The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-02-27
WASHINGTON LETTER.
n1rom our Regular corrospondent.l

MN 4 DAY ur Two ago tnaC Wlll not he
enjoyable news to the republican
presidential Candidate who presides
over the house, an who has lately
been congratuIating himself on the
Apparent success If the do nothing
program he arranged for congress
many months ago Presiden Clevf-
land made il plain to his caller that he
thought the country WAS TO-DAY as bad
ly in need OF financial Legislature as
when lie sent that special message to
congress asking that no Chri.tmas re-
CESS t. be taker also, that il congress
ldjourned without adopting some
legislation Tor the relief # the treasury
ne would not hesitate to call an extra
session at once f,r the purpose Of pro-
vldlpg that relief OF course, Mr.
Cleveland knows that he can not make
congress pass remedial /, gisIation by
calling sn extra session, but he Can
'ocus public attention upon the refusal
or inability of the republican congress
to ainpt Legislation that would relieve
the treasury, and in elligent people
will not be slow either in placing the
responsibility or in locating the rea-
s1n. The republicans are afraid that
Il II ey should help to put the treasury
ia good ehape it might essen their
chances for carrying the presidential
election by making the country too
prosperous. They don't wish the
country to get too prosperous before
he election.
The republican senators are still
Hrang!iug over that tariff bill This
week Senator Carter. Of Montana, will
call up the same motion that Senator
Qnay once made and then withdl ew,
10 send Tie bill back to the finance
G. mmittae, and will make speech iii
favor of it. The democratic senators
NJ probably vote solidIy for Carter's
motion, CT ior any ether that promises
20 aid in killing the tariff bill.
Speaker R ed is even greater than
rules he has made for the government
th- house. By those rules ex mem
hers are entitled to the privilege of
the floor hut they are not allowed to
exercise tnat privilege Until they have
rocured u pass signed by Mr.. Reed,
AZ all tip. Wprkeepers of the house
have positive orders not to admit ex.
members VIII, can not show Gar
RAed's pas, This regulation explains
shy 20 few ex-members have been
seen on the floor of the house.at the
present ressloo. They dou't care to
apply for Reeds pass.
Senator Morgan, of Alabams, has
.uoceeded in putting 9. p. Hunting
/ H. The Pacific railroad msgnateI on
lhe defensive. After taiiug to get any
,uportant direct information out OF
Huntington, in the examination before
The s. uate Pacific railroads committee,
S uator Morgan produced q copy OF
the report made by the United States
commission, more populariy known ap
"The Patterson Commission, owing
To Ex-Governor Patterson. Of Pennsyl-
vania, having been at the head OF it,
concerning the roads in question, and
proce ded 10 call Huntingtun's atten
uou to stat men,s Of fact therein
Huntin ton tried to poopa0 the whole
thing including the testimony OF one
OF his former partners, the late Senator
Stanford, of California, as amounting
to nothing But that didn't 60. Sen
ator Morgan cslIed him down at once,
sud giving hiu copy Of the Patter-
son report, told him thst the commit
tee WAS dirpos- d 10 be entirely falr to-
wards him aud would give hlm week
to present evidence disproving state
me nts in that report. and that in the
absence of conclusive evidence to the
contrary, the country and congress
would accept the report as containif Z
the truth IN full, aud that he had no
doubt iu congress would legislate &C
cordireiugly This brought Hunting
ton 70 tav, ard be promised 10 pre-
pare lie answer to the report,
The democratic congressiona'
cam?aiSn committee OSs organized
lior business tonight, and will soon be
| gin the wnlk If the campaign.
Considerable interest has beer
aroused among the friends Of the 9th
er candinates by the report that ted
HAD been made by which The friends
OF Mr.. Harrison, Gov, Morton u
S,uAt.f Alasan, srt. 70 Try to make
| the ticket A li-uo snd Morton,
Three ef th'- ,ep"hicso represents
tiyts from P, nnsylvauia refused t.
10 put their names TO the cndorSemen
oi Qnsy's dickering candidacy, sut
they do net hes!tste to say a' Qnal
can noi control the entire Pennsyl