Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1892-02-19
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Reg ular Correspe ndeut
WASHINGTON, Feb. Is, 1892

city balloon by extracting the in
from Sir Julian Paunce-
tote, the British minister, who
has been acting as a sort Of steer
er for the Canadian Commission
ers ever since their arrival, that
they had no authority to negotiate
a treaty, and only came here to
learn how much this government
would be willing to grant, if the
British government should send
properly authorized commission
ers, Secretary Blaine told them
that it was but waste of time to
continue the conference, under
such conditions. The British
minister has beer exchanging
cablegrsms with his home gov
ernment, but it has not transpired
whether it was in regard to this
Canadian business or the Behring
See commission, which is in ses-
sion here. 1t is believed that
there is connection between the
two things, and that the British
government, in spite of its many
failures in the past, has been
again trying to pull the wool over
Uncle Sans eyes.
1t is stated here that the move
ment in the House to rush the
consideration of the Bland free
coinage bill, which was favorably
reported and placed on the cal
endar last week. is being engineer
ed by the anti-Mills democrats in
the hope that Mills opposition to
its present consideration may pre-
vent his being elected to the Sem
ate by the Texas legislature. 1t
is not certain what the House will
do, but the chances rather favor
the passage of the bill, as the
petition asking the committee on
Rules to make a continuous order
for its consideration has already
received the signatures of hun
dred and twenty democrats and
the nine peoples party men.
The nomination of Representa-
tive McKenna of California, to be
Judge of the Circuit Court, is we'll
spoken Of by everybody.
A more striking exemplifcation
of the absurdity of the cheese
pairing policy of the democrats in
the House is the military academy
annual appropriation bill, the first
one to get through that body. By
striking out such necessary items
AS those provididg for improving
the defective plumbing of the
barracks of the enlisted men, a
new gas plant in place OF the old
and worn out one now in use ard
new buildings, and by reducing
,ther items, such as taking 500
1T the annual salary of the gar
iener, the bill was reduced in It's
otal to about $1,000 less than the
me passed last year. Mr.. OTIS, a
Farmers Alliance member from
Kansas, tried to outdo the most
parsimonious democrat. whose
proposition to strike out the item
If $50 to purchase soap for the
cadets was voted dowH, by serious
y proposing that the item for the
purchase of saddle blankets for
the cadets be struck out and that
every year at the close of Con-
gress the old carpets on the floor
Of the House and Senate be taken
up and shipped to West Point to
De cut up for saddle blankets.
The democrats Of the House
spend the greater portion of their
! lime in wrangling with each
,ther. The majorities OF the
House committee on Immigration
and that on Foreign Affairs are in
the midst of lively row, the ques-
ton being which committee is
properly entitled to jurisdiction
If matters relating to the Chinese
question. TIE first named COM
mlttee is ahead, as it has reported
and placed on the calendar q bill
prohibiting Chinese immigration
Beginning this week, the Senate
and House committe on lmmigre.
aion will hold a series of joint
sessions for the purpose of hear
ing all parties who wish to talk on
the subject of immigration.
The House, after being scolded
oy MIR. Holman and having adopt
ID resolution offered by hlm
Uniting the cost to $4,000, adopted
representative Hoar's resolution
iirecting the committee on Man
ufactures to investigate the
sweating" system of tenement
house labor.
Senator Hills authority over
The Tsmmany members of the
House was plainly shown on Sat
urday when he ordered them by
telegraph to report to him in New
York city at once. Saturday af-
ternoon had been previously set
aside by resolution Of the House
for eulogles on the late Tammany
Representative, Gen. Spinola, but
honors to a dead man did not
count against the wishes of the
living boss, and the eulogles were
postponed and the New York