Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1892-12-15
WASHINGTON Letter.
Hrom our regular correspondent
Warrington, ID. e.,
~ a Nal.a

concerning the finances of the
Government for the next fiscal
wear. According TO these liz
ures, instead OF tue deficit
which nearly everybody dnclud
ing Secretary FJ@ier hmseiD
vito has given the matter care
iul study has predicted for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1894
there viii be a surplue OF nearly
so, 900, 600 This is puroly and
sImp Is Il Republican trick. aud
it was Incorporated ia Ar. liar
fisogs message for no other
purpose tEal TO enable the 10
pn5dcins 70 charge shen the ex
pected Geac.t comes that 1t was
crcuCht about by Democratic
Wastrinigsss and extravaganza
Ar. Harrison mas, have felt
ashamed of the figures himself
tor lac took care 10 qua ify thsm
by several very important 'ifs"
aud butts II thar deficit is
avoided 1t will be by the exercise
of Democratic stateemansLip
aud economy in the present Con
gress, and if the Republican
Senators valns the good will Of
the country they would better
not attempt To increase TIE sp-
Precipitation bills as they will &c
passed by House.
Representative Hooker oil
Mississippi, is very sanguine
that the bull introduced by him
changing the time for the meet
ing of Congress from December
TO March will become "A Law.
He is certain that it Will get
through the Hiuse, and haa as
s%uraaces from Senators whi3h
causes him to believe that i. Will
not be seriously opposed in the
Senate, aud there is no reason
10 believe that Mr. Harrison
would willingly sign the bill.
Should it become q Law the
fist regular session Of the Fifty
third Congress wsuld begin
next March instead of next De
ceIber.
Representative Allen or "Pti-
vatc John Allen of Mississippi"
as his friends call him, enjoys
tue reputation of being ine VIZ
test man IN Congress, and his
summary OF ar. HarTisUn's mes
sage-fhe message sounds
like a motion for a new trial, but
| do not think tho country is
going to grant it,"-has d~eiract
ed nothing from hIs reputation.
Republican Senators are to be
siven an opportunity to show
whether they have bssn honest
ia their talk against the present
silver law. Senator Hill has in
irOduced q bill for the repeal OF
that law. and n similar bill has
been introduced in the House by
Representative VI illiams, OF 1as
sachusstts.
Senator Vest wants TO know
who is responsible for the per
nicioGs activity" in behalf OF the
Republican party displayed by
employees of the Census bureau
during the late campaign, and
he has offered resolution for
a little investigation, anu in {
few remarks thereon, he stated
that he had been informed that
the chief of a Census bureau di
vision who was arrested and
jailed under AN assumed name
f)i trying to work a scheme 10
keep $50 democratic voters IN
The State of New YorL Away
from the polls bad, after having
his resignation asked for and
given, been rewarded for his az
tempted dirty work by being
given 4 better place iG the Gov
ernmeEt service.
There is some difference Of
opinion as to whether Senator
Fryes bill providing for a com
prshensivo system of CONNER
cial enmity to Canadian inter
ests is a bi1ff made at the re-
quest of tina administration, or
whether it really embodies tue
Senators sentiment on the sub
ject. The agitation about that
old treaty siih England, pro-
hibiiing war ships on the Great
lakes is ia the category.
The names OF a number ofgen
Ilemen, including Representa-
tives McMillin, of Tennessee i
Breckenridge, of Kentucky, of
Wilson, of West Virginia and
Bynum of Indiana, have been
mentioned a. possible candi-
dates for the Speakership ofthe
next House. bu: neither OF them
has announced himself az n can.
didats. Speaker Crisp is the on !
~ candidate yet in the field, but
il is expected that as soon as
it shall be positively known
when the next House will meet
there will be others.
The bill which has been intro
duced in the House by Repre-
sentative Rayner, of Maryland,
providing for the establishment
of a national quarantine, has
been very %favorsbly received,
and the indications are that it
will become q law.
A Democratic Senatorial eau
Gus has appointed a committee