The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-02-10
ashiagiGn Letter.

WAsIFrxGrox. d. -. February l. 1888
Hon. Don NJ. Dickinson. who l. regard
,.d a. Pre-ident-eiecJ Cleveland : person
al representative. i III for the repeal al
the sherman silver law, which L 10 be
taken no In the Hou~e on Thursday and
Friday. next Mr.. Dickinson = out
sy.oSeu in favor oi the annexation ot ha-
wall and in this he i IN hne with Sev-
en-tenthS OF CongrgSS- without reEard to
poIiticS- The Hawaiian Commissioners
arrived to-day and L. morrow they VIII
present their petition for annexation
There are - many complications that
would have 10 be met If an act of Con
gress annexing Hawaii J. 10 ne passed,
and IN the course of the delay. which
would necessarily eusue, some foreign
Government might. by a revolution or
other means. secure control of the ouuu-
trv. that II l. probable that the outcome
viii be the adoption of some quicker
method Of asserting American control
and warning foreign Governments 10
/ keep their hands of. There II no poll
tics in this. simply AmeriCanISm. and,
| be il said to his credit. Mr. Harrison has
/ consulted a. freely with the prominent
! Democrats II. Congress ~ with members
| of his own party.
Notwithstanding the threats cabied
/ from London as 10 what England IN
/ tended TO DO. II can be stated without
/ exaggeration that the intentions of Eng
! land or any other nation l. cutting no
! figure whatever Ia this matter HawaII
il going To pass under the control Of the
/ United States. That much l. certain,
\ but il l. not vet decided JUS. how II = 10
be done Another certainty IA the sit
I uation i that Hawaiian sugar producers
Will not Toe paid the bounty of : cents
pound now paid Ia Americans under the
/ Mckinley law. which some a!isge 10
have been the cause Of the revOlunou
and application for annexation What
ever the cause, there are many good resi-
sons for our not nesiectiug the oppor-
tunity to get control of the islands
The majority report II the House Ju-
dietary committee. which investigated
the Homestead labor troubles, has at
tracted wide attention Il was written
by Representative BlatueT, of Louisiana
who saws therein that he finds nothing
in the Constitution which authorizes
/ Congress To interfere with, regulate, or
prohibit the employment Of PIukertou OF
other detectives, 10y persons or corpora
tions, except 80 far a they may be en-
[ gagged IN interstate commerce The
trouble at Homestead. continues the
report. ..waS bcvond Federal or Con
graSsSonal jurisdiction. To permit in
reference by the Federal authorities
without demand IF the states, or q
make laws which would control or af
feet the relations Of employer and en-
plove in the states. would be 10 Uu
dermine the Just authority Of the state
and t. interpo>e Federal authority upor
P a subject Of which the states have, anC
ought To have. supreme control.
, 2O Of the - Senators that voteC
against the anti-option bill when it wa
finally passed by the Senate were Dem
ocrats. and IL nf the 40 votes east il
? favor of the bill were from Democrats
2 Four Democrats were paired and did no
vote.
The investigation Of the whiske,
trust. authorized by the House will b.
| conducted toy subcommittee composed
j of Representatives Bynum, OF Indiana
r Stockdale, Of Mississippi; Buchanan, O
( New Jersey and Powers. IF Vermont.
There was general surprised wher
the Senate voted down a motion mad
by Senator Sherman to make the Nc
aragud Canal hill the unfinished bu>i
q. ness If the Senate which would hav
given IL the right OF way every dag afte
Z o clock There i hardly one chanc,
e in ten that this bill can get through the
o present House, bat il has been supposed
= that the Senate intends to pass il any
= way. Perhaps after all it viii 90 to JOIN
!, the numerous other matters that AT
I'll l.. - l.
: Congress to wTeStle with.
J Representative Fellows. Of New York
d Is chairman of the committee that vii
. investigate the spending of Panama Ca
nal money in the United States Col
Fellows Is n shrewd lawyer. and as
skillful cross examiner has few equals
g Farthermore. he l. deeply Interested IL
( the subject ne l. investigating. All q
, which increases the chances for the ex
posure Of somebody. if there Is any trutl
in the charges that have been from tim
b to time made both in this country an,
: France, Of the bribery Of Americans @
r prominence Ex-Secretary Thomr~o
Will be one Of the witnesses heard 1T
was president Of the American end II tn
z company.
The Senate, which mas only passed tvs
Of the appropriation bills. seems at Ieas
> to realize that it J. in the hole Begin
, ming to-day, it will meet at II O. clock.
If the gold IN the treasury Is reduce
as much this month a. last Secretar,
Carlisle viii find less than the S1OO. 600.
600, known a. the gold reserve fund
when he takes charge. There i nov
r less gold in the treasury than al an
D time for many years. and Of course wha
T. i there viii have to b. paid ont when
, ever treasury notes are presented for re
demption.