Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-11-30
General l1ews.
AFFAIRS At WASHINGTON.

The Washington police force are about
to start "a crusade against the social evil
at the national capital The raid will not
be conducted after the style of the Park
hurst raid in New York, but it is proposed
to clean out certain parts of the city that
are the exclusive home of the demi-
monde.
The subcommittee on pensions of the
house committee on appropriations will
report in favor of the full recommended
appropriation of 5 l0,0OJ 900 for pensions
tor the fiscal year lS9j-06. This amount
is the commissioner estimate. The
only change made in The estimates sub
United to the committee Is "a reduction of
500, 600 in the amount provided for spec
ial examiners.
The trial of eX-Capt. Ilowgate is threat
ened with serious complications by the
discovery that vouchers signed by How
gate, and supposed 10 be fraudulent, are
missing from the office of ;he second au
ditUr of the treasury. Their disappear
ance was, it is supposed, caused 10y per-
sons who would suffer embarrassment
during the trial of llOWgate if the papers
should be presented The amount of
money involved is Sl3O,OOO.
An exhaustive review of the operation
of our immigrant laws is presented in the
annual report of Herman stump, United
States superintendent of immigration.
It shows that during the year ending
June 30, 1891, 2SS, 02O immigrants arrived
in this country. of whom 80 G3l were
landed aud 2.3S9 dcbaIred from landing
because of being under contract to per
form labor previous To their arrival. OF
the immigrants landed. 10000 were des-
tined for New York State, $4,000 for
Pennsylvania. 2j.0jO for Massachusetts
and 22,00O for Illinois.
Secretary Carlisle on Monday accepted
the proposals for the Sj0.000.00O per
cent bonds submitted by the syn
dictate represented by John A. Stewart
of the United States Trust company of
New York and others to take the entire
issue at ll7.077. 1t is expected that the
deposits of gold for the payment of the
bonds will be made very promptly, and
as the understanding is that none of the
gold is to he taken from the treasury. an
early restoration of the gold reserve to
above the 500 .0U0,O)0 mark will be the
result The bonds, including premium.
will realize to the government about
SOS, 800, 900 The gold balance. which is
now in round numbers Sj7. OOO.0OO,
wi thus be increased to about SIG
0O0000.
An examination Of the history of the
senate and of congress shows that if
precedentS are followed there is very
little probability of there being an extra
session of congress between the aliDurn-
men5 of the lifiy-third congress on the
4th of March next and the following
December, when the regular session of
the tifIy-fourth congress is to convene.
OF course, circumstances may occur that
will make an extra session not only pos
Sibe but absolutely necessary, but such
Il condition of all lirS i not anticipated.
Should an organized effort be made to
take up tariff questions again at this Ses-
sion. there are those among the Republic
cans who say that no appropriation bills
shall pass. Should this threat be carried
out. an extra Session would, of course, be
necessary, aud Mr.. Cleveland would find
himself in about the same fix rs did MIR.
/ Hayes " hen he called the extra session
in 1917.