The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-04-15


Republicans sre no longer doing much
tslking about the do nothing House. :"
Passing two tariff bills--irss WOOL and
free cutton sies aud bsgging IL one
week. i ieyislssiue entirely too sset 10
suis the Republicans. and then tho sub-
ject Of this legislation 10 not . pleasant
one tor them 90 contemplate; Il recalls
memories % the cyclone ~ 80. which
makes their knees shske 81 the pro poets
tor iis duplication next November.
Ii has leaked out that prominent re-
pu blican members Of the Senate Finance
Committee wish 20 dodge the tariff issue
Nv smothering these bills in committee.
that IL not reporting them back 10 the
Senate ~ ali--shey do not wish a. hear.
nor 10 allow the country to hear the tar
IN speech which Senator Carlisle nss
prepared, nor that OF Senator Mile
which Wss not delivered In the House.
became the Senator preferred Il 10 b.
his maiden speech In the Senate
Auo,her reason for wishing 20 smosh-
Ier these bills 10 that there are sever
republican Senators who ere con.idered
10y the republican leaders ~ shsky on
the tariff question. Democratic Ssna-
tors have served uetico on The republic
cans that they would resist the smother
ing process, and intended TO have . vote
|snd discussion, which would show the
country where the Senate staodss and
that may result 10 making the dodgers
toe the mark.
Commissioners Raum's attempt "a
draw the attention Of the country away
from his own shortcomings and mis-
engagement Of the pension bureau. be-
GAUGE man who had been employ cd By
Representative Cooper. OF Indians. had
used that gentlemsn's signature 10 Obtain
Information from the pension ONCE
which be afterwards cold for his own
benefit TO pension ATTORNEYS, Was . hsl
failure; thst Mr.. Cooper knew nothing
about the transactions wss fully shown
BY letters 10 Rsum's possessi N.
1 The ease With which real estate pool
has bsen shufl ling OF deprecated groun
upon the government Ct fabulous price
lie creating much talk. Last year I'll
Washinetoo wondered Why . bill VA
smoothly paced locating the post.
lo6lce on the south side Of Pennsylvania
avenue, in the most disreputable part ol
the CITY. Al least three prices were paid
by Congress for the ground; aud nov
the engineers are trying TO 6nd . f0uu,
dstiOn on the site Ia . swamp and under
water. A plan hes been devised to line
the entire cellar, covering . squsre. with
Portland cement, like . cistern. and Z
dumping apparatus will be used TO keeT
liz dry. TIE cellar will be placed on AZ
foot piles.
/ Last week bill Was presented in thu
Senate TO build . new Patent O6icr Ia
the came locality and on . like founds
ltion 1t . cost Of $500 600 To under.
stand the situation. the reader mus
know that the glory Of Penney Ivanis
Avenue has departed. The low. nm
heal,htul locality. subject TO ovesfiow
has been abandoned for higher ground
three blocks north. on f and g streets
where are nov al the beat stores an,
most Of the government buildings tn.
venue property owners have formed
lobby 10 unload their declining real -
tate upon the government They ars
assisted by the largest paper here. whicf
hss plant on the Avenue, by = s,ndi
cate Of real estate agents, who get
goodly slice IN commissions, aud II !,
lsurmised that there are Members and
SENATORS whose hsnds are not clean
This il more than local scandal. Evers
paper In the country should take loca
Icogniz&nce Of il. add every reader shouie
lcut this article out and send IL 10 hi,
Member OF Congress There are too
many members OF Congress who vot,
'gregariousIy, and hence ignorsntiy
There should be no excuse tor ignorance
when this bill comes 10 = vote
4 Assistsnt Secretary Netileton u III.
..Iguiltv man II IL he who was RESPONSE
ble for the spending. without legal ~
lthoritv, Of large sum OF money II Eli
Island, money that Was certainly rxtrav
agsntly iavished upon favored ronirac
tors. ard which later developments ms,
show 10 nave been dishonesty expemd
led. Immigration sfFsirs have been isk-u
, lout OF NettletOnb hands, but that q no
: Ienough; every member Of the Huu.l
and senate committees on 1n1migrstiOn
which ere conducting this investigs alton
believes that b should BE- compelled &
resign. Superintendent Owen hat
lDothing 10 do With spsoding the money
|but the investigation has made BIZ gen
eral Incompetence % plain that it MAJ
b regarded = certain thst b will hsv'
70 retire.
III AboVSSvcututlv0 9SOo0gy tUUVUUCe&
in the House bill prepared BY Repre-
? sentative Springer. providing tor a.
\ holding Of sn international monetar
Congress. to endesvor to reach q
agreement - to III
relation which should be main
tsined between gold and silver and IN
uniformity in weight and 6nsness o
coins The bill 10 : long one. a0d ~
!. lprepsred By NJ. Springer previous &
: HE late illnes. and since about one.iourt
: Of the Democratic members, Who Be
: lieve that one man, Cleveland, shoul'
dictate the policy Of the party and th
! country. 10 fact Be virtually an Emperor
, voted against the equal coinage Dill o
Bland. u d thought nothing will resuI
. from this bill, either, ~ particularly @ Il
sOcosss depeDds on the monsrchs OF Eu
r0pe
9 Only three Democrats English, O
. New JERSEY, Coburn. Of Wisconsin. an,
tlO'NeiII. Of Miseouri. voted a0ainst n