Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-12-18
! From our regular Correspondent
Washington Letter.

The President is devoting considera-
BILE portion of his time to a careful and
comprehensive consideration of our pres.
ent financial system, which he, in common
with many other profound thinkers, be-
lieves the country has ou,grown. That
/ something Is needed he has long ago be-
come convinced, but just what that some
thing is and the best way to obtain it Is
| just what has not been decided 1t was
| because no decision had been arrived at
that neither the Presidents message nor
| Secretary WINDOWS annual report con-
tanned any specific recommendation on
| this subject. Whe ther the President will
later send a special financial message to
| Congress or will, with the aid of q Sena-
tor and Representative, embody the re-
suit of his thinking in bill to be simulta-
| neously introduced in House and Senate is
as yet problematcal. But something must
be done soon, for the clamor for more
IT oney becomes louder and louder every
day. and the believers in free and un-
limited coinage of silver, who constitute
majority in Congress, are growing more
| restless.
The adoption of a resolution condemn
ing the Federal Election bill by the Farm
ers' Alliance convention. at Oca'a, might
ha, ,~HSconcertcd the republicans some
what II it had not ot--.s"'n --f,' followed by the
positive information that the wno., 'us'-
ness was put up in this city at a confer
ence of southern democratic Senators As
it was it attracted no more attention than
would the same resolution passed by any
other democratic convention.
Congress has lost no time to speak of in
International copyright bill the regular
annual pension appropriation bill and sew
eral Others of minor Importance. while the
Senate il working away at the Federal
election blll in way which indicates that
1921 will still be very young when that
measure slightly modified, shall have be-
come law Of the land
Senator Stanford has introduced his bill |
to loan Government money to farmers at
low rates Of interest upon mortgages upon |
their real estate. He asked that the bill |
be allowed to lie upon the table until he !
shall have submitted few remarks upon |
II. The Senate finance committee made
an unfayorable report upon this bill at the
last session but Mr.. Stanford insists that
the more thought he devotes to the sub
iect the more he becomes convinced that
1t is sound constitutional and practical
method Of supplying the national need for
a sound circulating medium
No change has yet been made In the
Senate rules to limit debate upon the Fed
cral election bill, and none will be made
until the democrats begin to resort TO flli-
clustering. The republicans have no de-
sire to prevent their opponents exercising
very Legitimate right to discuss this
measure, but they propose 10 allow no ex-
tended fllibustering. There is an interest
ns rumor floating around the Capitol to
he effect that the democratic Senators
lad decided not to illibuster against f.
nal vote This may be taken with grain
If allowance, in fact several OF them
Secretary Noble has been looking pretty
loosely into the business Of the pension Of
Ice Of late. and one Of the results is that
On .'iItitt-u..,
pension attorneys for obtaining increases
If pensions from $40 to ST. This has
raised a howl among the pension attorneys,
whose fees for the month of November
for increased pension cases alone amount
ID to $50 900. Secretary Noble says there
of pension to employ an attorney and thatit
IS little short Of robbery for an attorney to
exact fee of Sl0-for the nominal service
performed in such cases Mr.. Noble is un-
lerstood to be considering other changes
In the method Of doing business with the
pension olice that will be beneficial to the
and to the deserving pensioners.
The country has long ago become con-
vlnced that Mr.. Blaine is one Of the ablest,
il not the ablest, Secretary of State, we
have ever had and the correspondence in
the Barrunda affair, which resulted in the
recall Of Minister Miner, just submitted
10 Congress. adds another proof to the
strong ones already existing of Mr Blaine's
aptitude IN dealing with complicated in
tcrnational questions. Democratic Con
gressmen vie with republicans in compli-
menting Mr. Blaine for his management OF
this matter Ex.Governor Pacheco, of
California, has been nominated minister
to the Central American States to succeed
Mr.. Miner
The House census committee has practi-
caly agreed upon an apportionment bill .
making the membership Of the House 3J6,
an increase of 24.
Senator Paddock on Saturday presented 4
to the Senate the protest of the conyen-
ton Of the National Farmers Alliance
against the passage of the Conser lard /
bill. 1t is believed that the Senate will 7
pass Mr.. Paddock's Pure Food bill as /
substitute for the lard bill.