The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-09-10
Washington Letter.

ne presluenl mas Rouc W Ni'Ssoh
Springs where he expects To remain
several weeks. He was accompanied
by Mrs. Harrison, who came To Wash
ington Thursday To attend to some or
the domestic arrangements at the
White House. This can hardly be call
eel holiday, as the president has made
arrangements To attend To his executive
duties just as if he were here, force OF
clerks having gone from the White
House to assist him.
The last week of the great tariff de-
bate i'm the Senate has been the most
interesting yet. The adoption OF the
reciprocity amendment reported 10y the
| finance committee excited no surprise,
rs il has been evident for several weeks
that such would be the case. The
amendment does not go as far as some
of the advocates of reciprocity would
have liked, but ii is compromise OF
the many conflicting opinions on the
subject held by thes Republican Sena-
tors, and will serve To fully demon
strate the feasibility of the idea, and in
the future should it appear advisable
can be easily extended.
Senator Allison IN the Senate, and
Representative Cannon in the House,
/
democratic talk of deficit in the
treasury during the next fiscal year by
presenting 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 pill The tariff bill,
according to Mr.. Allisons estimate,
and there is no higher authority, will
provide for reductions in the revenues
of about SOC, 600, 600, and an increase of
about S27 600, 600 making the net reduc-
ton S23, 600, 600 which will make "A sur
plus of about Sl5, 1000, 600 after paying
the expenses of the government out of
the receipts for the current fiscal year.
So full and exhaustive were the figures
presented 10y Mr.. Allison that no Dem
ocratic Senator attempted To refute his
statements; but in, the House Mr.. Say
ers, of Texas, who aims to take the
place so long filled by the late Samuel
j Randall in the committee on appro.
priasions, attempted To reply to Mr.,
Cannons statement which was substan-
TALLY the same as that made by Senator
Allison. BY putting in a lot of imagin-
airy 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 i'm the wind up of the cam
paign i'm his district, and in his absence
Representative Burrows is acting speak
er of the House. Just before taking
the train for home Mr. Reed was aS ked
if he was uneasy about the result of
the election in his district. Not at
all" he replied, 1.-The district is always
republican when full vote is cast,
and" with an unmstakable twinkle
in his eyes, "a full vote will be cast
this year" 1t is known that the Demo
Gratis have sent "A large corruption fund
to the speakers district; but the Repub-
lican leaders have no fears on that ac-
count. Mr.. Reed will be elected.
Representative Smyser, of Ohio, has
resigned his place on the special com
mittee investigating the charges against
Gen. Raum, Commissioner of Pensions,
because he owns stock in the Refrigera-
tor company of which Gen. 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
The bill shutting the lotteries out of
the mails has been favorably reported
to the Senate, and as soon as the tariff
bill is disposed of it will be taken up
and passed.
1t is thought that the bill prohibiting
dealing in options on farm products
has been shelved for the session; but its
friends are still working to have day
assigned to it.
The conference committee on the
River and Harbor bill has made its re-
port; the amount appropriated is slight
ly reduced from what the Senate passed,
but the bill now carries nearly $25, 000,-
900. The House has unseated Breckin-
ridge, of Arkansas.