The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-01-15


Speaker pro tempore McMiilin, who was
elected without opposition TO preside
over the House until Speaker Crisp VINO
Is still confined to his room by the g.1p.
shall be able 70 resume his duties, pre-
sides. ike a veteran, aud scomplimcnt-
ed on all sides for tbc ease with which
he has taken up the oncrOns duties 0t
presiding over the House.
Notwithstanding the unprecedented
approppiations Of the billion dollar Con
gresS, the cry for deficiency approprIa-
TONS has already begun. The list Is
headed 10y Porter, Of the census bureau
who through the Treasury department
has asked for a deficiency appropriation
OF 81 .OGO, 600, to complete the work OF
that bureau and there are tho7c who doubt
whether tIgt amount will bc suuicIent.
if Porter Is 10 be allowed To do II IN ms
own way. tie may get the money. but
il Is not certain; and in any event he
will probably be asked some puzZ!Ing
questions as to how he has spent some
of the 81, 4OO, 900 previously appropn-
ated for the Census.
The attacks on the Mckinley tarl1
law in the House resemble the firing OF
,narp-shooters. Bills have been INTRO
duced placing the following articles on
the frcce list: Jute, jute baggng, iron
ties. binding twine, lumber, tin plate,
salt. agricultural implements, wool, coal
and iron ore: and bills have been intro
duCed 10 repeal the sugar bounty clause
Of the law, and 50 much of the rcclprocl-
" clause rs gives tine President authOrl-
" TO restore the duty upon certain pro
ducts of countries which fail to make rec
iprOcity treaties with the United States.
These bills will all 90 To the Ways and
Means committee. which viii decide
which of them shall be pressed.
Representative Mills. who has gone to
Texas, has been granted an indefinite
leave Of absence 10y the House. The
principal object of Mr.. Mills in going
home at this time Is to regain his health,
bat ii Is psohahle that while there he
may do some talking about the Texas
SenatorShip.
\ meeting of yhe Executive Commit.
te. of the National Association OF Dem
ocratic clubs has been called for Jan 20,
by Representative ". l.. Wilson, of West
| Virginia. who Is chairman Of the com
mittec, and it Is desired that every mem.
/ bcr shall bc present or represented by.
I
/ sIdered.
The Democratic vacancy onithe Inter
state Commerce Commission has been
I given to Judge w VI. Lindsey, of Ken.
/ tucky. gentleman Of whom nothing
/ but good is known, and the Republican
! vacancy 10 j. W. McDill, of iowa, who
/ has been Congressman. Senator, Judge
/ and several other things with official
/ salaries. Col W. X. Morrison. whose
commission expired Dec. 81, has been
rc-appointrd
The silver question has already shown
a ready disposition To bob up screnely
{ in Congress at any and all times. Sew
erai bills have been introduced in the
Senate providing for free coinage, and
although there has been only one "bill''
day in the House, four bills Of the same
sort We're introduced, besides several
others havin. more or less direct bear
ing on silver. One Of them provided for
the repeal Of the purchasing clause of
the present silver law. Senator Stewart
maintains that there Il "a law already in
/ existence authorizing the free coinage of
silver. enacted in 1897 and never IT,
pealed, and he offered "a resolution in
strurting the Judiciary committee To in
guirc into the matter and report whetn-
cI he ISright or wrong Senator Morrill,
delivered a very able and conservative
speech this week against the unlimited
. free coinage Of silver, in answer to Sen
ator Stewards recent speech.
The Harrison men are shouting i
told YOU So, " because of a slight attack
OF nausea that Mr. Blaine had this week,
and the present indications are that a
concerted attempt Is 10 be made TO drive
Mr. Blaine from the Presidential field,
using his health as the principal weapon.
IL may succeed too, as Mr.. Blaine Is a
monomaniac on thar subject, and has
been ever since that notorious sunstroEe,
away back in the seventies.
Andrew JackSon's birthday i being
Iitly celebrated to-day by the local Dem
Ocrats.
\ Joint resolution authorizing the
. Secretary of the Navy to charter vessel
to carry the grain which has been con
trlOutyd for the famine-StriCken Rus
slams to that country. was adopted 10y
the Senate, but defeated 10y the House
The cOustitutionality Of the resolution
was doubted by some OF the ablcst Dem.
ocrats IN Congress.
/ Senator Morgan spoke yesterday in IA
vor of his resolution directing the com
mittce on Foreign Affairs to procure adj
ditiOnal iufUrmatiOna concerning
the Nicaragua canal He strong
ly favOrs the guarantee of bonds asked
for by the company, but unless there i
a change Of sentiment there is nC
probability Of the bill passing the House
As one prominent member of that body
puts it: Il favor the building OF th,
canal by this Government if necessary
but am opposed TO any guarantee o
bonds issued by private corporation. -