The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-06-14

ever and now the speaker says tnHL oAtIhNa'
gance must cease. The latest bill upon which
he has set his foot. and which has caused the
greatest Indignation among many OF his fol-
lowers and supporters In the House is the Sem
ate bill appropriatng in round numbers &c.
100000 for the. completion. of the work
Of improving the vast waterway OF the
great lakes BY widening the Hear H,SS L SSd
the enlargement OF the locks OF the great canal
ut Sault Ste. Marie. The bill passed the SEN
acted Upon T by the House Committee on Rivers
and Harbors: 1t 10 now on the calendar l9r ac-
ton. but its friends have almost given up hope.
impossible to bring influence enough to bear
TO get his consent for Its consideration, In the
exIeStato1 that II will To passed tbS se9 "a
now engaged in. tho preparation OF the
yor and arSST S tbeIf bill csn
BIO kept at AS low figure as possible. II inc
House fails to pass upon the big bill. however,
mI T "a an amount sufiicient to continue the
improvements during the coming year. NJ
Reed has conferred with some 81 the ieaaetS ~ ~
both Houses on the subject OF the necessity OF
expenditures that have been provided for IN
in measures that are likely to pass. and he thinks
that majority OF his PARTY WI, stann ~ n are
doubt that the Speaker and the President have
an understanding that there must be no waste
yidinR for large appropriations have been a..
lowed to lie upon the Speakers table or IN the
committee rooms and are apt TO stay there
until tho end OF this Congress-
MIR. Reed seems to have taken entire posses
sion OF tho working OF the House and nothlnR
sent. He has forced the tariff and silver bills
through without sufficient friction to cause him
the Senate within the next four weeks Fed
eral election bill that will arouse the Demo
Gratis from one end Of the country to the other P
publlcans also, and that is why he is deter.
mined TO hew to tho line WHICH he MAPPED out t
by many Of the, best men in both Houses
that he is eThibitipR his mailed ha t,1,
6 % Sf5 W Is
only thing that can save the Republican party
from utter defeat. Many OF the leading men IL ln
for setting a pace for, them 50 lively that
they find the greatest difficulty In keeping up
with It, and they claim that It is not becoming
Senate. The. Speaker understands his
ne @n9
he feels that the most popul lar course Just now
is to show that he and his party intend TO
out n the Which he
OF the Speaker is looming up is, causing CON
anxiety to many other would be
TR Rs ss Is no St kat Feeds popuSTy
gives much uneasiness to the irlend tS o. Mr.
in silence. There is strong current
here to-day to the effect that MIR. Blaine has
sumed the Speaker chair, and that the PLUNGED
knight Is beginning to fal StfePf4n 10 ne
mnsnr Il said T that the SECRETARY Of State
in conversation with a Republican Senator
yesterday, expressed his emphatic disapproyal
more unpopular with the Republicans and
The PEOPLE generally than to , father leg
snssF and Gr0I Fedefa sontroi Of national
elections. Whether Mr.. Blaine said this or
sneerng at Mr.; Reed. and predicting that his
will end in his downfall and the
lefeat Of the Repqblicans Mr. Reed does not
has told his intimate friends that he intends to
pursue It until convinced 70 the contrary;
strict economy Is the programme marked out
)y the Speaker. and to which no will hold his
party in the House for the balance OF the
ession.
The cruiser Philadelphia will not be equipped
,een here from Philadelphia and represented
,ut as we'll as building the vessel. The appeal
grounds. The Secretary Of the Navy, has d.
'eoted that the, Philadelphia be fitted out ut
he removal Of material from the New York
Navy Yard to Philadelphia
lays ago charged Mr. Springer OF Illinois with
icing corruptly influenced by the enemies of
Ifs claim, has put his charges into formal
speaker Reed. in The form Of an affidavit. and
i the Committee on Claims in the Forty sixth
congress. offered to champion ais claim bill
r od he bs
oill to pass to see his clerk and make arrange
nents for the payment Of the cash. The clerk:
he bride, and hence 1t was never given. It's
lot thought at all likely that Speaker Reed
yill dignity MI krks attack by calling i to
lever been accused OF dishonesty. whatever
lis faults may be. and the members generally
egard the attack upon his character as the
Pay Inspector Ambrose J. Clark OF the navy
will be ordered to Boston instead otto New York.
lie has been on six months leave In Europe and
returned when Pay Director LOCKER resigned
,pector Clark will relieve Pay Director Casper
Schenck from duty In the Boston navy pay
Inspector John II. Stevenson who was on duty
1t the Naval Academy. was relieved by the Sec
retary. It is said at the department that Mr.
minor officers stationed at the department and
hat his detachment from duty at the Academy
mish. according to officers here was with
Capt; Sampson, the Superintendent OF the
Academy, against whom he lS SAID TO have In
5pired the af1idavits OF two servants alleging
retention OF salaries 1t was at one time
planned to recreate the old Office OF Inspector
Of Provisions and Clothing at New York for
Pay Inspector Clark. but he will be sent to
Boston. where he Is as we'll known as in New
York.
The Treasury Department has denied the
application OF Mr.. II. G. Marquand OF New
York for the free entry OF piece OF antique
tapestry and an enamelled copper basin re-
centy imported by him. and which. he says,
we're intended to be donated in a short time TO
The METROPOLITAN Museum OF Art OF which he
ID President.
A memorial signed by many physicians OF
general repute in their profession protesting
against the duty imposed by the Mckinley
Dill on mineral waters was presented In the
senate to-day by Mr. Carlisle. The sgners
ire resident in nearly every part OF the
COUNTRY, and include such well Unknown doctors
Is Weir Mitchell, ID. Hayes Agnew. and VIII
lam Pepper OF Philadelphia, Fordyce Barker
md Louis A. Sayre Of New York. n. s: Davis
md William IL. Byford OF Chicago, and others
4 equal prominence In Boston, Baltimore.
)inclnnati, Indianapolis. Nashville. and other
,laces. The memorial says:
Tho proposed tarn provisions such that all natu
as, and therefore may be described in popular Ian
uaRo eneryescont. win BIO subject to pTohibitory
utieR Under present enac tmenth all such waters are
OF public utity and because OF their great
alue 10 public health as beverages and as msdcineI
Hlt1n IL sSl