Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1896-12-10
WashintOn Letter.
rom ON Special Correspondent.

are interested in public building |
bills are not plea.ed with the an
nounCement of Chairman Cannon, |
OF the House Appropriation com, }
mittee, that no new expenditures
will be authorized by that commit
tee as long as the government rev.
enues are less than itsexpenditures. |
There is considerable grumbling
and there will be more, but Mr., |
Cannon's word will, as it is known
to be backed by Speaker Reed,
and the proposed new public build
ings will have to wait. although
the friends Of some of them may
he shrewd enough to get them
provided for in amendments by a
majority vote of the House, in de-
fance of the committee.
A very interesting rumOr, said
to have originate from q few
words dropped by Senator known
to enjoy the confidence of Secreta-
ry Olrey, says that about month
ago Secretary OInev acting under
the direction of President Cleves
land notified Spain that ninety
days more would be allowed the
Spaniards to put down the Cuban
revolution, and that if at the end
Of that time no progress has been
| made towards that end the United
States would feel called upon IN
the interest of humanity and Of
! commerce to interfere, forcibly if
! necessary, to bring about peace.
Those who accept the rumor as
| true that about the time that this
alleged ultimatum was sent that
extraordinary naval preparations
both in Spain and the United
States began.
The one thing which the newly
arrived congressman chow not the
slightest interest is the contents of
Of the Presidents forthcoming
annual message to Congress. Orr
dinarily it is just the contrary with
them, but this year everybody
seems to think that it will not
make the slightest difference what
Mr.. Clev Gland may say. He is a
resident without party practic
ally, as the four Senators and the
little handful of Representatives
who are still, known as Cleveland
democrats can hardly be calIeds%.a
party.
The lawyer who is MT as jealous
of the hOhOr of his profession as he
is Of his own good name is un
worthy of the profession and un,
fitted to be trusted with the bust
ness interests of others. It is this
| ieaIOusly Of the honor Of their pro,
tession that is causing the better
class of patent lowYers to agitate IT
favor of the organization Of a pat.
ent Bar, with rules stringent e
nough to stop some of the practices
which are degrading the profes
sion, especially the get-rich.While
you wait promises which are scat,
tered broadcast by certain firms al
bait tCget advance fees from inven
tOrF and men who have ideas they
imagine to he inventions, and the
lottery competitions which are de,
morallzing those who are induced
to pay for the privilege Of entering
them. These tricks of unscrupul
Gus patent solicitors, although o
doubtful legality and some danger
ously near to obtaining money
under false pretenses. cannot b,
reached by the authority of tn,
! Com missioner of Patents, but they
could be by rules made by an as
ISOLATION of patent lawyers,
Senator PETER says the populistt
will do nothing to prevent the car
rying out of the proposal for anOth
er international monetary commits
sion except to state their belief il
the utter uselessness of such a com
mission. He added that there neV
er had been any international mon
! pv and that he 0idn't hplieVp there