Court
Yarmouth
New Orleans
Pendleton
West Virginia
Supreme Court
Reed
Powell Clayton
Taulbee
Charles E. Kincaid
Louisville Times
Mr. Kincaid