The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-01-25
" ashingIOn Letter.

Washington. d. c, Jan Is, lS9o--
While there is life in the tifty-third con
gress Democrats will not cease to hope
for legislation IN the line of currency
reform. But candor compels the comics
sion that there is nothing tangible IN
sight in either house Or senate at this
writing upon which to build hope. The
situation Is similar to a serious case of
sickness in ones family. No matter
how serious the doctor may look nor
how low the patient may appear to be,
We hope for change for the better, and
sometimes our hopes are realized, and
sometimes. alas, they are not. Only
time can tell how it will end with cur
rency reform.
Senator Vest when taunted by Re
publican senators because of the failure
of the Democrats to agree upon hnan-
| cial bill voiced the opinion OF many
| Democrats when he said: Il have no
| authority to speak for the President, bur
| most earnestly hope that If some den
! mite action Is not taken 10y this congress.
| the president will call an extra session
| as soon as the gavel falls at the close OF
| this session" The Republicans make "A
| pretenSe of being indifferent about an
| extra session, bat IN reality II Is the
! thing they most dread; they know the
| differences which exist IN their own par
! ty on the financial question, and wish to
| put off the time for action as long as
! possible.
, Senator Blackburn, OF Kentucky, gave
| out a statement this week which should
put an end to all the absurd talk about
| enmity between himself and Secretary
| Carlisle He said: My relations with
| the secretary of the treasury both person
| al and official, are of the most cordial
| kind. Instead of there being any pur
| pose of mine to declare war against Mr..
| Carlisle or the administration. the con
trary is true. Ny views on the silver
| question are well understood but there
| has never been any idea on my part OF
| carrying those views to the extreme of
| making war on MIR Carlisle, Mr.. Cleve
| land, or any one else. Much less would
| | De willing to put in that attitude with
| respect to Secretary Carlisle. Our rela
tions are pleasant and cordial, and will
remain so. So far as | am concerned, /
| am ready and willing to do anything
| can, honorably and consistently, to up
| hold the treasury and the adminiStra
ton. Any statement attributing other
motives to me, or placing a different
light upon the situation, is absolutely
untrue and Unauthorized by me. My
personal attachment to Secretary Car
Isle should have been sufficient to have
! discounted all these silly rumors."
Senator German gave some interest
ing figures In that portion of his speech
that referred to Senator HilPs plea for a
change of the senate rules. Senator
German said no change in the rules was
needed, and to prove that the senate
passes more bills than the house, which
has rules which shut off debate, he cited
the number of bills passed by each in the
following congresses: Forty ninth,
house $50, senate ,997; fiftIeth, house
2,2S4, senate 2,S1S; fifty second, house
| SS2, senate !, ,242; tifty-third, up to the
beginning OF the present session, house
| 624, senate 724. These figures are in
tereSting, and will doubtless be surpris
ing to many.
During a little controversy between
Senator Allen, of Nebraska, and Senator
George, of Mississippi, the latter gentle
man said he had long believed in one
plank of the populist platform-that for
the election of senators by direct vote
of the people; whereupOn Mr.. Allen
shouted trlumphantly: There Is
another accession to the populist party"
NO, retorted Mr.. George amidst the
laughter of the senate and the people in
the galleries; sit is an accession OF the
pOpulist party to me-"
As was expected the house WAYS and
means committee has made a favorable
| report on Chairman Wilson's bill for the
! e a. ~
on sugar impoyted from countries which
| pay an export bounty. There will be
| no difficulty in getting the bill through
| the house, but the prospect in the sen
ate is not very hopeful, although every
| body admits that the duty ought to be
repealed.
The house committee on the judiciary
has decided by vote of to Is that
| Judge Kicks, of Ohio, ought to be i'm
| peached, and will report a resolution
| providing therefore to the house. but
| there Is not much probability that any
thing will come OF it, owing to lack of
| time for the trial by the senate at this
| session. Representative Bailey, of Tex
| as, who was chairman of the subcom
mlttee that went to Ohio to investigate
! the charges against Judge Kicks, saws
he thinks the matter can be disposed of
! at this session, but that if it isn't he in.
! tends to bring ii up again in the next
| congress. He fully believes that Kicks
| deserves Impeachment and PROPOSE. to
| do all he knows how to see that he gets
| 1t, if not in this congress, then in the
| next. NJ.
California Floods.