The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-02-14
Our Weekly
Washington Letter
V'rOm Our Regular correspondent.)

washington, ID. c., Feb'y I.
Senator Hoar today offered an am
mendment to the Consular and diplo
matte Appropriation bill which provide
that when the President shall be advise,
that any foreign government is to b.
represented in the United States by a,
ambassador, envoy extraordinary, minis
ter plenipotentiary, minister resident
special envoy or charge daffaires, he Il
authorized in his discretion to direc-
that the representative Of the United
States TO such government shall beal
the same designation, but this shall moi
affect the duties, powers or salary Of
such representative.
The Postmaster General last Msrch
announced that he would present a gold
medal to the railway postal clerk in each
OF the eleven divisions of the Railway
Mail Service who, under rules prescribed
by the General Suerintendent and ap.
proved by the Second Assistant Postmas.
ttr-General, made during the calendar
year the best general record in his d.
vision. The winners of the medals are
as follows: w. A. Manchester, Boston
e. Albany; Harry P. Swift. Greenport &
New York. H. T. Gregory, Washington &
Charleston; w. L. NJ. Austin, Charlotte
& Atalanta;J C. Edgerton, Grafton G.
Cincinnati; Peter Koerfer, Chicago G.
burlington; Geo. s. Bliss. Kansas City
& Denver; Edward Burns, Redding &
Sacremento; w. w. Allen, Jr., New York
& Chicago; w. ]. Woulfe, Minneapolis &
Council Bluffs; w. o. Ware, st. Louis &
Texarkana.
The Fortificatdons Appropriation. bill
was presented to the senate this morning.
The senate committee submits the result
of Its labors in the following statement;
Amount Of estimates for 1884, including
supplemental estimates, $7,642,512; amount
of House bill, $1,735,O55, an increase recon-
mended by the senate committee Of
$4,000; amount as reported to the senate,
S2,4i5,O55. The act making appropriations
for 1893 carries with 1t $2,734,276, and the
present bill is $5,197, ,457 less than the estl-
mates for the ensuing year, and $2Ss, ,221
less than the act for 1893
Indications are not wanting that Mr.
Cleveland's anxiety on account Of the
prospects of legislation to stop the pur-
chase of silver bullion by the Government
is steadily increasing, and that the iner-
tia of the Democratic leaders in the
House of Representatives have been
surprise as well as a disappointment to
him. The setting apart of two days In
the setting apart of two days in the
session so late as February and 10,
within three weeks Of the expiration of
this Congress, for the consideration OF
the Andrew bill, without any provision
for a closure, is generally regarded as
an omen Of the defeat of that measure;
and yet those were the days specified by
its friends, although the committee on
Rules was willing to report special or
der giving them two days of next week,
and the free silver Democrats, 1t is under
stood, were willing to agree to it.
The acquaintance Of Mr.. Frye, the
senior Maine senator, with Mr.. Blaine
was very extended. Said he: II was a
member of the Maine legislature when
Mr. Blaine was the speaker of the Maine
house, and have been closely connected
with him ever since. l was also a men,
ber of the national house Of representa-
tives when he was speaker, and succeeded
him to his seat in the senate. Our rela-
tions nearly all the time have been Of the
most brilliant man ever knew. He had
a most wonderful capacity for absorbing
information, and still more wonderful
capacity for giving 1t out at a timely mo-
ment. He was a very remarkable contro-
versialist and was rather fond Of 1t.
Indeed his powers were not fully shown
in set speeches and he was O. much more
dangerous foe in running debate l do
not think he himself ever fancied making
what Is known as speech. On the
stump nothing pleased him better than
interruptions and he was wonderfully
effective in his replies. They were so apt,
as a rule, that some Of his enemies occas-
sionally charged him with setting up
jobs in advance"
Senator Sawyer of Wisconsin, tells the
following as to Mr.. Blaine's wonderful
memory for names and faces: 'In 1874,
he said, "AIr Blaine made a speech in
Wisconsin and he stayed with me. While
he was there l gave a dinner in his
honor to which invited Mr.. Myer, of
Fond du Lac. In 1891, more than sixteen
years afterward, Mr.. Myer came here
and l took him to call on Mr.. Blaine.
Before we got there we met Mr.. Blaine
While we were within about forty feet
of him, he walked quickly forward and
without any hesitation said: Mr.. c. L.
j. Myer, how do you do?'
Senator Chandler today reported 70
the Senate from the immigration Com
mittee a bill establishing additional regu-
lations concerning immigration. The bill
is a substitute for the original bill intro
duced by Mr.. Chandler at the beginning
of the present month. 1t has no relation
to the Quarantine bill recently passed by
the House, although 1t is probably the
intention of the senate to allow 1t to
place all the immigration features em-
bodied in that bill when they have been
stricken from the House bill later on.
The bill amends the existing immigration
laws in the following particulars: To
the excluded classes are added all per-
sons physically and over twelve years
Of age who cannot read and write with
reasonable facility in their own language,
except aged persons who are the parents
or grandparents Of eligible immigrants;
persons blind or crippled or otherwise
physically imperfect, so that the are
wholly or partially disabled from manual
labor. unless it is shown that they are
sure of abundant support; persons be-
longing to societies which favor or justi-
fy unlawful destruction of life and prop
erty.
Intending immigrants are required 10
sign a declaration giving all the partcu-
lars OF nativity and residence. United
states consuls may also issue to in
tending immigrants certificates upon que