Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-05-06
WASHINGTON LETTER.


parsimonIousness and meanness was Odd
indeed, but that is precisely what Repre-
sentative Amos Cummings of New York,
did. referring to that committees 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: IL want to rebuke this
House for the spirit of parslmony exhibit
cd In the endeavor to consolidate the
Danish and Swedish missions. This bill
so far as it concerns those nations, Is an
insult to 1000, 900 of our Scandinavian
citizens. The Committee on Foreign AT
fairs has done injustice not only to the
people of Denmark, which nation is
monarchial. bat to our sister repsblies Of
South America. Again want to rebnke
this parsimony. 1t means really, virtu'
ally legislating in favor of the rich against
the poor. For, by reducing the salaries oil
ministers and cOnsuls, the officers are
placed in the hands of plutocrats and
taken from the educated. honest, labOring
or professional men. l appeal to The
House not to place this government IN 6
position where it Will be regarded by al
countries as the one national miser of The
world" The House then to the conster
nation of cheese -parer in chief Holman
and his followers in the peanut ring o.
Democratic party, adopted Mr.. Posp'
amendment.
The Misunderstanding concerning The
Congressional appropriation to aid the
citizens of Washington to entertain the
members of the G. A. r. at the coming
national encampment is being cleared up
if the letters apologizing for having op
posed it without understanding it which
are coming to the committee in charge
from all sections of the country, reflect
public opinion.
No intelligent person who sees or reads
the proceedings of Congress will fail tC
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 Bebring Sea
question 1--WE have been partly bullied
partly cajoled, aud altogether over-reach
ed" The discovery comes little late
but it shows Mr.. Hatton to be, in hi:
own eyes, greater statesman than the
President or any member of the Cabinet
which approved the arbitration treaty
without dissenting voice, or any mem
Der of the Senate, which ratified the
treaty by unanimous vote. 1t is, Of
course, possible that Mr.. Hatton may
see deeper and know more about this
question than any of those who officially
approved of arbitration, but it is more
probable that his digestive organs have
been working badly and have caused hin
to look upon everything, life lncluded
for the time being as failure. He has
had similar attacks in the past.
Mrs. Harrison is well enough TO sit
up portion of each day, but she has moi
vet been able to leave her room.
The Democratic members Of the House
number just g. more than quorum OF that
body, bat so many of them are constantly
away from their seats that the cry of enc
quorum" is becoming very common, and
of late it is no exaggeratlon to say that
far more time has been wasted in "call'
of the House" than has been consumed il
| transacting business. And the worst OF
the matter is that a majority of the Dem
ocrats when some of their more sensible
colleagues have proposed ways and
means of putting a stop to the absentee
ism, seem to regard the whole matter as
a huge joke. Perhaps when they see the
returns of the next Congressional cleo
lions they will find that the people who
sent them here to attend to legislative
duties have put the joke on them by
electing a Republican maj ority to the
next House.
Senators Henderson and Paddock ad-
dressed the Nebraska State Republican
Association of tbis city, this evening.
Secretary Elkns told o friend that be
was perfectly satisfied that the name of
only one Presidential candidate would be
presented to the Minneapolis convention,
and that the nomination would be made
by reclamation.
During the last Congress a united howl
went up from the entire Democratic
press because Speaker Reed ordered the
doors to be locked in order to keep a
quorum on the floor of the House, and
Kilgore, of Texas, was loudly applauded
by the same press for kicking open one of
the doors. Speaker Crisp had to lock the
doors of the House for the same purpose
the other day. Enough said.
The attempt of the political miss Nan
cy's to get ex-Congressman Allen, of
Michigan, in hot water by charging him
with having solicited contributions for
the Republican National Committee from
Federal office-holders was a fiat failure.
The department of Justice investigated
the charge and found it entirely ground
less.
A TammaDy Democrat is said to have
made a wager here yesterday of 81 900
that neither Hill nor Cleveland would get
the Democratic nomination.
The Date Of the Adjournment Of
Congress.
As usual about this period of the first
session of every Congress. speculation be-
gins to be rife as to the probable length