The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-16
Washington Letter.


but that belief has been little shaken
bv his acceptance of the tricky figures of
Secretary Charles Foster, concerning the |
finances of the Government for the next
fiscal wear. According to these figures,
instead of the deficit which nearly every
body Gncluding Secretary Foster hlm-
self who has given the matter careful
studv has predicted for the fiscal year
ending June 80. 1894, there will he a
surplus of nearly S33, ,OOO, 900. This Is
purely and simply a Republican trick
and If was incorporated IN Mr.. Harr-
sons message for no other purpose than
to enable the Republicans to charge
when the expected deficit comes that II
was brought about by Democratic waste
fitness and extravaganza. Mr.. Harrl-
son must have felt ashamed of the hg-
ures himself for he took care To qualify
them bv several very important IFS
and ..buts 4" If that deficit is avoided
il will Toe bv the exercise of Democratic
statemanship and economy IN the pres
ent Congress, and if the Republican Sen
ators value the good will of the country
thev would better not attempt to increase
| the appropriation bills as they will be
| passed by the House.
| is very sangune that the bill introduced
by him changing the time for the meet
, ing of Congress from December to March
| will become law. He Is certain that 1t
will get through the House. and has as
surance from Senators which causes him
to believe that it will not be seriously
| opposed in the Senate, and there Is rea-
! son to believe that Mr. Harrison would
| hA 1 no
come a law the first regular session of
the Fifty-third Congress would begin
next March instead of next December.
Representative Allen, or Private
| John Allen, of Mississippi as his
friends call him, enjoys the reputation
of being the wittiest man in Congress,
and his summary OF Mr.. Harrison ;
| message-''The message sounds like a
motion for "A new trial. but do not
think the country is going to grant 1t,
has detracted nothing from his reputa-
ton.
| Republican Senators are To- Toe given an
opportunity to show whether they have
been honest in their talk against the
present silver law Senator Hill has in
troduced "A bill for the repeal of that law
and similar bill has been introduced
! ,
of Massachusetts,.
Senator Vest wants To know who is re-
Sponsible for the ''perniclous activity
in behalf of the Republican party dis
played by employees of the census bureau
during the late campaign, and he has
offered a resolution for little investIga-
ton, and in few remarks thereon he
stated that he had been informed that
the chief of a census bureau division who
was arrested and jailed under an assumed
name for trying To work a scheme to
keep 800 Democratic voters in the State
of New York away from the polls had,
after having his resignation asked
for and given, been rewarded for his at
tempted dirty work by being given a
better place in the Government service
There Is some difference of opinion as
to whether Senator Fryes bill providing
for u comprehensive system of CONNER
cial enmity to Canadian interests Is a
bluff made at the request of the admin
istratiOn, o: whether it really embOdies
the Senator's sentiments on the sub
iect. The agitation about that old treaty
with England prohibiting war-ships on
the Great lakes is in the same category.
. The names of number of gentlemen,
including Representatives McMIlleE, OF
Tennessee; Breckenridge, of kentucky
Wilson. OF West Virginia; and Bynum
of Indiana, have been mentioned as
, probable candidates for the speakershiI
of the next House, but neither of them
has announced himself as a candidate
Speaker Crisp is the only candidate yet
in the field, but it is expected that as
| soon as it shall be positively known when
the next House will meet there will bt
others
The bill which has been introduced in
the House 10y Representative Rayner, oi
r Maryland, providing for the establish.
ment of national quarantine, has beer
very favorabIy received, and the indica
tiOnS are that IL will become "A law.
Democratic senatorial caucus ma.
r appointed a committee to look out fol
% | Democratic interests; also one tn confe
with Democrats in the state legislature:
in which attempts are being made Il
trick the Democrats out OF senators.
I Bills for the repeal of the obnoxious
: laws authorizing the employment of L
: :. deputy marshals and election super
visors at the polls have been introduced
; in the House and Senate, although it il
not expected that the Republican Senat,
, will 5e willing to deprive the Democratic
, | Congress OF the honor of wiping thes
laws from the statute books. Still tn,
introduction of the bills at this time i
l an evidence of Democratic good inten
5 tionS that will be appreciated