People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1894 — FROM WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

FROM WASHINGTON.

An Interesting BJalcSi of New* From (hct'upitol. From our Regular Correspondent. Washington, June 29, 1894. Notwithstanding the bad language and the bad manners which have become so conspicuous on the floor of the senate — few men are amiable when suf feting from the heat, and the atmosphere in the senate chamber has been awful during the protracted spell of hot weather we have been having—the tariff bill has not yet been voted upon, and is not likely to be until next week. But so certain is everybody that the bill will be passed that the public interest is nowfocussed upon the senators and representatives who are regard ed as the probable members ol the conference committee to which the bouse will send the bill, iur takes any stock in the talk about an attempt be ing made by the administration to compel the house to accept the senate amendments to the bill so as to avoid the delay that •will follov; sending the bill to a conference. That President Cleveland is impatient at the delay is very well known, but it is also known that there are some of the senate amendments 'which he wishes to see changed before the bill is sent to him. The following will, 1 think, be found a good guess at the make up of the conference committee: On the part of the senate, Voorhees, Harris, Jones and Vest, Demp-

crats. and Sherman. Aldrich and Allison. Republicans; on the part of the house, Wilson. Turner, Breckinridge, of Ark., and McMillin, Democrats, and Reed, Burrows and Payne, Republicans. If the Democratic senators named were to vote in accordance with their personal opinions, the senate amendments would all be swept away, but it is expected that they will, instead, vote in accordance with the Democratic agreement in the senate by which those amend ments were adopted and endeavor to get as many as possible of them accepted by the conference and have as few changes as possible made in those which members of the house refuse to accept. The impression is that there will be some radical changes made in conference. 0 9 9 Representatives Davis, of Kansas, and Maguire, of California, made arguments this

week before the house post office committee in favor of Government ownership of telegraph lines. Mr. Davis said the work of the telegraph monopoly was not satisfactory; that the people, as a rule, perverted news; that . hose objections would cease with government ownership; that more men would be employed and better paid, not only on the telegraph lines but in otiier occupations that ire now hampered by the telegraph monopoly. Mr. Maguire said he was opposed to the issue of bonds, but would gladly support a bill for the issue of *25,1)00,000 in 3 per cent, bonds if the money be used to duplicate the Western Union telegraph plant. He said he had done considerable figuring on the subject and was satisfied that the amount specified would be ample.

Unless President Cleveland shall interpose his veto, which is not likely, Labor Day will be added to the legal holidays of the United States, the house having this week passed the senate bill providing therefor. © o o Representative Holman, of Indiana, whose political judgment ought to be good if long experience counts for anything, says he does not expect the Democrats to elect a majority of the next house. He does not expect the Republicans to have a majority, either. His idea is that the silver question will bring about the election of a sufficient number of Populists to give them the balance of power in the next house, and that, by the way, is precisely the claim that the Populists have been making for months. The Republicans profess confidence in their ability to elect a good working majority of the house. Next November will tell the story.

Coxey turned up again this week to finish his argument before the senate committee on education and labor, in favor of his good roads bill. He' profasses to be confident of his election to congress, and says he will get three-fourths of all the votes cast in his district. Others say he will do well to get one-fourth of them. He has been criticized very harshly for the action of Carl Browne in refusing to admit the half-starved men who came here with Frye, to the Commonweal camp and commissary; and it is strongly hinted that both Coxey and Browne are encouraging the desertions which are rapidly reducing the ranks of the common wealers, being willing that the army feature of their movement should now collapse. Coxey has several engagements to speak next week, and after that he expects to put in the most of his time stumping his congressional district. Carl Browne will remain with the army as long as there is any army. Frye’s men and the few that remain of those who came here with Galvin are

in great distress and they are seriously talking of voting themselves arrested as vaginuis In order to get fed. as they have no money and are receiving but little food.