Show THE DEFEATED MAN HIS LAST MESSAGE TO he anil make emphatic his for correa mr cleveland has retired to oak view in order to prepare his last an-nual message to congress there is little doubt that mr cleveland will manfully stand by the position taken by him on the surplus and the tariff last december he will make more emphatic his former declaration that it is a condition not a theory that comforts us he will still advocate the dem-ocratic policy of reducing the tariff on raw materials and the necessaries of life but above all he will insist that the income of tha government should be at once reduced in some manner it is thought by some that so urgent does he consider the ne-cessity fora reduction that he will ad-vise the democrats of the house to accept the senate amendment to the mills bill rather than have no reduc-tion until the next session of con-gress in fact the signs are rapidly multiplying that the policy afi tha democratic leaders at the coming session will be to secure if possible the passage of some sort of a tariff bill that will reduce the surplus and if they have to accept the republican plan to do so under protest as being better than no reduction at all this policy will if adopted and persistent-ly carried out block the republican plan of letting the whole tariff ques-tion so over to the fifty first con-gress which they will control in both houses mr cleveland has already stated that he would sign anny measure which should come to him making a reduction in the revenue taxes unless there was something very vicious about it 1 is certain that he would sign the senate substitute for tho mills bill just aa it was reported to the senate but it is extremely pro-bable that the republicans will make many changes iu that measure before it passe tho annual reports of the cabinet officers will make interesting reading for democrats this year they will present a concise history ot the clour years of democratic administration and will make a showing that every democrat will have a right to feel proud of A cleaner and better ad-ministration taken as a whole the country has never had the first meeting of the house committee on appropriations was held wednesday they have budded right down to work and expect to have the district of columbia appro-priattiioonn bill ready to report to tho house the first day of the session mr Ea adall the chairman of the com-mittee was not present but his health has so greatly improved that he ex- pects to resume his duties at the opening of the session the deadly quarrels that the rep-puubblliiccaannss have already developed among themselves over the division of the spoils goes a long ways toward reconciling democrats to defeat the negroes of this city have it ia their heads that the lection of ham-son has put them on top and they are already making all sorts of demands in relation to the locala offi-ces tred douglasb wants to be be corder of Deeda the notorious perry carson wants to bo district commis-sioner but is willing to compromise on tho chief of police several are candidates for commis-sioner and other prominent district offices it fair to say that the white republicans are dead opposed to giving a single one of the promi-nent offices to a negro but the ne groos here are a noisy gaag and if harrison fails to give them some of the plums they will make a big fuss the new bureau of correspondence of the agricultural department au-thorizzeedd by the last session of con-gress has begun work under the di-rection of prof V 0 for the present the work of the bureau will be confined to furnishing the agricultural experiment stations tthhrroouguhgoouhatt the country with kioa concerning the experiments they are engaged in will there be a etrest fight between senator blackburn and judge bucker the two fiery sons of kent-ucky who have been saying some very hard things about each other in the newspapers of them is here but both of them have engaged rooms at the same hotel and are ex in a few days those who know both men are confidently pre-dicting a fight between them the first time they meet senator blackburn having put it out of the power of judge eucker to demand satisfaction under the code the hotels here are beginning to fill ap with congressmen and others interested in the coming session the republican leaders are extremely reticent when asked about their programme in the senate but it is considered certain that they will en-deavor to do a little as possible so as to give harrison an excuse for calling an extra session washington nov |