Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1892-08-05
WASHINGTON LETTER.
wAsnlNeroN. Aug.I.Is92.


The democrats and the assistant Demo
Gratis third party membsrs) Of the House
are in a wrangle, owing to one of the latter
watson. Of Georgia, Having charged in
campaign book he has written that Demo
cratic members has 7eeled around the door
of the House drunk and made mandiin
speeches on public businnss when they had
n stop In the middle of a sentence and ask;
eAfr Sneaker where am al" The charge
made the Democrats very mad aud they at
once passed a resolution for an immediate
investigation Of the charge by special COM
nittee. and it did not ease their lacerated
feelings at all when Mr.. Watson produced
the following members ofthe House before
the committee, and shey unanimously sus-
tanned the charge: Otis, White, Halverson,
Davis Builder, Shell, Clover, Baker, aud Ken.
In addition to these Miss Bessie Dryer tes-
tiled to seeing one member DRINK while
making a speech on the floor Ike commit
tee has net reported, but Democrats already
regret that the investigation was started.
The Democrats are still filibustering
against the Worlds Fair appropriations III the
House, and as last years Sundry civil appro-
priation had only been extended to Saturday
the Government Printing Oafce shut down
Saturday night at II O'Clock, and no work can
be done there until the new bill becomes a
law OF Point resolution extending the old
one is passed and signed by the President
the Senate passed a resolution Saturday ex-
tending the old appropriation to August 9Th
but when Il was attempted to get it through
the House there was objection. Republican
Senators are arm as rocks IN insisting that
no adiourunent shall take place until the
suudry civil bill, with the Worlds Fair ap-
preparation amendment, shall passth House
and it is expected that the Rilibustereis will
be knocked out within the hrst half Of this
week
Representative Oates, Of Alabama, and his
Democratic associate on the House snb-com
mittee, which so precipitately rushed off t
Homestead. acting uuder House resoluti OF
,adopted months before, expecting to Obtain
evidence that would crush the protectiv'
tariff, are now playing towards. All of thu
evidence taken by the committee, haYini
any bearing whatever on the tariff, having
been decidedly favorable to protection, th'
committee has decided not to make any re-
port until the next session Of Congress, on thu
professed ground Of wishing to continue til
: investigation during the recess. It wa
known from the FIRST that the committee pro
posed continuing its investigation during th'
) recess; but its chairman, Mr. Oates, an
nounced with great flourish Of trumpets
: when he expected to make big haul Q
r Democratic campaign material, that a pre-
liminary report would be presented at ono
to the House, and the only reason the pro
gram has been changed is that no honest re
port can be made without directly OF ind
rectIy endorsing the protective tariff au
condemniug free trade.
SsEstof Proctor says he regards strikes
b an evidence Of prospeIity, because they woui
not occur if there was not q great demand fc
I labor The same Senator, that wages
! ali kinds would be reduced at leas. aae-h al
I IN this country if the Democratic nations
platforms declaration for free trade is eve
carried out.
Representative Funston, of Kansas, made
telling hit in preparing the minority repoi
Of the House committee on agriculture, O
the effect ofthe present tariff law upon aR
ricuiture, when he said that the fact that tn
Democrats ia the Honse, having majorit
over the Republicans Of I53, are to adjour
without having made any effort 70 repea
the Mckinley tariff law should settle ID
s uueslion as to whether OF not in the opinio
+ Of the majority Of the House the law is wrou
. aud oppressive. That the agriculturist
+ havhaz hard time no one win dispute, BY
we cannot, however, look back to any bette
times, nor TO 50 good, excepting Of course
war iimesn The report also directs aster
ton to the decrease in the cost Of Twin
since the Mckinley law went into effect, an
asserts that there is not one single article Oh
the list Of American goods that IS not cheape
10 day under protective tariff than i wa
urder the Tree trade Of 1860.
TX Speaker Reed says the battle cry Of th
Z Democrats this year is The Prophet an'
: the ballot box-both stuffed p This eRigra
matte summary or the opposition has al
ready caught the town and it viii probably
catch the country during the resi- o. tbs
campaign.
The President Is suffering, like every oh'
else ia Washington from the heat Of tie pas
week, which exceeded that Of any othei
week since az official record ofthe weathoi
has been kept As soon as Congress ad
iourna tlia President viii join sIra. Harrison
at Loon Lake. remaining there until about
the first Of september, when he viii take uE
/ his residence at his Cape May Point cottage
where his executive work viii 60 on jrst the
same as II he was at the White House.