The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-12-16
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LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
rrsa Our Regular Csrrespsndent.


Mr.. HARRISON has ALWAYS beer
credited with being personally
above trickery, but that belief has
been a httle shaken by his accept.
ance of the tricky figures of Sec.
rotary Charles Foster, concerning
the finances of The Government
Tor the next fiscal year. Accord.
ing to these figures, instead of the
deficit which nearly everybody
(including Secretary Foster him.
SELF who has given the matter
careful s,udy has predicted for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1898,
there will he a surplus Oi $4,000.
600. This is purely and simply a
Republican trick, aud it was incor-
porated in Mr.. Harrison's message
for no other purpose than to ena.
BILE The Republicans to charge
when the expected deficit comes
that it was brought ab0u, by Dem
Ocratic wasiefulnesS and eXlrava.
gance. Mr.. Harrison must have
felt ashamed of The figures him
self, for he took care 10 qualify
them by several very important
Ills" and 'buts." II that deficit is
avoided it will be by the X frcise
of Democratic craftsmanship and
economy in the present Congress,
and ii The Republican Senators
value The good will Of The country
they would better not attempt 10
increase the appropriation bills as
they will be passed by The House.
Representative Hooker, of Mis-.
sissippi, is very sanguinle that The
bill introduced by him changing
the time for the meeting OF Con
gress from December 10 March,
will become IA law. lie is certain
that it will get through the House,
and has assurances from Senators
which causes him to believe that
it will not be seriously opposed IT.
the Senate, and there is reason to
believe that Mr.. Harrison would
willingly sign the bill, Should it
become a law. the first regular ses-
sion of the Fiity.thlrd Congress
would begin next March in >lead Of
next December.
Representative Allen, or "Pri.
vate John Allen, OF Mississippi"
as his friends call him, enjoys The
reputation Of being the wiliiest
man In Congress, aud his summa-
ry Of Mr.. Harrison's message
The message sounds like IA motion
for u new trial, but | do not think
the country is going 10 grant it,"
has de,racted nothing from his
reputation.
Republican Senators are 10 be
gwen an opportunity TO show
whether they have been honest in
their talk against the present sll.
yer law. Senator Hill has intro
duced a bil! for the repeal of that
law, aud a similar bill has been
introduced in the House by Rep,
resentatlve Williams, at Mas,a
chusetts.
Senator Vest wants 10 know
who is responsible for The "perni
cious aclivito" in behalf Of the Re.
publican party displayed by EN-.
ploycs ol the Census Bureau dur
ing the late campaign, and he has
offered IA resolution for Il lille III
vestigalion, and in a lew remarks
thereon he stated that he had been
Informed that the Chief of a Cen.
sus Bureau division who Was ar
rested and jailel under an a-sum.
ell name lOr trying 10 work a
scheme to keep $50 Democratic
voters in the State OF New York
away from the polls had, after hav.
ing his resignation asked Tor and
given, been rewarded for his at
tempted dirty work by being a
better place in the Government
service.
There is some difference of opin
ion as TO whether Senator Frye's
bill providing for a comprehensive
system Of commercial enmity To
Canadian interests is a bluff made
at the request of The adminislra.
lion, or whether 1t really embodles
the Senator's sentiments on the
subject. The agitation about that
old treaty with England prohibit,
ing wal ships on the great lakes is
in The same category.
The name of a number of zen
tlemen, including Representative
McMillin, of Tennessee; Brecken
ridge, of Kentucky; Wilson, oil
West Virginia /; and Bynum, of
Indiana, have been mentioned as
probable candidates for The Speak.
erslnp 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 il is expected that as
soon as il shall be positively known
when the neAt House will meet
there will he Others.
The bill which has been intro.
duced in The House by Kepre.en-
'ative Rayner, Of Maryland, pro
vidlng tor The establishment Of a
national quarantine, has been Ia.
vorably received, and The indica-
iions are that il will become a
Law.
A Democratic Senatorial caucus
has appointed a committee TO look
out for Democratic interests; also
ono 10 confer wieh Democrats in
the Stale Legislatures in which al.
tempts are being made to trick the
Democrats out of Senators,