Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-10-24


organization of the Committees will
probably be accomplished with less
trouble than at any previous Congress
for thirty years. Mr.. Carlisle will be
elected without opposition, and, have
nodoubt, has on paper the arrangement
of the principal committees. There is
no reason why Congress should not
transact considerable business before
Christmas. II it shall succeed in get
ting good start it will have time for
more deliberation and debate On the
appropriation bills. The appropria-
lions to be asked for by the different
cabinet officers will be considerable
less than has been asked By previous
Republican administrations. Much
has been accomplished in the dlrec-
ton OF economy; useless employees
have been discharged, leaks have been
stopped, and thousands of dollars
have been saved in every Department.
There is no reason why the. debates on
the appropriation bills should consume
more than two or three days each.
Heretofore they have been protracted
for week or more and then hurried
through half made up in the closing
days of the session. The delay in the
passage Of the bills has been on ac-
count OF Democratic opposition to
their extravaganza and the jobs
with which they were loaded. But
the Republican minority in the lower
house, cannot without stultifying
themselves, oppose the coming appro-
priations, for they will be for smaller
amounts than they have often advoca
ted and voted for.
All signs point to smooth, business
like session, as far as the lower House
is concerned. There is probability of
considerable agitation of the tariff ques-
ton, and possibility of surprises in the
springing OF new issues. The Chinese
question is still unsettled, and the la
Dor question in its different phases is
sure to come up for discussion.
The Senate will, in all PROBABILITY, be
centre of greater interest at the
Capitol than the House. Several Re
publican Bourbon Senators have re-
Gently shown their incapacity to learn
or forget. The delirium Sherman has
also firm hold on Logan and Hoar
They will doubtless rave an humble
in the Senate this winter. Not even
time can teach old senators new tricks.
The Republican party is absolutely
without an issue. Sherman and his
imitators know that the old sectional
bloody shirt romance is more easily
rehashed and is more convenient for
their party than the hopeless task of
defending its long record of official
rottenness and corruption.
The even conservative policy of the
President has left the Republicans
without even the semblance of ground
for objection, and has absolutely forced
them to take up again the bloody shirt.
The President and his Cabinet afford
but little material now for newspaper
gossip. They are ceaseless in their
to their special duties, and
are giving all their spare time to the
preparation of their annual reports.
President Clevelands' candor is re-
markable to say the least, and is new
at the White House. Hays was sniff
ing and insincere; Garfield was
gusher, profuse in promises; Arthur
was dignified and exclusive, but Cleve-
land is what some one has called "bru-
tally candid" During the last week
several delegations have been told that
it was useless for them to visit the
White House as their wishes could
not be complied with, and a committee
of Dakota Democrats were very bluntly
informed that man whom they came
to oppose would receive the appoint
ment he sought
But themost remarkable illustration
of the Presidents candor is found in
the correspondence that has just been
regarding the telephone
suit Under previous administrations
such mistake as the Department Of
Justice was led into would have been
without publicity or buried
in silence, but the President not only
required the Acknowledgement and
his solicitor to reconsider their action
but gave the correspondence about it
to the press. There is something to
admire in this act of his, as well as in
the prompsness with which Mr.. Gar
land and ar. Goode assented to his
wishes, but they will receive no credit
from the partisan papers, which are
always on the alert for subjects of crit |
icism, but never see anything to COM
mend.
WoShipoton Oct 10 1S05