Crawford avalanche., 1892-01-14

impression Is that n settlement entire
ly satisfactory is now under way and
will very shortly be announced. This
Is well: While we could easily have
thrashed Chill. we would have gained
little, aside from satisfaction. and ow.
ing to the distance from the United
States that would have been very
costly.
For an hour. on Wednesday, Wash
ington was thrown into great excite
ment by the rumor that Secretary
Blaine was i'll. Fortunately there
was little basis therefor, merely a
slight attack of nausea.
Representative Kilgore, of Texas,
whose only claim to statemanship
was obtained by kicking open one of
the doors to the Chamber Of the House
of Representatives, during the Fifty
first Congress, has become temporarily
prominent again through an action
just about as creditable as the first
one. When the joint resolution au-
thorizing the Secretary of the Navy
to charter a steamship to carry the
grain which has been contributed to
the starving people of Russia by warm
hearted Americans had been passed
by the Senate and an attempt was
made to get unanimous consent to
take it up in the House Kilgore up.
ended himself and shouted II object"
The next day. when the resolution
came before the House again, Kilgore
was joined by numerous members oi
the peanut wing of the democratic
party in opposing the resolution and
in spite of solid republican vote and
the assistance of some democrats, the
resolution was defeated, thus making
the charity and humanity of Americs
a by-word and a reproach among the
nations of the world.
Bills, bills, everywhere. but not O
law enacted. Perhaps that will no
exactly describe the career of the
present House, but it will come neal
enough for all practical purposes.
There has been just one 'bill" day
but so heavily loaded were the mem
bers with good, bad and indifferen
bills, mostly the two latter, that it be-
came necessary to suspend the call oI
States when Ohio had been called, ir
order to give the clerks chance tc
get the avalanche of bills recorded
The duplication of bills, particular!
those aimed at the present tariff law
were so numerous that wag sugges
ted the appointment of tariff edito
by the democratic caucus before tn,
next .'bill" day The same might al
so be said about silver.
Representative Otis, of Kansas, il
evidently a man not easily ratified b!
the immensity of an undertaking o.
he would not have 40 nonchalently
introduced his bill TO change the mon
etary system, to reduce interest, ant
to provide for making loans on land
Perhaps Mr.. Otis thinks the monetary
system of a country can be changed
as easily as a mans coat. He will
know better when he has lived long
er.
Jerry Simpson is more modest. HI
introduced q bill to prohibit usury
which would be n mighty good thing
II it could only be put into effect, but
alas, for poor, frail human nature
ever prone to do wrong, all OF the eff
forts of the law-nakers since there
were Lawmakers, have been unavail
ing and usury has existed and viii
continue to exist. Why? Becaus,
when a man is compelled to get mon
ey to avert commercial ruin he will
not stop to count the cost, nor will
he inform on the usurer. Anothe
bill offered by Mr.. Simpson, might un
der proper restrictions and regulation
make a,wise and useful law. 1t pro
vides for establishing a department O.
Finance and Commerce.
Senator Stewart has given the Ser
ate Judiciary committee hard nut t.
crack. by introducing resolution in
structing that committee to inquir
and report wheth er there is law il
existence requiring the officials of the
U. 8. Mints to coin all silver brough
to them. Mr.. Stewart Gays there wa
such law enacted in 1887 and tha
he has no knowledge of its ever hav
ing been repealed.
The Presidents nominations for th,
vacancies on the board of Interstat,
Commerce are being conplimented OF
all sides. Hon. J. M. McDill, the re
publican Commissioners, is widel,
known. He has represented Iowa il
both Houses of Congress and has pre-
sided over court with marked abili
ty. Judge w. NJ. Lindsey, of Ken
lucky, the new democratic commits
sioner, is very highly spoken of by
those who know him best. while no
body seems to object to the reappoint
ment of Hon. w. r. ('HoIizonta
BillD Morrison, who has been OF
the commission since it was organized
and whose first term expired December