Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-12-06

The democrats In the House think Of C1ucuSfnT
Lext week 10 come to an understanding as TO party
policy for the winter. such a meeting would not
be entirely harmonious. and for that reason 1t may
NJ. be held There exists a broad divergence Of
views on tar ana other important matters and ii
u doubtful Ii the party could be inIuced 70 act q,
Unit on several OF these subjects II Is certain
that any radical changes 10 existing tariff duties
VIII be stTenuousIy resisted by one wing OF the
party, even az the expense OF their feslty to the
organization. The difference in views heidby lead
ing eastern and western democrats ON financial
questions Is also. Ia some cases radical The demo-
cratic majority On certain cOl,royeTtti points Is
not 80 large as 70 looks, and IL bthoOves the man.
ayers 10 go slow and prudentiy Il they wish TO keep
The fan1S OF their forces intact.
The surplus available for pensions enables secre-
-ary Fogcr TO reduce the estimates fOr 1885 nearly
axty millions below those sent 10 las; yer, and
twenty-five million below the appropriations for the
current year. This fact Should be borne IN mind
IN reckoning any reductions that C-ay be made By
the present Congress- There WILL 10 dJubi, be
disposition TO cut down Appropriations to the low
est notch, as1, IL finally granted. they y pT05l-
by be even res in amount than the secretary asks
II Is very doubtful, for instance. If the Navy de-
rartment VIII get any considerable pat Il the
seven millions increase desired. AMI moreover. it
Is not probable that there will b. another large
river and hlrDJ- bill passed In th,, cas-, the IOt,l
appropriations viii be nearly twenty MILLIONS less
than The estiInates. But apart lrDIu the two large
items mentioned, the House economist, VIII ind it
hard to get beioS the secretary's figures
II is hoped by the proposed division OF the COM
De-cc committees to enable those bodies to give
their sole atLedtiCn TO the maritime interests which
properly come under their notice. Heretofore The
river ana haroor bill has consumed so much time
and thought in committee that no measures affect
Ing the shipping Interest could get fir hearing
SO many staining committees now exist that new
ones should be created only where cieary needed,
but if a river and haF0or Dill OF enormous proper
tons is to be framed every session. that In Itself is
wora enough FOR one committee, az the commerce
committees should be relieved OF task that for
bids their Attending to other important matters
which more legitimately con erru them.
Etgh among popular fallacies Is the maxim that
''mlrder Will OUT as may be witnessed by the
large number OF unexplained mysteries mat have
CT late n-ie1 the columns OF the newspapers. The
police records OF al great cities are full OF unex-
planned disapiearances and probable honicides the
real history OF which Will not appear I'LL all Sc
crets are revealed Occasionally, however, Incl
dents occur watch give color 10 the pToyerb, such
Tor instance, the terrible concession that has
Just been nade by john Hoop, who murdered
Amanda Fluke in the woods near Perth Amboy,
New Jersey, last June The murderer after COM
Uniting The deed, so disposed the body as 10 lead
10 belief that the unfortunate woman had COM
United suicide. and no suspicion has at any time
rested on the criminal But reFnose so prey Ell upon
his Ilind that he has now made fuI. confession
They are having speakership contest In the
house OF commons also, but the struggle there is
TO find man who will take Tie place. Speaker
Brand. who held the olee for many years. recently
resigned. and Mr. CoSchen was proposed In his
stead He, too, has declined. however and now
the government are thinking OF MI Arthur Welles-
ley Peel, the son OF Sir Robert Peel and member
If for