Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-09-15
WASHINGTON.
A Summary of Newsy Matters from
the National Capitol,


feel proud of the House of Represen-
tat;ves. Both for the many compli-
ments he received from the speakers
on the Retaliation bill, and for the
decisive character of the vote in favor
of that measure. Its prompt passage
by the House is due notice to the
public both at home and abroad that
the people of this country endorse
every word of Mr.. Cleveland's already
celebrated Retaliation message, and
that they are fully prepared to back
him up to any extent. The praise
given Mr.. Cleveland by members of
the House in their speeches was great,
but great as it was it was no greater
than he deserved for his prompt and
courageous action. Some of the
speeches delivered were full of fight,
as may be seen by the following
extract from the conclusion of the re-
marks of Mr.. Wilson, of Minnesota {:
"But should the Queen of England
and Empress of India, forgetting the
lessons to her ancestors in the past,
aim or discharge at us one unfriendly
gun from one of her gun-boats, /
predict that the echo which it would
awaken, would not cease to rever-
berate before Grover Cleveland,
President of the greatest republic on
earth, would salute Charles Stewart
Parnell as the president of the
youngest republic on earth"
A compromise has been made by
the conferees on the fertilization bill,
and it was today reported to both
Houses. The amount now appropri-
ated by it is 1897, OOO-$65O, 900 less
than as it passed the Senate. This
time the House conferees fought for
their rights and they gained them.
Secretary Fairchild leaves for a
months vacation this week.
The President has discovered eight
more bad private pension bills. He
vetoed them.
Senator Reagan has purchased a
handsome residence in this city.
1t has been decided by the demo-
cratic leaders of the House not to take
any steps looking toward adjourn
ment until after the Senate has
shown what they propose doing with
their tariff bill which is to be reported
this week. 1t is stated that the
President and the party leaders have
agreed that should the republicans OF
the Senate pass fairly good tariff
bill as a substitute for the Mills bill
that it shall be taken up and passed
by the House before adjourning, in
order to show the people of the
country that all the democrats want
is bill that will in fair way release
our enormous treasury surplus. On
the other hand, should the bill
reported in the Senate be bad one
it is proposed to Immediately oper
!. up a vigorous fight upon it, making
the issue before the country between
itand the Mills bill.
The republican Senators, who
hardly know what to do, have, an
informed, decided to let the Maine
election decide for them. If they
make gains on the vote of 1884 they
will 60 ahead and pass their tariffbill
but if they fall below the 1884 vote
they will report their bill and ad
journ.
The Chinese restriction bill ha
passed the House unanimously, anC
the Senate, with only three vote
against it but there is now pending
in the Senate a motion for a recon
sideration, which will probably b
decided this afternoon. The bill pro
. vides that from and after its passag
it shall be unlawful for any Chimes
laborer who shall have been or ma,
now be a resident of the Unite,
States, and who shall have or ma,
depart therefrom to return; that n,
certificate of indemnity shall be issued
and every certificate heretofore
declared void; that for FIXTURES impo:
ed by existing laws are extended an
] made applicable to the provisions
this act. ....
Mr.. Mills is in great demand as
stump speaker. He goes to Virgini
4 the latter part of this week; frOl
there he goes to Indiana to take tn
= stump for Cleveland, Thurman, an
tariff reform.
A telegram was received Frida
from the United States minister t
China, saying that China had pos
poned the consideration Of the treat
in ordor 20 Ohtain f1rthnr inform,