The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-11-27
Washington Letter.

WAsHINaToN, ID. e. November, 81 1891
The coming session of Congress promises
to b.. one of the most interesting, partic-
ularly to Democrats and opponents of
the present high tariff, we have had for
wears. Notwithstanding the Republican
majority in the Senate there is proba-
bility that some of the worst features of
the Mckinley law may be modified If
not repealed, and the Democratic House
will see that the appropriations are kept
within reasonable bounds. The people
have had enough of billion dollar Con-
crosses.
The Speakership contest is now in
very interesting stage, and, in spite of
the nearness of the assembling of Con-
gress, it is still in doubt. 1t had been
considered previous to this week that
Mr.. Mills was slightly in the lead, al
though lacking considerable of enough
votes to nominate him, with Mr.. Crisp
a close second. 1t is now thought that
this is reversed, owing to the announce
ment that the Democratic members from
New York city would support Mr.. Crisp.
These members are all connected With
Tammany Hall, and there is a disposi-
ton among some of the opponents of
Mr. Crisp to call him the Tammany can
didate, but remembering the fate with
which Mr.. Fassett met for calling Gov
ernor-elect Flower ''Tammany candi
date, they speak softly. 1t is the be-
lief of many shrewd observers that
neither Mills nor Crisp will be elected,
but that the honor will go to some of
the other candidates, McMillin, Spring
er, Bynum, Hatch or Wilson.
Cnnci1arah hle amusement WAS created
here by Secretary Fosters attempt, in
his financial speech before the New York
Chamber of Commerce, this week, to
catch both free coinage men in the same
net 1t will not add to his fame as a
Juggling feat it is worthy of its author
and in keeping with the policy he has
followed from the first day he took
charge of the country's finances
The Sherman-Foraker fight in Ohio
may result in disrupting the cabinet be-
fore Mr.. Blaine's Presidential aspiration
does it. 1t is no secret in Washington
that Blaine dislikes Sherman and that
the feeling is cordially returned, nor is
it that Mr.. Harrison has long ago thrown
the administration influence to Sher-
man. To add insult to injury Mr.. Har-
rison treated Foraker in such a brusque
manner the other day when he called at
the White House topay his respects that
the fiery Ohioan took himself off in a
huff, and went to Mr.. Blaine, his friend,
for consolation. This week Secretary
Foster raised big row in the Ohio Re
publican association, which contains
many friends of Foraker, by making a
speech in favor of the reelection of
Sherman. Mr.. 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 aid, and that For
aker is to reciprocate next year.
The administration has an opportuni-
ty of showing whether it has sufficient
backbone to fight the Steamship and
Castle Garden ring in New York, as Mr..
Scultheis, who was selected as member
of the commission to visit Europe for
the purpose of investigating immigra-
ton at the request of the president of
the Federation of Labor, has, by a trip
from Europe Ill the steerage of a steamer,
secured evidence that the steamship Of
ficials and the Government officials at
the New York end were in collusion to
violate the immigration laws
The day after the State elections Sec
rotary Rusk remarked that the Massa-
chusetts 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 regarded as one of ''Uncle
Jerry Jokes, but, as he seriously makes
the recommendation in his annual re-
port, he was evidently in earnest.
The case involving the constitutional
ity of that clause of the anti-lottery law
prohibiting the carrying of newspapers
I containing lottery advertisements in the
mails was argued this week before the
! Supreme Court. 1t is of course impos-
sible 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 re-
fused 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 patent which had been chung
up in the Patent Office since 1877. 1t
is for what is known as the Berliner
combined telegraph and telephone. NJ.