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WASHINGTON LETTER,
(From Our Special Correspondcnt.)
WASHINGTON, D. G., Jan. 8, 81

pou"toi AIilooh 10 Always u popular
man with his colleagues, but since his
return to Washington, fresh from a
conference with President Mckinley,
he has been mor popular than eve
That he knows important cabinet Sc.
crets is certain, and, while he has
probably given some of his party asso-
ciates a hint of their nature, he is too
wise a man to give them to the public
at this time. 1t is the general opinion
in Washington that Senator Allison
can be q member of the cabinet, if so
disposed, but the knowledge that he
twice declined cabinet portfolios when
he was a younger nan than he is now
causes many to think that he doesn't
care to exchange his present duties for
the harassing cares and responsibilities
of a seat in the cabinet.
No one in Washington was greatly
surprised when Congress reassembled
to find that many Senators who were
previous TO the holiday recess clamor.
ing for immediate action on the CAM
eron resolution for the recognition OF
the independence of Cuba were inclined
to be mum on the subject. Senator
Cameron has not returned, and at this
weeks meeting OF the Committee on
Foreign Relations no steps were taken
towards the pushing of the resolution
to a vote, and the prediction is freely
made by Senators hat the resolution
will not be voted upon at all, although
a few speeches both for and against
may be made in the Senate. Repre-
sentative Sulzer, of New York, the
gentleman who c%ultivates what he
thinks is a likeness to Henry Clay, in
troduced a resolution in the House.
giving Spain thirty days notice of our
intention to recognize Cuban indepen.
dence and maintain it by force of arms,
if the methods of. conducting the war
fare against the insurgents is not made
to conform to the rules of civilized
war, but it did not create a ripple and
was referred TO the Committee on For
eign Affairs, where it will remain.
Nothing could have been further
from the truth than the report that
Senator Sherman, who is Chairman of
the Committee on Foreign Relations,
intended to visit Cuba. Senator Sher.
mar, like most men of strong common
sense, thinks it not only bad taste but
actually improper for Senators or Rep
resentatives to go spying around Cuba.
Representative Curtis, Of Kansas,
who asked the Ways and Means Com
mittee in the name of the cattle r%aisers.
feeders, and farmers of his State, for a
restoration of the old duty on cattle.
said: "If Congress will restore the duty
Kansas will pledge herself to produce
her share of cattle without raising the
price Of beef" Representative. Turner,
of Georgia, a Democratic member of
the committee, asked Mr.. Curtisif he
would sacrifice the revenue produced
from cattle, and Mr.. Curtis promptly
replied: Revenue can be raised on
other items as it has been heretofore
by Republican legislation. There never
has been any trouble about revenue
under Republican Administrations
Mr.. Turner then sought to crush him
by asking: Then you are for a duty
for protection only?" but Mr.. Curtis
came back at him with this: II am
for protection and revenue. And |
would have a duty absolutely prohibit
tory on every agricultural product
that a be raised in this country"
Senator Chandler insists that there
was no joke in his. proposition to re-
duce all government salaries ten per
cent for three years, and says he will
Insist upon having a vote in the Senate
upon his amendment to the a%ppropria.
ton bill carrying the money for public
salaries, providing for the reduction.
The second and last week of the
tariff hearings has confirmed the i'm
pressions of the first week, as to the
general desire for a speedy return to
Republican tariff ideas. With few ex-
ceptions the increase asked for has
been moderate, and the exceptions in
which greedy demands were made
need not bother anybody, as there is
no probability that the committee will
grant them.
The House this week passed the Loud
bill to amend the postal laws so as to
deprive books which are not regular
periodicals and sample copies of news
papers of the right to be sent through
the mails at pound rates as second
class matter, and is now discussing the
Pacific Railroad funding bill. There
is a red hot fight being made on this
bill and the debate has already been
at times bitter and acri nouious.
The headquarters of the Inaugural
ton Committee is one of the busiest
places in Washington these days, but
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