Nevada County picayune., 1890-10-09
WASHINGTON LETTER.
[From our Regular Correspondent.
WAsHINGToN, Oct. }, 1890.

| WASHINGTON, Oct. ,, lSJ0. 1 Senator Carlisle did himself proud in hls closing speech on the tarih bill. He exceeded the expectations of his friends, although they were very hgh. and made what even hls opponents concede to have been the greatest tariff reform speech of the session. He showed that with the exception of sugar and molasses the bill removed more articles from the free list and placed them on the dutl- ble list than it took from the untiablc and placed upon the free list; that It increased taxation without increasing the revenues, and was obviously ln- tended to benefit the manufacturers at the expense of the masses, for proof of which he referred to the universal rate of increase from forty five per cent, as at present to sixty per cent. He gave the Republican Senators raking over for having adopted a so-called reciprocity, but in reality a retaliatory amendment, against their judgments for fear of offending MT. Blaine. He then demonstrated from figures furnished by the Treasury department that the United States had no trade with South or Central America, and that it never could hope to have as long as it had to compete with European manufacturers, whose raw materials did not have to pay special tax. MT. Carlisle spoke for three hours and every Senator at the Capitol was careful listener. This is compi- ment seldom paid to any speaker in either Senate or House.
 If four other Republican Senators had possessed the moral courage of Messrs. Paddock, Plumb and Petit grew, who voted against the confer ence report on the tariff bill on its adoption by the Senate. that villain ous measure would have been de- feated, the vote on its adoption be- ing B to D.
 A feature of the closing of the ses- sion was the disgrace which befel Postmaster Wheat, of the House, who was sumarily removed from of flee and the Assistant Postmaster put in temporary charge. This was triumph for Representative Enloe, who had been the recipient of more than one mans share of the injustice of Speaker Reed during the session just ended. Mir. Reed did everything in his power to prevent Wheat being investigated, but Mir. Enloe was per sistent and finally got the resolution through the House, and it unearthed shameful state of affairs. It was proven that Wheat had compelled the contractor hauling the mails to pay him $50 month out of his pay, and that his son was paid two sala- ries in the office, one being drawn by man who did no work in the of flee and turned over to young Wheat. His guilt was so plain that he could not be whitewashed and the Repub- licans on the committee were com pelled, reluctant though it was, to vote with the Democrats in favor of resolution declaring the office of postmaster vacant. Wheat is a fine specimen of a Republican official, and Speaker Reed by his efforts to screen the guilty man gave fine ex- hibition of Republican methods.
 Is MT. Blaine bigger man than Congress He evidently is of that opinion or he would not have dared to ignore the wishes of Congress, ex- pressed in resolution calling upon the President for all the correspon- dence between the State department and the U. $. minister to the Central American States relative to the kill ing of Gen. Barrundia on an AmeIi- can vessel. Congress adjourned without getting what its resolution called for Speaker Reed isn't the only Republican who usurps authori- ty not conferred upon him by the Constitution.
 Senator Vorhees said of the session of Congress just closed: ''It has been the worst of the many sessions l have been connected with, and its legislation, where it accomplished re- suits, most injurious to the laboring interests of the country" Senator Gray said on the same subject: "rhis session has been run by revo- lutionary methods, and as such will be notorious in history. The major ity seem to have regarded it as nec- essary to impose the most burden some taxes on the people. Partisan and class legislation has been the sessions, distinguishing characteristic ic. The taking up of the Force bill in December would be logical con- clusion to the legislation of this ses- sion. This bill is nothing but an ex- traordinary measure to perpetuate the power of the Republican party"
 The Speaker did not get the usual vote of thanks which the House ten ders the Speaker at the close of each session, because no Democrat could vote for it's adoption. They did not feel that they owed Mir. Reed any thanks.