St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-15
WASHINGTON LETTER
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 |, 1885,

nam to-day Speaker Carlisle form
III, daclared the opening of the second
a.s nj the Fit,ieth Congress. A few
s.rnnds later Senator Ingalls, performed
lilo service for the Senate. There
rrar. many vacant seats IN both Houses,
l,n, the most of them viii be occupied
raw days. On Wednesday, III ac-
40 .,.nca with the vote of the House
s..,';"h hrnke the celebrated dead lock of
lost session, the Direct-iax bill.
,s,,;ch has been passed by the Senate,
:; ss"a,nected to be taken up. No fillihus-
*.r;no i. expected. and 1t IA pr"bahie
t,,at the bill will be passed, but there
era many people here who believe that
the President will veto it. In the Sen
ate. If Senator Allison has bis way the
ta,iff bill will be taken up tins week
hnt owing to the Republican opposition
this may not be done.
Ever since the election there has been |
much curiosity as to what Mr.. Cltvtlahd
.yould do after he goes ont 81 once.
can crafty this curiosity. Early ~ me
Spring il is at present the plan "t Mf.
anI Mrs. Cleveland TO leave for Europe,
".h.re ,hey will stay for an indefinite
npriod. Further than that nothing Is
settled.
Owing to heavy payments by the
Treasury the pnhlic debt shows an m
grease of about s11,0 900 600 for the month
at November. The largest single item
was the quarterly pension payment OF
s23 900 600.
Washington is to have circle named
In honor of General w. ;. Hnnc"ck, no
nn which the Society Of the Army of the
Potomac will erect Il handsome statue
70 his memory.
REPRESENTATIVE Mcmillan. who is
member of the House committee ON
WAYS and Means. thinks it prohahie
that an attempt will be- made tn pass
hill embnfyins the Internal revthh"
featutes nf the Miils bill He thinks the
chanpes proposed would give much
nerded relief, and thai they would cut
eff half of the frivolous pi ostcnii"ns un-
DIR the Iaw as it pow stands, aud that
the collection of the revenue would not
be impaired III the least.
Secretary Wh;pey's annual report is
very interesting document He gives
fha stntua If the Navy "a it will he on
fhe Ath of March, 1885, and comrarrs II
will, the Navy of March 4!h. 1885. h.
then states that when nnarmnreh rruis-
era already contracted for are c"mpltt-
ed that tb" United States will rank sec
ond among she nations in the possession
of that most useful class OF vessels. Bur
the most striking part of the report IA
that relating to the finances of the De
nartmept. In this connection the Sec
ratary saws: at is gratifying to he able
to report, as will he seen from the fol
lowing table, that notwithstanding the
srn.pditures for the new Navy in the
last three wears, the reductions in other
directions have made the total exnen-
ditures of the Department less for these
three wears than for the three years end
ing .Jnp- 30rh, 1884, the ordinary expen-
40. IF the Department having been re-
duced over twenty per cent" The table
mentioned by the Secretary shows that
thaaxnepditnres for three wears ending
Jnne 80, 1884, were S47.97 307, and for
thu three wears ending june 30, 1893,
S46 $40 $50. This is a plain statement
Of unvaruished facts, and shows IN
manner that even the dnilest can enm-
nrebend, the difference between Demo
cratic economy and Repuh'lcan extra
nakes a highly creditable showing for
him. and amply proves the claim long
made nv bis friends that he is the best
Secretary of the Navy that this country
has ever had.
who will receive the complimentary
npmocratic nomination for speaker of
fhe House 2 is asked quite often at the
Capitol. The only two men mentioned
ara Sneaker Carlisle and Mr.. Randall,
and the former is certain 10 receive the
cancus nomination, although Randall
will get much larger numb or votes
than people who only see the aurfacc, ri
things would suppose possible. MT
Randall has almost recovered tiis heaith.
INT ma matter of prudence he will NOT
regularly attend the meetings OF the
Hnuse for Some time yet. IA he lives
near the Capitol, this will not impair his
usefulness.
The Republican canvass for the Spea-
karship of the next House ia rapidly de-
ytlopinR into sectional tight-the ras'
against the west. And "a the east has
only one candidatp-Reed Of Maine
while the West il divided among four
Cannon ri Illinois, Burrnws of Mlch'
gan and Mckinley and ButteTworth oil
Obio-it looks now az ii the east would
win, hut a combination among the wesf'
ern men may change the result. There
isa ru,ner here that Blaine i trying ~
npfl4rhanded way 20 beat Reed, whom
he tiislikes very much.
1t ia noted as a sign of the times thai
EVERYONE here seems to think that it II
only an+stion Of time when Mrxlc,
ond Canatla will I've parts of the United
States. The only difference of opin!ol
aeems To he in the length at time whlci
il likely to elapsp before these hlghfS
imuortaut events take place.