Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-11-10
WASHINGTON LETTER.
,rrom our Regular Correspcadzns,l

TlonldU WIN 10 a. ""AN
come visitor at the Presidents sub
urban residence, has fewer OF the
savage elements which cause men
to grow extensively exultant over
their triumphs than any promln'n
public man | have ever known.
and | have known many. Whlle
he was gratiGed that Congress car
ried out the ideas expressed in his
message by Internationally repeal
ing the purchasing clause OF the
Sherman silver law, his gratihca-
ton was tinged with regret be-
cause a majority Of the democrat
ic Senators voted against repeal'
but he bears them no ill-will Tor
having done so, believing them to
be as honest in their opinions as he
Is in his OWN, and also believing
that time will show them their er-
ror.
Now that Congress is out OF the
way for few weeks it is expected
that large number of important
Appointments will be made, and re-
publicans who are filing offices the
commissions Of which have expr-
ed would better be making thier
preparations to step down and out.
This expectation has kept con-
siderable number of Senators and
Representatives in Washington
since Congress adjourned.
The adjournment Of Congress
will not result in a vacation for
the democratic members OF the
House Ways and Means committee
on the contrary they are working
harder than ever, as it is their IN
tention to get the new tariff bli
completed at as early a day as pos
sible. Daily sittings of the com
mittee are now being held, under
resolution adopted by the House
and chairman Wilson hopes to b
able to furnish the republican nil
orty of the committee with a cop
Of the completed bill in about tw
weeks, so that they may have tin
enough to prepare their report
order that the bill and the major
ty and minority reports may
submitted to the House togeth
during the first week Of the reg
lar session.
The Presidents message on d
waits application for annexah
was ready to be sent to the Seni
last week, but as the sentiment
adjournment was so strong 1T v
thought best to withhold 1t III
the regular session.
The Chinese Minister was gre
" pleased at the action OF C(
gress in amending the &c
law, and he has promised Secret
Gresham that the whole intiue
of the Chinese government will
exerted to compel the Chinese
the United States to apply with
law Within the six months WI
the amendment gives them.
Owing to the estimates OF
various departments of the gov
ment for the financial year not
ing quite ready the members OF
House committee on Appropriate
will get two weeks of rest, but
the twentieth instant they will
gin to prepare the regular Ap
priation bills and from that
until the bills become laws
will be on the Jump all the t
The work OF this committee IS
ways hard, but it will be ha
than usual this year, because
condition of the Treasury m
it necessary that every item
be scrutinized and everything
ed off that can be done withou
This is the sensible way
Senator Voorhees, answers the
talk that has to certain ez
been INDUCED in by some crat
Drained people about the repef
the purchasing clause of the
man silver law resulting in
in the democratic party: "Ol
democratic side of the char
while there were very strong
ence Of opinion, ] do not kno
a single dnfriendly feeling let
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