Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1893-02-15
wEEK IN ct,NaREss.
Our Usual Batch of interesting News
 From the National Capitol.

pointment to the democratic lead
 CTS. They have failed to secure for
 the coming democratic administra-
 tion tho credit of the annexation of,
 or protectorate over, Hawaii; they
 have failed to cut out of the Sundry
 Civil Appropriation bill some six
 teen millions of dollars which had
 been promised the people of the
 country for river and harbor im-
 provements, and they have failed to
 deprive the armless and legless vet
 erans of the late war of the pittance
 allowed them by the government
 for the purchase of artificial limbs.
 Whether their failure in this attack
 upon the old soldiers will be per
 manently so, is uncertain. In the
 preparation of the Sundry Civil Ap-
 propriation bill the democratic com
 mittee of the democratic house
 brought in a measley appropriation
 of S75,0O0 for the purchase of limbs
 for those maimed heroes of the late
 war, instead of the customary S65O,- 0OO which republican congresses
 have given for that purpose. This
 led Co long and earnest debate,
 the republicans of tho house insist ing that the appropriations as origi-
 nally made by the republican party
 in Congress should continue. while
 such economical northern democrats
 as Holman and Outhwaite, and such
 southern members as Dockery. Say
 CTS and Oates favored cutting the
 appropriation down to about one
 tenth Of it's original amount. The
 republicans. being a mere handful,
 were, of course, powerless to prevent
 the measure from passing in com mittee of the whole, wLere mem
 bers are not put upon record by the
 yea and nay vote, but they were sue
 ressful by obtaining q yea and uay vote in the House where theg still hone to be able to defeat
 it. If not It MI he defeated in the Senate ,yhero the rep,ihlicans still maintain 8 majority Not eontent
 with refusing Che armiess and leg
 loss veterans 0f the lste war che raasunaile allowance wbich republ caa have granted them for limbs, fhe democsdts of the house pat
 themselves oa record as rehlsing a reasonable appropriation for head stones for soldiers graves During the consideration of the sQdry Civil Appropriation bil, Congress maa Campbell, republican, moved an sa4- udmeut appropnsting GolAd for head stonas for unmarked graves of our veterans. This was offered as an amendment to the amount of S25,0O0, which the commsttee had allotted. The proposition on tho part or a leading republican com. pletely mortified the democratic side. To spend $40,000 of the peo- ple's money for head stones was too much and the proposition was voted down by a strictly democratic ma jority more than three to one,
 WAsHINGToN, D. C.. Feb. S.-[ Reg ular Correspondence. The great disappointment of the week, to leading democrats is the proposition made by representatives of Hawaii for annexation to, or pro tectorate of. the United States. Mir. Cleveland and his democratic friends had hoped that this glory would come to bis administration. This event had been quietly planned months ago, but had moved so slowly that leading democrats, who were cognizant of the situation, had strong hopes that it would not materialize until the Cleveland ad- ministTation came in. The fact is now known that under President
 Harrison's wise and generous admin istration leading men, of not only
 Hawaii, but of Canada, Cuba and Hayti became desirous of closer relations with the United States and made these facts known to the Pres ident and his adyisc Thase ad- vanees, will, of course, be faYovably received, and ems probable hat had longer time beer granted tAa present admin stratiou it would have either resulted Ia tAe annex ation uf or closer relationship with several Of ! our neighbors, perhaps, including Canada. As aB important matter like this and one in which so many people were actively interested, could not be an absolute secret, and the knowledge of the facts, in the course of time, passed into the hands of the democratic leaders, when Mir. Cleveland was elected, he and his friends immediately began plotting to monopolize as their own this great plan which had beeu formulated under the Harrison ad- ministration. They hoped that the I shortness of time and the slow movements which usually prevail in events of this kind, would carry over into the next administration the developments which have al- ready occurred at Hawaii and which may occur in some of the other countries already named. And they were bitterly disappointed when the event at Hawaii took place and 1t became apparent that the Harrison administration would get the credit of obtaining control for our country of this important Pacific Coast sta ton. Just what result will come from the negotiations, of course, cannot be foretold. but there is req son to believe that they will result in a proteetorate and may finally bring about annexation.
 The democrats are fighting des- perately for the control of the sen ate. Having succeeded in getting a democrat elanted in Kansas, by the aid of the Populists, they are now struggling to bring sufficient infu- ence to bear to induce the senate to recognize a man bringing creden- tials from an illegally organized The republicans of the senate, however, arc determined to thoroughly investigate the title of this claimant to the seat and the re- suit may be some very interesting developments, in democratic sena- tors may cut an important, but un- pleasant figure.
 President-elect Cleveland is still of his party the repeal )f the present silver law. His latest atterance has been 8 massage sent by Don. Dickinson to leaders here hat if the present congress does lot repeal the present silver law, he will call an extra session for that purpose, and make no appointments Or those who refuse to vote as he dictates. IL is not DrobanIa hovu