People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-01-26
WASHINGTON NOTES.

and concluded to adjourn TILL after the
holidays.
Car Tom Reed has picked so many
holes in the Wilson bill that it looks
like the lattice work around a sum-
mer hotel
1t looks like some congressman were
determined to put the President I'm a
corner" about the Hawaiian difficulty.
The more it is stirred the worse it
gets. If Cleveland had not good
majority in congress to hold 4 blanket
between him and the people, there
would be weeping and wailing and
crashing Of teeth.
The Washington Post is taking up
contributions for the poor. 1t uses
one side of the paper for this purpose,
while on its editorial page it labors
assiduously 10 show that this is time
of unusual prosperity.
The exact status of Mr.. Cleveland's
pie counter is not known, but some OF
his warm friends express the fear that
there is not enough official pie left to
tide him over the complicated
Hawaiian muddle. The run made on
the pie counter on account of the
passage of the repeal act has well
nigh exhausted it.
1t is rumored that Secretary Gre
sham will be candidate for United
States senator to succeed Senator Gull
lom. Mr.. Gresham has been taking
considerable interest in Illinois poll
tics and his friends do not deny his
ambition in the direction above indi-
Gated.
The Lee. Martin senatorial investi-
CATION of election frauds in Virginia
promises to bear some fruit in spite of
the strenuous efforts to conceal the
facts. 1t is creating bad blood be-
tween the contestants and their
friends, and if the democrats don't pad
their majorities heavier with the
negro vote the populists will carry the
state next fall.
Mr.. Edward Holden, a glass manu-
facturer of Ohio, is making tour over
the country for the purpose OF organic
ing sort of legislative trust. That is
society to steer legislation in thsin-
terests of its members. OF course Mr..
Holden is protectionist and is Ger
tain of cordial reception DIN those
districts HAT have Interests to pro-
tect." 1t is not stated that it is 10 be
non-partisan concern or not, but
Judging from Mr.. Holden's language
we presume it will bear that brand.
Of course there is no paternalism
about this, it is simply for the pur-
pose of securing special legislation
for favored class
The Washington Post ventures the
assertion that Queen Liliuokalani has
abandoned the Cleveland brand Of
throne restorative.
Various and conflicting opinions are
expressed as to Secretary Carlisle's
urgent recommendation for bond
issue. This question presents diff
culties for solution which the party in
power will hardly solve without much
friction. The issue OF more bonds in
time of peace is an unpopular one, and
whatever reasons may be urged for its
necessity it will prove a veritable
boomerang to the party that issues
them.
Senator Roger Q. Mills of Texas is
"skeered" out of his boots He learned
that some crank in New jersey had
started from his home with the
avowed intention of killing him, and
his son secured permit to carry re-
volver for the purpose of protecting
his father. He is now accompanied BY
his son who carries big ugly-looking
revolver, and the cranks, it is thought,
will fare badly if they run across the
young Texan. With US it seems to be
case where "the wicked feeth when
no man pursueth."
If the lobbyists representing the
Infant industries" don't crowd too
hard it is likely that democratic
caucus will be held soon after con-
gress reassembles to determine what
will be done with the Wilson tariff
bill Some enthusiasts think that the
bill will reach its passage some time
early next summer, but from present
appearances this is very doubtful In
fact, if the passage of the bill will set
tie the tariff question, there is every
reason 10 believe that it won't pass at
all. That would leave the old parties
without bone of contention.