Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-04-13
A MORAL REST.
Lower Congressional Branch INDUCES
in Moral Amenities.
Watchdog Holman Thinks 1t Has Been Rather
unutuafly Industrious.

! not yet begun. 20 the house may be said
I 70 bc taking a kind of moral rest and in
( dulging somewhat in the amenities of pol
/ itics. The remaining appropriation bills
I are not OF q nature to excite heated dis
| custom, and Of course the river and harbor
/ bill Is the great emollient. 1t is the one
great measure on which Democrat and Re
publican, goidbug, free silyerite and Pop
/ uliGt are indeed as brothers, and it is al
! most the only one this year II there be
another, il Is the general Indian policy, as
| there Is probably less division of sentiment
! now on that matter than at any time since
( the war.
1t Is freely admitted by men of all par
J tics that the relations Of the government
and the Indians are now as nearly salts
/ factory rs in the nature Of things they can
ever become; that the true policy has becn
adopted, If there II "a true policy, and that
while the management OF Indian affairs is
as free from fraud and scandal as at any
time In our history the results in the gen
cfstl peace, in the progress and satisfaction
81 the Indians are first rate. Indeed it Is
"a subject of frequent conversation among
congressman Of IA philosophical turn that
the era OF worldwide financial depression
Is also an area Of universal peace, except,
OF course, as IL Is broken by local strikes
and riots.
Worl. For the House.
This congress has now sat for six months,
and the veteran Holman thinks it has
done (at any rate, the house has) about as
! much work as any in which he has acted.
IL has thoroughly discussed and passed
the Sherman law repeal bill, the Wilson
tariff bill, most of the appropriation bills
and large number of minor measures,
has passed one bill for coming the silver
seigniorage and will have abundant time
to pass another as soon as Mr.. Bland and
his colaborcrs can get it into shape, and
yet adjourn carly in June. All this the
house could do but as to the scnate-wcll,
q the duration OF debate there can now be
calculated on the basis of the hen and a
half and the egg and IA half in II day and II
half. Down t. date the average has been
nearly u day and "a half To u speech, or
| about Il speeches per week. The Demo
Gratis think there will not bo more than 10
set speeches on their side of the chamber
and the Republicans hesitatingly admit
that 10 of their number will not speak at
length. 80, giving the Populists a day
each and Senator stewart n week, there is
IA lively hope of their getting through by
the time the county fairs and autumn races
begin.
The Silver Question.
/ The silver measure introduced by Mr..
Meyer of Louisiana provides for the issue
of $50 bonds ut ) per cent, rcdccmablc at
! the end of five years, but even this much
of concession to the presidents views is
not favored by the free silver members I'M
less 10 he to redeem the bonds already is
sued by Secretary Carlisle, and not only
are tho silver members more strenuous
Shan ever but they declare that all their
8dvices from home report their Constitu-
ents rs more eager for more silver than
ever before. They have much to say about
private adviccs of all sorts from the Latin
American nations and assert that the &c
tiOn of Guatemala was only u fcelCr. The
message of President Diaz of Mexico, in
which he gave England n pretty strong
hint that she must take cheaper money or
n great deal less of it in payment of the
interest due her, was followed by an arti-
Gle in The Two Republics of Mexico city
Ia the effect that that nation will ondcavor
To convene u conference of all the Ameri-
can nations, together with China and In
dia, to re-Cstahlish the free coinage of both
metals. BY some of tho foreign affairs
committee here this article Is regarded as
ut least sCmiotlicial and It is taken for
granted that this congress would vote for
sending delegates to such u congress by a
large majority in both houses.
Culber-on ON the Breckenridge Case.
The Pollard Brcckinridgc case had fair
ly worn out the interest of congressman be-
fore it ended, and even the LAWYERS paid
little attention to the legal points in
yolvGd. So far as they expressed them
selves, however, they thought the instruc-
tions asked for by the defendant's attor-
nCys included some pretty bad law. Major
ButtCrworth has repeatedly declared that
If he had come into the case three DAYS
sooner the defense would never have al
lowed it to come into court. as default
would have been very much better, to
which n wearied Washington public adds
its regrets that he did not get there in
time. On the rare occasions when the de-
PENDANT has appeared in the capitol since
he testified he has maintained an unusual
quiet, but his appearance and bearing are
quite unchanged. Some fancy that they
can note u heavier droop in his eyelids, and
chat his look is even more sleepy than
usual, but his countenanCc is certainly as
rutldy and his shoulders not more bowed,
1t i; remarked IA a singular fact that in
the entire house there is but one member
who is confident of Mr. Disadvantages re-
election, and he, strange to relate is Judge
CGlbCrson, chairman of the judiciary com
mite. He says; The present onslaught
on the colonel will be followed by reac-
ton. They will show that the money to
run this girls case was subscribed in New
England Il am told by man who ought
10 know that n rich Yankee woman sent
$4,000 and telegraphcd that if that was not
enough to draw on her for morcl, and they
7 viii make q hurrah all over that district
that q conspiracy was got up to ruin a
gallant gentleman and soldier, a Ken
lucky orator who had been guilty of a
grave offcnsc, it is true but who had tried
ivcry honorable means to atone for it
without u public scandal. 1t is a plain
ease that that girl has had powerful
backing, and they will make it out a rcgu-
lar Yankee persecution"