The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-09-01
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From our Regular Correspondent,
WASHINGTON, August 81. 1894

: have taken possession OF tn
pretty white tents erected BY
hospitabls washlngtonians In tn,
shadow OF the Washington Monument
Come to read that over II is little mixed
and liable to create misapprehenslon. Il
is the Knights who have taken possess
Of the tents; their cousins aunts and swee'
hearts, are quartered elsewhere. The
city is quite generally decorated In honor
OF Its guests. who will find every hour oil
this week that is not absolutely required
for rest taken up with pleasure or occu
pied with business. Various causes have
operated TO make the crowd, both oil
Pythians and accompanying friends,
smaller than was anticipated when II
was decided 10 hold the encampment AT
Washington, but the principal one was
the greed OF the railroads. which refused
TO put reasonable and fair price on the
tickets. There is one satisfaction about
1t; they have deprived themselves OF a
large amount OF money, and the loss may
make them mora liberal in the future.
Another notable gathering will take
place In Washington this week
when the Southern Development
Convention begins Its first session. This
organization, as Its name implies, is GEM
| posed OF southerners interested in deyel-
eping the natural resources Of the South
ern States and bringing their attractive
ness as places OF residence to the atten-
ton OF the world, and Incidentally max
ing money for themselves. 1t is expected
that every southern state will be repres-
ented at the convention, and those
! interested express confidence that IL will
te speedily followed by practical results
which will demonstrate the wisdom OF its
origna ors.
The report Of the House Naval COM
mittee, which Investigated the charges
made against the Carnegie Co., OF having
furnished the government by fraudulent
means with armour plates not up to the
standard that was paid for, specifically
abou; the same as the rendering ofa tue
bill BY grand jury. Accompanying the
report was resolution specifying certain
plates TO be removed and subjected to
TO tests TO ascertain whether their defect
would substantiate the sworn testimony
taken by the committee. That resolution
was promptly passed by the House, but
when it reached the Senate it was refer
ed TO the committee on naval affairs,
which was settler for it as far as the
present session is concerned, because
there was not z quorum of that commit
in Washington TO act upon 1t. even if its
members desired to do so. 1t is asserted
by some that the resolution will never be
acted upon by the Senate. Senator Nc
Pherson, chairman of the naval commit
tee is In Europe.
One OF the peculiar features OF the po-
ltical situation Is the fear openly eX-
pressed by shrewd members of the old
parties that the Populists will hold the
balance OF power in the next House. IL
pressed merely TO stir the old parties up
to extra exertion, but it Is odd that these
men should now concede what the Popn-
lists in Congress have claimed to be GER
tain Of for many months. 1t will be no 1
small thing to hold the balance of the
power in the next House. 1t will mean
the certain naming Of the next Speaker,
the man who has more power TO shape
legislation than any other official under
pur form OF government. But IL may
mean even more than that. In case the |
thrown into tho House, and it may be,
the balance of power might mean the |
naming OF the next president.
Congress wilk-adjourn tomorrow, mn
xept, unsung and unregretted. 1t |
started out with great flourish Of trum- /
pets, more than year ago, to relieve the |
distress OF the country. If any law
passed by this Congress is to give the |
country relief It islyet to become appar-
mt TO the people. Great promises have
been made, but only time can tell |
whether all of them will prove as delus-
We as some of them have already proven
The foreign student of American poll
les must find the tariff bill which to-
morrow morning will be the law OF the
and, an unsolvable problem. He regards
'ur system OF government as one OF the
majority, and yet here is a law on one OF
hc most important subjects that Con
gress is ever called upon To legislate
IN that was not wanted by oDc-hfth of
congress, nor the President. Still IL
axes It's place on the statute book. 1t
5 pulling to Americans who are reason
IDLY familiar with congressional legisla-
i've methods. III II proves anything 1t
proves that skillful manipulation, and
rot majority Of votes, is what counts
n Congress-, and III il proves that IL