Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-03-19
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"Wednesday Har6iR, I9llSS4.
. washington Letter.

sIthad BEEN : noised, il abroad,othat, al
the time designated fog taking, PIP, tbs
Fiizs Holm sPnrter bill >. isl the. Senate on
YRS6ssaay ,sSsnatOr I.ngRnwould make
suothertannual speech IN opposition.
Spectators largely composed OF society
iadiesI filled every seat ln-the galleries
except part of The space upholstered in
HUE whichis ded Gated 10 diplomatic
dignAy.sid Manv,h friends lof Senator
Logan snao hiss family were present.
But, Those who ieame 10 hear the
awarlhy, fat, ,ungrnmmaGcal Illinois
orator, went away disappointed He
renAAed 5sileRt1o9 The. Republican
Senator j from yNey Jersey, who has
charss OF the bill pleaded for Perlers
vindlcaliun, andrvss followed by Sena-
tor Wilson. sof kowaI JwhVt Opposed he
bill. Ion Thursdayalhe new Nebraska
Senator SIR. Henderson bad the floor
for 4he Porter bill hoar, and made bis
debnt ia an argument against Gen.
Porter's claim. 8 On Thursday the 'POrf
tercbih passed The Senate. The Senate
IN exeeHAye session ratified the com.
mercial treaty with Mexico, and,lt was
notable coincidence that it was done
almost simultaneously with the con-
pletion Of abe railroad which brings the
Mexican, capital into, communication
with the great trade ceuters OF the
United States. c., .s....ft-
The tariff issue has been formally
made Up by the introduction of the
MORRISON bill, and the presentation OF
the,msjonty, and minority reports. The
former explains that the measure is ex-
peeted 10 Telisye the people, OF uopeces1
sary taxation by decreasing the reye'
nses $4,000, COG, The ,Miaolity dis
seut from those. views and claim that
Tue tariff legislation OF, last winter
placed the rates as low as is consistent
with due regard Tor the protection OF
manufacturers and the welfare OF the
labOling classes. t.,.. -.
During the RECONSIDERATION OF the Post
office appropriation biIP which is now
pending. in, the House 0; Representa-
lives. Congressman TOwnshend Of
Illinois. gave the Republicans some
effec;iye lhrusts that they cou.d not re-
uru. lie was aroused TO war by the
remark of Mr.. Skinucr that The APP
rrop,.atiua .oommittee was parsimO
NOUS AID niggardly, and that the pro-
visions of tie bill would cripple the
Efficiency of tie mail service Mr..
TUwoshend had alluded 10 inadequate
appropriations made by The last Re
publican Congress whereupon Mr.
Horr of Michigan adm onished the Dem
ocrats not 10 initiate the plumbers, but
he virtues and beauties OF the Repu5li-
can party. Mr.. Townshend said that
no political orsaD'z ltion ever existed in
any civilized country that had record
reeking with more corruption than the
Republican party las made in the last
fifteen years. No party ever was so
utterly destitute Of political virtues, so
uliailhfui 10 public trusts, so prolific in
false, paeiense and hypocricy. Here
Sslfo.d arose 10 interrupt tie latter
requested the gentleman from
Cploraao TO contain Himself, and
continuing his attack, said no
AmericaR citizen could read the record
ol The Republican party without Grim
sen.ng With shame aud humiliation for
his county He cited. Chase, Sumner
SeNsrd,' Andrew johnson Lyman
Tluptpll, ard oilers as brave leaders,
who badled The party TO victory, and
Who. Wien. il Was converted into a
,poils .LrDling clique, abandoned II and
ufuiai, {. with tie Democratic party,
the only polilica! organization that had
patriotic aims, and sought to admins
ter The Goyernml ut in The interests Of
the people, He alluded to the lhiev
ing of tie stAr-route contractors as one
Of lbe sa6dest episodes Of any NAL ad-
nsinislraliCn; 10 The Credit Mobiler
boz d, tie post trader plunderers, the
whisky ring. as well as many other
raids q Ne TrtasErj; lo, the crimes OF
that party sgsilst tie saciCd rights OF
suffrage; its detsrcbirg Of The ballot
box, aud lie never TO be pardoned sin
Of dePFivpxihe P3pQlp ..sSi,.i.iss, rishtfully
d-Plesic'ntt by fraud, perjury,
and 2 forgery. He closed by saying
With such. a dsmning reeTd The party
rates of ~ virtues"
Tie Senate has been islk'ng about
establis hing Bureau of Labor Slalis-
tics, and, has also given some attention
to the pltpro-pntumonia bill, but with
out -iesultip elil,sr case. 1t must rot
be supposed that the :~ge>sp grievances
ofctle Ams ue4n. Log have been ios>
sight Of, because he. has got been SO.
prcn.in enllS belOie The public Of, la'e.
His demands are still subject Tor
earnest deliberatiop IN The Senate COM
millOs, on foreisn relations, ,l , ...
Although The friends oflhe bouded
whisky bill were sulbb'd early in The
week in their aiien pl o get The meas.
ure, tefOie The House, aud pa, sed. they
were not ttfsclually discouraged and
will make another attempt as,soon as
the Post Office Appropriation bill goes
through. a-.-.-,