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Show Washington Letter. (Prom our Ittgultr Corrcipondtnt; Tho administration farcJmnch better on the Hawaii question in tho House this week than In the Senate. In fact thi democrats In the House have upon every opportunity proven themselves to bo morn loyal to President Cleveland than havo the democratic Senators. It is whispered in Insldo circles that lien's n ill arrive beforo Congress comes tc-irethcr tc-irethcr again that will put an end to tho Hawaiian incident, it being understood that tho las dispatch sent to Minister Willis Instructed him to withdraw tho offer he had made to tho queen, If sho had not before ha rcclcvcd it agreed to accept tho proposed terras ot her restoration, restor-ation, and to officially inform tho provisional provis-ional government thntjho had dono so. Tho nomination of Hon. Wayne MacVcagh to bo embassador to Italy was much better re cieved by the republicans than by tho democrats . Mr. MacVcagh was nil his life n rcpuplican. until just previous to tho last Presidential election when ho announced his intention to iiboiuloii . his party and to support Mr. Cleveland, on account of tho McKlnley tnrlirlaw. Mr. Mao Veagh was onco n republican partisan of the most radical type, and it wasen't so long ago, either, ho liming been ono ot tho "visiting statcmoii" who went to Louisiana to look out for the Interests of XI r. Hayes In the settlement of th'i Hayes-Tildcn dispute, no was Attorney General In tho short-lived Garfield cabinet, and shmtly alter ho retired to private lito ho began to exhibit symtoms of mugwum-pcry. mugwum-pcry. His ahiilty !acoaeedcdbyall,and even If ho were not a brother-in-law of Senator Cameron his confirmation would not havo been less prompt than it was, He has been a warm personal friend of President Cleveland's for many years and it is probably to that friendship that he owes his nomination. Tho action of Cong 91s on tho amendment amend-ment to tho urgoncy appropriation bill, appropriating money to pay tl 0 mlleao uf members both for the extra and regular reg-ular sessions of Congress, was not creditable. credit-able. It Is dono In a manner, which implied that thosa who favored .ipproprMtnon were ashamed ot It, and nil attempts to get a yea nnd nay voto on tho mileage item were switched oft by shrewd parliamentarians. Tho amount involved isn't so blgistl.at which madu tho 'notorious salary grab so unpopular un-popular n few years ngo, but it is none tho less a grub. It was charged when the proposition to take a recces from the oxtri to tho regular session was so vehemently opposed that milcago was at the bottin of it, mileage not being allowable for a recess and it looks as though the charge was correct. Congressmen who remained hero until niter this tariffbill hud been reported report-ed supplied themselves with Humorous copiis ot the mnjority report thereon, for distribution among their constituents tho length of the report precluding its uutlro publication by the smaller newspapers. news-papers. Tho state lu which they find public neiiliiucnt will havo its effect when thoy return to Washington. Coplen of Secretary CarlMe'g annual report wer.u nlso In demand by depait-Ing depait-Ing Congressmen. There arc several iccomincndntions therein that the idea ot lufhicntiulconstltucntswellbedcsircd Uhjii, 11 Mainly that asking for authority to Issue (200,000,000 in bondn. Tho report makos a pamplct of 62 pages. It shows that tho financial condition of the country is unquestionably in Immediate need 01 legislation. The U. f. Si prn.i Court ndj 'iirned today until Jan. :ird. It it nut alien that .lie justices of this couit expiets 1111 pinion upon oer. fling pending heforo Congress, but nvernl of them lime end lint th.v thought tlifi ihl.iy in acting upon tho nomination of Mr. lIuriiMuvicr wns unjust, both to that court and to that gentleman. They say hecithcroughtto ba confirmed or rejected. The vacancy in tho court serves to delay its busiuesH. If tho populist Senators agree witli ilioeo in the Honso and refuse to voto (or tho new tariff bill, because it retains protection features, it will materially lessen the chances tho meusure litis not any to good at the best to get through the senate. The populist in the lloiuo havo not positively agreed on tho nrnurnimne. lint tliev nro ill 1 nk i III- of oirering a freo trade measure, based 011 tiouKI Walker tariff as u substitute for the Wilson tariff bill; not with any exception of Its being passed, but to put themselves on record as opponingtho prcstnt (McKlnley) tariff law as well as that proposed by the Ways and Means committee. |