Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-03-17
WASHINGTON LETTER.
FROM GU" Regular Correspondents

Delnp so aDly maintained ny IHe uellio-
cratic members of the House on the
free wool bill. Mr.. Springer will 90
unable to take any part whatever In It,
as his physicians say he must 90 away
as soon as he is well enough to travel
for five or six weeks of absolute rest,
before he can resume his duties in the
House. The state of Mr.. Mills health
is such that it is extremely doubtful
whether he will be able to make a set
speech, but there will be no lack of
speeches, as nearly one-third of the
democratic members have notified Mr..
McMilln, who is in charge of the bill.
of their desire to speak. 1t Improbable
that some of them will have to wait
until one of the other tariff bills is call
ed up, as it is the present intention to
vote on the free wool bill on the DIST
inst, so as to get it out Of the way of
the free coinage bill which comes up on
the 22nd, under the resolution adopted
last Monday.
Mr.. Harrison has been as precipitate
in making public the correspondence
with Lord Salisbury concerning the re-
fusal of that official to renew the modus
vivendi in Behring Sea during the com
ing sealing season,as he was in sending
that famous ultimatum to Chill. Before
tho 1ovt oop,p,u ~ ioot;o "a orI C.,1;o
bury could possibly be read and digest:
ed by him, it was sent to the Senate,
something unheard of in time of peace.
1t is not probable that the Senate will
take any action on the arbitration
treaty, which preceded the correspond
ence by one day, until time has been
given Lord Salisbury to reply to the
last dispatch sent him.
1t is generally expected that Repre-
sentative McCreary, Of Kentucky, will
be chairman of the Democratic Con-
gressional Campaign committee this
year. The committee has not yet been
selected, but caucus will be held for
that purpose in few days. Rep. Nc
Creary thinks that before the tariff
debate which began in the House this
week is closed. the country will be con-
WINGED that the tariff is the paramount
issue, aud that silver is not such an
important matter as some of the talk
INDUCED in on the floor of the House
when the vote was taken setting aside
three days, beginning March %, for the
consideration Of the Bland free coinage
bill, would seem at first glance to in
dictate.
The House committee OH rivers and
harbors has closed its hearings. and
hopes to have the bill reported to the
House within week or ten days
Chairman Blanchard says the pressure
for appropriations was at least 25 pei
cent greater this year than he evel
knew it to be before, and that facts
concerning the development Of com
merce on the great lakes and navigable
Waterways of the country were brought
before the committee, that are simply
astounding to those who have not made
a study of the subject These facts vii
be embodied in speech which Chair
man Blanchard will make when ths
bill gets before the House. 1t is no
probable that the committee will bt
able to get the total appropriations
carried by the bill below $4,000, 900
without injuring the business interests
necessarily involved in the improve
ment of rivers and harbors.
The Commissioner of Patents is nov
sending out a circular letter to appli
cants for printed copies OF patents tina
Congress will be likely to hear from
soon. 1t notifies the applicant tina
owing to lack of room for the storage
and arrangement of printed copies o.
patents, their orders cannot be filled
until additional room is provided by
the proper authorities. Congress is the
proper authority, and the thousands O.
manufacturers, inventors and owner:
of patents, who will be seriously incon
venienced and in many cases needlessly
embarrassed by not being able to gel
copies Of patents, will be asking Con
gress why some part of the S4,0OO,OO(
earned by the patent Office and now ly
ing idle in the treasury vaults, is no
used to provide that Office with room
necessary to properly transact it's very
important business? There is but ont
satisfactory answer that Congress car
give, and that is to pass a bill authori
zing the spending of SO much of thi.
money as may be necessary to provide
the room necessary.