The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-05-06
Washington Letter.

WASHINGTON, ID. c. April3O lS92.
Mr.. Harrison did not return from ms
visit to New York feeling in very good
humOr. The egotism of the man Is so
great that he expected to have secured
pledges of support from the New ork
bosses and his failure to do 50 made ms
Disappointment CorreSpondlngly great.
The fact was commented on here that
on the day he was in the metropolis the
Republican dailies of that city, aS II 10y
agreement, were full of talk about the
probability of Blaine after all becoming
the candidate. Nh Harrison must have
regarded this as significant; 1t was Ger
tainlv so regarded here. Whatever the
outcome. it Is apparant to even the mcst
casual observer that the Harrison boom
Is rapidly losing ground here.
The naval appropriation bill, recently
passed by the House, has been reported
To the Senate with amendments largely
increasing the appropriations for new
ships. Senator Daniels amendment
appropriating $500, 900 for the interna-
tional naval review next year was re
duced to S5O, 900.
The substitute for the House Chinese
exclusion bill, which was passed 10y the
Senate early this week, Is IN the hands
of IA conference committee, and although
the sentiment of the House Is strongly
in favor of a more rigid exclusion than
i possible under the present laws, which
the Senate substitute extends for ten
wears from expiration, it Is regarded as
probable that the House may accept II
rs the most that can toe gotten from tae
Senate.
The House Judiciary committee will
report resolution authorizing an in
vestigation of the Pinkerton detective
agencies. The resolution to be reported
is a substitute for the one offered by
Representative Watson of Georgia, sew
eral months ago, which contained
charges against the Pinkerton system.
Representa- Bryan's bill placing
lumber on the free list, which Is du-.
phcation of the lumber section of the
old Mills tariff bill, would have been re-
ported to the House this week by the
WavS and Means committee, If the Re
publican members of that committee
had not requested a poStponement of
final action until the next meeting of
the committee.
James Il. Young, the depOsed eXecu-
tive clerk of the Senate having failed TO
get the Senate to investigate the charges
of betraying executive secrets under
which he was dismissed, Is now endeav-
oring to have an investigation of the
charges made by the standing commit
tee of newspaper correspondents, IN
charge of the press galaries of Congress,
the ground being that if the charges be
true he is not entitled to the privileges
of those galleries, as a reputable news
paper correspondent.
Senate. Hill said, speaking of the ap
portionment of New York: The APP
portionment is both morally right and
constitutiOnally correct. The pretence
of the Republicans that it is unconstitu-
tional will avail them nothing. The
courts must and will decide against them,
because their claims are frivolous and
ungrounded. For seven years the Re
pubicans refused to take an enumera-
ton, to make an appOrtiOnment when
they had an opportunity to do so them
selves, and now they must suffer the
consequences OF their folly"
Everyone regrets, and none more than
the gentleman himself, that Representa-
tive Enloe. in a burst of temper, called
Commissioner Raum a liar. 1t was an
unfortunate occurrence, viewed from
anv standpoint. True, Mr.. EnlOe con-
! tends that Mr.. Raum had III a private
| conversation admitted doing the thing
| which he so positively denied when testi-
| fving to the House committee, but his
! testimony could have been officially con-
| tradicted disprOved without the use of
| language that should never be permissi-
| ble among gentleman.
Chairman Hatch of the House Agri-
| cultural committee, expects to get his
! anti-option bill before the House as soon
as the free binding twine bill is disposed
! of. He thinks the bill Will pass, but its
| opponents are we're active and say they
expent to defeat it.
Senator Sherman was evidently acting
| under instructions when he amended
| Senator Teller's resolution calling upon
/ the president for information concern
| the international monetary conference,
| which rumor says has been arranged for,
with the words IF not incompatible
with the public interests, for Mr.. Har-
rison in his letter in answer to the reso-
luton says: lin my opinion, it would
not be compatible with the public inter.
est to lay before the Senate at this time
the information requested" He prom
ises that the Senate shall have the infor-
nation Eat the earliest moment after
definite information can properly bt
| given" which probably means when il
can best be used to aid the Republican
interests in the coming presidential
campaign. There Will be some interest
ing talk in the Senate on Mr.. Harrison
letter.