The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-21
LAMENTATIONS CAPITAL
WHAT THE LAW MAKERS ARE DOING
WASHINGTON, April Is, 1892

WAsHINGToN, April Is, 1892.
The anti-H arrison republican SEN
ators are we'll nigh at the end Of
their wits. The trouble IS that they
can find no one to fight Harrison
with. After the withdrawal Of Gull
LON some of them thought that Al
ger might fill the bill, and be was
sert for to talk the matter over. He
has been here several days, bat be
hasn't ma de much progress; on the
contrary be has got to the end OF his
rope, SIS has been told that after ma-
ture consideration it had been deci>
ded that the little episode concerning
bis war record had made him an nd
possibility, and that the best thing
be could do would be for him 10
withdraw. Ex-Czar Reed could
have the support Of the anti-H arrl-
son men, if it were not for Mr..
Blaine's opposition to him; it has
been rendered to Mckinley bot he
would not accept it. Secret confer>
ences are being nightly held, but the
indications are not favorable to the
antl'-, at least not from the ont
side.
Teddy" Roosevelt made a strike
when that resolution authorizing an
investig of the violations Of the
civil service law Charged by him 10
a report made last year to Mr.. Har-
rison) by Federal officials in Bslti-
nore was introduced in the House.
He has long been trying to find out
Why Mr.. Harrison pigeon-holed that
report. The House Committee on
Rules will let Mr.. Harrison say why
no action was ever taken on that re-
port, and then, if the answer is not
satisfactory, the resolution for an in.
vestlgation will be reported to the
House, and adopted.
Hon, Hugh S. Thompson. the dem
ocratic Civil Service Commissioner,
has rendered bis resignation to Mr..
Harrison, TO take effect May Is.
Every attempt MADE BY the House
TO give the Government more power
over the national banks, thus adding
to their safety as repositories of the
peoples money, has up to this time
been thwarted by the Senate. The
bill which YVES passed by the House
short time ago, prohibiting the
borrowing Of money by officers OF
national banks, except by authority
of majority OF the banks direrto
ries, which every per9on familiar with
the inside histories OF the big nation
al bank failures will acknowledge is
good idea, was promptly saddIed
WITH an amendment in the Senate
which it was known that the House
would not accept, authorizing the
banks to increase their circulation te
the full amount of bonds they have
deposited in the y. 5 Treasury
Which body leglslates for the people
and which for the corporations Tht
House and Senate fairly repreeen
the parties which respectively con
troll them.
Senator Daniel, of Virginia, ha.
introduced an amendment to tn,
Naval appropriation bill, apptoprlu
ting 100000 for the expenses o
the proposed intern s9ional naval re-
view, to be held in New York herbo
and in Hampton Roads in April
1898, IN honor of the opening of tn,
Columoian Exposition at Chicago
The President is directed, as soon al
the appropriation becomes law, t,
invite foreign nations to participate
in the review.
Somebody is doing some very reck
| less swearing In the Pension Office
investigation. Assistant Secretar,
| Bussey fatty contradicted state
ment made by Green B. Raum, Jr.
and called upon the committee Il
Judge which of them had lied.
Secretary Foster undertook tn,
very difficult task of bolstering up al
illegal act-the spending of mone'
received as head tax on immigrant
for alleged Improvements on Eli
Island with an opinion from tn,
Attorney General, clearly made t,
order, and as might have been expec
ted, he made failure of the lob
The alleged opinion is but lawyer
plea; 1t justified the authorizing o
| the expenditure by Assistant Score
| tary Nettleton on the ground tina
the late Secretary Window had con
templated il be had not actually done
| thu eQmo thipu. and