The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1892-12-27
MT STERLING .KENTUCKY, TUESDAY, DECEdBER q Is
WAMu1Na1oy, Dec. 28. 1s92.

th' l'ASniHooti, tcuoln8 iHc putSLiVl
that had been asked him. "tVby
they will do just what is right; thbp
what they were elected for. TN
Democratic party more nearly repre-
sents the whole people Than any o,he
party, and for that reason it il brttcl
qualified to legislaie for the Who'll,
people than is any other party. Ans
IN the next Congress il is going to b,
prepared for the fret time in man,
years to legislate for, Notwithstanding
the present apparent doubt as 20 tht
Senate of the Fifty-tirst Congress,
have the best OF reasons for positively
stating that the Senate after the 4th Of
next March will be controlled by Tho
Democratic party While in WASH.
ingion Mr.. Dickinson stated that lt
had no idea of again going into The
Cabinet. and expressed the opinion
thatno member Of Mr.. Ceveland's
old Cabinet would be member oi
the new one.
Senator Carlisle declines to discuss
the matter, but there seems to a gen.
eral belief among Democrats in Con-
gress that he can be Secretary Of the
Treasury ifhe wiehes to.
The Hou~c, so far as accomplishing
ANYTHING is concerned, might just as
well have begun its Christmas holi-
day on Tuesday as on Thursday, as it
did not have quorum during the
last two days.
Representatives Holman, and Ray
ner, of Maryland, are leading the op-
position to tine Nicaragua Canal bill in
the House, and present indications are
that it will be formidable enough 20
to defeat the bill, by fillibustering, if
not by votes. The bill has been favor
ably reported 10 the Senate, and there
is little doubt of its being passed by
the Senate some time in January.
There has never been any opposition
to speak of to the bill in the Senate.
There is weeping and wailing
among those who have been scheming
TO faslen the Republican employees OF
the Government Printing Office upon
the incoming Administration by
having Mr.. Harrison order the Civil
Service rules extended to cover that
The scheme is fail
ure, if the information be correct, and
it comes from trustwolth thy source, as
Mr.. Harrison has declined to issue the
necessary order, although he has par
tally promised, as sort of compen-
sation TO the weepers ard walters,
that he would try to save the official
heads of the Republican division
chiefs in the department service by
putting them under the protection of
the Civil Service.
Senator Vests resolution providing
for an investigation of partisan acts
by certain Census enumerators was
adopted by the Senate before it adj
Iourned. The investigation is to be
made by the Census committee.
Senator Call introduced a reso-
luton providing for a suspension of
the approval of lists of pnblic lands 10
States and corporations. 1t was laid
on the table to be called up later like
wise a resolution authorizing an in
vestigalion of the subject.
The investigation of the condition of
the Treasury, recently authorized by
House resolution, was formally begun
this week when Chairman Syringe.
wrote a letter 10 Secretary Foster
specifying in detail the information
AS the figures are TO include
December 81, Mi. Springer does mol
expect the information before about
the middle OF January. The inior-
nation obtained by this committee
will necessarily be the basis of all the
tariif and financial legislation TO be
by the next Congress. I'll
will also show whether Secretary
Foster has maintained small avail
lble balance by improperly manipu-
Hting figures and by an extensive
system of Withholding payment of ac-
counts against the Government long
.fter they should have been paid. |
both of which he has repeatedly been
;harged with doing.
Prominent Republicans have been
aking especial pains lately 10 le!
Democrats in Congress know that
Nh. Harrison would gladly sign bill |
the present silver law il
given an opportunity TO do so, and il