Middletown transcript., 1894-12-08
WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON, Dec. Sd, 1854
Congress is with US again! And very
much sadder and a somewhat wiser
| Congress it is than it was when it ad-
journed last August. One who saw
the ending of the last and the begin
ming of the present session and who
was entirely ignorant of the interme-
diate occurrences would not need to be
told that something important had
happened, and the faces of the Repub-
licaus and Democrats would give him
an excellent clue to guess what that
something was. Proportionate to their
number there was better attendance
of Republicans in both House and
Senate than of Democrats. A witty
Democratic member of the House per-
petrated the following just after the |
Democratic chaplain had concluded |
his opening prayer: 81 say" he said in
stage whisper, turning his head To-
wards the member seated next to him,
"that fellow has an almighty poor
memory" "Why?" asked the gentle
man spoken to. "Why? Why great
Scott! he omitted 10 say word about
the great November catastrophe, just
as though the loss of $1,000 a year by
such an awful lot Of us was an insig-
nificant affair already forgotten. He
should have given us word or two of
religious consolation; we need it. The
contemplation of the loss of his own
job ought to have aroused his sympa-
thy"
Ii Mr.. Cleveland really wishes to see
the warning factions of his party in
Congress get together amicably, his
wishes are not made apparent by hur-
ried reading of his message. On the
contrary; the impression left upon ones
mind is that he merely offers them
choice between accepting his views
and being kicked out Of the party, and
that he doesn't care very much which {
they choose. Already there are mu.- {
terings of the coming Democratic +,
storm, and it will become more diff :
cult to keep it from bursting after Sec t
retary Carlisle's financial scheme. 8
which is fully endorsed by Mr.. Cleve-
and, has been submitted to Congress t
md has been fully taken in by the !
Democrats, a majority of whom hold f
views. The scheme in all its
iefails is part of Secretary Carlisle's
annual report, which will, it is ex- :
,ected, 60 to Congress tomorrow. :
The honor of receiving the greatest r
walton extended to any individual :
member of the House upon the OPEN
ng belongs to Hon. Thomas Brackett
Reed, whose big face beamed with a
unny smile which was contagious and 7
Who fairly shook his elephantine sides i,
when he was jocularly asked if he was =
eady to take the Speakers chair. He .
vas constantly addressed as "Mr. !;
'peaker," by both Republican and {,
Democratic members.
Some very ugly reports are again be-
ng circulated in connection with the
ames of Senators German, Brice and -
NTH, and the Sugar Tru,t. It is :"
harged that double deal is now on
and, which, to put it in the language
f the street, is to catch the public
9th going and coming. The poor
louth the sugar trust is put ting up is
stave off further Congressional lig-
'lation also to force down the price of
lgar stock held by those who are OF
! the deal, and in order TO aid the
,eculators it is said that great stir
nd pretense of adverse legislation is
be made in the Senate. Verify, the
isty-fourth promises to be known in
istory as the sugar Congress; but .
lere seems to be no probability of
1ybody's getting punished, except the
)or public.
Senator Sherman does not as rule
other himself about contradictinp
,wspaptr stories in which he figures, H
1t he lost no time in informing the Is
lblic that there was no truth in the r,
atement that he helped Mr.. Cleve- r
nd fix up the financial portion of his