Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-02-16
WASHINGTON LErrEn.


with pleasure by thousands OF people
in every section cf the country. J..
makes every postotfice where the
postnastcr's salary exceeds 5000 per
annum a money order Office. This
will within the next eighteen months
more than double the number of
money order offices in the country,
and while giving so many people this
convenient and absolutely snfe way
Of sending money through the mails
1t will add very little to the current
expenses OF the postal service, and in
the end il will probably add quite
largely to its earnings. That is the
Republican idea OF business.lik
administration OF the affairs of the
government.
There are more Democrats from
the North (lncluding in that term all
Of the States except those in the
South than from the South, in the
House, but 1t is now very evident
that the Southern men have outgen-
sralcd the other fellows and captured
everything that will count in the leg.
islation OF the House, and the ex-
preston, .the South is again in the
saddie,s 10 literally true at this time,
90 far ~ the House OF Representa-
tivss Is concerned. The South has
the Speaker, and the South has all
three OF the Democratic members OF
the Committee on Rules, which, un-
der tho new code Of rules, has a
greater control over the business OF
the House than any similar commit
tee ever had before, in fact, it is alb
sointely impossible for any of the
other committees to either get busi-
moss before the House or get it dis.
posed ct after II is taken up, without
the assistance OF that committee, ex-
cept in the rare cases where there Is
no active opposition on the floor.
The full significance of the situation
is just beginning to dawn upon the
outwitted members, since the new
rules have gone into operation. They
can do nothing now but "grin and
bear IT,
The representatives Of the Canadian
government will always find this gov
ernment ready to listen courteously
to any proposition they may desire
TO make concerning commercial reel.
procity between the two countries
but as long as the Republican party
is in power the Canadians need hope
for no treaty which fully opens oul
market to them, while theirs are onl,
half open to us. The President ant
Secretary Blaine viii be pleased t,
see the Canadian commissioners, bu
it 10 only upon the basis that the,
viii open negotiations with them.
The present anti Chinese law will
expire by limitation in May next
hence the activity in Congress on tn,
subject. There have been dozeI
bills introduced, but the Senate ha
reported In favor of bill continuin,
the present law for a period of tel
years as substitute for them all.
A delegation from the Western
Water Ways convention recently he'll,
at Evansville, Indiana. has been Elk
planning the necessity for liberal har
Dor and river appropriations to tn
House and Senate committees. |
tho Holman policy is carried Gu
there will he no liberal appropriation
for anything.
Representative Mills dagger is N
longer concealed; it is openly he'll
aloft in his strong right hand Will
he has served notice on the Way
and Means committee that he intend
10 use il on the first tariff bill il re
ports, that does not please him. Tur
down the lights and let the ban,
play slow music.
The House in passing a de6cienc.
bill of 100000 for the current fsca
year for the Census Bureau, had
great opportunity to carry out Demo
cratic threats of attacking that Blu
reau, but because they knew they ha,
no case they made no attack, excep
by general inuendo. Representative
Sayers, Of Texas, who was in charg
OF The bill, said; Had the Superin
tendeut of the Census been left L
operate his Bureau without outsid
pressure 10 put INTO Office larg
number OF incompetent persons, tn
expenditures would have been yer
much less" Mr.. Sayers forgot, how
ever, to add that most of this outsld
pressure came from Democratic Sen
afara and