The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-05-01
Our Washington Letter.

Our Washington Letter.
Special to the Democratic Press:
WAsHINaT9N, April 26, 1854
THE TREATMENT WHICH EMORY
sToRRs RECEIVED.
The maddest man in Washington Is
Emory A. Storrs, of Chicago. he Is
here in the interest of the Chicago !
stock yards,to oppose the pleuro pneu-
monia bill, but has taken great deal
of interest in the Presidential question.
He was all Arthur man when he came,
but called upon General Logan, the
Senator from his State, to secure his
vote against what is familiarly called
"the cow bill" While there Mrs
Logan reproached him for not sup"
porting her husband, as they had been
depending upon him to present the
Generals name to the convention, but
she supposed they could find some one
else quite as eloquent who would be
willing to do it.. Leonard SWEET, of
Chicago, she thought, was just the
man. SWEET is Storr's rival at the Chi
cago bar, aud his human nature was
too weak to resist the temptation.
Rather than have SWEET enjoy the
honor of making the nominating
speech, Storrs deserted Arthur and
joined the Logan boom.
| Since then he has spent most of his
time at the Logan headquarters in
constant consultation with the Illinois
candidate, assisting him with his coun-
sci and acting as sort oil deputy di-
rector of the Logan canvass. That he
was to be delegate at-large from Illi-
nois to the National Convention, was
well understood. 1t was announced
by Logan, and published again and
again in the papers at Chicago and
Washington. On all the states the
name of the eloquent Storrs appeared.
and that he was to nominate the SOL
dier statesman in the convention was
equally well understood. 1t is said
that Mr.. Storrs has been rehearsing
his speech in his room at the Riggs
House.
A LEGISLATIVE PORCUPINE.
Mr.. White, of kentucky, seems to
be developing as legislative porcu
pine. Because Speaker Carlisle de-
clined to allow him to deliver an utter
ly irrelevant harangue in the House
yesterday, he turned upon the Speaker
and charged him with being the rep
resentative of the kentucky whisky
monopolists. Mr.. Carlisle declined to
take any notice of the insult. White
is the individual whose eccentricities
were recently excused by Gov. Muir
ray, of Utah, on the ground of his
complete irresponsibility - physical,
mental and otherwise.
CHANCES FOR TARIFF REEOR;I.
The tariff debate may run over two
or three weeks A soon as the general
debate closes it is the intention of the
Republicans to move to strike out the
enacting clause, and thus kill the bill.
They are confident of Democratic help
enough to accomplish this.
Meantime, Mr. Bayne, of Pennsyl-
vania, will, on the first opportunity,
hich Will be Monday, the 2Sth of
April, move to repeal the tobacco tax
in accordance with the proposition
made by Speaker Carlisle in the DEM
ocratic caucus. 1t will require two
third vote on that day to succeed in
this, and there is an impression that
1t will be a test vote of the strength,
intelligence and sincerity of the tariff
refOrmers, who ought to muster their
whole strength to resent such repeal
of pure revenue.
If the Morrison bill should be de-
f-ated at the close of the general de
bate, it is understood that Mr.. Hewitt
has new tariff reform bill prepared,
which the Committee of Ways and
Means VIII report very soon afterward
to the House. But if the debate on
the present bill should not close before
May 10 or IL, the opponents of tariff
reform believe the session will then be
3 too far gone and the House too impa-
tient to get through with appropriation
! bills and other necessary business and
go home, to allow of favorable con.
, sideration and debate of second bill
The great question to be decided al
this session seems to be whether the
tail can really wag the dog
> FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF POLYGAMY
z The House Committee on Territorie:
by vote of seven to five. adopted {
, substitute offered Ey Mr.. Alexander tC
Mr.. Cassidy's bill providing for thu
appointment by the President of +;
,, commission to govern Utah. The pro
vision relating to marriages require:
t that they shall be solemni%ed by ;
l minister. judge or justice of the peace
and that the person so officiating shall
= file certificate of marriage before
e county recorder of lands within thirty
days after the ceremony Failure t.
file or record is punishable by a fine o
: $500. The substitute makes the sol
S emnization of Il marriage when eithe
: party has a husband or wife living, &;
misdemeanor, punishable by impris
D onment in Jail not less than 6 months
l nor more than II.
THEY WANT THEIR VOTES BACK.
1 Some of the District negroes are talk
ing of holding another convention
They are claiming that they wer'
) swindled by the willy agents of thu
| administration. Two colored men Wht
: voted for Conger, E. ID. Dudley anl
Robert Brown, say they were paid $5(
each and promised any office they
wanted. The latter promise has no
haou kent and hence the 0utprv