The Goodland republic., 1893-11-10
NATIONAL CAPITAL NEWS.

With the exception of few senators
and Representatives from the states in
which no elections are held this week,
who have remained here for the pur-
pose of trying to pick up little pat
ronage for their constituents, congress
men are today as scarce IN Washing
ton as though it was midsummer The
sum total of extra session legislation
was 16 joint resolutions and II bills,
all of which were approved by the
president. The administration got all
it asked for from the extra session the
unconditional repeal of the purchas-
ing clause of the Sherman law and the
Of the Geary Chinese law;
and although it did not specifically
ask for it, the adjournment was in ac-
cordance with its known wishes.
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Some days ago it looked as though
the United States might have to take a
stand in relation to the revolution in
Brazil that would have made war pro-
bable with one or more European ma
tions Later information, however,
changed the aspect of affairs and from
what is now said by officials showed
the first information to have been the
result of our minister to Brazil, who
has not been there long enough to be-
come acquainted with the character of
thoss who "fn him up with alleged
information, of course, having become
slightly panic stricken at what he
thought was an attempt by Europeans
to overthrow the republic and estab-
lish monarchy that would not en-
courage American commercial supre-
macy in Brazil. Just as Uncle Sam
was about to say something saucy con
cerning the Monroe doctrine he found
out that it was unnecessary. "All's
we'll that ends well,'' but it would seem
that men could be found to send
abroad as ministers who would not get
':rattIed''
Quite batch of more or less import
ant nominations were left unacted up
on by the senate. It is in the power of
the president to give recess commissi-
ons to all of the left-overs, and such
com missions have already been issued
to those who come under the treasury
department.. The president may and
probably will again send the most, if
not all of these nominations to the
senate at the regular session. The
most important of those unacted upon
is that of Mr. Hornblower of the su-
preme court vacancy. There are the
best of reasons for believing that this
nomination would have been confirm
ed by a large majority had it been re-
ported to the senate, but Senator Hill,
who is credited with not wishing to
have the nomination confirmed before
election day because of the attitude of
Mr.. Hornblower towards Judge May
nard, and who is a member of the judi
ciary committee, to which the nomina-
ton was referred, prevented its being
acted upon by using his influence to
prevent the attendance of quorum
at the committe meetings. There is
little doubt that Mr.. Hornblower's
nomination Will be again sent to the
senate in December, and less that it
will be confirmed. Next in Importance
comes that of Robert E. Preston to be
director of the mint. The silvers sena-
tors prevented action on this nomina-
ton, and say they will try to defeat
it when sent in again. The nomination
of the two negroes-Taylor to be min
lister to Bolivia and Astwood to be
counsel at Calais, France, were very
Objectionable to many senator's who
thought it highly improper to send a
negro to fill diplomatic post among
white people. Taylor's nomination
failed for lack of action and Astwood
was rejected. It is not probable either
will be sent in again. Senator Vance
prevented action on the nominations
of two collectors of internal revenue
in North Carolina Senator Hill hung
up whole batch of New York appoint
ments in the custom and revenue ser
vice.
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If the talk of those men who are in
positions to know what the Democrat
ic members of the house ways and
means committee are doing can be re-
lied upon, there will be nothing radi-
cal about the tariff bill soon to be
| completed and made public. It will,
according to these gentlemen. be a
conservative and common sense revisi-
on of the present tariff laws, something
between the high duties advocated by
ultra protectionists and the ideas of
the absolute freetraders. It is most
devoutedly to be hoped that these pro-
phesies may prove true. 1t must be
) plain to every observant man, what
ever his own tariff views may be, that
the business of the country is not at
present in any condition to stand radi-
cal tariff changes, which always, even