Mohave County miner., 1888-02-25
WASHINGTON LETTER.
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wAsHIxoTox. Feb. n. 1883.
The weeks doings In Conaress have bssn
of varisd and Interesting character. The
Senate has talked tsriH, education. coins,
discussed the nuisanos of the vast aooumu
Iation of public doeumsnts IN the public
buildinss of Washington. aud made rspsat.
Cd attempts IN discuss the British Extrsdt-
tion treaty behind olossd doors, but In this
Was thvartsd BY the wayvard Senator from
virsinia. Who persists Ia his EFFORTS 70 do
away with the fares Of secret sessions.
The Houss Of Representative 10 getting
ready ~ the eomina tariff fight. ~ 10
clearing she Decks" ~ Sun OF" Cox said.
by passing great many minor and private
bills. which are scarcely worth, OF mention.
To-day II vili consider the admission Of
Dskot. 10 the sistsrhood Of States, and on
Wednesday At three O'Clock the esnats will
call for a hn& vote on ths long pending
Blair Educational bill.
Senator Plumb. Of Kansas. wants 70 make
q spssoh on tho Blair bill before IL In voted
on, AZ does also another Senator. and for
tbs sake Of these tvo ths vote has been de-
fsrrsd until the day named. Senator Call.
Of Florids, mad. spesch rnther in favor Of
tbs Insasare. He said IL be could believe
the bill wonId follow it, enactment. hs
would vote against IL. Bot hs did not 90
believe.
A 70 the censtitutional objections made
to II, he said the quotations from Jefferson
and Msdison aad the sarls fathers Of tho
Republic we're nearly one hundred years old
and hsd every one of them bssp ovsrriddsn
by tho practices of tbs Government with tho
noquissospos Of tho people.
Mr.. Carlisle shows no traces Of his recent
illness. One of his frst acts on resuming
his offioiai duties at the c pitoI was 30
order the priv .ts telegraph wires removed
from the corridors Of the Houss wing. The
Western Union Telegraph Company had
leased, for stock jobbing purposes. private
wires, communicating directly bot wssn ths
Capitol and certain stock brokers' offices in
Washington aud New York. The Speaker
not only ordered tho Western Union 70 cut
Of every wire that was not for public use,
bat he ordered those who had established
themselves In little telegraph or little tsle-
plume Offices cs their own to clear cut in
stantly, and lie ordered .hs Architect of the
Capitol to puI! them down and have thorn
removed.
When last Gusstioned a. to the progress
made on the coming tariff bill by the Ways
and Means Committee. Chai rnau Mills 70.
piled thA: they were going slow for the
reason that it VAS suoh An important sub.
ject. There 10 danger Of trsading on some
Committeeman toes at every turn. and
they are determined. 20 they say, not to do
any thing rssh-npt TO report q bill oon.
tainins an attack on any special industry.
for that might dsfsat the very obisct the
majority hope 70 attain. Everybody mast
DO ooncilistsd. Said tbs Chairman, I'VE
want the work Of this Committee to stand
the assault Of the enemy, and We arc build.
ing or structure accordingly"
1t was on Friday that tho President of
the Central Pacific Rsilroad Company, Mr..
appeared before the House
to give his views upon pending
legislation touching thoss roads. He In. |
formed the Committee that hs had nothing
to apologize for. nothing to take back; hs
only wanted TO 80 an arrangement by
which the Govsrnm int would got its money
without crippline the road. He stated that
the organizers LELAND Stanford. Mark
Hopkins. Charles Crooksr and himself
built ths Central Paoifo by borrowing
money on their own individual nsmes, not
on the credit Of the Government. The road !
Was poor and always had been.
A C,mmitteennan asked il the four men |
we're nov poor. THE four gentlemen b. - |
grown rich" Mr.. Huntington replied, "but
hey owe il to themselves. We have taken
nothing; We have created values. We all
began poor" He said that he started wsr L |
on \ Connecticut farm at 81 per month
lnd ut the end Of ths month had the 81. He
thouRht that all tbs Central Paorio owed
the Government should b. put into go
ssmi.annnal payments, which would bring
Il into shaps tbs road could meet. Hs said
his eomp'n nv would like 20 pay all they
owed NOW, but they were poor and could
BIT do it.
Hs did i think il dvissbls ~ thrown |
Ehs r,sd on the market and eel! it; o, Dthsr
siviliSsd G vsrnmsnt would do such q
thing, but the United States Cover msnt
vas peculiar ons; it sxaotsd everything
md paid nothing. At another tim~ he |
said. in a burst Of conhdsutisi passion,
th.t u fact the Central P .oihc did MT ows |