The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-01-22
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondents
WAsHINGToN, ID. c., Jan. 10, 1892.

fblu OUT
WAsHINGToN, ID. c., Jan. 10, 1892.
War talk is again overshadowing eve
rything else here, and nine people out of
ten, who are informed on the question,
believe that war will be declared against
Chill within less than thirty days. The
administration was led to believe by the
CHILEAN Minister that his government
was on the eve Of offering satisfactory
PREPARATION for the insult to this country,
and for that reason the correspondence
and the Presidents proclamation was not
sent to Congress last week, as was the
original intention. But there is to be no
more temporizing, and the correspond
ence and proclamation is to go to Con-
gress as soon rs Judge Advocate General
Remey, of the Navy, completes the TAX
ing of the testimony of the sailors of the
Baltimore, and the talk of Congressman
leaves no doubt of the reception it will
meet in Congress.
Representative Jerry Simpson made
very shrewd attempt to obtain official
recognition from the Speaker pro TEN.
for the Peoples party when the agree
ment was made that each party should
he allowed two hours for debate on Mr.
Holmans resolution that the judgment
of the House is against the passage of
any bill aiding in any manner private
enterprises, and against the appropriation
of any money, aside from that necessary
to keep up the work of the departments,
by asking If that arrangement included
two hours for the Peoples party as well
as for the Democratic and Republican
parties. The Speaker made a diplomatic
escape from the dilemma by saying that
he assumed the division of time would
he between those in favor of the resolu-
ton and those against it. The resolution
was adopted yesterday, and puts an end
to the hopes Of those who had been ex-
pecting appropriations for various things.
1t is thought by many that the decis-
ion of the Supreme Court 70 the effect
that witness cannot be compelled to
give testimony that will criminate him,
will seriously hamper the work of the
Inter State Commission, as it is regarded
as next to impossible to prove violations
of law without being able to compel the
shipper and the railroad men, suspected
of violating the law, to testify. An at
tempt will be made to remedy this very
serious defect in the Inter State Com
MERGE law by Congressional legislation.
Representative Harter, of Ohio, evil
IDENTIFY remembers statement made last
summer by Secretary Foster to the effect
that a large number of Customs collec-
ton districts in New England might be
abolished at a great saving to the govern
ment and without injury to the service,
for he has introduced bill for the reduc.
ton and consolidation of Customs cOllec-
ton districts in all parts of the country,
which he says will, If enacted into law.
increase the efficiency of the service and
save $l7S,0O0 year.
The friends of free coinage were de.
lighted by the statement of Senator Nor
gan that he had made AN examination of
the question propounded by Senator
Stewart, and agreed with that gentleman
in believing that the law of 1897, author
izing the free coinage of silver, had never
been repealed, and was to-day the law of
the land.
Representatives of the labor organiza-
tions are urging Congress to support the
eght-hour bill, introduced in the House
by Representative O'Ncill, of Missouri
This bill was drawn by the labor men,
aud il provides that no employer of labor
his employees to work more than eight
hours "A day.
Representative Jerry Simpson wants an
investigation made of the workings of
the Agricultural department, and Secre-
tary Rusk expresses the wish that Mr..
Simpsons resolution will be adopted by
Congress aud the investigation be most
searching in its character, AS he is anx-
ious for everybody to know what his de-
partment is doing for the farmers and
how il is doing it.
Senator Teller has introduced resolu-
ton providing for AN International con
ference with 50 many of the countries in.
terested as shall accept the invitation of
the United States for the purpose of try
ing to reach An agreement on the money
question, as represented by silver. lie
gave notice that while the free coinage
advocates favored such "A conference, and
hoped for good results from il, they
would not cease their efforts To bring
about free coinage, As this conference
was recommended in the Presidents an
nual message, aud has been endorsed by
some Of the leading Democrats in the
House, il is fair 10 assume that Senator
Tcller's resolution or a similar one will
be adopted. What its result will be upon
the silver question in this Congress is not
yet apparent.
The talk Of members of the House
Committee on Patents indicates that the
voice of the inventors OF the country has
NJ last been heard, and that bill making