The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-05-12
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From our Regular Correspondent,


10 spot that physicians declare 10 be
dangerous to health and life, and from
which C0xey has removed his horses, but
none OF che five hundred-odd men have
died, although some of them have had to
be sent to the hospital. The receipts
4 from admissions to the camp-twenty-
five cents Is chargsd-and individual
contributions have so far been sufficient
TO feed the men, but as both have begun
to fall off and the number OF men In camp
rs contantly increasing this condition OF
affairs may not last much longer. Large
accessions TO the array ale expected this
week. There has not been the slightest
/ disturbance between the police and the
army since lib e arrest OF Coxey, Browne
and Jones, for attempting TO speak on
the Capitol steps. The police court has
I been crowded for three days to hear their
trial, and they have had as counsel. be-
sides local lawyers, Senator Allen and
Representatives Pence, of Colo; Hudson
OF Kans.; Sibley, Of Pa; Halner, OF Neb. (;
and Van Noorhis, Of y. Y. The trial Is
expected TO end this afternoon or tomor-
row. Conviction is doubtful. and If
secured will probably not be severe
CoSey still insists that his army is going
TO remain here until Congress passes his
good roads bill.
! The democrats promise that all OF the
proposed amendments to the tariff bill
shall be made public this week, and claim
that they have forty-three votes,
majority, pledged to the amended bill,
but this claim is disputed. as 1t is now
SAID the Louisiana Senators will be COM
PEELED BY the legislature that meets on
the 18th inst, to take their choice between
refusing 10 vote for the tariff bill. unless
a duty OF two cents a pound is put upon
sugar, or OF being supplanted by two men
who will do as required. Both of these
Senator's were appointed by the Govern
or 10 fill uneXpired terms both wish TO
succeed themselves, and the legislature
will decide. 1t is another uncertainty ad-
ded TO those ALREADY existing,
The House committee on Railways and
Canals. was so favorably impressed with
the project Of building q canal between
the Ohio river aud Lake Erie, that 1t
ordered favorable report on the bill
appropriatiug $4,000 for preliminary
survey OF the proposed route. Erie, n.
Y. and Plttsburg, Pa. are to be the ter
mInals OF the canal.
1t doesn't take much to make q Sana-
tor or Representative laugh, particularly
when Congress is in session. Therefore
when DR.. McCandless, of Pittsburg, sent
to Senator Quay by a page, q neatly
bound book bearing in big gold letters
the title What Congress Has Done"
no one who saw the transaction was sur
prsed TO see Mr.. Quay laugh. Later he
sent tie book to Vice President Steven
sou, who also laughed and who I'm turn
sent it to Senator PETER. The book kept
on until it had made the rounds OF the
Senate chamber and everyone had laughed
at it yet it contained 30 printed Joke in
fact 1t contained nothing except blank
leaves, thus showing that its title was
apty chosen.
The House committee on Postollices
aud Post roads has heard Arguments in
favor of the bills now before that COM
unttee. providing for the government
ownership and control Of ali telegraph
lines, by a. L. Randall, chairman OF the
International Typographical committee;
Samuel Gompers, president Of the Ameri-
can Federation OF LABOR: Gardiner &.
Hubbard, OF Washington; ). Ii. Bell, sec
rotary oithe international Typographical
Union and Rep. Blair, OF \, ii. The
but the impression exists that majority
Of lis members are opposed TO the idea
embraced In these bills.
The tirst Congressional pay day since
1t was decided TO enforce the old law
compelling the member to certify the
number of days he was absent during the
shall be locked for every day Of absence
withoutle leave aud not caused by sickness,
demonstrated several things. First, and
probably most important, that there are
members OF the House who deliberately
reported themselves present when they
were not and did not stay away on ac-
count OF sickness, In order to escape
having their pay locked; second, that
the law is very unpopular with members
whose absenteeism has been marked, aud
third, that an attempt is TO DO made TO
show that the law Is no longer Ia force.
The report OF the subcommittee Of the
House Judiciary committee that invests
gated the notorious strike orders issued
by Judge jenkins is Il curious docu ment
and reflects no great credit on those who
signed 1t. After saying the orders were
"a gross abuse Of the power of the court;
were supported by neither reasoH nor
authority; were beyond the jurisdiction
OF the judge, and were therefore void, f"
1t naively adds that the Judge is exonei-