The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1888-02-03

For do nothingness, the present con
gress Is long ways ahead of all it
predecessors. The house committee on
commerce have the subject OF the Read
Ing railroad now before them. Il has
been informally discussed, and the fact
developed, that about one half Of the
committee are opposed TO any con
gressional investigation. believing II
any is necessary, It Is within the pro-
vince of the interstate commerce com
mission to make IL. The question will
be called up again tomorrow. when a
delegation of knights of labor who
want aeongressional Investigation, will
endeayor to get hearing.
Congressional Investigations are al
ways popular with certain class Of
congressman, particularly If the cor
porations and individuals happen TO be
wealthy. Impecunious congressman
want all the opportunity for fat pick
ings that they can get, and they are
sure TO make the most of their oppof-
tunities. The latest proposed investi-
CATION is that provided by Mason's bill,
which proposes to empower con
gressional committee TO investigate all
the trusts and combines that have been
entered into by firms, corporations and
individuals in coal, sugar, mining and
kindred subjects. The house com
mittee ON manufactures has unani-
mously agreed TO report this bill favor
ably aud they are expected TO do 30
early this week. Then these impecu.
nious congressman will begin to in
dulge in champagne and terrdpin stew,
and TO ride to and from the capitol In
cupes instead of plebelan street cars
and heidies.
IL is said there is "A strong lobby with
unlimited d cash behind them, who are
there for the express purpose of OPP
posing this bill. Ii it were not for this
lobby 1t is extremely doubtful whether
the investigation would ever been pro-
posed.
just why Secretary Villas. late post
master general, should have been will
ing and apparently anxious TO go down
n grade IN official dignity as he did In
accepting the portfolio of the interior
depai tinel;, has been quite puzzling to
II great many people. The whole mat
ter is explained, however, by the fol-
lowing Official order which was made
public on Saturday.
Secretary Villas has relieved Assist
ant Secretary Muldrow of the care of
supervising land decisions, and IN the
future he will devote his personal at
tention to them"
Which means In PLAIN English that
from this time on, the entire public
land system of the United States is to
be- manipulated in the interest of Cleve-
lands reelection. Keep your eye on
Villas and his land decisions between
now and next November.
The post Office department has issued
circular giving the instruction that
the department will put upon the new
law concerning the amount of printing
or writing that may be placed on the
wrappers of second, third and fourth
class mail matter. This new law re-
ceived the presidents signature on
saturday.
The anti-Randall democrats in con.
gress are wild with JOY over the defeat
of the Randall candidate for the chair
man ship of the democratic state cen
tral committee, of Pennsylvania, and
the passage by that committeeof reso-
luton strongly endorsing Cleveland
and commencing his recommendation
for reducing the tariff. Mr.. Randall
keeps cool and says the result will not
change his Legislative course one iota !;
but he does not intimate what that
course will be during the present SEES
sion of congress. But 1t Is safe to say
that his opinion on the tariff has not
undergone AIRY change since the adj
journment OF the forty-ntnth congress,
1t Is claimed by anti-internal revenue
men. that Randall Is with themin their
EXTREMIST measures, while others will
tell YOU that he only fayors the aboli-
tion of the tobacco tax: that will be
reported by the committee on ways and
means The fact OF the matter IL, no