The Coconino weekly sun., 1892-11-24
WASHINGTON LETTER
tFrom Our Regular Correspondents

lueStlonS, puoilC anu pflNate, tnere are two sides to this one. On the side of the extra session are most of those who believe in doing things with a rush; they contend that majority of the voters have spoken for lower tar if and that it is the duty of the demo- cratic President and Congress to give it to them at the earliest possible mo- ment, and that six or eight months should be saved by holding an extra session of congress. Against the extra session are those conservative men who believe that ''it is better to be slow than to be sorrow;n they contend that it would be dangerous to the wei fare of the great commercial interests of the country to make too sudden . change in the tariff and that it will be much better to spend the intervening time in deciding upon just what sort of a tariff law shall be substituted for the Mckinley law, at the regular ses- sion, than to jump headlong into it at an extra session. It is positively claimed by those opposed to the extra session that Mir. Cleveland is with them, but Senator Carlisle, who has been designated by rumor as the head of the cabinet, says Mir, Cleveland has not determined the question, and will not until he has had time to consider it in all its possible bearings.
 There are however, two contingent cies, either of which may compel Mir. Cleveland to call an extra session, whether his personal opinion be for or against it. First, the Senate and House may, at the coming session. either Intentionally or unintentionally, get into a wrangle over some of the regular appropriation bills that might last until the Fifty-second Congress explred by limitation, at noon on the Ith of next March. Then an evtra ses- sion would have to be held to pass the appropriation bill or bills that had fail ed. The other contingency is that, owing to the probability of q change in the tariff law, certainly next winter and it may be sooner, the government receipts from customs duties may fall so low as to necessitate the calling of an extra session to provide the means for raising the money necessary to run the government during the next fiscal year. Treasury officials regard big deficit as almost certain for the next fiscal year; but of course, they may be mistaken.
 There is marked difference of opin- ion in the ranks of the peoples party as to the future of that organization. Jerry Simpson says the mission of the party is ended and that its members will mostly go with him into the dem ocratic party. Senator Peder says Simpson only speaks for one man, and that he believes the peoples party. under another name probably-he doesn't like it's present one--will be one of the leading parties in the next Presidential campaign, if it does not elect the next President.
 The next Presidential election is too far of to interest many people, but the opening session of the Fifty-third Con- gress, whether it be extra or regular, is near enough for everybody to wonder whether the peoples party Senators and Senator Stewart, who will be re- elected from Nevada as an independ- ent, will vote together and dictate the Legislation of the Senate, as they will have the power to do, if calculations of the membership of the next Senate now made shall tugn out to be correct and there is little probability of their being otherwise. The direct question was asked Senator Peifer, but he de- clined to even express an opinion on the subject saying that it was matter for the future consideration of those most deeply interested. He intimated however, that he believed the peoples party Senators would willingly vote for as deep cut in the tariff as the democrats can put through the house.
 Ivan Petroff, the Russian who was special census agent for Alaska during the taking of the census of 1880 and who was again appointed in 1890, dis appeared when it was discovered that he had furnished the State department false information to be used in the Behring's Sea arbitration case, and he was day or two ago formally dismiss ed from the Government service, al- though his whereabouts is still uu- known. It is curious case and opin- ion is divided as to whether he was paid to falsify his statistics or whether he was merely ovelzealous in serving the government from which he drew a snug salary. Whatever bis reason or motive the work has all to be done over again and as consequo nco tho court of arbitration will not be able to