Fair play., 1893-02-18
Washington Letter.
From Our Regular Correspondent

An early extra session of the Fifty.
'hlrn Congress now appears more Ger.
'hlh than at any time since Congress.
met. Ex-Gov. Campbell of OHIO. one
Of the prominent democrats who were
IN Washington this week, who is be.
heVed TO enjoy the confidence OF
fresidcnt-elect Cleveland said while
here: Yes, think the chances of
an extra session are good, if not al
most certain. The silver law should
be repealed, "a il will not he done at
the present session, judging from this
week : attempt and failure. il must be
done by an extra session Tie demo
cratic platform demands such re-
peal general sentiment in this Iii
reciiou pcrvadcs the democratic par
'y; the silver question WAS one of the
main Issues OF ihe last campaign the
party stands pledged TO its repeal aud
il will keep its pledges" GOV. Camp
bell acknowledged that he could mu,,ir
several of the coming cabinet, but
conrtc0usly declined to do so.
Senator Morgan introduced a bill
this week that will simpiif. the pro-
ccedings shonld the present negotia-
lions result IN the annexation of
Hawaii. The bill pro-, ihcs that When
ever the United States shall acnuirc
dominion over any foreign country or
place by treaty of annexation or
Otherwise, the President, with the al. !
vice and consent of the Senate, may
appoint a governor and legislative /.
council for the same, whose acts shall I
be subject To- revision or repeal by I
Congress. Mr.. Harrison has not vet
officially recognized the Hawaiian
commissioners. and their negotiations
are all with Secretary Foster. 1t is
believed that Mr.. Harrison, who is
known to favor annexation, is wait
ing to hear what the representative Of
the deposed Queen may have to say
before taking any Official action. In
the meantime the State Department is
information about Hawaii
and It's financial condition and pros
poets, IN order that Congress may act
on the matter when de-
'i-ion is reached by Mr.. Harrison.
The investigation of the money
spent in the United States by the ,
agents of the Panama Canal company,
low being conducted by House
'ommlttce, has Just gone far enough t
o create general demand for more
Attenuation. Ii has brought ont the
act That a great deal more money was
pent III this country than the pubic /
lad any idea Of, aud that If was large
y paid for secret services of some G
ort, the receiver giving no voucher
or what he received. Ii is to be rc- I
'retted that this investigation was +
lot started earlier in the session, as il y
) feared that there NAV not be time =
'ctween this aud the i!h of March, t
'eyond which date the committee 1
will have 10 existence, to ascertain +"
he names of those who received this y
honey. The reported sudden illness
'hich has been made the excuse for !.
x-secretary Thompsou'- not appear &C
ig before the committee, according C
, promise, has been unfavorapiy
upon, but Col. Fellows. Il
hartman of the committee, SAYS he :,
elievcs it is straight and tiha,
thompson will come rs soou rs he is
Die to travel. 'a
Representatives Fithian of Indiana. -
aker OF Kansas and Lawson of II
eorgia, have united in sharp mlu-
ify-re2ort against the bin providing !
# permanent Census bureau.
hich hns been tayoraLly reported by
e House Census committee, of
hiGh they are members. 1t saws,
''""S ''"'' '''SNi th't tilt present ,,,
nnsus Bureau is divided into twrn-
five divisions, all but seven of II.
hich should be eliminated; that
any OF the statistics tax en- under the
# census are merely Implications OF
ports made by other bureaus of the n.
arcrnmcnt : that the Census Bureau ii
: been enlarged from time TO time
ore 10 create offices and salaries
an for legitimate purposes that ian
nsequenily the Census has become a l
mble Of figures and Irrelevant in - /,
tries filing volumes, which make pal
cir appearance so late that they are /,
!y useful for waste paper and /
tly, that the maintenance of a Der l
'ncnt Census Bureau would be Al p
II treble the amount estimated - Pic
10000 a year. let;
Fhe House passed Tie Quarantine y
this week. and it is now in the J")
ndS of Mr.. Harrison '"'
ir. Morton looked rs though he Ia
lily enjoyed presiding over the
MT session of the House aud Senate y
q "Wednesday TO cc,u. ;l.r Ct ..i.r-
votes and officially declare Clcyc-
d and Stevenson elected President Ag,
Nicc-Pre>ident, and he probab,
+. Most men would, in ms place. 81;
I the amendments 10 the pension =
:. which have been approved by "a \
i'rity ot he House Appropriations
lmiitec, become laws. the Pension