The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-10-23
Prom our Regular rcorr-sPsndsnt-l
WASHINGTON LETTER.

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WASHINGTON, ID. e. Oct Is. 1885.
!, Congress will assemble In six week
| and the election OF speaker and the or
ganization Of the Committees will prob
ably be accomplished with less trouble
than at any previous Congress for thirty
years. Mr.. Carlisle viii be elected with
out opposition. and. have no doubt
has already on paper the arrangement
l0f the principal committees. There !.
transact considerable business before
ChriSfmas. II Il shall succeed in getting
Q good start il will have time for more
deliberation and debate on the appropri-
alton bills. The appropriations 10 be
asked for by the different Cabinet off.
cers will be considerably less than has
been asked by previous Republican ad-
m'nisfraiions. Much has been accom-.
plished ia the direction of economy
useless employees have been discharged
leaks have been stopped, and Thousands
of dollars have been saved in every De-
psrfmeut. There Is no reason why the
debates on the appropriation bills should
consume more than two or three days
each Heretofore they have been pro-
tfacted for week or more and then hur-
rled through h.lf made up in the clos
ing days Of the session The DELAY ~
Tile passage Of The bills has been an a..
count ~ Democratic opnosi,;ou ~ ,ba;,
cxtrayaoance and the ;obs win vhici'
thev were loaded. Buf The Renuhl;can
minority N The lower House came,
without sfult;fyjuy Themselves orno.s
the coming spnropriatiors for fhev w;Il
BE- for smaller amounts fbsn tbex have
lofteD advocated ana voted for
AN signs point 10 n smooth. hns;,cs..
like session. as far a. ~ lower Honsa /.
concerned. There Il probsb;li,v IN cor.
siderable agitation Of the tariff question
and possibility OF surprise N ths snr;ng,
ing Of new issues. The Chinese question
i still unsettled. and The labor oues,;on
in lts different phases Il sure 10 come m
for discussion.
The Senate will. in ali probahi,i,r he
center of greater Interest A. the f'sni.
tol than the House. Several Renus'ii.
can Bourbon senators have reren,l,
shown their incapacitv Ia learn a. sor.
get. The deliriun sherman has Ala :
firm hold on Logan and Hoar. They
will doubtless rave and humble IN the
cPn3te this winter. Not even time - a.
teach old Senators new tricks. TIE IL.
publican party Is absolutely withon, an
Issue. Sherman and HE imitators know
that the old sectional bloody shirt ro-
mance IL more easily rehashed ana Il
more convenient for their rnr;y fhan liz
hopeless task Of defending IL long record
of official rotienness and corruption.
The even and conservative ro,jcv ar
the President hiss len the Republicans
without even The semblance or ground
for objection. aud has absolutely forced
thsm 10 take mp again ihe bloody sli,f.
The President; and his Cabinet afford
but little material now for newspaner
gossip. They are ccaseless In their ap-
piicaiion 70 their specia. duties. and afe
giving ~ their spare time to ire prypar-
alton of their annual reports. Preiiient
Cievelani's candor II RENE -kai'le 70 ~
the least. and 1t il new at he While
House. Hayes was snifli;ng and insin.
cere; Garfield was gusher- profuse in|
promises; Arthur was iignificd and cx-
but Cievelani IL X haf soma .,.,.