The Arizona sentinel., 1896-06-13
Washington Letter.
From our regular correspondent.
 Washington, June Sth,

majority Of the Repeblican Senators and representatives just now. Many of them are delegates to the conven- ton and many more wish to be on hand when the next President of the 1 United States is named, and just as soon as the gavel falls for adjournment, which will be in very few hours not later than Wednesday-they will pack their grips and start. The meet ing oi the National Committee, in St. Louis this week, to make up the temporary roll of the convention, will be second in importance only to the meeting of the convention itself, and many Congressmen, beside those who are members of the committee, will start from Washington in time to be, there at it's opening on Wednesday.
 No surprise was caused by the veto of the general deficiency appropriation bill on account of the items making an appropriation for the French spoliation claims, which have been be- fore Congress in one or another shape for nearly one hundred years, and another appropriation for a private claim. The House promptly sus- tained the veto and passed another deficiency bill with those and several other items left out. The objections ble items were placed in the bill by the Senate and were virtually forced on the house by the insistence of the Senate conferees.
 The report of Chairman Dingley, of the House Ways and Means com mittee, against the Senate bill prohib- iting the issue of bonds without special authority of Congress, which was signed by all of the Republican members of the Committee and by two emocrats-Turner, of Ga., and Cobb, of Mo.-is considered to be an able and comprehensive document. The following extract from the report shows the committee to be in line with the Republican policy of preserv- ing the credit of the country at all | hazards. One excuse which has been given for the passage of the Senate bill is that the Secretary of the Treasury has sold bonds to syndi- cates instead of offering them first at popular loans. While we sympathize with this criticism, yet this affords substantial ground for amending the Act of 1875 so as to require bonds issued under 1t to be first offered to the American people, and not ground for the absolute repeal of all authority to borrow in an exigency. Another excuse is that the Secretary of the Treasury has indirectly issued and sold bonds to meet the deficiency of revenues, by using the redeemed U. s. Legal Tender notes for current ex- penses; and thus placing them in a position for second redemption. This affords ground for such legislation as will make it practically impossible to continue this practice, but not satis- factory ground for taking from the Secretary all power to borrow for the purpose of maintaining the redemp- tion fund" The report raps the ad- ministration hard tor refusing to off, cially recognize the deficit in the revenues, and the Senate for it's refusal to pass the emergency tariff bill and other relief measures passed by the House early in the Session.
 Hon. c. M. Barnett, Chairman o1 the State Republican Committee, ot Ky, who has been visiting Wash ington, says of the outlook in that state: "Kentucky will give majority for the Republican ticket in November of from 25,000 to 30,000 votes. ] expect to see a Republican elected in every Congressional district save one,-the frst-and it is doubtful whether the democrats will carry that"
 In summing up the work done at this session of Congress Republican find nothing to reproach themselves with, although they may regret that the Senate did not pass several impor- tant bills which the House passed
 The Republicans of the House, the only branch of Congress controlled by the party, can return to thier con- stitutents with the proud boast-if fl be boasting to state the literal truth that so far as their votes are con- cerned they have filled every pledge made by the party platforms upon which they were elected. Needed appropriations have been made for internal improvements, although it involved the overthrow of the Presi- dential veto to do it; Harbor detenses and the continued strengthening ol our Navy have been provided for; the pension laws have been amended in the interest of justice to the old