Nevada County picayune., 1892-01-21
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular correspondent.l
Washington, Jan. 15, lS9:

Washington, Jan. l5, 1892.
 Mir. Harrison has, if high Repub- lcan authority may be believed, re- lived MT. Blaine of the Gillian busi- ness and taken it entirely in his own hands. The same authority says that an ultimatum has been sent to Chill and that all of the correspon- dents and the Presidents accompa- nying proclamation which were ready ten days ago but were held back on account of the CLilian minister hay ing succeeded in bamboozIing MT. Blaine as to his COuntry's intentions, will go to Congress just as soon as the evidence of all the sailors Of the Baltimore has been taken. This evil dence, as far as it has been teIe- graphed to Eastern papers, has crea- ted a war-lke feeling in Congress, and if Mir. Harrison does not hurry up and send the correspondence in, he will find it demanded the resolu- tion.
 The House has adopted a resolu- ton offered by Representative Hot man that has spread consternatlon among the promoters of schemes re- quiring "a little appropriation. " It declares it to be the judgment of the House that the granting of subsidies or bounties by Congress in money, public lands, bonds or by endorse ment or by pledge of the public credit, to promote special private in- dustres or enterprises, independent of the constitutional power of Con. gress, is unjust and impolitic, and II | manifest conflict with the spirit ot republican institutions. And fur, ther resolves that Tn view of the pres ent condition of the treasury, and be cause efficient and honest govern ment can only be assured by tht frugal expenditure of the public money, while unnecessary, and lavisL expenditure under any and all con ditions leads inevitably to venal ant corrupt methods in public affairs no money ought to be appropriated l by Congress, except such as Is nee essary to carry on the departments frugally, efficiently and honestly ad ministered.
 Owing to the fact that the article which will be affected by the separ ate tariff bills likely to be reported by the House Ways and Means com mittee are few in number, and tina they have been so thoroughly dis cussed in the press, the committee has decided that it will be unneces sary to grant hearings to those inter ested in them, as it is not probable that a single new fact could b brought out.
 Representative Harter, of Ohio has introduced bill to consolidat and reduce the number of Custom Collection districts in the country which he thinks will improve the ser vice and save SIS, ,OO0 annually.
 The Democrats of the House hav' already reached the why and where fore stage of the session. They wan to know why Secretary Foster Ina withheld the payment of some $50 GOO, 900 appropriated for the fisca year ending June 30 last; also wh, some S35 ,0OO, ,00O less than should have been paid out of the appro 1 priatiOns for the current fiscal ' ar during it's first half, ending Jan. l has been paid. These questions anC others concerning Government finan ces, may give the Secretary nor, trouble than the grip, from which h' | has just recovered, did.
 The Democrats also wish to knov just what effect the Mckinley tariff law is having upon the country, an( it is proposed, in order to obtain tha information quickly, that the House committee on Manufactures investl gate it's effect upon the genera manufacturing interests, the com mittees on agriculture, labor an( commerce to do the same for thOs' several interests. A Senate committee spent a part of last summer in mak ing an investigation of this subject but the House proposal would b' much more thorough, consequent, more satisfactory.
 Speaker Crisp is unexpected to b' we'll enough to preside over tn House by next week.