Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-01-21
WASHINGTON LETTER.
!Fro,a Our Regular correspondent.l

A'''N Jul Asts Aiei ePSi-NisLisl
WAsHNeToN, jap. 4, 1892.
Representative KiIgore OF Texas. who's.
,'uly claim TO s.atesmsnship was obtained
by kicking open one OF the doors TO tn,
chamber OF the house OF representatives
during the flty-6rst congress, has becom,
temporarily prominent again through an
! action Just about as creditable as the first
one. When the Joint resolution authoriz
ing the secretary Of the navy to charter q
stea mship TO carry the grain which has
| been contributed to the starving people o.
| Russia by warm hearted Americans bad
been passed hy the senate aud an attempt
w5s made To get unanimous consent to
take it up in the house kilgore uuended
himself and shouted II object" The next
day, when the resolution came before the
house again, kilgore was Joined by numer
Gus members Of the peanut wing of the
Democratic party in opposing the resolu.
tion, and in spite OF n solid Republican
vote and the assistance of some Democrats
the resolution was defeat ted, thus making
the charity and huma nifty OF America IA by.
word and reproach among the nations oi
the world.
Bills bills, everywhere, but not law en-
acted. Perhaps that will not exactly de-
scribe the career of the present house. but
il will come near enough for all practical
purposes. There has been Just one "bilI'
day, but SO heavily loaded were the mem
bers with good, bad and Indifferent bills,
mostly the two latter, that ii became nee
essHry to suspend the call of the states
when Ohio mad been called, in order to give
t he clerks II chance to get the avalanche. oi
bills recorded. The duplication of bills.
particularly those aimed at the present
tariff law, were so numerous that wag
suggested the appointment nf tariff edition
by the Democratic caucus before the ns xt
iil day. The same might also be sai
! "a bout silver.
Representative Otis. of Kansas, is evi
i-ntly a rnan not easily ratified by the inl
mensiiy of an underia king, or he would
not have So nonchalautly introduced his
bill to change the monetary system tn re-
duce interest, and to provide for making
loans on land. Perhaps Mr.. Otis thinks
! the monetary system of Il country can be
| changed as easily as mans coat. Ia
will know better when he has lived longer
Jerry Simpson is more modest, He in
troduced bill to prohibit usury, which
would he a mighty good thing ii it could
only be put into effect, but, alas, for poor
irail human nature, ever prone Ia dc
wrong, all Of the efforts OF the lawna lsor,
| since there were lawmakers have been una
Nsilng, and nsury has existed and will con
| tinue to exist Why Because when &
man il compelled to get money 10 aver
| commercial ruin he will not stop to count
! the cost, nor will he inform on tue usurer
Another bill offered by Mr.. Simpson might
useful law. 1t provides Tor esta blishing
department OF finance and commerce.
| Senator Stewart has given the senate in
dietary committee a hard nut to crack b,
introducing resolution instructing tina
committee to inquire and report whethe
| there is "a law in existence requiring official
OF the {. s. mints 20 coin all silver brough
to them Mr.. Stewart says there WAS suct
q law enacted in 1897, and that he has L,
knowledge of its ever having been repealed
The presidents nominations for the va
cancies on the board OF Interstate com
merce are being complimented on all sides
Hon. j. NJ. McDill, the Republican commits
sioner, ls widely known. He has repre-
Rented Iowa in both houses OF congress
and has presided over a court with nI3trke
ability. Judge W. NJ. Lindsey, OF keI
tucky, the new Democratic commissioner
is very highly spokeu OF by those VIII
know him best while nobody seems TO oil
iect to the reappointment OF Hon. W.
("Horizontal BhlD Morrison, who hs
been on the commission since it WAS organ
ized, and whose nrst term expired Dsoen
ber 81.