The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1884-01-10
Washington News and Notes

Retaliatory legislation is urged by some Con-
greSsmen against France and Germany. owing
to the action of those Governments against Am
erlcan salt meats.
Congressman Buckner, of Missouri saws the
national banks must 60 He is the Chairman
of the Committee on Banking and CURRENCY
and Mr.. Carlisle said that the business interests
OF the country were not to be disturbed.
Senator Sabin, of Minnesota Chairman of the
National Republican Committee, expresses the
opinion that bill materially reducing the tariff
VIII be reported from the Ways and Means
Committee and will pass the House, but will be
defeated in the Senate.
The Post Office Department is notified that
the business of the dead letter Office will be
much increased by the undelivered Christmas
presents. Advlces from Chicago show that
more than 300 packages will be sent from that
city alone to the dead letter office, detained eli
ther for insufficient postage or for want of adj
dress.
The Democracy is disposed to be on the de-
iehsive as TO the organization of the House.
Nearly all the Democratic members of the Wavs
and Means Committee have been interviewed
The inference from their expressions is that by
revenue reform they mean a warfare upon
manufactured goods, and that New England is
one OF the sections to which they will eSpeci-
ally direct attention.
}. Il. Dodge, the statistican of the agriculture
al department, has just completed preliminary
estimates of the principal crops of the country
for the year 1888. They show that potatoes
as well as all other roots and oats, have grown
luXuriantly and yielded abundantly. The
average yield of corn per acre for the present
year is nearly % bushels, II per cent less than
the average yield for Il series of years, or Il
total yield of l DOL ,O6G, $50 bushels. The wheat
crop, Mr.. Dodge says, is. as before stated
slightly in excess of 400,000,000 bushels, and
the cotton product, as showed by the December
returns, is about 100000 bales.
Judge Buckner, Chairman of the Committee
on Banking and Currency. according to a
Washington paper, denies that Speaker Car
Isle eXacted any pledges from him. Buckner
denies that which was not affirmed. The
statement was that Speaker Carlisle talked
with Buckner and Bland before appointing
them to the Chairmanships of the financial
committees of the House, and was satisfied
that they would do nothing to disturb the
business interests of the country; for this reason
he put them in their positions. But a friend of
Carlisle says tonight that the Speaker is sur
prised and annoyed at the character of the pub
lie interviews of Bland and Buckner on finan-
cia questions.
One of RandalFs principal supporters said
recently: "The Administration of the House
is already on the run. Everybody il apologize
ing for it. The Speaker states that he has
made arrangements with certain dangerous
Chairmen whom he placed in charge of the
Finance Committees that they should do moth
ing to disturb the business interests, but these
Charmen say that no bargain has been made
with them. Everybody is talking too much
and is apologizing. The Democratic organz-
alton of the House has already arrayed against
it all the banks, all the railroads, all the manu-
featuring interests, all the enterprises which
are dependent upon the prosperity of the
country; everything except the W Risky organ
ization, and that will be defeated. There will
be warm talk when that bill comes up. The
only safety now for the Democratic party is in
the reaction which may come when the party
leaders outside of Congress see their danger
and force the party everywhere to place itself
upon the rejected Ohio PLATFORM" This is a
the Randall men indulge, and it is good index
of the want of harmony in Democratic circles.