The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-01-14
WASHINGTON LETTER.
[Flom our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON Ian. g. 1892


WASHINGTON Jan. 8, 1892.
While no official announcement has
been made it is apparent that the admin
istration 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 sat
isfaction, and owing to the distance from
the United States that would haye been
very costly.
For an hour, on Wednesday, Washing
ton was thrown into great excitement
by che rumor that Secretary Blaine was
i'll Fortunately there was little basis
therefor, mere a slight attack of NJ usea.
Representative Kilgore, ot Texas, whose
only claim to craftsmanship was oh
tanned by kicking open one of the doors
to the Chamber of the House Of Repre-
sentatives, during the Fiitv-hrst Con-
gress, has become temporarily promin-
emit again through an action inst about
as creditable as the first one. When the
joint resolution authorizing the Secre-
tary of the Navy TO charter a steamship
to carry the grain which has been con-
tributed to the starving people of Russia
by warm hearted Americans had been
was made to get unanimoue consent to
take it up in the House, Kilgore upended
himself and shouted II object" The
next day, when the resolution came be-
fore the House again, Kilgore was joined
by numerous members of the peanut
wing OF -he democratic party in oppos-
ing the resolution and in spite of solid
republican vote and the assistance of
some democrats the resolution was de-
feated, thus making the charity and hui
mainly of America a by-word and a re-
proach 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
practical purposes. There has been just
one "bill' day, but so heavily loaded
were the members with good, bad and
Indifferent bills, mostly the two latter,
that it became necessary to suspend the
call of States when Ohio had been called,
in order to give the clerks chance to
get the avalanche of bills recorded. The
duplication of bills, particularly those
aimed at the present tariff law, were so
numerous that man suggested the ap-
pointment of a tariff editor by the demo-
cratic caucus before the next "bill" day.
The same might also be said about sill
yer.
Representative Otis, of Kansas, is cyl
IDENTIFY a man not easily ratified by the
immensely of an undertaking or he
would not have so nonchalently intro
duced his bill to change the monetary
system, to reduce interest, and to pro-
vide for making loans on land. Perhaps
Mr.. Otis thinks the monetary system of
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 in
PRODUCED 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, eyer prone to do
wrong, all of the efforts of the law
makers since there were lawmakers, have
been unavailing and usury has existed
and will exist, because when a man is
compelled to avert commercial ruin he
will not stop to count the cost, nor will
he inform on the usurer.