The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-05
WASHINGTON LITTER.


W hBhANuIDNt ~ Asl guy 50 Alo.s-
The Worlds Fair appropriation Is now
struggling in the house with the Intense heat
and the obstructive tactics Of those opposed
TO It. The first Is driving some Of its friends
away, and the last Is being engineered by
Representative 0ushwaite, Of Ohio who
claims to have the pledges Of httY-one menu
bers TO stay hero until December, If necessary
70 defeat the appropriation. number OF
those who opposed the appropriation are OPP
posed on principle 70 the iilibusterlng
against &c after, by vote OF 1lS to 107, the
house had dec AIRED itself IN favor Of ii, and
few people believe that the nlibusterer- can
succeed. II is Of course, possible that dead
lock may enBue and the session be indehntte-
ly prolonged, but the impression Is general
that the contest viii be short and that
congress viii sdjourn next week.
The Republican senate, feeling somewhat
ashamed Of not having taken any action on
the house bills for the admission OF Arizona
and New Mexico to the Union, has adopted
resolution authorizing the committee
on territories TO visit those terri
tories and Utah and Oklahoma during
the recess In search Of information. This 10
humbug. Senators can obtain no more
information about those territories by per
sODal visit than is already III their possession.
Mr.. Harrison has, / am informed BY good
authority, sent a confidential messenger TO
Andrew Carnegie imploriDg him TO come 70
the rescue Of the protective tariff and the
Republican party by ordering settlement
Of the Homestead strike. Mr.. Harnsonis
man Carter who was az the White House
this week told him that some arrangement
must be made that would be satisfactory to
the locked-Oub men, or organized labor
would hold the Republican party responsible
for the whole affair.
Senator Vest SELDOM fails to start the
heavy rosrers Of the Republican menageTie
when he opens bis batteries, and bis mastery,
although hastily prepared, answer 70 Senator
Aldnch's long aud carefully studied out
defense of the Republican policy Of protect
ing favored classes at the expense of the
masses, was no exception In that respect.
He cited the Homestead carnage as proof OF
the tTuthfuintss of Senator Aldrich's state
ment that the most amieable relations existed
between employers and employees In the
| United States, and TO show that the Rhode
Island acknowledgements alb ubthe agrieult Irtl
| prosperity Of the country Was no nearer being
true, Mr.. Vest stated that the price OF farm
lands. which was the test OF agricultural
prosperity, had steadily gone down In Mis-
souri, aud the other largely agricultural
states, and the statement was greeted with
roar of dissatisfaction from Paddock, Davis,
| PettigreW, and Allison, on the Republican
side. Mr.. Vest then compelled Senator
Allison to admit that be had made q speech
IN which be said that the Iowa farmers had
not been benefited by the duty on wool, and
the only explanation Allison could give for
bis change of front was that he had changed
his mind. He made strong point on the
question of who pays the tariff tax by quot
| tug A letter written 70 Mckinley by an Irish
car driver in Washington, who had TO pay 50
duty on a dozen pairs of socks sent TO bin by
his mother iRIreiand, saying that he had read
| McKfnley's speeches stating that the tariff
tax was paid by the foreigners, and asking
to what foreign government he should apply
| 10 have that 50 refunded. OWN the senator
| A III Dl. lu cd tar
PsscO. ''If it ever comes, will" replied
Mr. Vest.
Senator Carlisle replied to that portion Of
| Senator AldTtch's speech which attempted to
turn into Republican campaign material the
facts brought out by the senate cOmmittee, Of
which AldFieh was chairman and Carlisle and
| Harris the Democratic members, tn manner
which convicted the Rhode Islander of In
tense partisanship, not to give 1t worse
name.
in view of the criticism Of the manner in
| which the examinations Of national banks
has been conducted under this admintstra-
| tion. Mr.. HarrisOn's selection Of A. B. Hep
burn, who has been the examiner Of national
| banks for New York city, 70 be comptroller
of the currency, vice Lacey resigned, 10
become president OF Chicago national bank,
ls not regarded as movement towards
reform.
Representative Coombs, of New York, Is
chairman of q subcommittee Of the house
commerce committee, has been authorized 70
investigate the Reading railroad coal deal
during the recess. The other members oil the
committee are Patterson Of Tennessee, Lind,
Of Minnesota, StoTeT, Of Ohio, and Wise oil
Virginia, ex-oficiO, who is chaiTmen Of the
commerce committee,
Mr. Harrison might be excused for chuck
ling little when Senators Quay and Gamer
on were compelled, BY lack Of support in
the shape OF votes, to Withdraw their oppO'
sitioR to the confirmation Of Mr.. shiras al
La justice of the supreme court, thu
acknowledging themselves 10 be knocked cut