Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-05-12
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From Our Regular Correspondent
Washington May, 6, 1892.

). w dSnluSlOu May, ., 1857.
Senator Allison is always on the
alert to do something for the benefit
of the old soldiers, and he certainly
did a good thing for a good many OF
them when he had the Senate bill to
convey $500 acres of the Fort Hayes
military reservation to the Senate OF
Kansas for homes OF old soldiers and
their families and to open the rest of
the reservation to homestead settle
ment, changed SO as to convey the
whole reservation to that Senate for
homes for old soldiers, before it was
passed by the Senate.
The compromise Chinese bill which
was agreed upon by the House and
Senate conference committee got
through all right, although Is Sen
ators voted against it, and % Rep
resentatives did likewise, 1t extends
the present law for ten years and
provides for the registration of all
Chinese now in this country: for one
year Imprisonment and department
to China Of every person detected
violating it, and makes it illegal to
release Chinese on bail pending de-
cision on w1its of habeas corpus.
Whenever the House does a good
thing, some democrat is sure to spoil
the effect. For instance the House
under suspension of the rules passed
q bill allowing the two ocean steam
ships City of New York and City of
Paris the privileges of American re-
gistry, provided their owners should
build two more steamers of equal
tonnage and speed before they became
entitled to these privileges, Wednes-
day Representative Snod grass, of Ten
nesseee, rising to a question OF privi-
lege, submitted Il resolution setting
forth that the House had passed the
bill without understanding it, and
asking the Senate to return the bill
to the House for reconsideration.
Speaker Crisp, to his credit be tsaid.
refused to receive the res olution and
Mr.. Snodgrass exposed his ears for
nothing
Postmaster General Wanamaker's
report on the experimental free mail
delivery i'll forty-six small towns,
which was authorized by the last
Congress, has been submitted to Con-
gress. 1t shows the experiment to
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III nearly every town the postal re-
ceipts were increased to an amount
equaling the cost of the free delivery.
| Notwithstanding this favorable re-
port the House has shown by it's
wholesale reductions in the Post
Office APP appropriation bill that if it
could have it's way, which Fortunate
ly for the country it cannot, there
would be no further extension of the
free delivery or any other branch of
the postal service
| A change has come over the spirit
of Mr.. Cut-it-down Holman. Not
long ago he announced his intention
to have Congress adjourn to June l.
Now. after he has been several times
Knocked down and jumped upon by
the party in the House, he makes q
piteous appeal to thu democratic
Representa- tives to eellp quorum in
the House, in order that adjourn
ment may be reached by July Is.
The Senate will have to be depend
ed upon to save the representatives
OF the United States abroad from the
humiliat on which the democratic
on them by the absurd reduction of
salaries made in the Consular and
Diplomatic appropriation bill, which
passed the House early this week.
1t is not for a moment to be believed
that the Senate will consent to hav-
ing the United States, which is just
beginning to reach out for an extern
! sive foreign trade. made ridiculous
abroad for no better reason than the
saving of a few thousands of dollars.
Instead OF being decreased the salar-
les of many of our Consuls ought to
be increased, as it is well-known that
representatives of private business
houses in foreign countries often re-
cevc larger salaries than ourconsuls,
consequently the private establish
ment often commands the services of
an ADLER man than his government
gets for it's consul, and the govern
ment loses accordingly. if not in ac-
tual money, in the estimation of resi-
dents of that place.
There is so much democratic kick
ing against the bill to place lumber
on the free list that it is doubtful
whether the Ways and Means com
mittee will report the bill.
Secretary Noble has put the demo-
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