Nevada County picayune., 1891-11-26
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our special correspondent. l

| promises 10 De one O1 tue UOSb iU- teresting, particularly to Democrats and opponents of the present hIgh tariff, we have had for years. Not withstauding the Republican majority in the Senate there is probability that some of the worst features of the Mckinley law may be modi- fled if not repealed, and the Demo- cratic House will See that the ap propriations are kept within reas- enable bounds. The people have had enough of billion dollar Con- gresses.
 The Spcakership contest is now in very interesting stage. and, i'll spite of the nearness of the assembling of Congress, it is still in doubt. It had been considered previous to this week that MT. Mills was slightly in the lead, although lacking consider able of enough votes to nominate him, with Mir. Crisp a close second. It is now thought that this is revers ed, owing to the announcement that the Democratic members from New York city would support MT. Crisp. These members are all connected with Tammany Hall, and there IS . disposition among some of the op- ponents of MT. Crisp to call him the Tammany candidate, but remember ing the fate with which Mir. Fassett met for calling Governor elect Flower a ''Tammany candidate, they speak softly. It is the belief of many shrewd observers that neither Mills nor Crisp will be elected, but that the honor will go to some of the other candidates, McMilln, Sprin- ger, Bynum, Hatch or Wilson.
 The Sherman-Foraker fight in Ohio may result in disruptlng the cabinet before MT. Blaine's Pres idental aspiration does it. 1t is no secret in Washington that Blaine dis likes sherman and that the feeling is cordially returned, nor is it that Mir. Harrison has long ago thrown the ad- ministration's influence to sherman. To add insult to injury Mir. Harris on treated Foraker in such hrusque manner the other day when he called at the White House to pay his re- spects that the fiery Ohioan took himself off in huff, and went to Mir. Blaine, his friend, for consolation. This week Secretary Foster raised a big row in the Ohio Republican association, which contains many friends of Foraker, by making a speech in favor of the reelection of Sherman. Mir. Blaine doesn't like this and it is believed that he is bringing all the personal influence he can command in Ohio to Foraker's and, and that Foraker is to re- ciprocate next year.
 The administration has an oppor- tunity of showing whether It has sufficient back bone to fight the steamship and Castle Garden ring in New York, as MT. Scultheis, who was selected as member of the com mission to visit Europe for the pur- pose of Investigating immigration at the request of the president of the Federation of labor, has, by trip from Europe in the steerage of a steamer, secured evidence that the steamship officials and the Gov ernment officials at the New York end were in collusion to violate the immigration laws.
 The day after the State elections Secretary Rusk remarked that the Massachusetts leather manufacturers ought to be punished, for not having carried the State for the republicans, by having the duty restored upon foreign hides. The matter" was re- garded as one of "Uncle Jerry $" jokes but, as he seriously makes the recommendation in his annual report, he was evidently in earnest.
 The case involving the con stitutionaity of that clause of the anti-lottery law prohibiting the carrying of newspapers containing lottery advertisements in the mails was dl8ut' llIN N'th bNlOit buS Supreme Court. It is of course im- possible to say until the decision is handed down what impression the arguments made upon the court, but the impression outside was that Attorney General Miller was out classed and got decidedly the worst of it.
 The movement to steal Senator Brice's seat has been abandoned since it was learned that Senator sherman had refused to enter into it.
 Democrats here take no stock in the talk about putting Governor Russell, of Massachusetts, on the National ticket.
 The Bell telephone monopoly this week secured a patent which had been "hung up" in the Patent Office since 1877. It is for what is known as the Barliner combined telegraph and telephone.
 CATARRH CAN'T BE CURED
 with local application, as they cannot reach ihe