People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1894 — FROM WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

FROM WASHINGTON.

Ax the annual meeting of the Indiana Engineering Society held recently at _lndianapolis, Dr. John C. Campbell, of Wabash college, read a paper upon,' “Hoy.- i.o Utilize the Waters of the Kankakee.” If the people of the Kankakee country can had a market for that region’s surplus water they arc surely “in it..’’ and just go away gold mines, you can’t shine at all. Dr. Campbell says, ‘The water in this swamp is perfectly pure, sweet and clean,” and he would, by a system of conduits carry it to Chicago and other great cities that will, in the near future, be Du lit, up along Lake Michigan in the neighborhood of South Chicago. The Kankakee marsh, as we all know, has much “sweet, pure, Clearwater,” that the people, up there, have long been trying to get away or give away, b it we think Chicago and its i'u--1 ire contiguous cities will have t > cultivate a greater taste for

w vfcr. will first have to swear off and turn true prohibition before enough of it will be cons imed by them to make the dry ]mu appear. After sullying -Ciiicago and the other cities with this sweet beverage, the I) '<-tor would, if enough was left, construct a ship canal from La ve Michigan to Baum’s bridge, a id thence to the Tippecanoe, on to the Wabash, down the Ohio to the Misssissippi, and off to the Gulf. This done the water of the Kankakee would be utilized and the richest land of the state reclaimed. Mr. Campbell -wants the government to take hold of this matter. He will have to wait a little while, perhaps, before the government wili take up this scheme. When we get another Republican billion dollar congress, Dr. Campbell may be able to get an appropriation for his canal, but until that time comes we would advise the Kankakee people to . let their river flow on into the Illinois river as nature intended it should. Much can be done to remove this “surplus sweet water” by deepening and widening the river’s channel, by blowing out falls, and by straightening its many, many crooks.

In is arranged to have John Sherman introduce the bill giving the secretary of the treasury authority to issue 8200.000,000 ■worth of bonds. With Sherman the author of the bill, it is said the question will be taken out of politics; it will then be a Republican measure, supported by a Democratic administration. Both parties will then receive the equal praise and support of Wall Street, and will be equally responsible to the common voters of the country for the law. ——■»■■■!■ 11l 111 We pay our congressmen $5,000 per annum, 20 cents mileage, and $125 . yearly for stationery, and then have to employ officers (40 one day last week) to arrest and bring members before the bar of the house in order to secure a quorum to do business. JMbw that Cleveland.is following so closely the dictates of the mone; power, there is no mystery about where the Democrats got such an immense campaign fund.

At the state wool growers’ association last week, some of its members showed themselves more a set of political schisters than an association of good shepherds. The president of the association was, however, an exception, for he did not, like some of the others, sit down and cry: “Baa, baa, black sheep, you can’t grow any wool, unless we have tariff—a whole bag full.” Mr. Tomlinson said there was and always would be profit in handling sheep whether tariff is high or low. This is the way for intelligent, industrious Americans to talk. We are sick and tiled of this baby plea for help, for protection in every little business in which our people engage.

About three years ago, congress granted a subsidy to certain classes of American vessels carrying the mails between the United States and the South American countries. It was then confidently asserted by those favoring the measure that in a very short time we would have weekly communication with those countries, and that great commercial advantages would follow. After three years trial wo still get our news from South America by way of Europe, and it now looks as if the subsi dv was only another scheme to “reduce the surplus.” Now thal the “surplus” is succeeded by a deficiency of revenue, it would be a mighty good time to repeal the subsidy law.

If any of the farmers of the west and south still think that the tariff laws have not favored the manufacturing states at the expense of those devoted to agriculture, just let them step into the recorder’s office and ascertain where those nine million mortgages are owned. That tells the tale more truthfully and eloquently than all the tariff or auti-tariff speeches ever delivered. . Massachusetts has gained more wealth per capita in twenty live years than any purely agricultural state has gained since the foundation of the union. Class legislation did it.

If the government is unable to keep up the current expenses now, how can it meet its obligations when it adds another $200,000,000 to its interest bearing debt.

If the government can not pay expenses without going deepei in debt, it had better go into the hands of a receiver. As it is now run, it is no great shakes anyhow. ,

The Democratic tariff reform bill is so much like the Republican protective kind that it requires a great deal of fuss and splutles about it to keep up the “issue."

Tho persistent cough which usually follows an attack of the grip can be permanently cured by taking Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. W. A. McGuire, of McKay, 0., says: “La grippeleft me with a severe cough. After using several different medicines without relief, I tried Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy, which effected a permanent cure. I have also found it to be without an equal for children, when troubled with colds or croup. 25 and 50 cent bottles for sale by F. B. Meyer, druggist.

The morning train via the Monon Route connects at Cincinnati with the 7:00 p. m. through vestibule train of the Queen and Crescent route reaching Jacksonville at 10:50 the following day. The service of this popular line is unsurpassed by any line to the south. For rates, time tables, etc. address city ticket office 232 Clark St., Chicago, or your local ticket agent.

Dr. I. B. Washburn, the optician, handles the celebrated Trolley’s Kohinoor eye glasses, the best made. Attention is called to the ad, “See Again as in Youth,” in another place in this paper. Don’t forget the Farmer’s Institute next week.

An Interesting Batch of Xewi From the Capitol. From our Regular Correspondent. Washington, Jan., 12, ’94. Americans may differ and dispute about what has been done and what ought to be done with Hawaii, but let any foreign government attempt to put its fingers into the pie and congress will, as one man, raise a shout of “hands off” that will be heard around the world. This was made certain by the news indicating a possibility of the landing of British marines in Honolulu to take a hand in the mixed up game. Congress is not getting excited over this matter, notwithstanding the excitement of the public over the news of the week; it has made up its mind to settle this matter in accordance with what it believes to be right, regardless of politics, and the administration has given practical evidence this week of its willingness, even gladness, to bo relieved of the job. If there shall be no outbreak in Hawaii, or interference by a foreign government the matter will not be seriously taken up by congress until after the tariff is disposed of; otherwise, the tariff and everything else will be dropped and Hawaiian business settled for once and all.

The man who attempted to make up his mind on the tariff from the debate in the house this week, if there be any such individual, must find himself “between the devil and the deep sea.” The administration Dem-’ jerats declare the Wilson bill to be the one needed to give the country back prosperity; the Republicans that it is bound to make the hard times worse; the Democrats who believe in protection for their own districts, but not for the other fellows, say i t will be all right if the particular amendments they advocate arc added before it becomes a law, and Tom Johnson, of Ohio, says: “The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau,” and that the bill is “an evasion of promise and a political blunder of the gravest kind, a confession that the Democratic party lacks courage and honesty.” Mr. Johnson advocates the abolishment of every custom house. In view of these varied statements it would seem that it was just as well that the general debate in the house was limited to one week.

A letter written by Senator McPherson, who has been credited with being strongly opposed to the Wilson tariff bill, is being quoted with great satisfaction by friends of that measure. The letter was written to Senator Voorhees, chairman of the finance committee, of which Mr. McPherson is also a member, just before the departure of the latter upon a trip to Florida, the duration of which will depend upon the effect it has upon a throat trouble he has. Just why the friends of the Wilson bill should be pleased w r ith the letter is more than I can comprehend. He not only neglects to endorse, or even to mention that measure, but he practically repudiated it when he wrote, “The Democratic side of the committee on finance must make the tariff bill and then every member of said committee must stand by the work done. To do otherwise is to confess that we are not fit to govern.” If Mr. McPherson thinks that the Democrats on the finance committee “must make the tariff bill” it is evident that he thinks the bill already made by the house committee unsatisfactory and will favor its abandonment. The only thing about the letter that the friends of the Wilson bill have any reason to be pleased with is the declaration of the senator that he will not be an instructionist, but will stand by the decision of the committee, whatever that may be.

Some very plain language was used by Secretary Carlisle in the course of conferences held with the senate finance committee and the house ways and means committee this week concerning the condition of the available cash in the treasury, and proposed legislation to replenish it. Mr. Carlisle told them that the outgo was exceeding the income by about $lO,000,000 a month, owing to stagnation in business and falling off in importations. He made no specific recommendation because he had already asked for either bonds or interest bearing certificates, which would be practically the same thing, in his an-

nual report, but he implored the committees to take some immediate action, and it is believed that an effort will be made to agree upon some sort of a relief measure that can be put through without any political opposition; indeed, Senator Voorhees is now making the effort to do so, and he thinks he will succeed.

• • • There seems to be more probability of a genuine fist fight on the floor of the house than of one at Jacksonville. Newspaper readers know that the sobriquet “cuckoo” has been applied to what are known as the thick and thin administration men in both house §nd senate. 'Well, one of them —Representative Tracy, of New York—has tired of the fun and publicly announced his intention to slap the face of the next man who refers to him, in his hearing, as a “cuckoo,” and he is just the sort of fellow who always lives up to his announcements. If some belligerent antiadministration man in the house wants to engage in a scrapping match all he has to do is to knock this “cuckoo” chip off Mr. Tracy’s shoulder.

The senate isn’t in any hurry about taking up the bill for the repeal of the election laws. It was to have come up this w r eek but was postponed another week by unanimous consent.