The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-05-19
From Our Regular Correspondent
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER
WASHINGTON, ID. G.. MAY Is, 1898.

Speaker Crisp, after spending . weel
in " sshington, left for home Ssturda,
Dighl. He was ia . glorious goot
humor, as he had q right to be. for ii i
now as certain ss snything In tie futur,
can be that he will be elected Speaker
Of the next House. President Cleveland
informed him before be left that he hsd
fully decided, Notwithstanding the ar
guments presented by prominent mem.
bers Of the party Ia favor Of an earlier
date, not to call an extra session OF Con.
gress before September.
The leaders Of the democratic party
have 1t IL stated agreed upon four things
TO be pressed when Congress meets, and
1t 10 probable that President Cleyelsnd de-
message to Congress, and maybe his
proclamation calling the extra session,
will DO largely devoted to arguments
Tor speedy action upon them -lhe re-
peal OF the obnoxious Federal election
lave; the levying OF an income tax
the repeal OF the Sherman silver law
and OF the tax on the currency Issued
by state banks. and complete revision
OF the tariff, lowering the duties. The
repeal OF tie Sherman silver law, by
which $4,500,000 worth q month of sill
yer IL stored 10 the Government vaults,
without doing much good to anyone ex-
cept the silver miners. 10 likely to give
rise TO prolonged discussion, and may
result In total repeal of ell coinage
laws for both silver and gold, for large
number Of Democratic Cougressmen
are free in their expressions that both
metals must have like treatment either
both coined on a parity. as the Demo-
cratic National p atform urges-or both
treated simply rs . commercial commod-
ity, without any legal tender quality to
either, the same as cotton and wheat,
and the money OF the country be sup
piled By new legal tender issue OF
greenbscks, good for al debts, public or
private, natl )nal bonds inc ude1, and
With no promise to redeem in anything
else. There ia q growing patriotic sen-
timent that the United States should
make no agreement with any foreign
countries in regard TO the character OF
its money. but should keep clear OF all
entangling alliances.
Secretary Carlisle defed the high
muck-s.mucks Of mugwumpery who
tried to bulldoze him into retaining the
republican chiefs OF divisions in his :
partment. and 10 proceeding TO replace
them with democratic, just IS he At first
intended to do. and working democrats
admire him more than eve.
Reforms 10 keeping with democratic
idess are being quietly introduced into
al OF the Government departments as
fast - their heads have an opportunity
to investigate abuses which have grown
up under republican rule. Secretary
derbert's order that no more naval Off.
Gers should be granted leave Of absence
to enter private employ was followed
by Secretary Lsmonts determination to
stop similar abuses in the army, and
not only TO refuse to allow it in future
but 10 revoke the leaves Of oil those OH :
Gers now engaged In other occupations.
except those granted BY special acts OF
Congrees. Soc. Lamont has also an
noonced his intention to make almost .
reorganization IN that important branch
Of the War department known 80 the
division Of records and pension. This
division 10 closely associated with the
Pension Bureau, as Il has to verify the
army record OF every applicant for .
pension. Some forty or fifty changes
have already been made Ia this division:
II may be true that Comptroller OF
Currency Eckeis has had no experience
In the actual details Of banking. but the
promptness with which be has acted
during the past few days, when the sus-
pensions OF national banks we're 4 eQuent
enough to be alarming, has convinced
the treasury officials aud the banking
world that be is thorough posted upon
the laws that govern banks, and that 40
. cool headed business man he hes
never had . superior in that Office. He
has proven himself TO be q valuable as.
sIstsnt to Secy. Carlisle, aud his prompt.
ness 10 dealing with suspended banks
has had no little to do with restoring
that public confidence without which
banks Of no kind can long exist. Mr.
Civ and n ale no mistake In 'lecti, z
that young man for Comptroller
Commissio ner Lochren IL already
finding his place . very hard one 10 4 Il,
but be 10 not disappointed; he did not
suppose that be was selected to take
charge OF the pension bureau merely to
draw . salary. Already . series Of
frauds ell put through by one pension
attorney, located at Norfolk, Va, have
been discovered and . force Of expert
examiners are now engaged in invcsti.
eating every case that this attorney has
bad any thing to do with, the Commits
sioner being determined 10 &c, to the
bottom, and 10 punish the guilty. The
worst thing about the crooked work
done TO punish the guilty. The worst
Thing about the crooked work done BY
this attorney 10 that II was called to
Commissioner Raum's attention last
year and he declined 10 prosecute him,
because Il might injure the Republic
can party. Tho amount Of money b.
tanned by these fraudulent pensioners
cannot be exactly stated until the ex :.
smtners have concluded their investi.
CATION, but II is already known that Il IL
more than 100000 But there IL one
thing that can be positively stated, ani
that 10. that the frauds will be prosecut.
ed 10 The full extent Of the Law by Com.