The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-01-10
Washington Letter.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. 1889.

WASHINGTON, Jan. A, 1889.
Speaker Carlisle and Mr.. Mills have
decided not to call meeting of the
House committee on rules to arrange
the order of business for the remainder
of the session. Their reason for taking
this stand is the fear that the pressure
for the passage of such measuresas the
dependent pension bill, would be great
er than many of the democratic mem
bers could stand. if au attempt was
made to arrange the order of business,
and all the leaders of the party are
particularly desirous that no legisla
ton carrying extravagant appropria
tions shall pass the House this session
This decision. which cuts out every
thing that cannot get the unanimous
consent of the House, and the regular
appropriation bills, while som what
hard upon many measures that ought
to be passed. and would be. if they
could be brought before the House, is
nevertheless wise one, The demo
Gratis are nfident that the next Con-
gress will make many large and ex-
travagsnt appropriations, therefore
good and economical record for the last
democratic House will furnish the
very best of arguments to go before the
people to ask for the coEtrul of the
House again. Economy and tariff re-
orn will be the Democratic watch
word,
Congress turned up just as smiling
y on Wednesday MS if many of it's
inemb bets were not sufferiEg from the
effects of over eating, ard shall say
il ?-over drinking. However, much
.an be excused at this season which at
.tber times would call for censure
Congressman are human, and Christ
mas comes but once a year. Both
aouses had more than quorum At
he opening, and they went tight t"
work, the Senate Oh the tariff bill and
he House on the river ard h Ihnr bill
The republican members of the Sen
tie finance committee are having d
picnic with the people who wish to
nave changes made in the Senate tariff
bill before 1t is passt d. Every mail
brings letters by the hundred, and
here Is a continual streaLn q: teleg IRA i.i
messengers pouring tito the commit
.e room. And 8s j; hat was net suf
icient, the already ver-prUtected
manufacturer comes himself TO speak
iis demands. One of them has just
handed in memorandum of 4n differ
ent articles that he wishes the duties
made higher on. He says he contrib
uted largely 10 the republican cam
paign fund with the distinct under.
standing that he was to be amply pro.
tected in this bill. The republicans
have agreed upon number of amend
ments TO the bill, but they do not dare
TO make them public until the very
last moment, for lear Of the pressure
hat will Immediately be brought TO
bear upon them TO make fultheI
| chsnges.
There is little lull i'm the Blaine
war here this week, though telegram
published day or so ago, saying that
Blaine had left home for this city, /,
created quite a hubbub until it was
learned to be false. The anti Blaine
congressman seem to be weakening
at very rapid rate, perhaps that ac
counts for the cessation of hos ilities
for the time being.
Senator HiscOck has gore to Indi-
annapolis in the interest of ex-senator
Platt, who rumor says is losing ground
| with Harrison.
Representative Springer has intro.
duced joint resolution providing for
the admission of Arizona and Idaho
A bill has been pass d by the House
providing that the omission by the
sender to place postage stamp on a
letter bearing special delivery stamp
shall not hinder or delay the trans.
mission and delivery thereof, but the
postage shall be collected on the de-
livery of the letter.
Representative Dockery's bill pro-
EibitiDg any agent or attorney from
receiving fee in excess of $3 for Sc.
curing an increase of pension on &C
count of an increase of pension on ac
count of an increase of the disability
for which the pension was originally
granted, or for securing a special act
of Congress in cases where the pension
might be obtained under the general
pension laws, has been passed by the
House.
Secretary Villas has received a letter
from an inquisitive citizen of Massa-
chusetts, who wants to know who
Harrison has selected for his cabinet
Mr.. Elias is very obligipg sort of a
man, but he was not able to furnish
the information the down East gentle,
man wanted.
Mr.. Sherman made some of the sill
yer Senators mad when he presented
the petition of the National board of
trade to the Senate, asking for the sus-
pension of the purchase of silver bul
lion and the coinage of the silver dol
lar.
Mrs. w. T Hart was summoned in
attendance of her mother, Mrs G,
III. Case, in Streetsboro', last Thursday
night, whose illness with pneumonia
terminated fatally Saturday. Funeral
services, conducted by Rev. Thomas,
of Akron, were held at the late home
of the deceased, Tuesday.
Two special train loads of tea passed
through Ravenna last Wednesday and
Thursday, via. Erie Ry., billed from
San Francisco to New York. It was
time Observation-Disclosures made pas.
senger express time.