The Republican journal., 1886-02-04
THE MAINE VETERANS.
Washington Whisperings.
A HOOSIER DEMOCRATS INDniNATION,

Representative klcincr of Indiana. though a
Democrat. is boiling over with wrath at the
administration. While on his way to the Capi-
tol, i'll street car, kleiner vented his spleen
and ventilated his views with such yigor and
pcrtinacity as to catch and hold the attention of
his fellow passengers and afford them much in
>tructiVe entertainment. IF the President had
gone to work at the outset" said klener with
4 doublc-barrelcd gesture. land cleared out the
Republicans and given the country Democrat
ic administration. he would now have a united
Democracy at his back. As it is. We are broken
up and divided some pulling one way and some
another, with no policy and no organization.
We are in a dilemma and political disaster
>tarts lis in the face. If the Republicans once
get i'll again in the present condition of things,
the Democrats will never see daylight again.
TIE PRESIDENT AND TIE FISHERIES CUES
TION.
\ Republican congressman. who has taken Il
great interest in the fisheries question, says
that he has good ground for saying that Secre-
tary Bayard is greatly astonishcd at the general
protest that is coming up from all the States
bordering on Canada against the appointment
of any fishery commission. Mr.. Cleveland is
also taken by surprise, and is inclined to think
that he made his recommendation for the COM
mission without sufficient information. This
gentleman gives it as his opinion that the COM
mission question will rot be forced nor made
an administration issue, but allowed to drop
quietly.
PROPOSED CHANGES IN THE PENSION ACT.
Congress will have to meet the question as to
whether the limitation of time in the arrears
Of the pension act shall be removed. 1t will
be remembered that that act was fixed July l.,
1850, a> the limit of the time within which
appllcatlonS for arrears of pensions should he
filed. 1t is now proposed. by the amendment
offered by Mr.. Browne of Indiana (Republican)
to the pending bill, increasing the pensions of
widows to So per month, to remove that limit
50 as to admit applications for arrears for IN
indefinite period, and therefore, of course, an
indefinite amount One hundred millions would
probably be a moderate estimate of the sum
necessary to meet the demands which would
be made if Mr.. Browns amendment should be-
come law 1t seems likely that it will be
ruled out on a technical point of order. But
this will simply postpone the real question for
a short time. It is at least doubtful whether Il
majority of the House will have the moral
courage to vote in the negative on such propo-
Stion.
THE OUTLOOK FOR TEMPERANCE LEGISLATION.
Representative Price, who was elected from
Wisconsin as Prohibitionist Republican, is Of
the opinion that nothing is to be hoped for
from the committee on the alcoholic liquor
traffic Mr.. Price is on that committee and
has introduced bill providing for a national
commission to investigate all phases of the
liquor traffic. 'Lindslcy of New York, will
vote with me-" said Mr.. Price, and perhaps
Frederick of Iowa and Carleton of Michigan
But | do not expect to be able to get the com
mittee to report my bill for a commission"
Representative Price has also introduced a bill
providing that instruction shall be given in the
common schools of the territories and the dis
trict of Columbia and in the military and naval
academies, concerning the effect of alcoholic
liquors on the human system.
A VITAL ISSUE WITH WESTERN PEOPLE.
''The vital issue with Western people in my
opinion,' says Representative Anderson, Of
Kansas, sis the cost of transportation. Some
way must be found to prevent railroad com
panies from pooling. We raise wheat in the
West The price of wheat is fixed in Liver
pool. The price i'll New York city is the price
in Liverpool less the cost of transportation
the West is the price in New York less the cost
of carrying to New York. | think the propos-
ed Hennepin canal would reduce freight rates
considerably"
PROPOSED NEW CABINET OFFICER.
The House Committee on Labor and on Agri-
culture have joined in bill for new Cabinet
officer which has received the unanimous sup
port of both committees, and which will be GER
tain OF a very large vote in the House. There
has long been an effort to make the Commits
sioner of Agriculture Il Cabinet officer, and a
bill for that purpose was passed in the last
House. The Labor Committee has been de-
termined in this House that labor shall be re-
cOgnlZed in the Cabinet. The two committees
have made common cause, and have agreed to
unanimously report on Wednesday next joint
bill creating Department of Agriculture and
Labor, the head of which is to have seat in
the Cabinet. The portion which relates to
agriculture will practically be the same as that
which the House last year passed. That part
which relates to labor is in substance the bill
introduced by Mr.. Weaver, of Iowa, upon that
subject early in the session. "We PROPOSE"
said one of the prominent agitators in the La
Dor Committee, THAT labor shall have a voice
in the councils of the nation. The bill will
certainly pass the House, and | do not think
they will dare to vote against it in the Senate"
A bold attempt to defraud the government by