Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1896-06-11
SADIE ordered, probably as short-lived,
assuredly more promising Of complex
results than have followed the greatest
Of their tariff vagaries.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.

FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENTS.
WASHINGTON, JUNE 9Th, 1896.
Going. going almost gone. That
represents the condition of the first SEES
zion of the fftv fourth Congress. Ad-
]ournment may come tomorrow, but it
will certainly not be later than Wednes'
day. Beyond the regular appropriation
bills, this session Of Congress has put
very few laws upon the statute books,
and to say whether those few were good
or bad depends so largely upon the
point of view that your correspondent
won't venture to record his opinion Of
them. Like most other Congresses upon
the eve Of a presidential election, this
one has left undisposed Of some OF the
most important bills which We're before
it. To deplore this would be simply a
waste of time. 1t has always been so
and will continue to be 80, until the
average Congressman ceases to be like
the average man'-more intent upon
looking out for his own interests than
those of other people.
For once at least the House has shown
itself to be IN accord with the President.
By vote of 149 to 40 the House sus'
tanned the Presidents veto Of the gener'
al deficiency bill. This bill was vetoed
because it contained an appropriation Of
more than 100000 to pay century'old
French Spoliation claims and another
ofnearly $175,0oo for a doubtful private
claim. The House passed new def.
cheney bill with those and some other
Objectionable items left out. These APP
preparations were put in by the Senate
and kept in by the Senate conferees and
there are few members OF the House
who are not glad the bill was vetoed.
1t is doubtful whether one-twentieth
of these spoliation claims are now in the
hands of descendants Of original claim
ants. They have been mostly bought
up by spectators for ,idiculously small
amounts. An appropriation to paythem
was vetoed by President Pierce.
Whether so intended or not, Senator
Morgan's warlike Cuban speech, which
was so rabid that the Senate galleries
were cleared and the speech finished in
secret session, is believed by lots Of peo.
pie to have been rather pleasing than
otherwise to President Cleveland. They
also believe that Mr.. Cleveland intends
doing something startling in connection
with the relation Of this government to
the Cuban revolutionists between now
and the Chicago convention. 1tappears
that the republican senators took some
such view of the Morgan speech, as Sen
ators Sherman and Lodge took lead
ing part in shutting the Senate doors
while the speech was being made.
A New York business man who has
Just returned from a trip through the
great agricultural states, says the gran
aries are literally filed to bursting with
farm products for which there is no 10.
cal demand, and which transportation
charges make it improbable to ship to
distant markets. ut is not to be Won
dered at he says, lin the face of such
conditions that the agricultural people
are in favor of free silver. They are dis
gusted with the present status, and are
willing to risk the silver cure. Eastern
people who never get away from home
seem surprised at the strength of the
silver cause, but If they would take a
trip as far west as Omaha, they would
understand the reasons that are behind
the movement"
Notwithstanding the constant watch
ing Of the Father Marquette statue by
the Capitol police, somebody has sue
ceeded in slightlydisfiguring it by break
ing the feathers from the head dress Of
one of the Indians on bronze relief tab
let on one OF the sides of the pedestal.