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Show Washington Letter. (Prom our ltrsiilnr torrioiijfiit; 3 Wnhlngton, D. (' . Dercmbcr I, IR0.1 Tho statement will not nrousj any pleacnt anticipations, but It is none the less true, Hint tho country tettled question, ques-tion, tho lorill, for altlioiigli tho new tiritr bill provides that manv nt Us schnlules shall go Into i-ITecl Maich 1 1S0I, there isn't thesllghtMt probiblllt that It will lie fairly dlsijel of by Congress until long nftur that date Some people hnio short momories, anil brciiuso thern are domesticobjectors ton number of clauses of tho now- taritf b'll lliuy Jump to tho conclusion that thesu objector are going to join tho republicans nul defeat tho hill. If thoy do they will roierso eicry Congressional precedent, and it's a dollar to burnt matches that they wllldonothrfYgot the kind. Tlicdemotratic objector, ns i rule, has no Mot I lo find with any other section sec-tion of the bill than that which bears n dttl heavy upon bis own constituents oirsiiently lie isn't dlpn?e I tncotnbin witli other objectors, because ho knows that such combine would, if successful, thnngothe character of Hie hill entirely and that fen of them really wish todo. It should bo Ikxii In mind that taritf lillUnr.) always party ineatures more the pity and when onco repotted all tho party initcliiiicty of tin- dominate arty is put in motion to force it through Congiww. There nro alua.is objections from members of thcdomliialu p.iity toil tnriir bill, nnd ulwsjs will be ns longns men dlll'er nbout nnythliif. There nro no more democratic objectura to tho Wilson bill than there were lepublicaii ihjrctors to the McKiulo bill when it wivs flri-t made public. In spiloofnll tnlk to the iiuitrary, the Wlbon bill will bei-omqnhiw- sooner or later sulntnn-ilnll) sulntnn-ilnll) ad it stands to day. It lias been ipproved hi the democratic IVsidmt md tho leader of the democratic party, and the di iniK-rntic pnrty is in owcr in eveiy branch of the ptvormonl, These ire l.icls regardless of the merlls ord-nients ord-nients ( the mensiiii-, that n study of tlltni ifT legislation will ticnr out. There a ill, of course, 1 amendments and modifications of more or less importance belli In tin II mis t id Binate, bittlmso who expect radical changes lo be. made before it liecouiNit law n ill be dlsappoin-led, dlsappoin-led, Maik the prulhlluit. Mnn CongrorAunn defillnolocifrcis JiiiJi'l1ll1qlle4prirrtfh(ibffirii tlu-y know th'o nature of Its twin mcnsbit', (lis iiiternnl luvenue bill, not yet ronipbtid, whicli nili hnti- lo pro-.luce pro-.luce the Mi,(jOO,"W,of revenue wbiib it isestimuttd will be lost by tho new tnriir bill. It ix undeistood that l'rtrldcnt I'leiilund ii using bis influence lo pit-lent a personal income tax btlng in-elu-kil in the bill, although licit l all the deiuoci alio members of the lloupe Wn.isaud Meaiiiooiuinlttie fuior that lax. Mill il it be true tint Mr. Cleiel.tud doiiiiotwish ittheroUlitllo probibility iliat there will be any Income tux, as he has up to the ptesciit time come ncnicr io ruiitiolliug bin party In C'ougiess than liny 1'iesident rvmeinliertd by the prevent yi ncrallon oior did. A slmke-tip in the Civil Seniie Commission hn been expected e.er uluco tho now ndmliiiitrnlion enmo in and a it was known that l'lcehleiit Cloiol.iud had KrKiunlly ifqueetod Uommlssior I loose el t to remain on the Coiuinbfciuti n In n tli.u gentleman oi-tt ni l.iied r.'finln. I ti-t spring, It It wa et'.lid tliiiilu luhluing of jflieiul rln-pVa ie wi.uM umi strike Mr. 1-yii.an, tl,. oil.u n publiciin Comiulsiiionei. Hut public tApictation was w runt ( niniiilrsiniii r iiemgn I). Johnson , of Kmilhl in i, the only dt 1110-cr.it 1110-cr.it on the Coiuuiisgiou, was tho tlist icHm;lie was utked to resign, mid whou lio ikclhikHl, wits notillid in 1111 (ifliclal nolo from tlio executho man-slun man-slun that he had been lemoivd by the Froeideiit Mr. Johnson proftstes to be ignorant of the cause of bis rcingval nnd nothing has been given out nt the White lloute on tho auhjici, but rumor assigns it to ha bcciuiehe was to much of n spoilsman. It is said by thoe who ought to know that I.ymau will be re-inou'd re-inou'd as soon as his successor is determined deter-mined upon. .SonUin i bad enough In big offiri.ilf, hem en knows, but fon-in-l.iwlnn Is seieriildugrocs worse. Secretary I leibert has appointed his son-in-luw chief cllrk of tho Nav department The gentle man mny be unttrely oouiilent, ns he doubtleeo Is, to fill tho position, but no matter how competent the man may bt, no ollkiiil should bo allowed to appoint his relations to olllco. It Ima nlna)i boen a fruitful source of onndul and will continue to beat long ns it is nlliwed. Mr. J. C. Iloswell, one of tho best known ainl must inspected cltirens of llrowiiwood,TVxs,iiirured wiili dlar rboea for a long time nub triad man) dlirereiit remedies without benefit until riiaiiibcrlnm'aC'olic and Dianlioen Iiemedy was used, that icheted him nt mice, lor fale bi Fnipii i'oop. |