The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1890-09-18
WASHING TON LETTER. .
tFrom our Regular Correspondence

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Representative Dunnel has introduced
re-appointment bill on the basis of one
representative in the House for each
1875, 900 of population. This will add
"a to the membership of the House,
making total of 354 members. Ala
bama, California, Colorado, Michigan,
Missouri, New Jersey, Oregon, Texas,
Washington and wisconsin will each
gain one; Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas and
Pennsylvania each gains two, and Min
nesota, and Nebraska three each. Ohio
and Virginia each loose one member.
The ovation given the speaker when
he took his seat in the House was some
thing unprecedented. Members jumped
into their chairs, waving miniature flags
and shouting themselves hoarse, while
the large crowd ofladies and gentlemen
in the galleries made the walls ring with
cheer after cheer, while handkerchief,
hats, parasols, fans and every conceiv-
able article was waved aloft, and even
ladies shouted "Reed, Reed, big Tom
Reed" which promises to become a re-
publican rallying cry.
An attempt is being made in certain
quarters to get up business scare on
account of the new tariff bills going in
to effect on the first of October. 1t is
stated by the engineers of this movement
that there will be such large demand
for money from the importers to get out
the goods before October with which
they have for months past been filing
the bonded warehouses, that it will pre-
cipitate a financial panic. Secretary
Window is out of the city, but other Of
ficials of the treasury say that they have
no fears of any serious financial trouble,
owing to the far-sighted policy of Sec
rotary Window in having anticipated
the squeeze before it came by releasing.
through the purchase of bonds and the
prepayment of interest, $64, 1000, 900.
This large sum has been paid out since
Aug. 21. 1t is probable that some i'm
porters who have purchased goods far
i'll excess of their capital, in anticipation
of making large profit on account of
the increased duties provided for in the
new tariff bill, may find it exceedingly
difficult to raise the money to get their
goods out of the bonded warehouse with
out paying the New York professional
money lenders an exorbitant rate of in
terest for it. These are the people who
are making all the fuss, and as their in
fiuence is considerable with the bankers
of New York they can make lots of it,
but there is no danger.
superintendent Porter of the census
bureau, is the latest official to express
dislike for the present civil service law.
Mr.. Porter gave the congressional COM
mittee his reasons in detail for believing
that the law is detriment to the ex-
ecutive departments of the government.
Senator Hearst of California is sal to
be anxious to know what Senator Cor
man did with a check for $22, 900 which
he contributed for the sxpress purpose of
drfeating Speaker Reed. He is reported
to have said that if he had given $50, 900
Reed would have probably had 10000
majority.
The final vote on the passage of the
tariff bill was 40 to 20, strict party
vote. 1t is hoped that the bill can be
acted upon by the conference committee
within 10 days. Senator Plumbs
amendment created permanent tariff
COMMISSION, composed of five persons,
was adopted. This commission, Or one
with similar duties and powers has for a
long time been regarded by many prom
inent political economists as absolutely
necessary under our form ofgovernment,
in order that congress may be furnished
with unprecedented and trustworthy data
regarding every article of home and
foreign production which is on our tariff
list. A number of democrats supported
this amendment when it was voted up
on separately.