The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-11-25
lFsop. Our Regular Correspondent
OUR WASHINGrON LETTER.


sion Roll Troubling the Treas
ury-The Civil Service HumbmE "a
Hotel Keepers and an extra 9
Session OF Congress. :,
WAsHlNGroS ID. g.. Nov % 1892. ri
Mr. H,rrison has borne his defeat ~
such a manly way tina, he has won me !
respert aud admiration OF even Tue
.,sunchest democrats. The members 81
Ma Cabinet have had little TO say, al ,
though il was well known that more
than one Of them might have said some
very interesting things had they been 40
,isposed. This being the situation.
sensation was created IN high repuoii-
can circles v hen jpvisl secretary husN
opeu,d his ammunition box ana nren
red hot sho, straight Al the head OF me
man who has been privately charged uV
Mr. Hsrrison's close personal iriends
with having exerted his powerful innu-
ence in the republican party TO lessen
The vote for Mr.. Harrison. Although
Secretary Rnsk called no name. he made
~ AZ plain as though he had spoken
Through tho most powerful trumpet ever
made. that in his opinion James "
Rlaipe. the tx. he I'd Of the Harrison Cab
met. was the traitor upon whose hean
the wrath of the republican party should
be poured.
i n il learned from trustworthy sources
that Mr.. Harrison was averse to such
abatement being made by any member o.
MA Cabinet. not because he believed II
. lnntrue but because he thought II un-
aiynfieh and unnecessary: bot Secre-
,arv Rusk. who has had il IN for Blaine,
g hmm ne once admired so much that ne
, named his son after him, ever since las'
simmer. when Blaine tried to deprive
him of the credit for restoring the Eur
; opean privileges OF the American hog
3 and later 10 use him TO defeat Mr.. Har-
rison's denomination. in his own Ian.
p yu,pe: tried 10 make = traitor OF me
: lie might have held in until he was out
g Of Office. but for his accidental discovery
a ~ uu6isputahle evidence that Mr.. Blaine
a had much To do with the loss OF his o. n
!. STATE. which he worked go hard to keep
a IN the republican column. That seft'en
!. IL: he had TO have his say. aud II was 10
. pret,y close accord with what many
= members Of his party think without say
a ing
n The question of pensions is one OF the
A. most important that the coming ADMIN
b. iatratian ana congress will have 10 dea
~ With: il directly affects every man
g. woman and child in the United states
I, /. now CERTAIN that there VIII ne
n aeficirncy OF S35 900 600 for the curren
u ii zeal wear. which must be appropriate
fe Al this session OF congress, ana thos
n. who ought To know estimate the amour
that will be required tor the fiscal yea
a. beginning Iuly l, 1898. which must Ais
D. h. appropriated Al this session, ~ some
~ V here in the neighbnrhood OF $2O,Ooo
ut 900 II il difficult for human inteilec
~. 20 comprehend the immensely OF The pil
Of money Represented bv these figure
ks II represents more than % for each ~
up habjtant of the country. and Secretar
ng Foster OF the Treasury predicts that o.
ng fore the close Of CiAvelsnd's administr
re- ton it will take $3.50 100000 = year
OF nav the pensions-more than All u
other expenses OF the country added Y
ia, vsther. II ia scarcely TO be wondered
lts that the old ide,, cbsmpionef N y
rec House some years ago By Hon. VIM.
ne. Morrison, OF Illinois. Of raising I
out u ,ney to pay pensions bv imposing
no. income tax. should be revived At y
ON time. II pension expenditures are
vas keep growing, some exraordiua
fed method Of raising the money Wall .
o. tainlv have to be resorted TO. and Z
mode would seem 10 be strictly just.
There il so much rivalry amo
Washington democrats to be memo
~. of the citizens committee when
IVY make the arrangements for the 10
~ largely attended Inauguration
'enr, country has ever had. that it has resu'
~" in a more or less bitter wrangle Tor
~ control, between the National conn
NJ" ,eemsn for the District OF Column
80 ~ who took the matter In his own mar
, . and forwarded the names OF geutle'
y - TO be members Of the committee to en-
man Harrity Tor his approval ana
central democratic committee, W.
believes that II should have selected
inaugural committee. Full details
the claims OF both siies have been
warded to chairman Htrrity, and his
cision will be cheerfully accepted oy
parties. -,
Teddy" Roosevelt, the Preside'
one Of the greatest American humu
1.-The civil service commission, mas
30 " gotten all about the numerous pros
"oo'. lions he was going to make Tor vion
snee' Of the law by various individual
pa."- soliciting campaign contributions
)" '"e federal employees. previous 10 tne
ton. and IL now lying awake n'gh
os9 IS IND mn nm schemes 10 keep the demo
S77 Al out OF the patronage TO which
10 IS should he entitled after the four
s73 81 March next. by extending the civil
20 81 v;ce n branches Of the Governme
IA a.. which II never would have been
from tended had Harrison been re-eIs
citing Mr.. Harrison has so far refused e
~ INC dorse this scheme TO keep repub'
ria OF in office under democratic admin
tion by issuing the necessary ORD
carry Il into effect, but he may be
ulletin r;sd into II vet.
usston The people Of this country have
egards against perpetual Office holding.
TO one domocratic congress might take a 4
nd the - Ia ,his old humbug die for the
" seed. ~ an appropria,ion. The tears
ing the "a lev and they wouldn't be
's. ana democratic eyes, or any leading re