The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1892-01-22
Warrington Letter.
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Washington, Jan. Is, 1892.
Secretary Blaine gave the members Of
he House committee On foreign Affairs
when they made the formal call upon lin
which Is always paid 70 the Secretary Of
STATE Al the beginning Of the new session
Of Congress, = surprise. They Lad expect
Cd That the Secretary might have some
thing 70 say on ChIlian matters bat not a
word did he SAP about Chill. IusteaJ he
made what wzs evidently = carefully pre-
pared argument urging the commercial i'm
portznce To the United States Of the speedy
building Of tie Nicaragua ship canal, aud
asking that the committee use IT, Influence
70 have the bill nov before Congress on
that subject disposed Of. Tits proposition
-endoFsing the bonds 81 the cana. CON-
pany-hzs at no time stood what " 0uld he
considered even q fair chance 81 being pass
cd by the House, ard the first d the Hol.
man resolutions, which vas adopted by
the votes Of all the democrats, al the Al
lance members and q number Of repno-
leans. hits the bill a knock down blow,
square between tie two eyes, 80 to speak.
TIE CHILEAN business has passed the
taking stage, and President IIafrison's
message and correspondence, which were
ready to GO 70 Congress twp weeks ago
but we're Withheld on account OF represent
tations made by the Gillian minister, will
be sent 70 Congress as soon as the report
Of Judge Advocate General Remey, who
conducted the recent examination Of the
sailors aboard Of the Baltimore. is
ready to accompany them, and that will
hardly be later than the latter part Of this
week. Congress is already in q decided
w4rIike mood aud it Is expected that the
official documents will augment ii to such
an extent that a declaration Of war will
almost certainly follow.
The Alliance Representative solidIy sup
ported the first half Of Representative HOl-
mans double barrelled resolution, winch
was passed by the House, against Govern
ment subsidies, or aid in any shape to pri
vate industries, and divided on the other
hall, expressing the Judgment Of the
House to be against the appropriation Of
any money except what is absolutely ne
cessary to carry on the departments of the
government, Representative Clover. KEN,
McKeaghan and Simpson voting for, and
Representatives Davis, Holyogsen and
Otis against it. At first glance Que would
suppose that the adoption Of such a reso-
luton meant that all schemes requiring
appropriations were 10 be shut out during
the session, but no such construction is
placed upon it by Congressman, and it is
doubtful whether there are twenty oftbem
who would allow it to stand in the way Of
their voting and working for anything beu-
efcial to their friends or their constituents
Taking reform and reforming are wide
apart, as was shown by the almost solid
vote Of the House 10 favor Of employing
clerks for all of the committees, in
spite of the statement Of the minority
Of the committee on accounts that
at least thirteen of these clerks were
unnecessary, and that they performed 10
public duties, although they draw $21S6
per annum Here was an opportunity
throw away to have saved s28, ASA year,
without in any way i~piuring the public
interests.
Senator Palmer, of Illinois, whose cleo
ton to the Senate If not directly by popu-
lar vote, was the direct result Of a state
campaign in which his candidacy was
the principal issue in the election OF
members Of the legislature, is an enthusiast
advocate Of the election Of Senators by
the people. He proposes to introduce a
bill and to make a speech in favor thereof
although be has little hope that
Congress will pass such a bill, but he
believes that the time is not far
when public opinion sill compel
Congress TO act.