The Coconino weekly sun., 1892-07-14
WASHINGTON LETTER. (From our regular correspondent)
WAsuINGToN, July s. 1892


 Carnegie's workmen in Pennsylvania by Pinkerton's men caused great eX- citement in Congress, and the indigna- tion was added to by the knowledge that Congress can do nothing to give immediate relief, although it may re- suit in something beneficial, as resolu- tions have been introduced in the House and Senate for au investigation. Representative Jerry Simpson said of it: "When we tried to get the House to pass the act killing the Pinkerton de- tective business, we made the charge that the service was a practical stand ing army in the interest of capitalists and monopolists. Members of the floor secuted this idea and the bill was referred to the judiciary committee to Ge smothered. Legislation is abso- lutely necessary in the interest of the laboring classes, if trouble of a serious nature is to be ayoided.n Chairman Tarsney, of the House committee on labor, said: "There is no language too strong in which to condemn the em- ployment of an armed force by private corporations. There should be no po- lice authority except that duly author ized and employed by the state or mu- nicipality." Representative Lind, of Minnesota, said; This employment of armed mercenaries cannot be justi- fled and ought not to be permitted" " These views are but specimens of hun dreds of similar ones publicly ex- pressed.
 Speaker Crisp has all along been in favor of free coinage, but 1t is said that he would have been willing to have aided in throwing the question over to i the next session for the sake of demo- cratic harmony if the Cleveland men had not gone into his district and tried to defeat his nomination to Congress. Now he proposes to kill two birds with one stone by aiding in getting the Stewart free coinage bill through the House, and thus getting his revenge upon Cleveland. The fight has begun in earnest, and unless the republicans shall unite with the auti-silver demo. crats, which they do not seem inclined to do, it is almost certain that the bill will get through, and equally certain that it will be voted.
 There is a feeling of stubbornness or the part of both Senators and Repre-. sentatives concerning Senate amend ments to appropriation bills which, il persisted in, will certainly result in eX, tending the session far beyond present expectations, even if the contest over the free coinage bill in the House does not prolong the session.
 The peoples party Senators and Representatives express themselves a, being pleased with the action of tho Omaha convention, both as to platform and ticket, and some of them, notably Representative Davis, of Kansas, fee confident that General Weaver will bC elected President, not by the electoral college, but by the House of Represen' tatives. The democrats are already at work distributing extracts iron speeches made by Weaver when he wa' a republican Congressman, among ths southern democrats, for the purpose O exciting their prejudice against Weaver The success of this movement may mean much to the peoples party.
 Senator Manderson believes one O. the greatest needs of this country to bC good roads, and, in accordance witt that belief, he has introducen bill fol the establishment of national high way commission, to consist of two Sen ators, five Representatives, the Secre tarics of War, Agriculture and the In terior, the Postmaster General, the At torney General and an associate mem Der from each state and territory. The business of the commission will be tC investigate the needs of the country il regard to highways and make a report thereon to Congress,
 The democrats appear to be mucf pleased at the resignation If MT. Camp bell, the recently elected chairman O the republican national committee which they claim will have depress ing effect upon the republicans right al the opening of the campaign, The re publicans arc making the best of tho situation, but it is plain that they dc not fancy having the campaign opened with q resignation, and some of tho things that some of them have saic about Mir. Campbell would hardly b' considered complimentary by that gen teman, If he heard them. They sa, that if his acceptance of the chairman ship was conditional, as he says it was that it should have been so announced ,t tho lime. If is. however, but C; tempest in teapot anyway; a nev chairman will be selected and the incl dent is not likely to affect vote eithe