The Dillon tribune., 1883-02-03
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
from our regular Correspondence
WASHINGTON. ID. c., Jan. .7th, 1888.
The 47th Congress viii die in Just five
weeks from to-day. That 1t cannot accom-
plisk In that sl,orttime sufficient to- inspire
either its friends or it's enemies to write a
decent epitaph over it's grave is apparent
The most sangu'ne members Of the Wavs
and Means Committee of the House do not
express themselves hopeful Of the passage
OF the tariff bill. Instead Of confining the
protective tariff, said a member Of the
House, tn the leading industries, such As
wool, in which all the farmers, represent
ing about one.haf the working population
Of the country, are concerned, iron in which
many Of our States are largely interested,
aud Il few other industries could name, a
halt dozen bnttliny establishments, three or
four paper pulp mill, and a lot of other in.
significant industries are rushing in to an.
tagt'nize the bill unless the whole country
Is taxed to keep up their unimportant es
Establishments.
The National Board Of Trade which met
In the city few days ago. set good cx.
ample to Congress. This board, which is
composed Oh the leading business men from
different sections Of the country, was in
session but two days. Their familiarity
with the subjects presented enabled them
In that short time to take u.', consider and
appoint committee to urge upon Congress
oc Tenn mt
measures: IA uniform bankrupt law"
such as the Lowell bill; IA postal telegraph
and telephone svsten;" "a railway com
mission" or tribunal, whose business it
shall be to supervise and control in the in
tcrest ot tt- public all common carriers tl'.
ing an Interstate business. These meas
ures were clearly presented, hut not talked
to death. In Congress they will talk the
life out ofthe,n, and let the public and the
board Of trade continue to present them till
the railroad and telegraph companies join
the church or Gabriel toots his trumpet.
The prospect Of an extra session of Con
gress after March 4th. is stimulating the
candidates for Speaker of the next House
to new efforts. 1t is evident, from the re-
marks Of Democratic members, that unless
South and West har,nonize on some one
Candidate, Sam Randall "will take the
cake" A western member said that Ran.
dcIl's policy in the 46th Congress in killing
almost all legislation, sent them to their
political grave at the next election. and the
same policy in the next Congress would
start another political graveyard for the
party in two years.
Scoville's cheek and Guiteau's bones
have both made their appearance before til.
public, after brief reposc. Scoville, it will
he remembered, was the attorney who de.
Tended tn. assassin. lie is here pettioning
Congress to pay him few thousand dollars
for zplmxt0,y7v defending his byofhcv-iv.I,zv.
AS that cold blooded murderer has cost the
Government one noble life and many
thousands of dollars. the tan. paving citizens
Of the country would Of course be delighted
to hear that all his relations have been Civ.
eli a carte bl,wche on the Treasury. have
not vet found member who will vote tn
pay the venerable brother in.aw five cents
When do, will pass him around to his
constitut as crank. The companion.
piece to Scoville's cheek is Guiteau's bones.
The Rev. Hicks, who made some cheap,
variety theatre.like notoriety by becoming
the crank S administrator, has arranged tn
transfer the bones to the Surgeon.General
ot the Army tor deposit and exhibition in
the Army Medical Museum in this city
| 1t is said the skeleton will he articulated
put in a case, but not labeled. so that the
spectator can not distinguish tn. assassin
from the brave soldier.
| The International Commission appointed
to negotiate Il commercial treaty between
this country and Mexico have been holding
meetings at the State Department. in thi,
city, for more than week. a fee list ha,
been agreed upon, which does not largel,
increase the number OF articles already i'm
ported free into the United States from
Mexico, bat removes a number Of nnneces
sarv duties on shipments to both countrie.
and on the vessels of both nations engaged
in the trade. Among thu articles to BE- i'm
ported free to the United States from Mexi
co is sugar, not above No, l6, Dutch stand
ard Among the articles to he imported
free from the United States to Mexico ar,
petroleum. machinery, agricultural imple
inent>, tools, houses made Of iron and wood
We may soon expect to see Mexico Ameri
canized by enterpri>ing Yankees, will
.syrip sacks" filled with articles on the fire.,
list.
Shaw, tine negro who was hanged here OF
Friday, makes the fifth execution in Wash
ington within the last two years. with on
other murderess in her CELL awaiting execu
ton. Ofthose hanged, and now awaitin:
the hang,nan's moose. five were negroes
and one (Guiteau) a white man.
Washington has a population Of 10000
OF this. 10000 are negroes. The record
Of the Police Court show that these 5000
negroes, one. third Of the population, fur
nistes four tiiths Of all the criminals. Thi
is not prejudice, but .fact, and fact writer
bv an ex- Union officer, who at one tim
served with General Howard, the grea
apostle of the cOlOred race.
| CODEx.
FOR 0ALD.