The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-03-11
W as aIuxIOs Letter.

y.s.I,SGrog, ID. {. hsrch 5:h, 1892
The nan who SAYS the present House 81
Representatives IS a dJ-nOInIa- n1ts I.
either rnax.-s An aSfu. mistake - - y .
ng-eut Of the facts. which sy,E1S i". (
themselves The wors II the h,'y~-- =
far ahead o.. tina; Il the II Us o: tn 4
last Conn-e>S ~ tine same prEIut- F"r /
instance, It has already passed. tnT-e ap- /
propri4II n bIII--the Urgent Deficiency /
the Military A,ai. ny and the Indian T
and i max % rapid p-ogre-r n IL con /
s!d-r.,tI,n Of h iouIb one-tne lG>-
trIct Of ColumbIa-wEI.e the first APP
proprIatiOn hill was not passed 10y the
House Of tn last Congress unit. the "l~t.
Of March. Pe-Iie- this. the reporting
Of three tariff bills ~ early a. the tir~t of
March l. something unAeard 81 IN Con
greS-ioual history. In addition 70 what
mas been done on the floor Of the House
! the hard work done ty the commit
tees which wa- never further advanced
At this period III any first session. To
give a clear idea of now far this work l.
advanced. Representative CatrhIng>
| stated that If il were necessary everyone
of the app. .oyriatIOn bills except the
I general deficiency. which i neccSSarl-
| " the last one taken up 10y the commit
/ tee. could be reported To- the House
1 within week Instead Of being slow,
/ the majority Of the House have proven
themselves hustleis, when compared
J with their Republican predecessors
Next Monday the House will vote on
, the resolution reported by the commit
! tee on Rules naming the -, - and "a
; Of March for the consideration of the
free coinage bill. If this resolution i
adopted. ~ now seems probable not
wIthslauding the talk OF combination
Of Republicans and auu- silver Demo
crats 10 defeat it. the passage OF the free
( coinage bill may be set down a. certain
How long" aakcd a DcuOcratl"
Senator. would Congress consent To-
hold it, daily sittings, OF but few hours
each. in a building il knew TO be un-
safe and unhealthy; Not long. YOU
NAV be sure. Look at the speed with
which q resolution ordering an rNamIn-
alton made by experts was rushed
through a short time ago. upon a bare
newspaper intImatlOn that the sewage
OF the Capitol was III a bed condition
And vet year after YEAR II leaves three
: thousand men and women-thc en-
plOyeS OF the Government printing Of
tiCe-in a building that has been dc.
~cribed 10y sanitary experts - death
trap, and by architects and builders a. a
! ire trap Now this isn't consistent
! One class of government employees are not
% I entitled To "A safe and healthy nlaCc q
work in. auv more than any other class
I There's good sense IN the>e remarks
1 even in this YEAR Of rytrenchueut auC
reform II public expenditure and i
would be good politics for the Demo
> Gratis To provide what Republicans hav'
p / neglected to dOj Tor new Government
printing office building. 1t would en-
pha-ize the claim always made 10y the
p Democratic ia-ty, that II l. the tren6
+ Of rhc wage-WoTker.
The Democratic Leaders of the Huu-,
have been unfortunate IN having Im
p0rtant legislative plans upset 10y Hines
z during the present session 1t had beer
y all arranged that Immediately after tu'
=. reports upon the three tariff bIii--fre'
bInding-twlnc and free cotton ties auC
- baggiug--w~rc presented 10 the Hou-.
th- free wool bill should hc called "a
b. and the tariff debate opened with "a -
D speech by Chairman Springer. The rc
- ports were made on Tuesday, but OWN!
To- the serious illness Of Mr.. Springer tn
opening Of the debate had 10 be post
' pOned until next Tuesday. when AIr
e McMiilIn viii lead off for the Democrats
g Representative Mills l. confined 10 ni
9. bed with a painful attack Of erysipcla
in his ankles. and his physician. says b
will not bc able 10 resume his duties f.
Il "a week or two.
d Its now estimated that the total amour
% OF the regular appropriations that vi
be passed 10y the present House Will D.
about SO, 90 900 less than what was az
prOprlatcd at the last session OF the las
'c Congress. That means one dollar L.,
J. for each man. woman and child In III
- United States
Speaker Crisp says he proposes to allo
the members Of the House 10 do the
own voting, notwithstanding the dec
v sion OF the Supreme Court in favor {
:. Reeds counted quorum \ thin
: may be legal and yet not be right.
One year from to-day, - said Senate
i Hill this morning, Il shall attend tn
" Inauguration Of a Democratic Pres
.e dent"
le After an unusual amount Of orator
,- had been poured out on the subject, tt
Senate voted on the idaho Senator'S
~ contest Just as it was known from the fir
y that 1t would vOte-in favor Of DuhOi
i. Representative Sayers has had printc
y in the Congressional Record a tab
r. showing the unexpended appropria tiOI
= for public buildings now in course
erection and the amounts required
complete them. \ glance at this tab
le will show why it Is necessary 10 curta
n appropriations for new buildings at tn
T. session. n.