The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1886-02-26
WASHINGTON EsrrKR.
From eur regular correspondent,
WAsnNaros, Feb. 6th, 1855

Peefoea senators next do Is popu.
Lac question. With Senators Logan
Edmuads, Merrill, Hoar aud Sharmar
- lsaders they mighs do almost any
sAing that is extreme or nnwarrantable.
But seme Of shem have become recalci.
srank, aad hOstiIi.ss may yet end In .
Senatorial retreat.
TAsrs is very little harmony smops
the majority In the Senate. There are
too many Presidential candidates on
.hsir side Of the Chambar fsr unity ci
purpose aud action. There are no less
than eight Republican Senator's who
are locking hopefully towards the White
House and 1883.
The situation a. between the Senate
and Administration is not materially
changed. hul some OF the Republicans
ars anxieus 70 have the trouble end,
and have gone so far as to say there ID
no real issue. One Of them said, 81
wish some one would disabuss the pub
lie mind Of The belief that there ID
going to be aay fight between shs
President and the Ssnats. There can
be mona" continued he, "for the Pre4i-
dent is master 0f the situation. II be
refuses thsinfsrmstion We ask, that set
ties iG We can do nothing TO confirm.
Al the end Of the session he can re-
appoint bis man, or appeint another
man, that 10 all"
And then Senator Edmunds, who
has been one Of ths managers Of this
dsmonssratiou against the AdministrA-
tion, virtually called for truce TO
these fArcisal proceedings. It was when
he asked that the Riddloberger resolu-
ticn, presented by the chair to The SEN
ate, Be laid on the table The resoln-
tiOas referred 10 the strained rslAtions
between the President and Senate in
regard 10 Information affecting officials
suspended or appointed. aud defined
the Presidents duty in the matter from
the RIddlebsrgsr standpoint. Mr.. Ed
nunds, suddenly awakened TO the fact
that the SsAAte had been wasting time,
and said that there wsro but four
months Of the ssssion lsft for business.
The resolutions embodied So praet:eal
questions, and Il would be time enough
to debate the question when Il should
become 9 practical enc.
Mr.. RiddIsbsrgsr is the Republican,
rsadjastsr Senator from Va. lie is ad-
dictsd, TO making eccsntric propositions
70 the Senate, and somsthing radical
and silly 10 always expected from bim.
But On this occasion he was sufficient.
ly sebsr to criticiss tho hoary headed
VsrnOatsr fer voting against the Rid
dleberger resolution. He mentioned
the fact THAI Mr.. Edmanda himself had
inAuguratsd dsbats on she sabject in
viewed. He concluded by renarkisg
Ghas be did not mind being rua over By
9 railread trails, but be did object to
beiag mashed BY whsel. barrow.
Although the Republicans say great
deal Abont removals without cause, /
harpen TO know that they only wish
more had bsen made by the new au-
thorities. A Republican Senator sx-
pressed himself freely few days since,
"Confound Cleveland" exclaimed be,
'sThs Republicans in my State havs
besn completely demo-Alizsd and our
organization has been broken up be-
cause some Of our most active politicians
have been retained in Office" Said he,
"thsy are afraid to help us Ieat they
might be removed, and l wish the
President would dismiss every Repub-
IioaA now holding Office in my State.
Then they would 60 10 wsrk again for
the party" 1Ea
The Senate has now called upon
thrss oftbs Cabinet officers to furnish
infcrmstion bearing on official changes
Atty General Garland, and Secretarier
Manning and Lamar. The two former
have refased and ths latter will de-
likewise. And now the House Of Rep
rsssntatives has asked the Secretary o.
the Treasury to outline bis future sil'
YER policy. Iftbe Administration wer,
not master Of the situation il weuld
elicit ths syll ps.hy of the public. i
I has been asked to accouns for its pas
sections, for what 1t is doing At present
/ and finally now, it has been ssksd Il
state It's future intentions.
Congress has accomplished but littl'
20 far .his week. rhe Senate has talk
cd Of Dakota, high Art and the Elsc
torAl Count, but it has not voted fo
any thing. The House is as usua
4 waiting forsomsthing. 1t 10 now wait
/ ing for committees to report measures
| The cemmittss Processes too be hard .
1 work however, and pretty soon bills vii
Coms pouring In.
For the week al social entertain
ments that had been arranged by th'
Administration circle have been aban
doned through respect te the bsreave'
faniIy Of the Secretary Of State, Al
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