The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-01-16
WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan, 5, 80.
Special to the Free Press:
The sub. committee baying In charge
the legislative appropriation bill finish
ed their work Saturday, and will report
the bill to the full committee to-day.
This will leave only two bills with the
Appropriation Committee-the sundry-
civil, which will be ready about the 18th
of this month, and the deficiency, which
will reported early in February. Rep
resentatiYe Cannon said Saturday night
that the condition of the appropriations
bills was more advanced now than at
the short session two years ago, and as
all the bills were free from new and
unusual items he did not anticipate any
delay in passing them.
To the American mind the attitude Of
a large portion of the English press in
matter of American treatment of the
Indians is an attitude of arrant hypocri-
sy. 1t is not forgotten on this side OF
the Atlantic that from time immemor.-
ial the British authority hasbeen extern.
ded arbitrarily and harshly over peopIes
vastly more intelligent and teachabTes
than the aborigines of this country.
Something over century and half
ago, British cnicanery and British arms,
swept the strongest of the Hindu pow
ers out of the protection of France, and
into the control of nation whose boast
is that it never stoops to placate inferior
races, never degrades itself by blending
it's blood with such people, and forces
what it wishes down the unwilling
throats Of barbarians. The American
policy towards the Indians is liable to-
just criticism, but the ranting English.
papers overdo the matter in the express
sion of their horror and disgust. Those
who inhabit the most fragile of glass
houses should not spitefully throw
stones.
Representative Kelly, of Kansas. in~-
troduced in the House bill directing
the Secretary of the Treasury to print
fractional currency of the United States
to the amount..of $50,0OO,0OO, this cur,
rency to be issued in bills of the denom-.,
nations of cents, 10 cents. % cents,
ard so cents. Twenty-Five millions Of
the currency is to be of the denomina-
tons of so cents, $15.000.O00, of % cents,
S. 100000, OF 10 cents, and $780,
900, of cents. This currency is to be
legal tender for all debts for any SUM
not exceeding $40.
The Treasury Department has deci--
ded that tin plates imported prior to
Oct. l, 1890, and which were contained;
in bonded warehouses on that date, are,
not affected until July 1, 1891. Tin
plates imported after July /, 1891, or
which may be in bonded warehouses
on that date, will, when entered or
withdrawn for consumption, be subject
to duty of 2-10 cents per pound re-,
CARELESS of the fact whether it had re-
NAMED in bonded ware-h buses for more
or less than one year, excepting, how
ever, that it will be subject to three
years limitation prescribed by law, after
which it would be liable to sale as
abandoned to the Government.
The social world starts in with down.
right earnest this week. All the testify
tiles of the past month have simp-
ly led up to the rush and hurry of what
has now begun-the short official season
of 1891. Every day of this week will be
crowded with events of interest. On
next SATURDAY. Mrs. Harrison will hold
her first pnblic reception from to s..
The Cabinet families will all begin to re-
ceiYe callers next Wednesday. Only a
few in the number have been observing
their day at all throughout the fall and
last month, owing to multiplicity Of
other occupations, as well as absence
from the city.