The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-02-17
washington Letter.



The weeks doings IL Congress have
| been Of varied ana interesting character
| Tie senate has. talked tariff, education.
coins. discussed the nuisance Of the vast
accumulation of public documents in the
public buildings Of Washington, and made
repeated attempts to discuss the British
Extradition treaty behind barred doors,
but in this was thwarted by the wAyward
Senator from Virginia. who persists in his
efforts to de away with the farce O. secret
sessions.
The House Of Representatives Is getting
ready for tie coming tariff fight; 1T is
clearing the decks as Sunset Cox said,
By passing a great many minor 4 nd private
bills. which are scarcely worthy Of men
ton. To-day it sill consider the adinis-
sion of Dako;a ia the sisteraorl Of states,
and ~ " ,sin ssd4y a; ti,Tes o'clock, the
Senate Is ia eall FOR d fiu&l vote on tie
loeg pending Blair Educational bill
senator Plumb. u Kansas. wants to
make a speech on tl,. Blair b.II before IT s
voted or. as does also another senator, aud
for the sake OF these Two. the vote has
baen deferred until ihe day named. SEN
ator Call. Of Florida made spesell rather
in favor OF the measure. He SAID if he
could believe that tie evils fsr.toi.l by The
enemies Of the bill wouii f,lles is enact
meat, he wonld vote against is. Bat he
did moi 50 believe
As to the Constitutional objections made
TO ii. he said the quotations from Jefferson
aud Madison and the early fathers OF the
Iiepablic were nearly one hundred years
old. and h4a every t,ne III them been over
ridden i,y tbe practice Of the Government
With tie aeqzieSeenee Of The people.
Mr.. Carlisle s;le~s 40 traces of his re-
cent illness. One Of lis first acts on re
suuiag bis oslsisl du1zs n the Capitol
vas to orJler the prlszto telegraph wires
removed from TIE corridors Of the House
wing. The Western Union Telegraph
Company had leased fer stock jabbing
purposes private wires, communicating
directly between tile Capitol and certain
stock brokers Offices in Washington and
New York The Speaker not only ordered
the Western Union 10 cut OF every wire
that was not for public use, bat lie ordered
those u 10 had established themselves in
little telegraph Of telephone Offices Of their
own - clear out instantly, ard he ordered
the Architect Of the Capitol 70 pull them
down and have them removed.
When last questioned as TO tie progress
made On the coming tariff bin by the
Ways and Means Committee, Chairman
Mills replied that they were going SLOW
/ for the reason that it was saeh an impor.
tant subject. There Is danger Of iFeading
on some Committeeman toes al every
tarn, and they are determined, 50 they
say, not to do anything rash. not t. report
bill containing an attack on any special
industries, for that might defeat tie very
object the majority hope to attain. Every
body must be eoneiliated. Said the Chair
man. I'VE want the work Of this Com
mittee TO stand the assault Of tie enemy,
and re are building our structure accord
ingly."
/ 1t vas on Friday that the President Of
the Central Pacific Railroad Company,
Mr.. Huntington, appeared before the
House ComSaitiee TO give his views upon
! pending legislation touching those roads.
He Informed tie Committee that be had
nothing 10 apologize fer, nothing - take
back; be only wanted 20 see an arrange
ulenf By which the Government would get
its money without Gripping the read lie
stated that the organizers, Iceland Stan
ford, Mark Hopkins, Charles Croker and
himselO, built tie Central Pacific by Dor
rowing money Oh their own individual
names, not on the credit Of the Govern
ment The road was poor and always had
been.
4 Committeeman asked if the four men
were now poor. '.The four gentlemen
have grovn rich. :" Hr Huntington re-
piled. bat they owe it to themselves. We
have taken nothing, se have created
values. We all began poor. He said
that he started work GA a Connecticut
/ farm at s. a MONTH and at the end OF the
month had the 81 He thought that all
/ the Central Pacific owed The Government
should DE put into 30 semi-annnal pay
inents. wbicL woi.ld bring it into shape
the road could meet He said his com
pany would Ike 10 pay al they owed now.
but they we're poor aud could not do it.
/ lie did not think It advisable to throw
! the read Oh tile market and sell it, no other
civilized Government wouid do such a
thing bat the United States Government
gas a Peculiar one; it exacied everything
I sad pad nothing. Al another time he
said, IN burst Of confidential passion,
that. ia facf. The Central Pacific did not
sae he Government anything
WESTON.
Reluctant as they are 10 take any posi-
tive action Hpcn tie liquor question, the
{ Neg Iersev Reuuf,l frau leaders haze made