Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-01-09
The ThGbe- -CarliSe Case TO be Called up
Next Saturday.
Interesting Items OF News From Wash
ington's Various Circles of Life.
w AsHINGToN, Jan.

were surprised at the strong case which
Thpbe presented Friday. Men who had
supposed that there was very little to the con-
test, mislead by the speakers grandiose and
otf-hand way of treating the case as frivo-
lous, wake up at once seeing what an out
rageous fraud and downright theft had been
perpretrated.
The charge of the selling of the case by
| Ih9be's first attorney, the declarations and
misunderstanding the deliberate plan and
clumsy stutfing of ballot boxes-had a strik-
ing effect Ii was seen at once that to do
justice the case must have full investigation.
! 1t is reported that Gen. Butler will take up
the cudgels for Thebe.
! There has been no little gossip in political
circles in Washington concerning Speaker
Carlisle's action in appointing Mr.. Clements
1 of Georgia chairman of the committee on
civil service reform. Mr.. Clements is known
to be an uncompromising opponent of this
reform and in the last Congress gave express
sion to this opposition in unmistakabe
terms.
Iu conversation yesterday Mr.. Clements
said II have not experienced change of
heart so far as the civil service idea is con-
cerned. | don't believe III it any more than
| did two years ago He also said that his
personal opinion concerning civil service re-
| form would not cause him to swerve from
what he regarded a proper discharge of his
duties.
Chairman Mills of the committee ON ways
and means says that he will call the commit
tee together without delay and will proceed
at once to the consideration and formulation
of a tariff reform bill, having in view reve-
nue. reduction as well.
Il do not think" said he, that it will be
necessary to allow any protracted hearings of
manufacturers or others interested in this
class of legislation We have ample mate
rial on hand of that character from which all
necessary information may be obtained.
These hearings, if granted, will only cause
delay. The condition of the country and the
treasury is such that it requires immediate
action upon the question of reduction of
revenue. The President asks it and the sec
retary of the treasury urges it and | shall do
all can to carry out their wishes" The
chairman added somewhat emphaticaly 'If
any effort should be made to defeat the
measure which we think will cover the
ground the parties engaged in 1t will suffer. y
The ways and means committee is composed
of men selected with reference to the prepa-
ration of a bill in the line of the Presidents
wishes with such notifications as the speaker
the views of the protection democrats.
1t is intimated that the ways and means
committee is likely to play an important part
in the solution of the fishery problem. Mr..
Chamberlain has returned from Canada, and
it is understood that he is prepared to submit
certain propositions which may simplify ne
gotiations.
The Canadian government is insisting upon
free fish as an ultimatum, and in considera-
ton of this are willing. to concede TO the
American fishermen the same privileges en-
joyed by Canadians in their own waters,
When this proposition was advanced at an
early stage of the conference the American
commissioner informed the English negotia-
tors that such concession was entirely beyond
the treaty making power of the executive;
that as it was question of revenue it could
only originate in the popular branch of Con
gress.
To bring this about, the reassembling of
the commission was delayed until after the
probable announcement of the ways and
means committee.
1t is understood that among the articles to
be placed on the free list in the proposed
tariff bill will be fish. This will be in ac-
cordance with the wishes of the President
and Secretary Bayard. If this can be sue
cessfully carried out the settlement or the
fishery question will be easy.
1t may succeed in the House, as the pro-
lection democrats do not represent consttu-
encies affected by free fish and doubtless
many western republicans would vote in the
same direction, as an apparent concession to
the tariff-reform sentiment of their sections.
Should the question come up in the Senate
it would be fought with great determination
INT with tho SLIGHT If the
and the shaky protective views of some of
the republican Senators, it might secure
concurrent action in that body.
Estimates of the acreage product and
value of corn, wheat and oats for each State
and Territory shows the area of corn har
vested exceeding abandoned or worthless
acreage is y .000.0 acres in round figures.
The product 2 ,45G, ,0u0, ,00s bushels The val
ue S646. 900. 900.
The area of wheat is 81 ,40O, 900. pro-
ducts 456 900 900 bushels; value $500 ,00o,-
900.
The area in oats is nearly 26, 900 900: pro-
ducts 659, 900 900 bushels value s200, ,00o,-
600.
The reports of winter wheat do not show
much decrease. The average condition ia
95 ranging in the principal states from 80
to 9S The condition of winter rye cOincIdes
very closely with that of wheat.
General satisfaction is expressed in the
Senate at the favorable action by the Ken
/ tucky legislature which foreshadows the third
election of Mr.. Beck to the United States
Senate. There are few men in public life
more popular with their associates than the
| great kentuckian. He is respected for his
splendid abilities and liked for his genial
qualities He is the leader of the democrat
ic forces in the Senate. He has served
I twenty consecutive years in Congress during
twelve of which he has sat in the Senate.
His third consecutive election as a member
of that body is an honor that no other Ken
tuckian has ever enjoyed But ten of his
colleagues have been similarly compliment
ed. These are salisbury of Delaware; Al
lison of Iowa; Ingalls, of Kansas; Dawes OF
Massachusetts, Cockreil of Missouri; Ran
som of North Carolina Cameron of Penn
sylvania; Sherman of Ohio, five times and
the two Vermont Senators Morrill, and Ed.
munds four times each.
The Grand Army men are indignant over
the recent developements in connection witt
the death and ignoble burial of Capt. Amei
Cliff, an old G. A. R. comrade. Capt Clsf
was employed in the pension Office and had
served on McLellan's staff. He was pas
commander of post 50. of Mystic River
Conn. Capt. Cliff went to the Providenc,
hospital institution in this city, managed b.
Catholic sisters of charity, for the mainten
ance of which Congress has appropriated
Sl5, 900 annually. He died Dec. "a and wa
buried in the Potter's field. Day before yester
day the body was discovered on the dissect