Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-21
WASHINGTON.

asked of gentleman who is known
to stand very close to Mr.. Cleveland.
He replied as follows: "Well, it is by
no means as bad us it was q week ago.
The deadlock cost us ten days of
valuable time, but there's no use
wasting time now in talking about
that. 1t is over, thank Heaven.
The main question that Congress has
to deal with this session is the tariff.
The fight on that will begin tomorrow
in the House when the Mills tariff
bill is called up for consideration,
and will continue until the bill is
passed or defeated, though | don't
think the last is likely to occur. No
other legislation, with the exception
of the regulaTappropriation bills, will
be considered by the House until the
tariff question is settled; and /
understand that at the proper time
the leaders of the party will call
House caucus, which will compel all
democrats in the House to vote for
the bill. All that will of course take
time, but the intention is, if possible,
to bring the bill to q vote before the
date set for the meeting of the st.
Louis convention"
Sin my opinion" he continued,
''it is extremely doubtfulwhether this
programme can be carried out; there
is not time enough left. There will
probably be hundred or more set
speeches delivered on the bill, some
10 or so members having already
filed notice with the Speaker of their
intention to speak on the subject.
From tomorrow to the meeting of the
st. Louis convention there are just
AZ days, exclusive Of Sundays. In
all probability the speeches to be
made on this bill will take up more
time than that, to say nothing of the
days that it will be absolutely neces-
sary to devote to consideration of the
regular appropriation bills which
must be passed before the Goth of
June, or some of the wheels of
government will become clogged.
However, much time may be
saved by holding an early caucus and
mapping out the exact course to be
followed on the floor of the House,
and once mapped out, the leaders
should see that there. is no going
outside the lines by any member OF
the party. If a vote is reached on
the final passage of the Mills bill
before the lst of July, ] shall be great.
ly surprised.
"Ofthe other legislation now before
Congress The River and Harbol
bill will pass the House surely and
probably the Senate the Dependent
Pension bill is hardly likely to gel
through the House at this session
the Springer Omnibus bill for the
admission of the Territories ofDakota
Montana, Washington and New
Mexico, will be passed by the House
but not by the Senate; the Blail
Education bill is not likely to be re
ported from the House committee
There now, l have given you my
ideas of the democratic legislativ,
prospect ; you are welcome to them
but don't use my name, not that
care, but somebody else might, YOU
know"
Ex-senator Wallace of Pa. say
the democrats of that State ar
unanimous for the denomination o
Cleveland. The same news come
here from all sections of the country
Chauncey Depew has a long head
, He says he doesn't want the repub
liCan nomination. He did not Civ
his reasons, but the presumption i
, that he didn't want to be struck b,
the Cleveland cyclone.
A bill for the relief of soldiers ant
[ sailors who enlisted and served in tn
: army or navy during the rebellion
, under assumed names has beef
; favorably reported by the Hous
5 committee on Military affairs.
The Government Printing Ofic
+ investigation, which was suspende'
| a short time ago on account of tn
illness of the Chairman of the Hous
committee on printing, has bee
resumed.
Mr.. Oates, the Alabama Represcn
. tatives who led the filibusters in tn