The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-01-13
Washington Letter

Washington Letter.
W,sTJTNcTox u. c.. Dec. Z 1898
| Speaker Crisp stjli shows the effects ol
/ has recent severe attack of indigestion
/ but he has been able to preside over the
/ House during the short and unimpor'
| ta,tt sessions held this week. As usual
/ tb, attendance for the first two or three
davs after the holiday recess has been
! small: and the sick list - unusually
/ large. hut the work ON the aproprla-
1 ton bills. which after all Il the main
| business of this session Is being rapidly
! puShed. In view of the probable silver
! fight which may begin any day. speak
| Crisp was asked by a friend which side
/ he would be on. Neither was has
quick reply. 1T is my duty to Impair
! tialIy preside over the House. and what
! ever my personal opinion may be, l
! shall cndeavor To do It.
! REPRESENTATIVE Scott, of Illinois. in
| troduced a resolution this week which l.
! believed To contain part of the true IN
! var,lneSs of the way in which Secretary
/ Foster has STAYED off the actual dehclt
! i'm the Treasury during the last year. II
starts out by stating that the Fltty-hrSt
| Congress provided for the construction
! or extension Of - public buildings, ana
| that l. of them have not yet been con
fr,cted for: aud calls on the Secretary of
the Treasury Tor information aS To why
81 many Of these public works have been
80 longdelayed. and why more than So
coo. 600 appropriated for this purpose re
maiued uneNpended during the last two
years Mr.. Scott asked unanimous con.
sent of the House for the immediate con
Sideratiou Of the resolution. hut Repre-
sentative Dingley, of Maine, objected,
and the resolution was referred
Senator CarliSle's frienlsar beginning
to practice calling him Mr.. Secretary,
as the belief has become general that he
has Welded To the pressure brought to
bear upon him and agreed Ia accept the
position of Secretary of the Treasury in
President Cleveland cabinet although
he still declines To discuss the matter.
\ report became current early in the
week that Secretary Elkins intended TO
issue orders that would have the effect
of preventing the regular army making
a reputable showing I'm the Cleveland in
auguration parade. \ subcommittee
from the Inaugural Committee at once
waited upon the Secretary, and were as
Sured hv him. and also Tor Gen. Schoiield
who was present at the Interview, that lac
had no such intentions. ON the contrary,
he had made up MS mind that the regu-
lar army should be- more largely and bet
ter represented than at any previous IN
auguration since the war. The inaugur-
al ball will be. held in the Pension Office
building.
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came down like "a stick. l. Mr.. Thomas
II. Carter, who had hardly been heard OF
outside of his own state until ne was
made chairman of the national Republi-
can Committee, and who, after the cleo
ton, dropped back into obScurity still
deeper than that from which he he had
been dragged to be an ornamental figure
head Chat was the original intention,
but circumstances prevented the manlp
ulation Of the wires by the man VINO
laid them. and Carter became the actual
head If the commIttee.( Mr.. Carter was
in Washington this week trying to clear
his late Secretary, eN- Congressman Me
ComaS. or Maryland, of certain charges
against his integrity which have caused
his nomination To he Judge Of the ID. c.
supreme Court 10 be hung up for several
days in "a Senate committee controlled
by his own party. Carter's head Is Sey-
crll sizes smaller than it was before the
election.
1t Is now conceded. even 10y the most
Sanguiue Republicans, that the Senate
of the Flftv-thIrd Congress will be con
trp,lcd hy the Democratic party. although
several Of the necessary votes viii come
from loyuliSt-. hut. no matter where
they come from. the votes will be there
to rrurgHuI1o the Senate on a Democrat
ic basis and a. pass any measure which
the Democratic leaders may agree upon
a~ desirable That puts the last nail in
tine coffin of the deiuuCt National Repub-
HCau party, gives tire Democratic party
a lease ON the Government 50 long a. it
may he guided by wise counsels, 10 all
of which every man who has the future
welfare Of our country and all of it, citi-
zons. not few favored individuals, can
conscieutiousIy say Amen.
Representative Outhwaite has intro
duccd resolution providing for an in
vestigation of the control of certain his
torical documents on file in the Depart
ment Of State This nearly concerns
Representative Henry Cabot Lodge, of
Massachusetts, who Will soon be- Senator
Dawes successor, aS II has been charged
that he and his literary partner We're
through collision with certain minor Of
ticiaIs of the State Department able To-
prevent other literary mcu getting access
10 historical papers on tiIe IN the depart
ment until they had published copies Of
them aS portions OF certain historical
books Of whI ch Mr.. Lodge i reputed to
be one Of the authors.
Senator Hill SAYS that not more than
seven votes viii be cast against the nom
inatIon of Murphy To- he Senator at the
Democratic caucus of the New York leg
iSlature, to be held next Tuesday night
NJ.
The COldest Cay For Years.