Mower County transcript., 1890-12-24
washington Letter.
(From our regular Corresp spondent.)

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(From our regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, D. G. Dec. 10, 1890. :
Mr.. HARRISON has. this week, demon
strated to q agreAter extent than ever before
the wisdom of the Republicans party IN
electing him President. He stood between
the people and 4 hundred wildcat
financial schemes which promised on
their faces relief TO the stringent money
market, aud which each had their ardent
and earnest advocates in the house. .ol
senate. the enactment into law Of any
one of which would in the opinion OF
men who have made a life time study OF
finance and commerce, have been
| followed in the near future by such a
financial storm as this country has never
yet seen. Mr. Harrison before making
up his mind upon this important subject
has taken the advice of every accessible
prominent Republican,, in and out OF
congress, whom he believed capable OF
advising him. and when he once comes to
conclusion as to how far it would be
safe for congress to 80. he let 1t be
known among Republicans that he would
not sign any bill which goes beyond what
And there he stood, and for that matter,
bound fortress of Gibraltar His action
has greatly displeased some of the
tinacial extremists in the Republican
party. also the millionaires who were
preparing to speculate on the financial
necessities Of the country. but it pleases
the conservative men who compose nine
tenths of the Republican party.
The new silver bill approved BY the
Republican caucus and which IS to be
adopted next week, even if the senate
has to sit Christmas meets the approval
of the President. and will add large
amount to our present circulating
medium.
1t Is not yet settled how much Christ
mas recess congress will take. Repre-
sentative Mills has offered a concurrent
resolution providing for adjournment
from December % to January 5. and the
resolution has bv vote of the house been
referred to the committee on ways and
means. 1t is certain that the resolution
when reported back to the house will
provide for much shorter recess. A
large number of Republicans are in
favor of making it ouly from Christmas
eve to the following Monday, but it will
depend largely upon circumstances. IT
vote on the election bill can be reached
before Christmas the Republican senators
will favor a longer recess than they other
wise will.
In spite of the fact that leading Demo.
Gratis openly stated on the floor of the
house that the apportionment bill was q
fair measure and announced their inten-
ton to vote for it, that party wasted a
whole day in effortss to obstruct the
passage of the bill. which they knew was
inevitable. even had their party voted
solitlly against it. The truth OF the
matter was. they had howled from every
stump in the land about the partisan
apportlonment which the Republicans
intended making, and although com
PEELED to acknowledge that the bill was
entirely free from partisanship they felt
that in order to prevent their constituents
asking disagreeable questions they must
make a pretense of opposing it. About
the same line of proceedings is likely TO
be adopted BY the Democratic senators
when the bill is taken upsby the senate.
The joint committee on immigration,
headed by Senator Chandler and Repres-
entative owen begin an investigation
next week, in accordance with q
congressional resolution, into the
purchase of American industries by
foreign. capitalists and the effect upon
American workingman. Among the
witnesses examined will be G. A. Pills
bury of the Minneapolis Touring mills
and ]. V. Hawson and Frank Jones of
the Portsmouth, N. H. Breweries, gentle
men who are said to have sold their
establishments to English sYndicates. It
is expected that some interesting
developments will follow this investi-
cation.
A resolution has been reported to the
house from the Post Office committees
setting apart January G. for the consider
alton of the bill for postal telegraph sys
tenn. Opinions seem very much divided
as TO whether the bill will get through.
l don't believe it will.
Representative Hopkins, of Illinois has
introduced bill to prohibit speculation
in gold and silver certificates represent
ing deposits of gold and silver bullion
| with trust companies and other organiza'
tions. If such law had been on oul
statute book last summer much
scandalous gossip about Congressmeu
! speculating in silver would never have
been heard.
A local court has sustained the Civil
Service Commission in it's refusal tC
make public the list of eligibles and theil
percentages in a certain examination.
The house has taken up the substitute
for the two senate shipping bills recently
reported from the committee on Merchan,
Merine and it is expected that it will bt
passed within two or three days.
A Republican Senatorial caucus ha'
decided to change the rules and pass the
election bill
| Tie Vernct Unanimous.
W. D. Suit, Druggist, Bippus, Ind,
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