The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1895-01-25
Our Washington Letter,

nobody really expected them to-but
they split the democratic factions a
little wider apart than they were be-
fore, Indeed, it may really be said
that they added a new faction to those
already existing in the ranks of the
party. The democratic party in the
senate now consists of Cleveland men,
cuckoos, who are few In number and
small in influence; the Gormanites, or
anti Cleveland men, who have domi-
mated the little that has been done by
the majority of the senate, ard 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 a different
way nothing a be done in the senate
that does not receive the support of the
republicans. 1t is because of this fact
that business continues to improve,
Notwithstanding democratic attempts
10 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 pre-
vent any disastrous financial legisla-
ton, and hope that they a induce the
majority to agree to some tariff amend.
ments that will make the revenues of
the government sufficient to meet the
expenditures before the session closes.
The house is plodding along with ap-
preparation bills just as though it had
never thought of lacking such a COM
plicated and dangerous affair as rear
rangement of the country's financial
system. Secretary Carlisle made some
changes in his currency bill aud 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 administration running
the government upon a more economi-
Cal basis than it was by the republicans,
the sundry civil appropriation bill,
which was this week reported to the
house. carries $4,OOO,00) more than was
appropriated for the current fiscal year.
1t is clear to the veriest amateur in
public affairs that the action of the
judiciary committee of the house, in re-
porting a resolution of impeachment
against Judge Kicks, of Ohio, which
was authorized by a vote of seven to
six in the committee, is nothing but
buncombe, Even granting that the
resolution will be adopted by the
house, which is far from being a GER
talnty, there would not be time for the
senate to conduct the trial, even if
other things more important were left
undone. There is another little obsta-
Gle that must be familiar to the gen.
tlemen who are conducting this farce.
That is the custom of giving the &C.
cused forty days notice in lmpeach-
ment trials.
If the opinions expressed by indiVid-
ual senators and representatives are
any indications of what congress will
do, and they usually are the very best,
Great Britain will have to wait a long
time before she gets a chance to lease
Hawaiian island Tor a cable station.
Mr.. Cleveland is accused of having
misrepresented the sentiment of the
Hawaiian government concerning that
request for tho consent of the United
States to such modification Of the re-
ciprocity as will permit the island to be
leased to Great Britain. According to
more direct information, the govern
ment of Hawaii doesn't want that trea-
ty modified at all, if the United States
will only officially define its future in
tentions towards Hawaii and the re-
quest was made not because a modi-
tication was wanted. but to give con
gress a good opportunity to declare it.
self on the subject, and with the be-
lief that it would be refused. Mr..
Cleveland evidently thought different
ly, or he would not have committed
himself in favor of granting the re-
quest.
In the opinion of everybody whose
opinion is worth having, Secretary
Gresham would have better sent the
correspondence relating to the sur
render of the two Japanese students
who sought the protection of an Ameri-
a consul in China and their subst-
quent execution as spies by the Chinese,
which was asked for by Senator Lodges
resolution, to the senate without COM
ment than to have attempted to write