Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1892-03-11
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.



ll.I-' "t Repre-, Is a dO-nuth-
Iue hndy either makes Il wilful mis-
80 ''ucut or l. ignorant OF the facts,
W'u.h speak for themselves. The
So 'b "i "a" House i far ahead OF that
. 'H. House 81 the last Congress at
rio. -tmc period. For instance, it has
'lu Adv PASSED three appropriation
hi,'--thv Crgcnt Deficiency, the Mill
tr, Academy and the Indian-and is
'u'hius rapid progress in the consider
,ii'n of the fourth onc-thc District of
t'lumlll-whllc the first appropria-
uHn TIL was not passed 10y the House
of The last Congress until the 3lst of
March. Besides this, the reporting Of
thc three tariff bills as early as the first
ui March Is something unhcard Of in
'ungrcS,ionnl history. IN addition
90 what has been done on the floor of
th" lInus" j. the hard work done by
ga" committees. which was never fur
th'r advanced 1T this period in any
hf,t session. Iu give II clear idea of
bow far tins work is advanced, Repre-
-rutllItc CatChingS stated that if it
w,rr necessary every one Of the appro-
rthtiun bills, except the general def
p'ucv winch j. necessarily the last
one taken up 10y the committee, could
&c. r,prrtcd to the House within a
w,,k Instead of being slow, the ma
I'itt Of the House have proven them
-,l,'- h'.>tlcrs when compared with
tnur Rcpuhllcan predecessors.
\rNt Monday. the House will vote
ga the resolution reported by the
committee on Rules naming the 22d,
~ and 9th of March for the consid-
'iHlinu uf the Free Coinage bill. If
tins resolution is adopted, as now
seems probable, Notwithstanding the
talk 81 combination of Republicans
aud anti->llyCr Democrats to defeat it,
the passage Of the Free Coinage bill
may be- set down rs certain.
How long asked Democratic
senator, would Congress consent to
hold IT. daily sittings, of but few
hours each. in IA building it knew to be
unsafe and unhealthy? Not long, YOU
may hc sure. Look ut the speed with
which u resolution ordering an exami-
nation made by experts was rushed
through short time ago, upon bare
newspaper intimation that the sewer
age OF the Capitol was in bad condi-
ton. And yet, year after year it
leaves three thousand men and women
the employees of the Government
Printing Oilicc-in a building that has
been described 10y sanitary experts as Il
death trap, and 10y architects and
builders ~ fire trap Now this
isn't consistent. One class Of Govern
mcnt employees are not entitled to Il
.aic aud healthy place to work in, any
more than any other class" There is
good sense in these remarks, even in
tins year of rctrenchmcnt and reform
IN public expenditures and it would
Toe good politics" for the Democrats
e. provide (what Republicans haze
neglected to do) for a new Government
Printing Office building; it would en-
rha-ihr the claim always made by the
democratic party, that it is the friend
ui the wage-worker.
The Democratic leaders of the House
have been unfortunate in having i'm
pprlant legislative plans upset by i'll
ness during the present session. 1t
had been all arranged that immediate
" alter the reports upon the three
tariff hllls-irce wool, free binding
twlnc and free cotton ties and bagging
were presented to the House, the
free wool till should be called up and
the tariff debate opened with Il set
speech 10y Chairman Springer. The
reports were made on Tuesday, but
owing To the serious illness of Mr.
Springer the opening of the debate had
to he postponed until next Tuesday,
when MIR McMillin will lead off for the
Democrats
Representative Mills is confined to
his bed with II painful attack OF erysip-
,laS in his ankles, and his physician
says he will not he able to resume his
duties for week or two.
II Is now estimated that the total
amount of the regular appropriations
that will be passed by the present
House will be about sos 100000 less
than what was appropriated ut the
last session Oi the last Congress. That
means one dollar less for each man,
Woman and child in the United States.
Speaker Crisp says he proposes to
allow the members of the House to do
their own voting, Notwithstanding the
decision of the Supreme Court in favor
OF Reeds counted quorum" A
thing may be legal and yet not be
right.
"Onc year from to-day" said Sena-
tor Hill this morning, a. shall attend
the Inauguration of Democratic Pres
Idcnt
Alter an unusual amount of oratory
had been poured out on the subject,
the senate voted ON the Idaho Sena.
torial contest just as it was known
from the first that it would yote--in
favor Of Dubois.
Representative Sayers has had
printed in the Congressional Record a
table showing the unexpended appro-
priations for public buildings now in
course of erection and the amounts re-
quircd 10 complete them. A glance at
this table will show why it is neces-
sary To curtail appropriations for new
buildings ut this session. Dem.
DIR. Gums Onion Syrup.