Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-07-31
From our Regular Correspondent.
Washington Letter.
WAsEINGToN. JIM -

OF the Senate committee on apprO-
priatlons, has just made 6 statement
which cannot fail to have an impor-
tant effect upon several bills now
pending. Mr.. Allison says the ap-
preparations for the present fiscal
year make a total of $3.50, 100000,
while the estimated receipts includ-
ing those from the Post Office depart
ment are only $45OOOOOOO. This
statement, which does not include
any appropriation for the new de-
pendent pension law, has opened the
eyes of the party leaders to the fact
that it is necessary to call a halt on
appropriations. It is thought that
this showing will be certain to defeat
the River and Harbor and the Forti-
tication bills, and it will unuuestion-
ably put the Ship Subsidy bills,
which have already passed the SEN
ate, in jeopardy
And that IS not all. It has caused /
the sugar men to begin a fresh fgh t
In the hope that the Senate may de-
eide to restore the duty on sugar in
the tariff bill. Quite a respectable
number of Senators have been in
favor of doing it anyway, and now
that it can be shown that The Govern
ment DEEDS the revenue thus raj ged.
there is no telling what the quito, ome
may be.
A letter from Senator Frye to Sec
rotary Blaine, criticising the le ytter
gentleman's reciprocity idea, as far
as it relates to admitting sugar free
from Cuba and Porto Rico, was made
public here this week, and 1t at tract
ed a great deal Of attention. MIR.
Frye says that Spain would not al
low US to send anything free into
Cuba in return for admit insg her
sugar free, or if she would. he re-
quests Mr.. Blaine to furnssb him
with list Of what we might send to
Cuba free. Mr., Frye seems to have
discovered weak spot in tn, reciD-
rOcity armor.
The Senate is still un2eci5 led as to
what it will do with tb.e Feda raj EIec-
tlon bill. The Republican caucus
held this week agy- eed, by q. vote OF
rs to 2, to chap &c the r-nle,s of the
senate so as to- cut of debate after a
reasonable times. This was regard
60 as preliminary step toward the
passage OF the Election bill, and was
cop,sidered necessary by the, party
leaders in order to prevent the threat
ened democratic fIibustering against
the bill; but as only tWenty-ni ne out
of the forty-seyen republican Sena-
tors attended the caucus, and two Of
them voted against changiD g the
rules, and, two declined to vote, it
was decided to defer the matte to q
later ca ucus at which it is hoped
there would be a larger attendance.
1t is Gle lined that there are live re-
publlcf IA Senators who wilt vote
agains It the bill, but this must be TAX
en- vi Oh a grain Of allowance.
Mr. Harrison must have been wait
ing for the silver bill; at any rate he
slgT led it almost "a soon as he got it.
By the way, there are some very
udet whisperings to the effect that
&c rtaln prominent senators who had
Thside advance information of what
the conference committee would re-
ports made a great deal of money BY
specializing in silver. Ofcourse such
thing might easily have been d.op, .
the difference in the price Of givo,
two d avs before the COME. sance 20
port was adopted and up,,n the ds7
it was made public was sgvergI .,s.t.
an ounce; but I am not proDsra6 r
make the positive slater 1T +l,ot (
was done.
Preliminary to the ,,ossooo If tbe
bill 1uaking an spy ,rorriatio3 to nav
900 900 t'oal5lonaI q .erks for the Pension
OLlce5 'he nov Sc INDUCED in an acri
l L ol1 scussion, during which
s-l7 charge that Commissioner Raum
"a 'Fofe" certain firm of pension at
o'Hey because Of his being under
Hllll-' al obligations to its head, was
CioV ght up again by Representative
W 0peT, who first made the charge
" I'D offered a resolution authorizing
an investigation, which resolution hal
not yet been acted upon by the com
mlttee on rules to which it was re-
terred Commissioner Raum should
hImseIf ask Il, have this nhnrn.o ;r,,,,1