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Show Washington Letter. Trotn Our llegnlnr rorrcsjionilciit.) Impeachment proceedings ngnlnst on or ntoro U. 8 Feunlots, not for having speculated In sugnr slock there's no law, eicept Hint of general morality, against Senn'.ors making money bj ipecnlatlng on legislation iioii which they vole but for hnlng lied nboul It, would Im a lilting llnnl lo tho numerous scnndnls which hi. venttendvd tho present pres-ent session of Congress; nnd the tett-linony tett-linony tnkenliy Ihe Seunto Investigating commlllco is leitnlitly Lfglnning lo lend that wny The commlllco has In Us possession r pbotogmidi of nn order for the ptirchnso of sugar trust (dock which puriKirts lo butlgucd by Senator Ciimdcii, of West Virginia, who swore Unit ho never purchaMcl any sugar stock, nnd nt least two reputable witnesses wit-nesses hnvn testified that they saw the original order nml that tho stock was purchased, nnd other Senators tire, according lo Ihcso witnesses, In (he same boat. It Is only fair lo (title that Senator! an. Iwi claims tlattt. his signature signa-ture to tin-order was forged for blackmailing black-mailing purposes. Meanwhile the committee com-mittee seems at leatt to be inrnestly trying to get nt Hie whole truth, which is what thu public wants. The Inside hitory of the Inrlirblll, ns given during the past week by those who hnvu controlled its making, is not credit-able credit-able to an) body. It seems Hint In addition ad-dition lo being, as tho l.tto lien. Hancock Han-cock said when he wns it 1'iesideiiiial candidate, n local question Although thtrolsimll.lugln signt, notwilliBtai.d-pig notwilliBtai.d-pig lv cmiciincHof duniocrullc Heltnlors this week, lownrraitt llionsscrtlon that the second coiihrenco which has lieen oideiedon Hie lurid' bill will bo more successful Hiniiilioflisl there is tut im-iiression im-iiression here I tint It will lie, but nulmdy ventures to predict thu preciso nattiie of the ngrcemeiil. A rumor, wliichciicuinstnuccs gained credence for, I, as H that President Cleveland's fetter, which created mich n riiinpiif, was written us long ago us tho ltstli of June, uud not to Chairman Wilson, but to a democratic l'Mltor of a New York paper, Tlio rumor bus il that the letter was show n to Secretary Carlisle nml that he was opposed to lis hiliig bent, iindsuccccdcdlu persuading "Sir.1 tJlecfaml':lo"Bi'ipplrei'B it. 'A few diMS later Mr. Cluvelaud showed the letter lo Hon. Don. M. Dickinson, of .Michigan, who fully approved it mid iid)!scd Hint it be made public, suggesting suggest-ing Ihut II be cent to Chaliniuu Wilson iiiHtend oi the editor lo whom H wits llrsl addro-ecd, Ai cordingly tho meea sary chaiigcu weie made nod July 2nd stistilutid lor tlio original dale. The puzzling thing about the matter Is how could Mr. ( Icu'Iuiid huvo known on the llllli of June, oi for that mutter on lhc2iidof July, Ihut tbu Senate con-fetenco con-fetenco would btiiud out teveral weeks litter against all persuasion or threats on tlio part of the House conferees for free coal and iron ore and the sugar schedule. sched-ule. Tho bills foi the admission nl New .Mexico ami Aiioiiu now only nccd-un oppoituiiily to Iki voted upon to become law, MB tiny tune been Mvotably report-a report-a lliu Semite, ami l'lesldosil Clevol.iinl bus promised tu sign Ibein, lteprescntatlvo Tucker, of ',ii., whoe resolution for a Constiiullomtl amendment amend-ment providing for tlio election of U.K b'cnatorH by the ptoplu passed Iho House Hie oilier day, is linn In his he-lief he-lief thill tlie Senate will nlso pais tlio U'Sohitioii. Mr, Tucker niny hnu-hoiuo 'inside inforiiiatloii as to wlml tho Senate Sen-ate will do, hut moil other men wlio nru familial Willi tilings Congressional would coliUdir that It would bu like llndlng money to gel imuiiu follow to wngci that the rcfjiiited tu-tilids of thu present Senalo .-.ill over volo fur Mr Tucker's lesolutlon. The nuw Sen-alois Sen-alois wliose terms will begin March I, lBWi, may or may not sliunthen thu friends ol the proposed Constitutional luncncJmeiitH, The llutcli anlboitlon bill, which passed tho llottto ivcently, Is now in the hands of it siih-comuilueo of the, Senate Committee on Agileullure cou-tUtlng cou-tUtlng of SenatoiB Uu.it Ii, WHshburn ami l'tll'er. No decision has beuii reach-id, reach-id, but it is mid tl.at Mr Wiialihuru prcfoiu thu bill that wus bufoiu thu senate tlio last sumioii of Cuugics to (ho llutcli bj, Whatever tho action if thu committeu limy be there is up piobubilily that tlio inattr will get bar loiu thu Viiiiiu until next winter. lUgitweutatlvoTalbail, of S. 0., thin wevl; jiaioduivd in the Houie n nj-luiion nj-luiion Insti mtiug tjio t'ommlttw) on Coinage to ut once b lug In a bill for tlyi fieoeolimgo of nhui ut u rntioof 10 lo.l, mid tb Coii.im.iie on H.mklnp; upij Cuinucy to i.,oii to tho lkue UplDo'llUUI Ull 01 1! bill Uilois It louhiu tu a vhiiugw in iiiu m nu tiny tslil. A pi. inl. j ... tin iiiuliiliuii M. ...III lilt. I, lit o i, i,. i. 1 1 .,., I- i,it d.i.iitu tu ii , ,i .; i . , 1,,!. k, ., ,lt. Oil t'l'"- '' ;'!""' ! ! t in-. i.ilvr vniw nun l iiiU,,, .'t nine to meet tlie UtmuiMn oi tin- j. oti u 1. 1, id iiiictiil I .Mala. I in. (.' miiti ii i.un.ii, t. tin t,.oiiiae i ull. illn, in . ;. i' ,.i. I u I I o hi I lip. I .il III i t.M ,1 ,nt i i ,$ ii bili'ii it i.ili .ii l..oi 1, , . i, it, lo In e I . "i l.i i I li i ii i ii ig,. un n. ii. is i.; iiiinp itt 1 1 i..ri i ,i i ..mi lliu other iiiciulwiH wll not atslfii u ordering thu bill reported. |