Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-02-08
WASHINGTON LETTER.

the majority OF the House becomes
more marked as the time rolls on and
the House continues to do nothing.
After using up a weeks time in show
ing how inharmonious they were in
supporting the rules, reported by the
committee on rules, the democrats of
the House, or rather few more than
half of them, spent several hours in
caucus Saturday night, in order to
give themselves a chance to say
things that they did not care to say in
open session, but at its close they
were little better off than they were
before. True, majority of the caucus
voted an endorsement of the rules
but those so voting number less than
half of the democratic strength in the
House. The rules, are in many re-
spects unsatisfactory, as was demon
strated when representatives Blu
chanan and Burrows gave the House
an object lesson in how easy it might
be tied up under them, but it is evil
dent they will be adopted, in the main,
just as they were reported.
The democratic members of the
Ways and Means committee have de-
cided that the tariff policy, SO far as
the reporting of bills from that COM
mittee is concerned, shall consist of a
number of separate bills, but it is said
that Mills and those opposed to that
method will either appeal to caucus
or antagonize the first bill reported to
the House by offering as an amend
ment general tariff bill.
1t is out of democratic mouths that
most of the charges of extravaganza
made against the fifty con-
gress have been refuted. A striking
instance was given upon the floor of
the House, when some of the "peanut"
wing of the democratic party made
casual reference to the extravaganza
of the appropriations made by the
post office committee of the last
House. Representative Blount, of
Georgia, who is chairman of the pres
emit post-office committee, and has
been a member of the same commit
tee through several congresses, and
whose democracy cannot be question
ed, Indignantly denied the charge,
and stated positively that all the in
creases made in appropriations by
that committee, has been made abso-
lutely necessary by the increasing
business and prosperity of the coun-
try.
Senator Sherman was given rous-
ing reception by the Ohio republican
club of this city, last Friday night.
After very lively discussion the
National Board of Trade, which was
in session here last week, passed a
resolution against the bill pending in
congress to prohibit or regulate by
heavy tax dealing in futures or
''options," known to plain people as
Specializing in the future price of
grain, or to put it still palmer, bet
ting what the price of grain will be at
a given time in the future.
The Gillian episode has now prac-
tically closed. Saturday, Secretary
Blaine instructed Minister Egan to
inform the Gillian government that
its answer to the presidents ultima
tum was satisfactory and gratifying
to this government. The attempt to
again stir up the war feeling which
was made by the sensational press
by stating that the administration
had demanded as an additional hu
initiation to the Gillian government
that it should salute our flag was en-
tirely without foundation. The presi-
dent and his advisers in and out of
the cabinet, are too manly to seek to
take any advantage of weaker pow
er which has acknowledged it's errors
and expressed regret for them.
1t is probable that Chill may soon
have new minister here, as Senior
Montt by positive mistatements dur
ing the recent negotiations has des-
troyed his usefulness to his govern
ment, and in all future communica
tions of Importance he will be ignor
ed by this government while he re-
mains here. He will, of course, at
tend the diplomatic dinner to be Civ
en- at the White House tomorrow
night, as the invitation was sent and
accepted some weeks ago.
Secretary Foster has returned much
improved, and resumed his duties.
His physician says he will have to be
careful about overworking himself
for sometime to come.
The Senate military committee has
favorably reported bill to accept a
tract of land in Vermont, between
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