Mower County transcript., 1892-01-13
washington Letter.
(Trom our revnler corrospondLent.,l


mlnistrailon Is IN possession of good
reasons for believing that all danger Of
war with Chill is over, and the general
impression is that settlement entirely
satisfactory Is now under way and will
very shortly be announced. This is we'll.
While we could easily have thrashed
Chill, we would have gained little. aside
from satisfaction. and owing to tile dis
tance from the United States that would
have been very costly.
For an hour, on Wednesday, Washing
ton was thrown into great excitement by
the rumor that Secretary Blaine was Ill.
Fortunately there was little basis there.
for merely slight attack Of nausea.
Representative Kilgore, of Texas
whose only claim to statesmauship was
obtained by kicking open one Of the
doors to- the chamber Of the house of
representatives, during the flfty-frst con-
gress, has become temporarily prominent
again through an action just about as
creditable rs the first one. When the
joint resolution authorizing the secretary
Of the navy to charter steamship to
carry the grain which has been contrib.
uted 10 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. Klgore opened himself
and shouted II object" The next day.
when the resolution came before the
house again. Kilgore was joined by num-
erous members of the peanut wing Of the
democratic party in opposing the reso
luton and in spite of u solid republican
vote and the assistance of democrats the
resolution was defeated. thus making the
charity and humanity Of America by
word and a repr0ach among the nations
of the world.
Bills. bills, everywhere. but not law
enacted. Perhaps that will not exactly
describe the career Of the present house,
but it will come near enough for all prac
tical purposes. There has been just one
'bjll' day, but so heavily loaded We're
the members with good. bad and indltfer
ent bills. mostly the two latter. that it
became necessary to suspend tho call Of
states when Ohio had been called, in
order to give the clerks a chance to get
The avalanche of bills recorded. The
duplication of bills, particularly those
aimed at the present tariff law. were so
numerous that a wag suggested the
appointment of tariff editor by the
democratic caucus before the next "blll'
day. The same might also be said about
silver.
Representative Otis, Of Kansas, Is evl-
IDENTIFY man not easily ratified by the
immensitY of an undertaking, or he
would not have 80 nonchalently intro
duced his bill. to change the monetary
system, to reduce interest and TO provide
for making loans on land. Perhaps Mr..
Otis thinks the monetary system sof a
country can be changed as easily as a
mans coat. He will know better when
he has lived longer.
Jerry Simpson is more modest. He
introduced bill to prohibit usury, which
would be mighty good thing if it could
only be put into effect. but alas. for
poor, frail human nature, ever prone to
do wrong. all of the efforts of the law
makers have been unayailing and usurY
has existed and will continue to exist.
Why? Because when a man is compelled
to get money to- avert commercial ruin
he will not stop to count the cost. nor
will he Inform on the usurer. Another
bill offered by Mr.. Simpson might under
proper restrictions and regulations, make
wise and useful law. 1t provides for
establishing department of finance and
commerce.
Senator Stewart has given the Senate
judiciary committee hard nut to crack,
by introducing resolution instructing
that committee to impure and report
whether. there is law in existence re-
quirng the officials of the United States
mints to coin all silver brought to them.
Mr.. Stewart says there was such law
enacted in 1887, and that he has no know.
ledge of its ever having been repealed.
The Presidents nominations for the
vacancies on the board of Interstate Com
merce are being complmentcd on all
sides. Hon. j. w. McDill, the Republl-
cad commissioner. is widely known. He
has represented Iowa in both Houses of
Congress and has presided oyer court
with marked ability. Judge w. M.
Lindsey, of Kentucky, the new Demo
cratic commissioner, is very highly spoken
of by those who know him best, while
nobody seems TO object to the appoint
ment of Hon. W. r. (''Horizontal Blll')
Morrison, who has been on the commits
sion since it was organized aud whose
first term expired Dec. 81.
Abraham J. Seay has been nominated
to be Governor of the Territory OF Okla
homa.
Senator Morrill, this week delivered a
speech against the free coinage of silver,
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