The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-23
WASHINGTON LETTER


hA1e~ 1H -tRN III AHat4 II tt-t 'dfftdt - tl--
where. such Is not the ssise. ,sEs,id -esrf-
tioias etirid sad pel5lie are beng hrla a,
the White Hssa~ il is,ner 81 siss briEe.
S,nle DISTINGUISHED i~rayeiers arr IN the city.
wls, sre ewing much attention .-5ne d
them being 4 royal visitor, 2 veritahle prince.
the erand~lnof Emperor Dom Pein', of Bra
I'll. Prince Leopold is not, however, 4 RIVAL
locking per-0nag His face Is Of an unin-
1~ere>iins type. his figure ef medium SIZE, and
his voice j. % eifenina;e, small, shrlI and
di~scoriant as 10 o%rasion amusement for
those who hear IL He i stopping Al the Ar
Engson Hotel. and occupies the rsanls that
President Cleveland lad when he rirst arTiv-
Ell in the city previous to his inaUgiration-
And then the strike IS AZ hast over here
Work has been resumed on a nine hours
compromise, Houses partially erected, On
which work bad been suspended for SIX
weeks, again eeho with the sound OF hammer
and saw. AMI building viii bslm anti next
winter. And hast. though first IN imIsDrtance.
Congress il stilI az work, without any imnle-
diate tlanser Of ~slIccHmbing 70 the summer
heat. /, Is discussing Appropriation and
Land forfeiture bills and questions reIating
10 the District IF Columbia Scarcely a day
passes but some Congressman gives HI Gfin-
ion If the civil seryiee law. and no subject
connected with finances can come up FOR de
bate without provoking fight on the Tariff
While the Hoalse was discussing a money
bill the ahie Republican lender from New
York Mr.. Hiscpck. announced Thar he had
figured o u a large deficiency n the TREASURY.
the appropriations being largely in excess Of
the receipts. He made an argument. which
might apply to the tariff to show that no ne
duction was IsIssiblc, aid he held democrat
IL exfrayasanee responsible for this. He ex-
planned where the next fiscal year. would. on
the most conservative estimate. zee ! dehrif
ofSI+U90a. The House was Oh the eve Of
an atienlpt To nSince tariff taxes and he
thought II was an occasion on which 10 call
it, attention 70 these startling figutc>.
Thi. reminds me Of what Representative
Boutelle. Of Maine, said in regard u the de
feets ofthe present administration, Instead
of the rptreneiment and economy that WIS
promised. the estimates for expenditures
have been largely Increased, until the Demo
cratic state Convention of Maine. i found
-druuuRcins, IN It's platform, Il Congress IN
which IL party has a large working major
ity. for having devoted six months Of rs la
bors in deyising ways and means to deplete
the Treasury Of IT. surplus millions 10 the ne
glert Of important legislation.
g. 70 the manner In which the party has
fulfilled it, Civil Service Reform promises, The
same gentleman from Maine SAYS. that that
Law has been used as a door mai by that dis
tinguiShei office broker. Eugene Higgins.
and has b,en trampIed under the muddy
bopJs Of the hungry and thirsty until il
Democratic Commissioner Of Pensions isen-
atled to testify that under the rlles. u now
applied, he obtained Ifs Democrats out Of
l52 appointments. and the Democrats If the
House ara asking to amend the law - that
the reform party can get the other four.
Political affairs are 70 much mixed In diff
6srent states that the Democratic menibers of
Cunsres> who have MT already gotten the
sanction Of their districts and yet have not
given up the fight. are very anxious about
r-rnomination. Even Mr.. Holman. Of Inii-
ana the -Great 0biect1r. has felt constrlin-
Ell To 90 home in the interest OF his tenf~
He Is i man who probably could MOI he ems
ily beaten, but the Republicans are sur IF
gains IN many Democratic districts. and Mr.
Holman a1 thar the situation MAS such than
even he had better not be ~ far from the b.
sini~ Of his constituents.
The luxury II leisure which the President
~enjove-I during his nine DAYS of honeymoon,
i his M longer. The mas II legislation
which was dumped upon his lesk during his
absence, for his approval or veto, requires
his accumulation Of fourteen or fifteen bills 3
,ksv. There has just been published from
the White HegSe salother official roTnon-
STRANGE AGAINST a too ~eiabie public. asking
it - resFerf the haurs Tor official busineSs by
calling to pas respects only on the day and
a; The hours specified for that purpose.
RAILROAD News
A telegram Ia the Pittsburgh Gam
B,ea-ia Ga=ese from Philadelphia says The
recent purchase Of the Beech Creek railroad
By friendly interests Of the Reading Com
pany and the purchase Of the Clearfield BIZ
uuninoas Goal Co~nlTzny's mines by the
same friendly interests, IL i stated. have for
ever Destroyed the possibility Of either Of
these properties sshsg into the hands of the
Pennsylvania railroad Company. This i ~
CARRIED a. determining positively the ac1au-
plishneut Al sonle Jiay of the plans Of com
I@etJiun arranged hy President Gowen and
others against the Pennsylvania Railroad
Coni.iny.
An officer If tile Reading Company stated
70 your correspondents that the completion of
the South Pennsylvania raiirusld would be
the next step taken in the original plans. It
VIII of course, be necessary. he stated, in ~
.lect 10 the supreme Court before which the
question Of the right Of the Pennsylvania
nailrlad to purchase i pending, Ia await the
decision of thar lady before taking any fur
tlser action. In the meantime, however,
prominent capitalists who are interested in
rhec umplenon II the properly ara not lille
They have purchased valuable timber and
cHaI tracts along the line Of the South Penn
sylvania which viii lie developed az the
proper time. and il l. further stated that one
e the ultimate fSlrr-lse Of theeoal luntfs viii
be the formation OF . coke syndicate which
viii operare in opposition Ia those who are
now sending their tonnage over the Pennsyl-
wanna Railroad company : lines.
President tulwen. 81 the Reading when
son by your correspondent and questioned
apou these matters. stated that be deemed it
advisable NOT to talk upon the subject until
the Reading property had been rzprgirized,
bar he would say thar all his original plans
including the s-,ulh Pennsylvania would he
zTrried out, and that the Reading re~oreaniza-
ton aecoriing To his plan would be acrr,ni-
pii~he-i in le~- than sixty days.
"
The Return JndgeS Of the Democratic PM
marie> held throuslmuf Cambria county on
saturday last nlet in E1ensburs Moudav -
count the votes east for the various eanf-
dates. and Announce the result. The old ,yS-
II voting directly 6r the candidates n
the ~pEmaHeS knnwn a. the Crawford Conn
N system, prevails by a large majority. the
vote for il being 27u9 ~ si2 in opposition.
Thomas Collins, Of The world. had a walk
for the Congressional nomination. there
ne either candidate.
Daniel Mclaughlin, OF Johns;owa. and J.
:, Rliey Of Elen>tsry, carried OF he LegiS