Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-09-18
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular correspondent.


duced re-apportionment bill on
the basis of one Representative in
the House for each 100000 of popu-
lation. This will add "a to the
membership of the House, making
a total of 354 members. Alabama,
California, Colorado, Michigan,
Missouri, New Jersey, Oregon,
Texas, Washington and Wisconsin
will each gain one; Arkansas, Hi
nois, Kansas and Pennsylvania each
gains two, and Minnesota and Ne
braska three each. Ohio and Vir-
GINA each lose one member.
The ovation given the Speaker
when he took his seat in the House
was something unprecedented.
Members jumped into their chairs,
waving miniature flags and shouting
themselves hoarse, while the large
crowd of ladies and gentlemen in
the galleries made the walls ring
with cheer after cheer, while hand
kerchiefs, hats, parasols, fans and
every conceivable article was waved
aloft, and even ladies shouted
"Reed, Reed, big Tom Reed" which
promises to become a republican
rallying cry.
An attempt is being made in GER
tain quarters to get up a business
scare on account of the new tariff
bilPs going into effect on the first
of October. 1t is stated by the
engineers of this movement that
there will be such a large demand
for money from the importers to
get out the goods before October
with which they have for months
past been filling the bonded ware
houses, that it will preci plate a
financial panic. Secretary Window
is out of the city, but other officials
of the Treasury say that they have
no fears of any serious financial
trouble, owing to the far sighted
policy of Secretary Window in
having anticipated the squeeze be-
fore it came by releasing, through
the purchase of bonds and the pre-
payment of interest, 64,000,000.
This large sum has been paid out
since August 81. 1t is probable
that some importers who have pur-
chased goods far in excess of their
capt. al, in anticipation of making a
large profit on account of the in
creased duties provided for in the
new tariff bill, may find it exceed
ingly difficult TO raise the money TO
get their goods out of the bonded
ware houses without paying the New
York professional money-lenders an
exorbitent rate of interest for it,
These are the people who are max
ing all the fuss, and as their intlu-
enoe is considerable with the bank
ers of New York they can make
lots of il; but there is no danger.
The investigation of the charges
against Gen. Raum has degener-
ated into farce. The charges
having all fallen through, Repre-
sentative Cooper has been trying to
find something by insisting upon the
committees going into all of Gen.
Raum's private business affairs.
Gen. Raum stated in the beginning
that the whole thing was simply an
attemp to break down his credit AZ
a business man, and that is certainly
the way it looks now.
The democrats in the House have
spent the greater portion of this
week INDUCING in their new method
of hide and seek fllibustering-
an swering to their names on call
for quorum, and sueaking out of
the chamber before a vote can be
taken on the business in hand,
which this week has been contested
election cases.
The River and Harbor bill has