Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-01-31
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

VT (from our regular CorreSpondeDt.)
The work of the week has not
been OF particular interest. The
Senate has held secret sessions on
the pending treaty questions, and
debated the Interstate commerce
and Indian bills. Both the House
ard Senate have d iscussed the Okal-
ahoma lands Invasion, and in both
Houses day, was spent in funeral
oratory the subjects being Senator
Anthony, and Representative Evins
deceased. ~ n
Representative Hurd made a
strong speech in opposition to the
Blair educational bill, basing his
argument on the ground that the
Senate was usurping constitu-
tional preroyative of the House
when it originated money bill.
A motion to refer the bill to the
Judiciary committee was lost by a
small vote. This is understood to
indicate that the bill has more
friends than enemies in the House,
and will become law. The
amount OF money, about 500, 000,-
600, appropriated by the bill is not
the full measure of its importance.
The greater part OF the money will
go to the South. and will be poten-
tial in the intellectual Mobilization
of the darker part of that section.
Under a Republican administration
the money would no doubt have
been used, like the Freedman's blu.
reau, as means of political propo-
ganda, but in five weeks a republi-
can administration will be night
mare of the past.
There are several important
measures awaiting the considera-
ton of the House, which ought to
be acted upon at this session.
Among these are the bill to carry
into effect the provisions of the
Mexican treaty, the Bankruptcy
bill, the National Library bill, and
the Blair Educational bill. In the
five weeks yet remaining of the
session, there is ample time to per-
feet all the appropriation bills and
to act intelIigently upon the other
measures referred to, bus a dispo-
siti0n has been shown to prevent
the consideration of any but APP
preparation bills, and great deal
of the time of the House is being
wasted 10 dilaiory motiunS and roll
calls. This may have serious re-
suits. II the wheels OF legislation
are blocked for any length of tine
the appropriation bills, il passed at
all, viii go through in the closing
hours of the session and without
proper consideration. II any ai-
propristion bill fails ittnsy h.Eec-
esSary to rteOnvene Congress i'm
mpiiately after the Inauguration of
President Cleveland. This would
please the Republican Senate and
might result in greatly embarrrss-
ing the Lew administration.
The Committee on Apurorria-
lions expect to report the Army and
Postofflce Appropriations bills in
time To call them up on Tuesd y,
and ednesday. Ii is the Intention
of the Committee ON Rivers and
Harburs to ask the consideration Of
the River and dnll0r Appropria-
ton bill during the latter part of
week. fhrref is a kGisroaiti9n on
the part of the friends 0f various
prominent inUesA r'a iiGa pending
to antagonize The apr GRAFTON
bills. MIR. Hewitt " iii end, aver 10
call up The bill to carry into effect |
the provisions al in.e. ~ xicin Red
ciprocity treaiy dufii'g the week.
Mr.. Tuwnseiid " III irrss the Mcxi-
can Pension till sir. Stmkslarger,
the bills providing fer public build
ings throughout the country; Mr..
Singleton, the National Library
bill, and MIR. Willis, the Education
al bill at every opportunity.
For the next two years at least
the political complexion of the re-
spective Houses of Congress il to
remain unchanged. The House
will be Democratic, the Senate Re-
publican as has been the case during
four Congresses since the memora-
BILE election of 1874 If the legisla.
lion which the country needs is 10
be adopted there must be more of
The statesman, and less of the poll
Iician at both ends of the Capitol.
The impression that the bill in
reduced by Senator Edmunds Sat-
friday to punish dynamiters was
to the arrival of the
news of the explosion in London
urns opt to be erroneous. The
ill was introduced before the Sem
tie went into executive session,
which was at 1890 p. M. The
eport that serious explosions had
occurred in London did not reach
he Capitol until fifteen minutes
ater. II is curious circumstance
hat Senator Edmunds should have
n manner anticipated the news
f the crime committed in the :
British Parliament House by intro
ucing bill in the United States
enate to prevent and punish offen-
es of that nature.
Washington, Jan. 81, 1885. |
A MANIAC MOTHER.
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