The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1893-12-21
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Correspondence of The RECORD.
WASHINGTON, December 4, 1893.


WASHINGTON, December 4, 1898.
Unless am very much mistaken that
man has all the symptoms of softening of
the brain" The man who spoke those
words was one of the few administration
senators, and he was referring to Mr.. Cleve.
land whom he had just seen. Whether the
Senator was right in his diagnosis your
correspondent does not pretend to say but
it's becoming evident that Mr. Cleveland's
friends think there is something the matter
with him. His actions have Of late certainly
been queer. He is inpatient. cross and al
most insulting to the few Senators and Rep.
resentatives he condescends to see at all,
and when they afterwards get together and
compare notes they find that he is changeable
and inconsistent as we'll Every discrimi.
mating person who has taken tho trouble to
compare the style of the literary work upon
his annual message with that OF his messages
during his first administration must have
discovered great difference in them This
may. Of course, be largely owing to the fact
that Dan Lamont finds the duties of Deputy
| President so exacting that ho has no time
left to assist in the preparation of executive
documents. Be that as it may, Mr.. Cleve.
lands frends-he sees no one else, except
in public way-are certainly showing
among themselves uneasness about h.
mental condition.
The Democrats in the House are acting
more like lot of badly demoralzed school
boys than statesmen. They promised that
the new tariff bill should be reported to the
House on the first day Of the session. and
the bill has not yet been reported, although
Mr.. Wilson promises that it shall be this
week. The Democrats of the Ways and
Means Committee have already made dozens
of minor changes in the tariff bill, thus &C.
knowledeing that it was not properly con-
sdered before it was made public. They
are now squabbling among themselves about
submitting the bill to caucus before it is
reported, and Democrats are openly saying
that they will not vote for the bill unless
certain industries in their districts are pro-
tected. The House committee on banking
and currency, which has been wrestling with
that plank of the Chicago platform, which
promised the repeal of the tax on state bank
currency, plank, by the way, that Mr..
Cleveland absolutely ignored in his message,
has arrived at no conclusion, although it's
chairman an-the much sat upon Springer Of
Illinois, has made public hodge. podge of
absurdities that could not possibly be carried
into effect, even if they were enacted, show
ing what alleged progress the committee has
made. The Democratic members of the
Ways and Means Committee are at daggers
Points concerning the items that are To be
included in the internal revenue bill. which
ought to have been ready simultaneously
with the Cleveland tariff bill. A majority
of them favor personal income tax, but
they hesitate about Incorporating it in the
bill because of Mr.. Cleveland's premature
announcement, in his message, that the
committee had agreed to tax tho profits OF
corporations only. Meanwhile the holiday
recess is in sight and nothing has been &C.
complished.
In ebediance to the demand of the Senate
resolution passed last week all of the HawA-
iian documents will this week be sent to the
Senate.
Like master like man." Secretary Carl
isle has refused the request made by officials
Of the G. A. R. that they be allowed to so.
lict contributions in tho Treasury for a
Christmas dinner to the INDECENT soldiers OF
this department.
The southern war claimants will have
snap if the bill which has been favorably re-
ported from thu Judiciary committee of the
House ever becomes law. The bill pro.
vides for the repeal Of all laws making per-
sonal disloyalty a bar to claims against the
Government for property destroyed during
the rebellion, and gives all claimants whose
cases were by reason of their disloyalty
throw out of the Court of Claims the right to
revive their claims and to have the same
rights and privileges in prosecuting them
that would be extended to the man who was
always loyal to the Government. Any
person could recognize the jobbery in this
bill, even if the Southern lobby, headed by
ex.Congressman Hemphill. of South Caro-
lima. were leas conspicuous in its advocacy.
That "there are millions in it," if it can be
made law, is apparent to all. Democratic
reform will come high, but 1t will not last
long.
The Democrats from the South voted al
most solidly against the bankruptcy bill
which was last week defeated in the House.
1t remains to be seen how they will treat
the voluntary bankruptcy bill fathered by
Representative Bailey Of Texas, which that
gentleman will endeavor to push to the
front this week.
Good News.
A Salt Lake dispatch says: Three gigan.