Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-05-12
IFrom our regular Correspondent
Washington Letter.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. Nav 2. 1892

WASHINGTON, ID. c.. Nav 2. 1892.
A democrat accusing the democratic
majority Of the House committee on For
eign Affairs Of parsimoniousness and mean.
ness was odd indeed. but that Is precisely
what Representative Amos Cummings OF
New York did, referring to that commit
tees action In consolidating the mission to
Denmark with that to Switzerland. In a
short speech In favor of an amendment
offered by Representative Post of Illinois,
Mr.. Cummings said II want to rebuke
this House for the spirit of parsimony ex.
hibited 10 the endeavor to consolidate the
Danish and Swedish mission. This bill, so
far as 1t concerns those nations, is an in
suit to 1000 600 Of our Scandinavian citi-
zens. The committee on Foreign Affairs
has done injustice not only to the people
OF Denmark, which nation is monarchial,
but to our sister republics of South Amer
lea. Again want to rebuke this parsi.
mony 1t means really, virtually legisla-
For. by reducing the salaries of the minis
ters and consuls, the Offices are placed in
the hands Of plutocrats and taken from
the educated, honest. lsboring or profes-
place this government in position where
1t will be regarded by all countries as the
one nationsl miser of the world" The
House then to the CONSERVATION of cheese
psrer- er-in-chef Holman, aud his followers
In the peanut ring Of the democratic party,
adopted Mr.. Posts amendment
The misunderstanding concerning the
Congressional appropriation to aid the cit
liens Of Washington to entertain the mem
bers of the G. \ X. at the coming nation.
al encampment Is being cleared up, if the
letters apologizing for having opposed it
without understanding it which are com
ing to the committee IN charge. from all
sections Of the country, reflect public opin-
ion.
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 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 ques-
ton we have been partly bullied. partly
cajolet, and altogether over reached ''
The discovery comes a little late, but IL
shows Mr. Hat,ou to be, la his own ewes
greater statesman than the President or
any member of the Cabinet. which ap-
proved the arbitration treaty without a
dissenting voice, or any member of the
Senate which ratified the treaty BY a unan
impu- vote. IL is, If course, possible that
Mr. Hatton may see deeper aud know
more about this question than anv of those
" 10 officially approved of arbitration, but
it is more probable that his digestive or
gans have been working badly and have
caused him to look upon everything, Ifc
Included, f'r the time being, a. Il failure.
He has hal similar attacks in the past
Mrs. Harrison Is we'll enough to sit 10 Il
portion Of each day, but she ha, not vet
been able TO leave her room.
The democratic members of the House
numher just sixty-seyen more than a quo
rum of that body. hut so many oi them are
constantly away from their seats that the
cry Of mo quprum" j. becoming very com
mon, and Of late it is no exlggeration To say
that far more time has been wasted in
'call- Of the House" than has been con
worst Of the matter Is that majprity Of
the democrats, when some Of their more
sensible colleagues have proposed w4y-
and means of pntting stop tp the ab,en-
teeism, seem 70 regard the whole matter
Is huge joke. Perhap, when they see
the returns Of the next Congressional eIec
tions they will ind that the people who
sent them here to attend to legislative du.
ties have put the joke on them by elrcling
a republican ma jprity iu the next House
Senators Henderson and Paddock sd
bttSStN llt -NtpIt>hd SLdtt htpuDtltAt
Association, of this city, this evening
Secretary E,kins told a friend that he wa.
perfectly satisfied that the name OF onl,
one Presidential candidate would be pre-
sented to the Minneapolis Convention an,
that the nomination would be made by &C
Ciamation.
Durng the last Congress united how
went up from The entire democratic pres
because Speaker Reed ordered the doors t,
! be locked in order TO keep quorum on tn
floor Of the House, and kilgore, of Texas
was loudly applauied by the same pres
for kicking open one Of the doors Speak
er Crisp had t. lock the doors of th
| House for the same purpose the other day
| Enough said
| The attclnpt of the political Miss Nan
| cys to get eN-Congre> sman Allen, of Mich
| igan, in hot water, by charging him will
| having solicited contributions for the re
| publican national committee from Fedora
| otlce-bolders was tiat failure. The de
| partment Of justice investigated the charg,
! and found 1t entirely groundlc>s.
A Tammany democrat is said to hav
made wager here yesterday of $1,000 tha
/ neither Hill nor Cleveland would get tn
| democratic nomination.