Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-02-04
From our regular Correspondent
Washington Letter.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Jan. %, 1892.
The President. aided by his cabinet, hav-
ing conducted the negotiations with Chill
tG the stage where an ultimatum was re-
gsrded as necessary and having taken all
needful precautions to put the country in
condition to maintain It's just demands
by force, II necessary, now turns the re
sponsiblity of deciding whether we shall
continue to wait on the pleasure Of Chill,
make demonstration in force to hurry
the Chilians up, or declare war to enforce
our demands,ov to Congress, as provided
In the constitution. Congress having all
the facts before it will doubtless treat the
matter with due consideration and finally
arrive at a conclusion that will be satisfac-
tory to the people at large. There is no
partisan politics IN this question, which
involves the honor Of the United States
and its standing among the nations of the
world, and 1t Is not believed that any at
tempt to drag politics into it, which may
be made by Congressman Of small calibre,
will be countenanced by the Democratic
leaders.
Another brilliant Democratic scheme has
come to grief. 1t was asserted by the
members Of that party that the Treasury
was becoming so depleted Of cash that it
would be necessary to so amend the Nc
kinley law as to bring in larger income
from customs duties, and to prove this as
ssaof'eo a'resHaaou'pd Msans committee
condition Of the Treasury. Secretary
Foster being absent In search of health,
Assistant Secretary Spaulding appeared
before the committee, and by short, bus
iness like statement, refuted every charge
that the Democrats had made so conclu-
sively that they are probably sorry they
adopted the resolution. He said that the
actual receipts of the government for the
first six months of the present fiscal year
were sl74. Isl 900 and the expenditures
Sl61 ,074 900 and that the estimated expend.
itures for the entire fiscal year were $685.
000, 900. or just s24 100000 less than the
estimated receipts. 1852 900, 600. Besides,
there is at present on hand in cash, $780,
72S 900. which added to the estimated sur
plus which will exist on the 3Oth Of June
next, will give the Treasury on that date a
total surplus OF sl53, 1893 900. Nothing
very depleted about that Treasury, Ell?
Mr.. Mills has blood in his eye and it is
bad Texas blood. He is still sore over
his defeat, and he does not care q cont.
mental who knows it. He intimates, and
some Of his hot-headed friends boldly de-
clare, that he intends to lead revolt
against the Crisp gang when the first tariff
bill is reported to the House from the
Ways and Means committee. Mills also
swears vengeance against the Presidential
aspiration of Senator Hill, and says he
shall never get single vote from Texas.
| The Hill-Gorman nBriceTammany com
| bination is ruling the Democratic party
with rod of iron, in spite of the squirm
| ing of the kickers. 1t owns the Demo
cratic national committee, IS fully proved
last week; it owns The Speaker of the
| House and it intends to dictate the Presi
Dental ticket and the platform upon which
the Democrats will make their nationa
campaign this year.
The funerals of the late Justice Bradley
of the Supreme Court, for he had two, one
| har nd
Jersey where the interment is to take
place, were by his requests strictly private
being attended only by his family, intimat.
friends and the justices and officers of thu
Supreme Court. He was appointed mem
Der Of the Supreme Court by General Gran
in March, 1870, and during his services OF
the bench he has made reputation that il
part OF the history Of that tribunal. Fl,
was known to his colleagues as the hard
est worker and most scholarly man OF
the bench. Much interest is already ex
pressed in the appointment of his success
or.
| The Democrats 10 the last Congress.
spent goodly portion of their time in de
nouncing the code of rules adopted by thu
Republicans of the House. particularly
that portion Of them which curtailed tn,
privileges Of the majority to alibuster in
definitely, and now they have incorporated
In the rules they have prepared for tn,
present House precisely the same idea, th,
only difference being that they delegat.
the authority to close debate to the com
mittee on rules. instead Of to the Speaker
That some such rule Is, and has been nee
essary, in order to allow the majority o.
the House to control. every fair-mindet
man familiar with congressional proceed
ings will concede, and in following tn,
lead Of the Republicans the Democrat
haye only done what they always do
They denounce everything originated b,
Republicans, and afterwards adopt tn
very things denounced ss their own.