Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1885-10-23
NUMBER Sd.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
tFrom our regular corresps ndent.)
WAeurvc-ov no.E 20 1oox

Congress will assemble in ST,
weeks and the election of a speake
and the organization of the commit
tees will probably be accomplished
with less trouble than at any previous
session for forty years. Mr.. Car.
Isle will be elected without opposi
tion and, / have no doubt, has al
ready on paper the arrangement Of
the principal committees. There i:
no reason why congress should not
transact considerable business be-
fore Christmas. II it succeeds in
getting good start it will have time
for more delIberation and debate on
the appropriation bills. The aprro-
priations to be asked for by the diff
ferent cabinet officers Will be consid-
erably less than has been asked by
Republican administrations. Much
has been accomplished in the direc-
ton of economy, useless employees
have been discharged, leaks have
been stopped and thousands of dol
lars have been saved IN every depart
ment. There is no reason why the
| debates on the appropriation bills
should consume more than two or
| three days. Heretofore they have
been protracted for week or more
and then hurried through, half made
up, in the closing days of the ses-
sion. The delay in the passage of
bills has been on account OF Demo-
cratic opposition to their extrava-
gance and the jobs with which they
were loaded. But the Republican
minority cannot, without stultifyiug
themselves, oppose the coming ap-
preparations, for they will be far
smaller amounts than they have ad-|
vocated and voted for.
All signs point to q smooth, busi-
ness-like session as far as the lower
house is concerned. There is proba-
bllity Of considerable agitation of
the tariff question, and possibilities
Of surprises in the sprlnging of new
issues. The Chinese question is not
settled, and the labor question, in its
different phases, is sure to come up
for discussion.
The senate will, in all probability,
be center 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 Sher-
man has also hold on Logan and
Hoar. They will, doubtless, rave
and humble in the senate this WIN
ter. Not even time can teach old
senators new tricks. The Republi-
can party is absolutely without an
issue. Sherman and his Imitators
know that the old sectional bloody
shirt romance is more easily rehash-
ed and more convenient for their
party than the hopeless task Of de-
Tending its long record of rottenness
and corruption.
The even and conservative policy
Of the president has left the Repub-
Iicans without even the semblance of
ground for objection, and has abso.
lutely forced them to take up again |
the bloody shirt.
The president and his cabinet af-
ford but little material now for news
paper gossip. They are ceaseless in
their application to their special du-
ties and are giving all their spare
time to the preparation of their an
nual reports. President Clevelaud's
candor is remarkable to say the least,
and it is now at the White House.
Hayes was shifting and inslncere,
Garfield was a gusher, profuse in
Arthur was dignifed and
exclusive, but Cleveland Is what some
one has called s'brutally candid"
During the last week several delega-
tions have been told that it was USE :
less for them to visit the White
House as their wishes could not be
complied with, and q committee Of
Dakota Democrats were very 5luntly
informed that man whom they came
TO oppose wonld receive the appoint
ment he sought. II
But the most remarkable illustrn-
ton of the presidents candor is
found in the correspondence that
has just been published, regarding
the telephone suit. Under previous adj
such mistake as the
Of justice was led into, !,
would have been corrected without
publicity or buried in silence, but !
the president not only required the !
and his solicitors to
their action, but gave the
correspondence about It to the press.
There is something to admire in this |
act Of his as well as the promptness
with which Mr. Garland and Mr..
Goode Assented to his wishes, but
hey will receive no credit from the Z
partisan papers, which are always on
the alert for subjects Of criticism, 9
but never see anything to commend.
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