The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-12-19
WASHINGTON.
JUDGE BREWER is PROHIBITION
IsF AND HIS NOMINATION is,
ON THAT ACCOUNT.
CRITICAL.
Senator VOORHEES, Has an Elaborate Bill
Cutting Right and Left Into
| the Tariff.
from our Regular I orrespondent.

| / WASHINGTON, December 13, 1889.
Sergeant-at-Arms Leedom, of the
house of representatives. has the
sympathy of everybody here in the
misfortune that overlook him just as
he was preparing to turn his office
over to Mr.. Holmes, his newly-elected
Republican successor. @. E. Silcott,
who has been cashier OF Mr.. Leedom's
Office for six years, and who has
handled during that time more than
$50, 000,0 900, has turned thief and alb
seconded with about $4,000 of some
body else's money. Whose money
and who will have to bear the loss
is as yet very fine legal problem.
The money was drawn from the treas
ury by Silcott on salary receipts
signed by members of the
house of representatives, and the
treasury officials claim, that the men
who signed the receipts will have to
stand the loss, while the representa-
tives are generally of the opinion that
the loss should fall on the govern
ment, and that the government will
have to take it's chances of recovering
the money from Mr.. Leedom. Several
treasury experts are now assisting a
committee of the house to investigate
the books of the sergeant-at-arms. AS
soon as their report is made the house
will take some action. Gambling and
women we're the cause of Silcott's
ruin. He is supposed to be in Canada.
The nomination of Judge d. j.
Brewer, of Kansas, to be associate
Justice of the supreme court was a
complete surprise to every one here
except the Kansas senators. 1t was
hardly a welcome surprise either to
many of the Republicans. The fact
that Judge Brewer is rampant Pro-
hibitionist adds nothing to the popu-
larity of his nomination. There is no
opposition to his confirmation, which
will probably be pushed right
through.
Il No official notice of the death of
Jefferson Davis was taken here, not
/ withstanding his having once been
, secretary of war, and quite sensation
) was created in some quarters because
{ lady living several squares from the
i, capitd saw fit to drape the front Of
5 her hIuse in mourning.
: Sem tor Voorhees, is "loaded for
bear" n the tariff question. He Of
fered apreamble and resolution in the
senate Eetting forth the fact that all
existinI tariff taxes on foreign mer-
b chandiS should be 50 revised, repealed
or AMENDED as to provide:
4 l. For The collection of a sufficient
revenue q pay the EXPENSES of the
! government economically admins
4 tered, the principal and inte,est of the
public debtas they fall due, ald liberal
!, pensions, but not dollar more
2. For the taxation of all articles Of
> luxury at the highest practicablefates
: and for the reduction of taxes On all
necessaries of civilized lifeto the low
est possible rates consistent with a
l tariff for revenue only.
3. For the curtailment End over
throw as far as possible OF a monopo-
q lies in trade by the enlargement Of the
free list.
Mr.. Voorhees, gave noticethat he
;. would at some future time cal up the
. resolution and address the\senate
thereon. His speeches are \lways
= worth listening to.
II A deluge of Federal election bills
. have already been introduced Athe
senate. 1t is safe to predict thatone
x of them will ever pass the house.N
. Speaker Reed has announcephe
y, y house committee on rules, accd It's
- and enrolled bills. 1t is not thoAt
70 that the list of committees willHe
'e completed before the holiday reclt
u The civil service law seems In X
u. way to catch it from both parties
u the senate. Senator Vance has intr
II duced bill for its repeal and Senat
a. Paddock one removing the rallwf
y mail service from its jurisdiction
~. Both gentlemen state that the law
y a humbug and that its strict enforc
~ ment would be directly in opposite
!e to our whole system OF governmer
When two men, usually as far apa
sc as these two. agree there is food I
On thought in the subject of agreemer
~ Ex-Speaker Carlisle takes back I
ne old place of Democratic leader on t
az floor of the house, with as much ca
Wy and grace as he laid it down to aece
Ie' the speakership. No man ever had
ne stronger hold on his party associat
in congress than Mr.. Carlisle has.
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