The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-02-28
from our regular ecrrespondent
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER
NAsrnsarox. ID. e., Feb. 2lst, 1889.


seekers into believing lint no might
again be tho candidate az his party in
1872. This il daily becoming more ap-
parent and accounts for many seeming
~ queer appointments. HE idea Is ~
appoint only Harrison mcn. and TO carry
Il ont he has already offended nearly
every leading mar ia his party. II IL
only q few days since he refused 10 ap-
point relative of Secretary Blaine post
master Of n Pcnnsylvania town, notwiih-
standing the fact that Mr Blaine had
personally asked thai the appointment
b. made. This biz Of mild lnnacy. for II
can he called nothing else. on the part Of
Mr.. Harrison. furnishes lois OF fun for
the poliiirians here McGiniy has more
show Of hcing nominated hv the republi-
cans IN 1892 than Mr.. Harrison has.
The democratic Congressional cam
psign committee i now fully organized
for hnsmcSs ana n few days head
quarters will be opened IN this CITY and
the machinery started IL motion TO cap
tire the next House nf Representatives
The following list of members OF that
committee was obt4ined Nv your CORES
pendent from Tho rhsirnan. IL Is ahso-
lutelv correct. an l. me first one giver
w the DFE-<s l'l~W'l4 fiOWGIs VI
". Chairman: r. q Towel. Of No
Secretary; J. J.. Morris, Of Washington,
n. g.. Treasurer. Members: Oates. oil
Ala; McIiea. Of Ark. CIunie, Of Cal. Il
Grant, OF Colo: Wilcox, of Conn.,; PEN
hineton. OF Del: Davidson. Of Fla Il
Carlton. Of Ga Wikc. Of Illinois; Me-
Clellan, Of Ind; Hayes. OF Iowa; Nc
Cresry. of KY; blanchard. Of La; Put
nam. Of Me. Compton, Of Md. Andrew.
Of Mass; Whiting, of Mich; Hit. OIL
Mimi: Hooker. Of Miss /; Bland OF Mo.
Hsnscr, Of Mont: McShane, OF Neb.
Cassidy. Of Nevada; Mckinney, Of N.
H.; Fowler. OF N. j.: Bnnn. OF N. c.;
Yoder. ~ Ohio; Maish, ~ IN. Lapham,
nf Il. L.; Dibhle, 5. o.; Mcmillan, Of
Tenn. Kilgore, OF Texas; SmslIey, OF
VT: Venable. OF Virginia: VOORHEES,. OF
Washington Wilson. Of w. Va; Bar
wig, Of Wis. N. A. Smith. OF Arjzonia n
Stevenson. ri Idaho: Joseph, Of New ,
Mexico. aud Grain, Of Utah. No men,
Der Of the committee has vet been SCI
Jected for either of the Dakoias. or forl
Oregon. The Senatorial members Of the
committee are Gorman. chairman: Me-
Pherson. Blackburn, Cockril, aud Jones, [
Of Arkansas. IN
1.-THE Senate committee on Privileges I
and Elections deriie The Montana cases,
which were heard Saturday, on the law !,
And the evidence. the democrats will
aoon have two more Senators. At any
rate it is hardly possible, in view Of the
poor showing made nv the republican,
that the majority will have
The cifrontery to report In favor of seat
ing them. The report will be made
soon.
The Blair educational bill Il the foot
ball of the Senate. Il was kicked aside
last week to pass the bill establishing a L
Territorial government in Oklahoma. but =
will hob up serenely whenever Blair i
v ants to mako speech OF any kind, as
business. A vote may be
reached on Il next week, but 1t is some
what doubtful. oc
Mr. Harrison will have somewhat
delicate duty 70 perform II a bill which
he passed the Senate shall get through
Inc House. Il appropristes 81, 500 to pay
legal fees to the firm Of Porter, Harrison.
Ind Fishback, firm OF which Mr.. liar
Fiaon was a member. The question i. \
will he sign bill appropriating money
Tor his own benefit, or will he let il be-
como law without signing ii? It's dol
lara 10 brass buttons that he don't veto H. 4
The republicans are not having smooth
sailing in the preparation Of new tariff
bill. They started ont with the inten-
lion OF reporting the bin TO the House b,
The first Of February. now they say they
hope TO have Il ready by the first OIL
March. Tho whole truth Of the matter
ia. the tariff reform idea il spreading 50
rapidly that IL Is getting among the re-
pubIicans. and unless the WAYS and
Means committee report very different :,
bill from what Chairman Mckinley start "
ed out to make, II will never DO passed 1.
BY the House. The new rules are pretty
hut they cannot accomplish
everything, a. will be discovered before \
Ibis session ends. III
Listen men and brethren. The pen-
sion Office asks Tor deficiency appro-l
priation Of S2l 10000 to carry IL 10 tol \
the first Of July. Congressman Bynum's |
proposition TO levy an income tax 10 pro- Il
vide permanent pension fund or else an Y
increase OF taxes on laboring men ana :"
farmers necessities. will have TO be =
adopted, IL the pension list continues 10
rngthen az proposed by Gov. Hovey. or ]
else the payment cf the National debt
will have 10 stop The present Congress
Will likely arproprl 4te 80 much to sub
aidies, X X. corporations. pensions. and
private individual contributors 10 thsl
necessary funds" in the "bIocks OF five
speculation, a. 10 render 4 further Dor
rowing Of money BY the Governmen,-.in-
stead Of having a surplus. aud paying oil q
The debt. necessity. This Is In accor- Z,
dance with Blsine's, IIarrison's and the q
national bankers idea that national
debt IL q national blessing even IL does :"
cypress oil poor men 10 pay tho ncccs- =
ssry tax 70 meet the interest every six n
II certainly furnishes wealthy =
national bankers fine picking to make
money without labor or risk or Of the
people. Bynums proposition would com.
pei these wealthy persons to pay some
thing from their own pockets towards
supporting the Government.
The Presidents and Carnegie's jaun; 10 Il
Plttsburg and back ended without anyl