Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1895-01-23
Our Washington Letter.

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WASHINGTON, d. G., Jan. IS.
Democratic Senators who started
out to show the Democrats of the
House how easy it was to agree
upon financial bill made very
short trip. They did not agree up
on a financial bill-nobody really
expected them to-but they split
the Democratic factions a little
wider apart than they were before.
Indeed, it may really be said that
they added a new faction to those
already existing in the rank of the
party. The Democratic party In
the Senate now consists of the
Cleveland men, or cuckoos, who
are few in number and small in
influence; the Gormanitcs, or anti
Cleveland men. who have dominated
the little that has been done by
the majority of the Senate, and
David b. Hill, who is alone in the
Senate, but who is feared because
Of his influence in the party outside
of Congress. With these factions
each pulling different way, nothing
can be done in the Senate that does
not receive the support of the
Republicans. 1t is because of this
fact that business continues to inn
prove, Notwithstanding Democratic
attempts to tinker with the finance,
as they did with the tariff. The
business men Of the country know
that the Republican Senators can
be depended upon to prevent any
disastrous financial legislation and
hope that they can induce the
majority to agree to some tariff
amendments that will make the
revenues Of the government suffi-
! eieht 10 meet the expenditures before
the session closes.
The House is plodding along
with the appropriation bills just as
though it had never thought of
tackling such a complicated and
dangerous affair as Il rearrange-
ment Of the country's financial
system. Secretary Carlisle made
some changes in his currency bill
and again submitted it to the House
banking and currency committee,
but it fell so fiat that the committee
made no attempt to get it before
the House again.
Notwithstanding all the talk
about the Democratic administra-
\ ton running the government upon
a more economical basis than it was
run by the Republicans, the sundry
civil appropriation biB* which was
this week reported to the House,
carried $4,OOO,OOO more than was
appropriated for the current fiscal
year.
: 1t is clear to the vericst amateur
in public affairs that the action o'
the judiciary committee Of th'
House, in reporting a resolution 0:
Impeachment against Judge Kicks
: Of Ohio, which was authorized by
vote Of to 6 In the committee, i
} nothing but buncombe: Evtl
f granting that the resolution will b.
: adopted by the House, which is fa
: FROM bting 4 certainty, there woult
not be time for the Senate t.
conduct the trial, even if othe
l things more important were lef
5 undonc. There is another littl
4 obstacle that must be familiar to tn
: gentlemen who are conducting thi
: farce. That is the custom of givin,
Z the accused forty days notice il
impeachment trials.
e If the opinions expressed by in
). dividual Senators and Rcpresen
c tatives are any indications of wha
: Congress will do, and they usual
are the very best, Great Britai
: will have to wait a long tim
f before she gets u chance to leas
4 that Hawaiian island for cabl
: station: Mr.. Cleveland is accuse
of having misrepresented the sent
{ mcnt of the Hawaiian governmer
It concerning that request for tn
e consent of the United States
v such notifications of the reciy