The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-02-26
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent

All aboard for Chicago and the World
Fair This evening goodly portion o.
Congress, accompanied by their wives
sisters, cousins and aunts, and number
OF newspaper men, start for Chicago
upon the invitation Of the Worlds Fail
Committee of that city, to see for them
selves what preparations are being made
for the great Exposition of next year
II vill simply be jolly picnic for the
great majority, but there are few sharp
eyes along that will not be dimmed by
champagne and Havana cigars, which
will seek for stern facts without preju.
dice for or against the management of
the Worlds Fair.
The Republicans of the House practi-
cally have the fate of the free coinage
bill In their hands. That seems queer
statement, in view of the fact that the
Democrats are more than two thirds of
that body, but it is nevertheless strictly
true, as matters stand at this writing. A
big majority of the Democrats favor tie
bill. and have signed a petition to the
Committee on Rules asking that date
be set for its consideration, but the Dem
ocratic minority is relentless in its oppo.
sition, and by a count of noses it has
been discovered that it may be defeated
outright If the Republicans will vote
with them against it, or it may be de.
feated by fillibustering if the Republi.
cans will join with them in not voting,
thus breaking a quorum whenever an at
tempt is made to get it before the House,
and, it is said, that negotiations are now
under way between the anti.silver Dem
ocrats and the Republicans looking to
such bargain. There are some Repub-
licans who will not join them, as they
intend voting for the bill, but how many
is not known.
The Senate Finance Committee has re-
ported adversely on the bill providing
Tor an income tax to be applied to the
payment of pensions, ETC., on the ground
that such legislation cannot constitution
ally be originated by the Senate. Seve-
raj similar bills are in the hands of a
House committee, where no constitu-
tional obstacle prevents action on them.
Representative Morse, of Massachu.
sets, thinks the Inter State Commerce
law is one of the things that ought to 20,
and he has introduced bill for its re-
peal.
The proceedings of the Behring Sea
Commission, now sitting in this city, are,
of course, secret, but there is always a
tiny leak through which news escapes,
and the news which has escaped is not
altogether favorable to the satisfactory
settlement of the questions which are to
be arbitrated, owing to the failure of the
to agree as to the cause of
the great decrease in the number of fur
bearing animals. There have been some
silly rumors to the effect that the British
Com missioners are Intentionally delaying
IN agreement 40 as to give the Canadian
,ealers chance to get into Behring Sea
1t the expiration of the temporary agree.
ment, before another one is made, but
none of our officials believe them.
Senator Pugh, Of Alabama, predicts ,
Hill and Gray rs the Democratic Ma.
ional ticket.
The last State dinnerof the season was
,iven at the White House this week to
he Supreme Court.
The Senate and House Committees on I
agriculture have an opportunity TO show J
n their action upon the anti.option bills Q
efore them whether the Farmers AL 3
ance, backed by the agricultural masses
the country and many people in the a
tiles who are morally opposed to specu v
ating in grain, ETC., believing it 10 be v
are more influential with them C
han the grain and stock brokers from p
he big cities, who are here in droves 8
pending their money literally to defeat
he bill. All of the hearings, for and e