The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-02-26
Washington Letter.


Renresentative Springer, chairman Of
the WAYS and Means committee, and
Representative Bland. chairman OF the
coinage committee, both assured your
correspondent that there was not the
slightest foundation for the stories that
have been recently told about these com
mittees antagonizing each other on the
floor of the House Mr.. Bland says that
himself and all the rest of the free com
age Democrats are Just rs anxious TO see
the bills passad putting wool, cotton ties
and binding twine on the free list, which
have been prepared 10y the Ways and
Means committee. rs they are TO pass
the free coinage bill and that they have
never had any intention OF antag-
onizing any of them. They only ask
that n time 5e set for the consideration
of the free coinage bill. and they will ut
ter no complaint if the committee on
rules decide that their bill be taken up
after the tariff bills are passed.
The story that Mr. Mills intended Of
fering an entire tariff bill as a substitute
for the first one Of the tariff bills taken
up bv the House, had just as little
foundation. MI Mills has no idea OF
doing ANYTHING of the kind, He favors
( each Of the bills prepared 10y the Ways
| and Means committee, the only differ
! ence of opinion between himself and the
majority of the committee being that
/ he would like To see the entire tariff re-
/ formed at one time, instead OF going at
| it by piecemeals. He will heartily sup
port each of the bills, as steps IN the
| right direction.
| Congress, or as many of its members
rs can spare the time from important
| committee work, will leave here for CHI
cago to night. rs guests OF the World :
I Fair committee of that city, returning
next Wednesday morning.
Representative Rayner, Of Maryland,
this week delivered one of the strongest
speeches against trusts ever heard on the
floor Of the House. He reminded the
| Republicans that neither the Interstate
Commerce law nor the sherman act,
passed mt the last session of Congress,
, had prevented the continued formation
| of the trusts and combinations which IT
was their alleged purpose to eradicate:
that trusts still blUSsOmed and iiOurlshed
! as they accumulate in every CONNER
cial centre; that they still detied the law
and the jurisdiction and mandates OF the
courts, and that they still, with arrogant
front and bold pretensions, executed
their purposes without the slightest feaT
of inflicted punishment or the slightest
concern about any encTOaChment upon
their perogative They are so power
ful and influential that the legislatures
of the states seem to tremble ut then
presence, and the Congress of the United
States had stood by with folded
hands and permitted them, with an iron
heel, to trampie upon the rights of the
people.
The committee to investigate the Pen
sion Office has had a room assigned it in
the capitol building, and it will hold
daily sittings of several hours until it,
work is completed. Representatives
Cooper, of Indiana, and Enloe, Of Ten
nessee, will assume the positions of pros
; ecutors, they being thoroughly familiar
with most of the charges brought against
the bureau. Chairman Wheeler, Of the
investigation committee, says he enters
upon the investigation without preju-
dice, and that he will be governered en-
tirely by the evidence presented to the
I committee
The House committee on manufac
lures has designated Messrs. J. ID, Warn
er, NJ d. Egan, Sherman HOar and
Ezra b. Taylor a subcommittee to con
duct the investigation of the Sweating
system, authorized by resolution Of tn,
House. Mr.. Sherman Hoar viii act u
Secretary 10 the subcommittee, and h,
will be glad 10 hear from any person:
| desiring to aid in finding ont about thi
business. 1t Is expected that the tirS
hearing before the committee viii tax,
place the latter part Of next week.
The House adopted a resolution call
: ing upon the Postmaster General for IN
, formation relating to contracts made un
der the ocean mail subsidy act Re
preventative Enloe Is the author OF tin
resolution, and he wishes to use the in
, formation asked for in preparing an ar
e gument in favor of his bill for the re
peal of the subsidy act, which he Is con
tident will be passed by the House.
Democrat absentees are giving tn
e leaders OF the House a great deal o
' trouble, and now that the serious busl
ness of the session is getting before tn
! | House the continuation OF this practlc
will prove very embarrassing, as 1t ena
+ bles the Republicans to tie the Hous
+ up at any time by refusing to vote, thu
a breaking a quorum, as was done sewers
+ times this week
The Indian appropriation bill, whIc
IL SO, ,4I5, ,O55 less than the one passe
e last year, which carried 50, GA, S9S I
e pay for lands purchase from varioU
d tribes, is now being considered by II
- House. No time has been set to clio,
| debate uDon it Nj