People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1894 — FROM WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

FROM WASHINGTON.

In t/< Slatch of £l.«* Cup Ooh I- row oii> r-rcsp 'mieiit. Washington, Sept. 10, 1 -el. j Kopi ■ .n stumpers are now J abroa. the land telling the i people .i t all the evil day.-: j which nave come upon t l lj country would have been avoid-1 ed if they had not een deprived j ofcontr.) of the government. Tlie people, however, are not such gudgeons as to be caught with that kind of bait. Of late years they have learned the worthlessness of the staten;*".!of professional politicians, h know that for more than thirl;, years that the policies of out Government were dictated and controlled by the Republican party; they know that during the>e thirty years there has grown a crop of millionaires and ten millionaires and hundred millionaires never equalled in the history of the world. That under the boneficeut and protecting hands,' trusts, monopolists and money changers have thrived and fattened on the life-blood of the nation. By its works we know the Republican party. “Give me the laws of a country and I will be able to tell you the condition of its people," a great statesmen once remark, d. Most of the law 7 s which ar; on our statute books today were enacted by the Republican patty; it is responsible for much of the poverty and want and misery in a land where alms-houses were almost a thing unknown).

Senator Kyle is confident that the Populists will make heavygains in South Dakota The Pettigrew ring is one which honest men must find it difficult to support regardless of their political convictions. Just about this time the reputation of Andrew. Carnegie, author of “Triumphant Democracy.” and one of the prize oxen who have been fattened by the protective system, is smelling to heaven. There can be no doubt in the minds of the judicious but that the cirumatnbiant air ought to have been scented with the sweet perfume of Mr. Carnegie’s real character some time ago. The revelations which have been nmde during the past several month, concerning the armor plate frauds have, however, surpassed the expectations of his most violent enemies, Thev could have suspected hi ; ed almost any crime except tie roe of basely robbing the Government which has made for him his millions. Like the adder! which nursed into life, tried to sting the one who saved it, the Carnegie Company basely con-

trived against the hand which gave it life. • • • The political complextion of the next House of Representatives is the all-absorbing question with the leaders of the two old parties. It is generally conceded that the Populists will at least hold the balance of power. This would most likely result in a fusion between the eastern Democrats and Republicans for the election of Speaker. Some of the most enthusiastic Populist Congressmen, however, predict hat the new party will have a majority of seats in the next II uise. A conservative estimate places the number at between 50 an 17 ). The largest gains for t P ipulists are expected in the south and west, with a few victories in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.

® ® © Thomas Brackett Reed is now i .Maine displaying himself as .he choicest goods on the political bargain counter. • 0 • It is a matter that few will regret that ••Fanner" Fuston will ot be able to thrill the “disembodied" air ia the halls of the Capitol. His exit from the political stage is mourned by but few, even among his party associates. He is neither “wept, nor honored, nor sung." Now mat he has been elected to stay at home, it is to be hoped that he will keep his pure mind better p asted on the-current price of wheat than he did while he was here in Washington. It is also to be hoped that in the tranquility of private life he will have an opportunity to look into himself, and by hearty repentance in the future, make some amends for the misdeeds of the past.

The hearings before the House Committee on Postoffices and Post Roads on the subject of (Government ownership and control of the telegraph lines we have just received from the printers. It is the most exhaustive and interesting document on this subject ever issued. i The committee had been organ- | , ° ized at the beginning of the ! session by Speaker Crisp with j the avowed purpose of defeating legislation on this question, and neither a favorable nor an adverse report will be made to the House. A canvas among the members discloses the fact that had the bill been reported there was a fair prospect of it passing. About one-third of the Democrats. one fourth of the Republisans, and all of the Populist members were in favor of the proposition. The International Typographical Union and the Farmers’ Alliance by their representatives, were the strongest advocates of the government ownership, and were supported

in their arguments by Congress- i man Blau 1 , of New Hampshire,; Maguire, of California, and Davis, of Kansas. One of the main arguments submitted, backed by undisputed evidence, was the assertion that, owing to the : arrangement between the Western Union Telegraph Company j and the Associated Press and .United Press news companies, J that it was now practically imj possible for newspapers outside j these associations to secure telegraphic service, and that the j news furnished by these two I great news gathering associa * ; tions was so perverted and distorted on political and industrial ; questions as to be a menace to ! the progress and welfare of the i nation.

9 9 0 The news came from Texas that “Buck” Kilgore and the No. 13 boot with which he kicked through a door of the House of Representatives on a notable occasion had been repudiated by fils constituents. It was not stated that his party had found out that his boot was the largest part of him and decided that he had traveled on that record long enough. The house and the country will be well rid of him.

• • • “There are more things in heaven and in private tack-room political conferences than are dreamedof in the public's philosophy.” remarked a politician the other day after he had been summoned to be one of a council of leaders. From a thorough .knowledge of Washington and Congressional human natuue we agreed with him. © • • The illness of Jerry Simpson has been a matter of deep regret to all who know that ardent reformer and love for him for the good he has done and the good he lias tried to do. It must not be thought, however, that derrey’s period of usefulness is over. On the contrary he will live to worry the corporation attorneys, bankers, and professional politicians in Congress for a good many years yet.