Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-01-02
WASHINGTON LETTER.

time the benefit Of selection FROM
complete assortments. This activity
will 20 On and increase, until it reach
es its climax the night before Christ
mas.
Capitol Hill too has been made
lively during the week by the peoples
Representatives, although the Senate
has given itself to little else than 8
Temperance debate and the Presiden
tial succession bill, which il passed,
while the Hause hal been eontinee to
the seemingly dull subject ef a new
code of rules. Startling revelations
were made regarding whisky in the
Senate committee rooms, however.
and IN the House bTr. Randall, tha
Chairman Of The powerful appropri-
ations committee, vas sharply attacl-
Cd because o. biz unwi:lingne,s t.
to have his own wings clipped.
As I have probably mentioned be
fore, all the less fortunate members OF
Congress are more or less enyious OF
the fifteen men whe compose the
Committee on Appropriations. All
Congressman are anxious to make
appropriations, anl i large majority
Of chem favor hat feature Of the new
code o. rules which distributes the
Appropriation bills among different
committees.
AIr. Randall holds that such q d.
position o his bills would lead t. Gn
parallel corruption ana extravaganza,
something that has never been
charged upon his Cammittee. But
members talk about the prosperous
growth Of the country, and argue
that the appropriations shoull keep
pace with it. III = aIzo talk about
individual honesty and capacity.
! They say, Why should fifteen men
assume all The honesty ana economy
il the Hou5o?o
LThis discussion Of the rules will
most likely consume the entire week,
if not q longer time, and though tie
new code may not pass in its present
shape, it viii probably be adopted
with amendments, Those who want
to get On the several Appropriations
committees, will vote forit, those wi
favor some o. the other proposiio S
involved III il, viii vote for it, thoze
who want to beat Mr.. Randall will
vote for it, and those who want so G
chang, and don't know just VIVA !;
i, viii vote for it. This category
includes a majority Of tn House.
Dlring this discussion Nj. Randall
had received some very hard persona,
thrusts regarding his oI.ia- eo3zs-
and his management Of the 30 :
money. On more than one occasion
he wa tempted IT, 10 9 his teap@-,
than which, there is nothing a sta
man & SO Ill afford to be without.
III debate ho mentioned that not with
standing the fact that President
Arthur had declared in his message
against it, the Committee on Rivers
and Ifarbnrs in the Forty-5eveath
Congress had a large Appropriation
nade. Al excited Republican mem
Der sprang to his feet at this point,
and declared that it was the mos
injudieious ard uncalled-fo % act OF
ex president Arthnr's Administrat on
My four Republican colleagues ana
myself" said he, voted for the Ap-
preparation and we came back to the
House" "Well," replied Mr.. Randall
i voted against it, and I believe I,
too, came back TO this House"
In the Senate Prohibition wa
sprung by the proposition to prob bi
the sale, exhibition, OF use Of liquors
in the Capitol restaurants. It led to
an animated and rather f~arcical dis
cussion Of Temperance, in which
Senators Cockrell, Vest, ingalls,, Frye.
RIaxey, Salisbury, Henderson. and
Teller took part.
Senator Cockrell of Missouri made
grave charges Of dissipation in com
mittee ro0n. He had also seen Ser
ators 81 completely unlar the infa
ence of whisky in the discussion
that for the sake Of decency the
Senate hal adjourned. He voluu
teered to give names il Senator.
desired thea t h L proposition
there was laughter.
Senator Frye Of Maine said no re
form had ever made such strides as
Temperance. He had been in the
Senate for six years, but had never
seen two Senators ia the condition
indicated by nr. C~ocbreil; he did
not know that he had eyer e one
unfit for business. Personally be
wanted te see all liquors excluded
from the Capitol, but temperance
people could not get all the temper
ance they wanted, they had to take