The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-05-12
WASHINGTON LETTER.

affairs OF parsimoniousnt and mean
ness was odd indeed, buG that il pre-
cisely what Representative Amos Cum
miugs of New York did, referring to that
committees action in consolidating the
mission to Denmark with that of Swiizer.
land. In short speech in favor of an
amendment offered by Representative
Post Of Illinois, Mr.. Cummings said: Il
want to rebuke this House for the spirit
Of parsimony exhibited in the endeavor
to consolidate the Danish and Swedish
missions. This bill. SO far as it concerns
those nations, is an insult to 1000, 900 of
our Scandinavian citizens. The commit
tee on foreign affairs has done injustice
not only to the people of Denmark,
which nation is monarchial, but to our
sister republics of South America. Again
want to rebuke this parsimony. 1t
means really, virtually legislating in
favor of the rich sgainst the poor For,
by reducing the salaries of ministers and
consuls, the Offices are placed in the
hands of plutocrats and taken from the
educated, honest laboring or professional
men. lappeal to the House not to place
this government in position whore it
will be regarded by all countries as the
one national miser of the world" The
House then, to the CONSERVATION of
cheese parer ia chief Holman and his
followers in the peanut ring Of the
Democratic party, adopted Mr.. Posts
amendment
The misunderstanding concerning the
Congressional appropriation to aid the
citizens Of Washington to entertain the
members Of the G. A. r. at the coming
national encampmeAt is being cleared up.
if the letter apologizing for having op.
posed it without understanding it which
are coming to the committee in charge
from all sections Of the country, reflect
public opinion.
No Intelligent person who sees or reads
the proceedings of Congress will fail to
agree with ex-Speaker Reeds statement
that the present House is a laughing
stock for gods and men.
Some people are hard to please Frank
Hatton has discovered that in agreeing
to the arbitration of the Behring Sea
arbitration, 1--WE have been partly bull
lied, partly cajoled, and altogether over.
reached" The discovery comes little
late, but it shows Mr.. Hatton to be, in
his own eyes, q greater statesman than
the President or any member of his cabi.
net, which approved the arbitration
treaty without dissenting voice, or any
member Of the Senate, which ratified the
treaty by q unanimous vote. 1t is, of
course, possible that Mr.. Hatton may
see deeper and know more about this
question than any of those who officially
approved of arbitration, lbut it is prob.
able that his digestive organs have been
working badly and have caused him to
look upon everything, life included, for
the time being as a failure. He has had
similar attacks in the'psst
The Democratic members of the House
number just sixty.seven more than
quorum of that body, but so many of
them are constantly away from their
seats that the cry of mo quorum" is be.
coming very common, and of late it il
no exaggeration to say that far more
time has been wasted in calls of the
House" than has been consumed in
transacting business. Aud the worst of
the matter is that majority Of the
Democrats, when some Of their more
sensible colleagues have proposed ways
and means of putting stop to the
absenteeism, seem to regard the whole
matter as huge joke. Perhaps when
they see the returns of the next Con.
gressional elections they will find that
the people who sent them here to attend
to legislative duties have put the Joke on
them by elccting Republican majority
in the next House.
Senators Henderson addressed the Ne.
braska State Republican Association of
this city this evening. Secretary Elkins
told friend that he was perfectly well
satisfied that the name of only one
Presidential candidate would be pre-
sented at the Minneapolis convention,
and that the nomination would be made
by reclamation.
During the last Congress a united
howl went up from the entire Democratic
press because Speaker Reed ordered the
doors to be locked in order to keep q
quorum on the floor Of the House, and
kilgore OF Texas was loudly applauded
by the same press for kicking open one
of the doors. Speaker Crisp had to lock
the doors of the House for the same pur.
pose the other day.
The attempt of the political Miss
Nancy's to get ex-Congressman Allen Of
Michigan in hot water by charging him
with having solicited contributions for
the Republican national committee from
Federal Office holders was fat failure.
The department Of justice investigated
the charge and found it entirely ground.
less.
A visitor to the Wonderland"
Museum show at jamestown, New York
wished to leave before the performance