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Show WASHINOTOX LETTKII. 1SM (Sir Trsrtr Co tfpanJnt isinsenoN, Jni nary 9, 1593 Hns the stenmahlp lolby Kcurvd pledges from n aulllolent numUr of oongioaraciitaclefrnt any nrnll of thi bills reposing ti euspunJ Luropcun Immlgraltoii for ones year? That Is n long question, bulc n umatauces have como to tho nirfnco during tho lost forty-eight hour which have cauicd it lo bo aked many tlmei In congressional congres-sional circles. Henttor Chandler,chalr-man Chandler,chalr-man of thu Henatu cmmmltleu ou Im-mlgtatlon,and Im-mlgtatlon,and Itej rrieiilatlvuHluni li, chairman of Hie Houiocommlttei, nro tiolh (Ksltivu that soinu t III will tecomo a luw at this session, but otheM nro not so confident, nnd lho men III tho tin- lo) ot tin nfoierald lobby not members mem-bers of Congress siy that no law on this sulject will bo enncludb) this Congress. Con-gress. A clnuso la the quurantlno hill, which wns biforo tho Hcnste 1'rllay nnd HalunlB) tho ITrst Saturday session of thu Henale, this session gives the l'resldent tho authority to suspend Immigration whenever It may in his discretion Lecoinu necessary to keep out contagious disease, lt was known th at the ileuiushlp lobby was making extraordinary t Hurts to pre-vent pre-vent tho assajuot any I III suspending Immigration, but until tho last two lays It was supposed that tliey would bo satisfied II tliey could succeed In having tho suspension left to thu l'resldent, hut now, as tho story goes, they will bo satisfied with nothing less than blocking all legislation on tlio sulject, nn I tills they claim to bonblo to do. This Is not lo bu done I y direct vole, but by tnuglluc up all lho Immigration Immi-gration bills that may havu a chance of getting through with cuMberaomo uimndmentaunl by oauiloglifc.'ay ut eve r) opportunll) rn that the iud or the session shall come before nil) of tbnii will bu In n condition to Inisentto l'rtilde-nt Harrison for Ills signature. Tlin manlUlu(eira of thla schemu uro said to lellitotbat their program uin to carritd out without compelling mtmlers to ut thcmieluaoii record, but now that susj Iclon la rampant li wlllbovery dilllcull, und If lcrslated lu It may result In u tig conuresMoual scnudal, which would lut uu end to not it few very romlalnj lolitlcal careers Tim very nature of our government makes lie irly uvery Important law enacted b) Congress the result of a comi roml-u I etweeu thu i xtremlsts ou both sides, nud although thu men now nrnijed on both sldio uf thu silver lueeltou nro sa)lng that uu compromise compro-mise will bo accepted, II mny bo s:t down as tertalii that If uuy sliver liglslUiongntntliroiigli nt this session of Congress It will la n hill or an iitueiidmunt thatrepretonts a ompro lulso I etwee n tho extreme views of nun like Itopresoutatlvu Hartur, uf Olib, who iloim't wnnt silver mud as n mom ) luetnl nt nil, und uf Ihosuwlio favor tlio free mid unllmltiid coinage of silver. I. ven Mr. Cleveland, whoo reo ird ni nn nntl sllvi r man h Itnowu to all Ihu world, is now udsocatlng a comireiinlsc. 1 tits tall, about uboliihlng the bounl) on sue,nr ly tho next Congress Is already bringing roteats to Washington Washing-ton from tliu sugar beet (.rowers uf Nebraska nnd Kniisiis, wlm, nccording to theku protests, do not tellevo that Congress vi III dnru to put a tnrlir on f relgu tugnr high enough to nruvunt lho ruin of tho I cut Industry, 'iheru la going to bo muslu on tho sugar ques lion when the next Congress gels to work onaiiewtnrill I III. A delegation of romiiient railroad men aru in Washington for tho secoud lliuu this seihou, for thu i urpoae of tertuadlngCoiigiisi to ran thu hill Introduced by Hrnatur Ciillom, amend-Ing amend-Ing Iholiitrrstaluiommorco law so us to allow tho poollug ot freights by railroads lho World's J'alr folks aru after CoiuzriM again. Tiny want lo oruii tliu Fair HundatH, and tiny wnntn number of sinnil aprj nations tor oxi oust" of Judges, board of lady managers, etc , aggregating about $021000. A number of CoiiL,riasme u are kicking Hbout what the) call Ihu extravne.iiiii'uot the amount askeil for, uud It will probably bu reduced. There a; para to be a feeling among tho senators that unless thu nntl option bill, which wns crowded oil lho track lor two days by thu quarantine bill, ean be lushed tou voice this week It will tu erroaiieutlyshrlcd. Unfriends ex-j ex-j tit It to I classed this wetk. IteirirentntivuOtls stirred up quite it lively llttlurqual In thu Hiiuru by mitring mi amendment to thu District ot Columbia appropriation bill, iro-vldlng iro-vldlng Hint thu District of Columbia should pay three fourths of tho total amount carried I y thu bill Instead of iiiie-linlf, lis lt bm done since 187S, when tlio pre tent form of goiernieut was aloitcel, Ihu amendment was lost, but It doveloicd unexpected strength. It has been de-elded by tho Demo-crutlo Demo-crutlo managers of tliu House to set apart n day lu thu near futuru for tho ooiislJe ration of the proposition to i led II. B. senntor by direct vote of tbo people, also a clay for tlio Torrey I ank-ruptry ank-ruptry bill which la being actively UbllC-d, |
