The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-05-13
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
[FRoM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT

paper manufacturers combination
which took form in the bill Of NJ
Townshend for the repeal OF certain du
ties on articles entering into the manu-
facture Of paper, and which was barrel
repressed when carried 10 a vote in IN
House, is daily assuming fresh strenpt
in Congress. The indications are tina
the tariff reformers will make an aggres
sive fight in their efforts to secure
revenue tariff in lieu Of the present pro
tective system, as well as a revision O
the laws relating 10 internal revenu
taxations. These reformers have 10
strength enough at present, in thr
House, 10 compel the Ways and Mean
Committee into any particular cours.
beyond getting, say wood pulp, put OF
the free list, and thus enter a wedge fo
the desired general revision of the rev
enue system in the near future. Bu
they are determined 10 inaugurate s
bitter contest between this and the ad,
|Journment In July, and will make thing.
lively for the protectionists, If not given
what they want. Their recent motion
to instruct the Ways and Means Com
mitlee TO report amendments was de-
feated upon a joint order, but it serves
to signify that they are in earnest, and
will use every parliamentary effort to
accomplish their ends
The Geneva award furnishes rather a
good exemplification of the old saw that
money is the root Of all evil" Here
are millions Of dollars put into the
Treasury by the British Government,
in indemnificaiion for certain losses by
individual Americans through Confed.
crate pirates. But everybody wants the
money, and the rub is to find out who
shall be the lucky recipient. The in
surance companies claim It, and GER
tainly have able advocates on the SEN
ate floor ia their behalf, who, like Ir.
Carpenter, present magnificent reasons
why they should be given the lions
share. By the way, Mr.. Carpenter has,
In other Congresses, been averse 10 their
claims, but now be is their siauucl at-
torney, and bis argument i'm their sup
port is worthy Of his reputation as
most brilliant lawyer. While we uc-
cept his former views as TO the impro-
priety Of giving these moneys to the in
surance companies, yet his speech this
u-aaf- ,.r. 40 l., Tf.,s o, s.,- a. stt
il matters not which side a gifted orator
supports, it is The right and just one.
Mr.. Blaine arraigned him on his record,
and said: at is not for me to impugn
bis right to change; but the Senator
should not rise here and preach to us in
q dogmatic strain about our duty 10 fol-
low his lead to-day, when on five, or
possibly six, distinct calls OF the yeas
and nays, running over the period Of
fourteen months, when he was IN the
Senate for his first term, he voted every
time in the teeth and face Of the decla-
-ations which he lays down to-day as
bis views Of National duty" The con-
lest between them was an interesting
one, but Mr.. Blaine undoubtedly took
he scalp. All the other leading Seua-
.Ors are taking a hand in the debate,
and we doubt whether better preseuta- /
ion Of this important question will ever
be made than that to be found in the |
pages Of the Congressional Record Of |
his week.
One OF the undesirable customs Of the /
House is that Of permitting member /
o publish in the Congressional, Record /
IN undelivered speech, for, under it, the
most Objectionable OF matter gets spread /
before the country as part OF the actual .
leba,es In the Record Of the 22I ap- /
'ears poem, a travesty on poetry, COW
ring sixteen Of its pages, which pur-
,orts to be a speech OF Mr.. Downey, the
elegate from Wyoming Territory, in
upport OF a bill 10 provide certain
'aintilgs for the Capitol. DowBey is a
youth, vino delights in
loude, ambrosial curls, pale complex
on, aud other indications Of a monde
cript efeminacy, and We cannot imag-
ne il possible for him to offer better
vidence Of the need for his immediate
into Mr.. Corcoran's luxurious
Louise Home" the palatial asylum
rccted by him for INDECENT widows,
ban this official "pome," entitled 'The
Many Of the solons ex-
ressed themselves as being greatly
and Mr.. Morrill, promptly
Introduced q resolution in the Senate
iokiug to the exclusion of the objec-
onatle document from the permanent
Record, and Mr.. Garfield
,ok similar action in the House. We
iirk. however, it should remain there
q monument to the memory Of Dow
ey. the immortalized poetlcal spOoney {
T Congress, who has written for him
~ what D0gberry wanted others 10
rite him. q
One Of the Indian delegations here is
aiug put in a new role. The Indians d
ne Invited as guests into the parlors Of G
lr citizens, and portion Of the even {
lg's entertainments consists in listen :
y TO Iudian songs. some OF which are !
with dances in true abO- !
ginal style.
The site for the new Naval Observa- .
nv has not, as yet, been selected, c
iough the designated committee for
he purpose has quite number Of desir-
Dle places under consideration. The
Ificulty delaying selection does not lie
much in finding suitable site a. in {
ieeting the exorbitant prices demanded. :
ncle Sam always has to pay more /
ian the citizen for what he wants, and r
~. a...a....... tInn nll afnr,. l. r.r,nna-I I.