Nevada County picayune., 1892-01-07
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular correspondent.]
Washington, Jan. l, 1892.

A prominent Democratic member of the House committee on Appro- priations talked very interestingly oi the situation to your correspondent. He said: ''I am afraid that there is a disposition on the part of Demo- crats to expect too much from the present House. Reforms under our form of government must necessarily be slow, even where both branches of Congress and the executive are in accord. We have to contend against q hostile Senate and executive, but we hope to come about some reforms in the tariff and in the expenditure of the government. There may be a slight difference of opinion in the party about whether it would be best for the House to prepare and pass an entire tariff bill, according to Democratic ideas of what such a measure should be, or to pass num- Der of bills correcting the inequalities of the present tariff law, but there can be none as to which of these plans are the most likely to bring practical results. The first could, of course, be passed by the House, but it could not possibly get through the Senate, while there is reason fol believing that several of the latter can be gotten through the Senate, thus throwing the responsibility foT their defeat upon Mir. Harrison "Now as to appropriations, do not know what will be the result of the effort to have all of the appropria- ton bills restored to the Appropria- ton committee, but personally agree with MT. Holman in believing that it's accomplishment would ma. terially aid in cutting down the tota of appropriations. I cannot say just where we shall make reductions, but I will say that every Democratic member of the House who has care fully studied the subject is of my opinion that We can make very large reduction in the total amount appropriated without interfering ir the slightest with the workings ol any useful branch of the Government servlce, and that is the task which we have set for ourselves, and it is by no means a light one, as we shall have to do battle with the Repub. lican Senate over the many eXtrava, gant amendments certain to be added to the appropriation bills by that body, which constantly grows more extravagant in its ideas. .'
 Speaker Crisp has so far recovered from his attack of the grip as to be able to do a little talking on the new rules of the House with his Demo- cratic colleagues of the committee on Rules. Messrs McMillin and Catchings; but it is not thought that the new rules will be reported to the House for couple of weeks, but that will not retard business much, as the House will work under the rules of the Fiftieth Congress until the new ones are ready.
 There are new developments in Chilian situation. The administra- ton having sufficiently stirred up the country is now waiting to make ur its mind what to do next.
 The Republicans cannot hide the anxiety they feel about MT. Blaine, $ intentions; they want to know just what he intends doing, in order that they may trim their sails according lv, and all sorts of devices have been resorted to in the hope of getting the willy Secretary of State to declare himself
 Representative Springer says he has received many letters from all sections of the country, commenting hs plan of attacking the Mckinley tariff bill in sections, by means oi separate bills providing for the amendment, or outright repeal of the worst sections fthat law, Mir. Spring CT thinks that the committee on ways and means will report a number oi these separate tariff bills early in the session and that they will be put through the House without any un-