The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-01-10
WASHINGTON Letter.
OVER THIRTY CONTESTS FOR
SEATS IN THE FIFTY-FOURTH
NOW FILED.
The Smallpox Scare At Washington Will
Make Congress Do the Wise Thing of
Suppressing Quacks In the District
of Columbia.
Special CORRESPONDENCE.

Special Correspondence.
Washington, Jan. 3.-Speaking of fnan
cial matters, and the talk of an extra
Session OF congress, Clerk Kerr Of the
house makes the following sensible OBJ
servations:
II hear some talk of an extra session, u
shut we always hear that sort of talk
about this time of the year during the
short sessions. Personally, l hope that
the financial question will be settled soon.
AS business man, acquainted with the
conditions of the commercial and financial
world, | can say that it would be better
not to try to do anything rather than keep
stirring up the waters and then being
unable to accomplish anything. The
trouble with most of the men who attempt
to enact financial legislation is that they
are not business men, and they do not
practical side" Ygj ~ y sgoN a,sofa ,F
So far he says some 80 or more cases
have come to his notice where contests
willhe made for seats in the Fifty.fourth
congress-. He anticipates that humber
Of these will be dropped, but that there
will still be enough left to keep the cleo
tionscommittee busy for long time.
CONGRESSMAN BAILEY SICK.
OWN to the sickness of Re
preventative. Bailey it islIs hard
to say when action will be taken
on the report Of the committee appointed
to investigate the official conduct of Fed
erai Judge Kicks of Ohio. In reply to a
question Mr.. Bailey said that he had
been too sick to even examine the reply
made by the judge to the charges, He
wants the case disposed of at the present
session of congress because he thinks 1t
Is wrong to allow such serious charges to
hang over the judge. He is, however,
unable to say when the report of the
committee will be ready to be submitted.
TO SUPPRESS QUACKS.
The smallpox outbreak in this city has
been the means of stirring up consid-
cradle sentiment against quacks and al
legged physicians. AS result 1t Is likely
that congress will at very early date be
asked to pass law throwing around the
practice of medicine in the District much
more stringent regulations. AS they ex-
ist at present they are little more than
farce, as anyone holding a diploma,
even though it be from one of the many
worthless institutions of this country, can
after registering his name at the health
office, hang out his shingle and go to
work making nornsoc Thc sD.uaI On
smallpox during the first outbreak is ati
tributable mainly to al wrong diagnosis
given by an incompetent doctor. 1t is at
such times as this when the health of an
entire community is endangered that
many of the loose and useless laws are
remedied. That such may be the case
is devoutly to be wished in the present
instance.
MR.. CLEVELAND UNEASY OVER
a.. THE CURRENCY. a-
There was circulated about the city
yesterday rumor to the effect that Mr..
Cleveland was considering the expedi-
ency of sending to congress
special message in relation to
the currency relief measures. As
the days go by the necessity TO speedy
action on this subject becomes more and
treasury so far from lettering itself
seems to be doing the very reverse with
no prospect of conditions being changed.
Disquiet and unrest prevail in money cir
fcles and all ere anyiously awaiting con-
gressiOnal action. Mr.. Cleveland has had
frequent conferences with Secretary Car
a Isle, Comptroller Eckels, Speaker Crisp
and some of the more prominent of the
congressional students of finance. These
conferrings probably form the basis of
the rumor.
The presence in Washington during the
early part of this week of ]. Pierpont
Morgan of New York has given rise to
the report that while here he called on
the president and in the name of the New
York bankers, requested the removal of
Secretary Carlisle. He claims, so it is
said, that the secretary had not kept faith
with the bankers who aided him in float
ing the bond issue and in other ways
y he has shown himself incompetent to
handle the finances of the government.
y This report, however, has been .unquali-
Y fiedly denied