Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-13
Letter From Washington, d. C.

Letter From washington, ID. Z.
Special Correspondent to the HERALD.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.-The president
has gone to Cresson Springs, where he
expects to remain for several weeks. He
was accompanied by Mrs. Harrison, who
came to Washington Thursday to attend
to some OF the domestic arrangements at
the White House. This can hardly be
called a holiday, as the president has
made arrangements to attend to his ex-
ecutive duties just as if he was here, a
force of clerks having gone from the
White House to assist him.
The last week of the great tariff de-
bate has been the most interesting yet
The adoption of the reciprocity amend
ment reported by the finance committee
excited no surprise, as it has been evil
dent for several weeks that such would
be the case. The amendment does not
go as far as some of the advocates of re-
ciprocity would have liked; but it is a
compromise Of the many conflicting
opinions on the subject held by the re-
publican senators, and will serve to fully
demonstrate tt.a feasibility OF the idea.
and in the future should it appear ad-
visable can be easily extended.
Sopotor hn;o0n III
Representative Cannon in the House,
have effectually disposed of the absurd
democratic talk of deficit in the treas
ury during the next fiscal year by pre-
senting authentic figures showing the
financial status of the government.
Both of these gentlemen figure out a
substantial surplus for the next fiscal
year, Notwithstanding the reductions
made by the tariff bill. The tariff bill,
according to Mr. AIlison's estimate, and
there is no higher authority, will pro-
vide for reduction in the revenues of
about $60,000,000, and an increase of
about $27,000000 which will make a
surplus of about SIS, 100000 after pay
ing the expenses of the government out
of the rece1pts for the current fiscal
year. So full and exhaustive were the
figures presented by Mr.. Allison that no
democratic senator ATTEMPTED to refute
his statement; but in the House Mr..
Sayers, of Texas, who aims to take the
place SO long filed by the late Samuel
j. Randall in the committee on appro-
priations, attempted to reply to Mr..
Cannon's statement which was substan-
TALLY the same as that made by Senator
Allison. By putting in a lot of mag
mary charges Mr.. Sayers figured out a
deficiency; but his figuring would not
stand close analysis. There is not the
slightest danger of a deficiency.
Speaker Reed has gone to Maine to
take part in the wind up of the campaign
IN his district, and in his absence Rep
resentative Burrows is acting speaker
of the House. Just before taking the
train for home Mr.. Reed was asked if
he was uneasy about the result of the
election in his district. Not at ALL"
he replied; "the district is always re.
publican when full vote is cast, and"
with an unmistakable twinkle in his
eyes, "a full vote will be cast this year"
1t is known that the democrats have
sent a large corruption fund to the
speakers district; but the republican
leaders have no fears on that account.
Mr.. Reed will be elected.
Representative Smyser, of Ohio, has
resigned his place ON the special COM
mittee investigating the charges against
General Raum, commissioner Of pen
s1ons, because he owns stock in the Re-
friSerator company of which General
Raum is president, and his place has
been taken by Representative Flick, of
Iowa. The committee has held several
meetings this week, but nothing new
has been brought out.
General Clarkson, having retired on
Monday from the post-of1ice department,
is at the headquarters of the republican
congressional campaign committee every
day hustling the good work along. He
thinks that by hard work the republicans
ought to have larger majority in the
next House than in the present one, and
he evidently proposes to set the rest of
the party an example by pulling off his