Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-10-17
Washington Letter.

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probably be accomplished with less
trouble than at any previous Congress
for thirty years. Mr.. Carlisle will be
elected outopposition, and, 1 have
no doubt, has already on paper the ar
rangement of the principal commit
tees. There is no reason why Congress
should not transact considerable bust
ness before Christmas. If it shall
succeed in getting good start it will
have time for more deliberation and
debate on the appropriation bills.
The appropriations to be asked for
by the different Cabinet officers will
be considerably less than has been
asked by previous Republican admin
istratiOns. Much has been accom-
plished in the direction of economy;
useless employees have been discharg-
ed, leaks have been stopped, and
thousands of dollars have been saved
in every Department. There is no
reason why the debates on the appro-
priatiOn bills should consume more
than two or three days each. Here
tofore they have been protracted for
a 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 APP
preparations, for they will be for
smaller amounts than they have often
advocated and voted for.
All signspoint to smooth, business
like session, as far as the lower House
is concerned. There is probability of
considerable agitation of the tariff
question, and possibility of surprises
in the springing Of new issues. The
Chinese question is still unsettled,
and the labor question in its different
phases is sure to come up for discus
sion.
The Senate will, in all probability,
be centre of great interest at the
Capitol thanthe House. Several Re-
publican Bourbon Senators have re-
Gently shown their incapacity to learn
or forget. The delirium Shermans has
aslo firm hold on Logan and Hoar
They will doubtless rave and humble
in the Senate this winter. Not even
, time can teach old Senators new
tricks. The Republican party is
absolutely without an issue. Sher
man and his imitators know that the
old sectional bloody shirt romance il
more easily rehashed and ismore con
venient for their party than the hope
less task of defending its long record
of official rottenness and corruption
The even and conservative policy
of the President has left the Republi
cans without even the semblance o
ground for objection and has absolute
ly forced them to take up again the
bloody shirt.
, The President and his Cabine
afford but little material now fol
f newspaper gossip. They are ceaseles'
in their application to their specia
| duties, and are giving all their spare
time to the preparation oftheir annua
! reports. President Cleveland's candol
is remarkable to say the least, and i
J is new at the White House. Haye:
was shifting and insincere; Garfield
was a gusher, profuse in promises
, Arthur was dignified and exclusive
but Cleveland is what some one ha!
called "brutally candid" During
the last week several delegation
have been told that it was useless fo
: them to visit the White House a
: their wishes could not be complied
with, and a committee of DakOts
2 Democrats were very bluntly inform
ed that a man whom they came tt
oppose would receive the appoint
5 ment he sought.
But the most remarkable illustra
: ton of the Presidents candOr
: found in the correspondence that ha
just been published, regarding tn
telephone suit.
4 Under previous administration
: such mistake as the Department Q
: Justice was led into would have beel
J. corrected without publicity or buried
Y in silence, but the President not onl.
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