Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-09-25
From our regular Correspondent.
Washington Letter.

Representative Mckinley has long been
known as one of the hardest working men
in Congress, but he and his Republican
colleagues on the House ways and means
committee broke all previous records for
speedy committee work, In the considera-
tlon Of the tariff bill. 1t did not get over
to the House until Friday afternoon; 1t
was Immediately referred to the commit
tee, and this afternoon it was all ready to
be reported to the House. The committee
recommends non-concurrence In all of the
Senate amendments, leaving it to the con-
ference committee to settle the small diff
ferences of opinion which exist. If there
Is no hitch the bill will be in the hands of
the conference committee by Wednesday,
and il Is expected that it will be reported
back to the House and Senate within a
week The only amendments upon which
there is likely TO be a stubborn controversy
are the sugar and binding -twine amend
ments. The latter will hardly be changed,
but 1t would not be surprising II sugar
goes as it was in the original Mouse bill.
| All rumors of any intention on the part
Of the House to antagonize the reciprocity
amendment are simply bosh
The attempt to get up financial furry
on account of the passage of the tariff bill
with clause which makes it go into effect
October |. has fallen very fat. 1t was
stated that it would require $50 ,0OO. 900 to
enable the importers to get their goods
out Of the bonded warehouses by that
date, but zen. Nettleton, Assistant Secre-
tary Of the Treasury very quietly put an
end to that story by showing that not over
! slo,oo0.ooo would be required, and he
stated that between now and the first of
october the Treasury would release more
than S32 600 0oo in addition to the ordin-
4 ary current expenditures. An attempt
was made in certain quarters TO cocrce the
! administration into adopting the Cleveland
/ policy Of depositing large sums Of Gov
ernm"nt money IN the National banks TO
relieve the Stringency in the money market,
but il did not succeed Neither the Presi-
dent nor Secretary Window believed in
that sort OF tinanciering
Saturday was eulogy day in Congress
in the Senate tie late Samuel j. Randall
was the subject and in the House Senator
Beck. The custom is a beautiful one. and
no one should have word TO say against
y, but in view Of the time consumed thus
at this session nearly a full month-nany
tonSrcssmen favor the adoption of
suggestion recently made to hold these
erviCes on sundays.
The committee Investigating the Civil |
Service law held session Saturday, AT
which Representative Grosvenor accused
the civil service commissioner of delber-
ate Misrepresentation. The committee has !
adjourned until December Its members |
are as tired OF the subject as the public
The committee investigating the charg- |
es against Gen. Raum has practically com
pleted its work, and report completely |
exonerating Gen. Raum on each and every |
charge made is expected from it this week |
The following bills by agreement of |
Republican caucus are to be considered by |
the Senate in the order named The anti |
lottery bill; repeal of the timber culture |
law; bill establishing private land claim |
courts; pill for relief of I. $. Supreme
court; bill for adjustment of laborers |
claims under eight hour law; bill making
eight hours days work for laborers in
Government employ, or engaged in doing
government work bill to transfer the
revernue marine service from the Treasury
to the Navy department bill for the set
tlcment Of claims arising from the Indian
depredatiors; Paddock pure food bill |
(this is 70 be substituted for the compound |
lard bill which recently passed the House, |
Torrev bankruptcy bill; bill to place tele- |
graph companies under the Interstate com |
merce law, and bills relating to the Dis |
trict OF Columbia
Owing to the action OF the Democrats in |
leavln. the House and breaking a quorum |
whole week has been wasted and it Will |
By no better this week unless enough Re |
publicans show up TO make a quorum ex-
elusive Of Democrats.
Big Democrats are whispering ugly ac- |
cu>ations against each other. 1t seems
that there was an enormous corruption
fund raised to beat Speaker Reed ami the
men who contributed the money are accus- |
in somebody Of having stolen it. One of
them said, we sent enough money into
that district to buy two Maines, and there
is nothing to show for it,"
The Republicans Of the House held
caucus Saturday night and decided that
Mr., Mcknley's resolution dscharging the
committee of the whole of the House from
further consideration of the tariff bill
was the proper way to facilitate things. as
it will save considerable valuable time.
The caucus did not officially discuss the date
set for the tariff bill to go into effect, but
from informal expressions of opinion it is
thought that there is a strong probability
the date will be extended to about Feb
ruary L. 1891.