Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1890-07-05
(From our regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON LETTER.

Washington, d. G., June 80, 1890.
Secretary Window, is the one soil
tary member of the cabinet who OPP
poses Nj. Blaine's reciprocity scheme.
All the rest and the President too are
heartily in favor of it and are doing
all they can TO make friends for it in
Congress. But as yet it is by no
means certain that Congress will adopt
it. A very prominent democrat said
to-day. of the republicans threw away
the grand opportunity they now have
of benefitting the country by bringing
about reciprocity with the Latin Amer
lean counteries, reciprocity will be
made the rallying cry of the demo-
cratic party, and mark my words, it
will sweep the country like a hurri-
cane" "Will you take Mr. Blaine
for your candidate? ?" he was asked.
"There are plenty Of worse men than
Jim Blaine" was the significant reply.
fl was at liberty to use this gentle
mans name it would create a sensation
in the political world.
People who live in glass houses
should be extremely careful about
singing bricks around. 1t now turns
out that G. w. Smiley, formerly an
employee of the Fish Commission, and
at present Special agent for the collec-
ton OF fishery statistics for the Census
Bureau, upon whose charges of nep-
otism and other violations of laws
Fish Commissioner Mcdonald is being
investigated by a Senate committee,
is himself guilty of a most glaring a
of nepotism. He has appointed his
son, an incompetent boy just 20 years
old, to be a field agent for his division
of the census bureau. They all do it,
when they get an opportunity.
The democrats of the house are wor-
rying the republicans a good deal by
asking to be shown in what manner
the new rules have expedited bust
ness ? To-day ends the fiscal year and
yet only two of the regular annual
appropriation bills, Army, and Mill
tary Academy are laws, while every
one of them should be available at the
opening of the fiscal year which begins
tomorrow. The others stand as fol-
lows Agricultural-passed House, now
in Senate committee Diplomatic-in
conference; District of Columbia-ju
reported from conference Naval-in
hands of the President !; Pension-in
hands of the President. Post-ofice-
just reported from conference and
agreed to by the Senate ;Sundry Civil
passed House, now in Senate commit
tee General deficiency-not yet report
ed by House committee on Appropri-
ations. 1t is not a good showing for the
work done in the House this year.
President Harrison has signed the
dependent pension bill, and the Pension
Office has issued a pamphlet of instruc-
tons to applicants under it. 450 addi-
tional clerks will be required to do the
work created by this law.
The Senate by a party vote passed
the bill admitting Wyoming as a State,
with the Woman Suffrage constitution
included. The bill for the admission
of Idaho was then taken up and it is
now the unfinished business"
To-day the tariff bill was called up
in the Senate but the debate did not
begin, and probably will not until next
week, as it is likely that the Senate
will, in honor of Independence day
adjourn from Thursday until Monday.
The International American bank
scheme has been changed somewhat by
the House committee on Banking
which will shortly favorably report it
to the House.
The Blair Educational bill has OBJ
tanned a winter by Representative
Cheatem, of North Carolina, and re-
ferred to the Committee on Education,
where it quietly slumbered until last
Friday when that committee decided
to favorably report it to the House.
1t will have a very slim chance of be-
ng called up at this session even if it
cts on the calendar.