The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-01-01
PROM our Regular Correspondent
wAsmINGrON LETTER.



Mr.. iIsrrison's friends ere inclined 20
he juLilsnt over the ChiIisn situation.
They have 81 idsa that Mr.. Harrison
special message 70 Congress recommends
ing that wnr he declared agHinsl Chill.
which they LAY he will certainly send In
~ soon - Congress tesssembles. II the
new President OF Chill, who assumed o.
ice Saturday. does not before then send
an answer 20 the demands Tor the pun
ishment Of the Chilians who attacked
the u. y. saiiors q Valparaiso and Tor
indemnify for the families Of The sailors
Who were killed which shall Be entirely
sstissactory, will give him . boom tor
the Presidentihi nomination. They ara
hoping for . message Of defiance from
Chill. ~ they wish war 10 be declared.
believing that war would make Mr.. Har-
rison's denomination more probable than
Il would otherwise be.
| The democrats in the House and SEN
ate are interested spectators OF the drama
which the administration IL preparing
for the American people. and although
| Il has been stated that the leaders were
prepared 70 vote in favor OF declara-
ton OF war should Mr.. Harrison recon-
mend that a. the only honorable way 10
end the matter l can cay on the highest
authority that no such statement has
been authorized BY any democrat OF
lprominence In the party councils The
most diligent search failed to fiud .
single democratic Senstor or Representa-.
tive willing TO express'an opinion. until
oil the correspondence betW cen the two
governments shall have been sent TO
Congress. Then, IL II shall appear that
American honor demands : declaration
of war, no democrat will be found op-
posing II; but should II appear on the
other hand that IN attempt Was being
made BY the naturalization 10 curry "a
vor with thoughtless people BY making
war upon . weaker nation, no democrat
will be frightened BY . fictitious public
clamor into voting . dollar for polit-
icsl war. That 10 about the situation e
| II stands to-day.
| Speaker Crisp has been I'll with the
grip ever since the Chrisimss adjourn
ment. He had 20 abandon ME trip home.
and send for Mrs Crisp 10 come here to-
help nurse him. lie cutters . great
deal, but his physicians cay be il in no
danger. M. Mills has recovered SUN
GENTLY TO 60 to Fortress Monroe. where
ne has been ordered BY bis ph, sicisns TO
remain few days.
Much OF the disappointment which
folio we'd the announcement OF the House
committees, has already passed away,
and BY the time Congress meets there
will be little Of 1t lett. except among
those who consider the failure Of the
Speaker to tender the chairmanship oil
the Ways and Means committee 10 Mr..
Mills in the light OF personal slight 20
that gentleman.
The two democratic members Of the
House committee on Rules are spending
their holiday time Il work upon the
rules which will govern the proceedings
|of the present House, and Ii Speaker
Crisp. who is chairman of the committee,
gets well enough this week 70 attend to-
business, they hope 10 report the rules
after the House re-sssem.
|bles. They are not disposed TO talk
about their work q present.
There 10 no occasion for wonder that
some people should refer 10 the United
States Senate a. the "Millionaires' Club
In come respect the name is fully de-
served. II costs the taxpayers OF this
country more than the House OF Lords.
with . membership six times larger,
costs Great Britain. Il has . corps Of
employee large enough 10 be In each
others way. All OF them drawing larger
salaries than are paid the same class OIL
employees in the House, and yet il isl
coolly proposed to add twenty three ad- !
ditiopai employees II : cost Of $4,000 9!
year. This addition il said by those who
prepared the resolution therefor, tol
have been made necessary BY the pur-
chase OF the Msltby House. opposite the
Capitol, TOR the use OF the Senate com
mittees, b. the Iast Congress. II was
bad enough that the people should have
taken an unproductive piece Of property i
of the hands Of private individual II . /
fancy price, ~ithout making that the
excuse for taxing them $4,000 . year
|,
Ex-Assistant Postm General Bra
dy, Of star route scandal notoriety, saysl,
ne regards the appointment OF Stephen
b EIkins 10 be Secretary Of War. % 81
Of star reuters. That's the
worst thing yet said about the new
Cabinet officer.
The representative from your Con L
gressionaI district the "a Indiana -
Hon. John L Bretz, hss place on the
standing committee on Education, and
slso on the special committee on irriga-
lion Of arid lands. There Il considera-
BILE possibilities In each Of these commit
lees for an aspiring and indusiriousl
'tntesman. with original ideas, but in
previous congresses the opportunities
have been sadly neglected.
The sensational reports telegraphedl
rom here 10 several daily papers about
among the Democratic Con
are purely Sensational, with
ut any foundation in fact. The party
. Congress was never more thoroughly
'nited on important issues.
c. A. s.
Russian New Years 4 alls.