The Progress., 1893-12-30
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Notes Of Interest Gathered from About
The National CAPITAL.

Peace on earth, good will to men"
| is, OF course, the proper sentiment to
express upon Christmas day, but if
/ there is either peace or good will among
! the politicians it is not visible to the
naked eye at Washington. The angry
passions stirred up by the debate just
previous to the adjournment for the
recess are still very much in evidence,
although probably four-ffths OF both
Senate and House are absent from
Washington. 1t is difficult for man
to feel peace and good will in his heart.
when he is making preparations to en-
ter one of the bitterest partisan fights
ever engaged in by Congress. and that
is just whgt every senator and Repre-
sentative is doing to-day. The tariff
will come up in the House on the very
first day Of the session, and although it
is expected by all that the adminlstra-
tion will be strong enough TO put the
bill through. practically as it was re-
ported from the committee, it will not
be done without some hard fighting.
There l. an element of uncertainty
about the visits of the Representatives
; to their homes Just now. That is eX-
, citing much interest. Whether it
) will change the sentiments of any of
them towards the tariff bill remains to
be seen.
: The Senate. although Democratic by
small margin, has certainly not
shown any disposition to be dictated to
| by the administration, and it is already
certain that the few Senators who have
announced their willingness to cham
2 pion its Hawaiin policy will find them
: selves with the fight of their lives on
p their hands as soon as the Senate comes
= together again. The House may be
: willing TO favor the administration by
= adopting the McCrearv resolution pro-
p vidirg for on investigation of the rela-
: tions of the last administration with
!. Hawaii without touching upon those
/. eff the present administration, but it
p may be set down among the certaintieS
that an overwhelming majority of the
- Senate favors Senator MOrgan's resolu-
=. ton. providing for an investigation of
- the whole subject up to date. This
. resolution has been approved by the
. Senate committee on Foreign Rela-
- tiOns, OF which Senator Morgan is
= chairman, although it is known thai
:, President Cleveland disapproves of it
- fThe Senate committee will in fact be
gin this investigation this week.
$ Somebody is going to be made ridicu
5, lous through the uon-sensical cranl
IS fright which has recently made its ap
re pearance in Washington. They viii
III not allow stranger to carry bundi'
or package into the Caditol building
re for fear it may contain dynamite; de
IS tectives in citizens clothing constant.
nd watch the White House and follow
IS President Cleveland wherever he goe
outside Of the building, and foolisl
telegram printed several days ag
about an alleged plot to kidnap tn
Cleveland children is actually seriousl
. discussed by men who ought to hav
on better sense. Senator Mills has bee
receiving some threatening letters eve
cn since he voted for the silver repeal bill
III and the other day his son allowed hin
self to be so badly stampeded as to az
vn ply for and receive permit from tn
de police authorities to carry a revolve
he to protect his father from murderousl
OF inclined cranks; he came to his sens
he later later and asked that the perm
'se be cancelled. All of which is calcu
ne lated to increase the number of crank
who write threatening letters, and tn
IN pay of private detectives, some of whol
in probably could tell the source of man
'or of the letters, and to disgust other pe'
Ike Pile.
ist A member Of the executive ecommi
tee of the Bi-metallic League, whic
re- recently Held long secret conference
*. here, says the League will take
no steps towards trying to get either tf
several silver bills that have been IL
r.. troduced in both House and oena
passed at the present session. Z
thinks that the well-known hostility
President Cleveland to such legislatiC
'ii- and the certainty that the bill will
voted, if it were passed, make it usele
on, to do anything in that direction. III
tie, League will concentrate its efforts upt
nas the election of members OF the ne.
Hoese.
ned The urgency deficiency bill, whiC
. became law on the day that Congre
mas took its holiday recess, contained
ort clause declaring pension to be vest
right that cannot be taken awav from
h,o man without notice, but that did n
80 detract from the interest felt in tf