The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1888-05-11
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WASHINGTON.


WAsHISCToN, ID. c., April 10Th, 1888.
What Is the legislative outlook, from
democratic standpoint :" was asked OF
gentleman who u known 70 stand very
close TO Mr.. Cleveland. He replied a.
follows "weli, Il Is by no means as bad
rs IL was week ago. The deadlock eest
rs ten days Of valuable time, ,but there's no
use wasting time now in talking about
that. II Is oyer,thank Heaven. The main
question that Congress has to deal with
this session Ia the tariff. The fight en
that viii begin tomorrow III the House
when the Mills tariff bill Is called up for
consideration, and will continn. until the
bill Is passed or defeated. though | don'I
think the last l. likely to occur. Ne esheI
Legislation, with the exception Of the reg.
ular appropriation bills, will be considered
by the House until the tariff question Il
settled and understand that at the prop
er time the leaders of the party will call |
House cancus,whIch will compel all dem
ocrais In the House TO vote fer the bill.Ai
that will of course take time, but the In
tention Is, II possible, to bring the bill Il
a vste before the date set for the meeting
of the st. Louis convention"
"In my opinion" he continued, 1T i
extremely doubtful whether this program
can be carried out there Is net tins
enough left, There will probably be
hundred or more set speeches delivered
on the bill,ssme rs or So members having
already filed notice with the Speaker o
their inteniion TO speak on the subject
From tomorrow TO the meeting Of the 81
Louis convention there are just II days
exclusive of Sundays. In all prsbabilit,
the speeches to be made on this bill viii
take up more time than that,to say nothing
Of the days that Il will be absolutely neces
sary 10 devote to consideration of the reg
uiar appropriation bills which must be
passed before the 3oth OF June,Or some oi
the wheels of government will become
ciegged.
However, much time may be saved By
holding an early caucus and mappiag oul
the exact course to be followed on the floor
Of the House, and once mapped cut, the
leaders should see that there Is no going
outside the lines by any member OF the
party. II vote Is reached on the final
passage OF the Mills bill before the rst oi
July, shall be greatly surprised.
"Of the other legislation now before
Congress, the River and Harbor bill will
pass the House surely and probably the
Senate +; the Dependent Pension bill ID
hardly likely to get through the Hsuse al
this session; the Springer Omnibus bill
for the admission of the Territories oi
Dakota, Montana, Washington and New
Mexico, will be passed by the House buI
not by the Senate the Blair Educational
bill is not likely to be reported from the
House committee. There now, have
given you my ideas of the democratic leg
islative prospect you are welcome Il
them, buk don't use my name, not that
care, but somebody else might,you know
Ex-senator Wallace, of Pa, says thc
democrats of that state are unanimous fol
the denomination of Cleveland The sam,
news comes here frem all sections of tn,
country.
Channcey Depew has long head. II,
says he doesn't want the republican nom
ination. lie did not give his reasons, bu
the presumption is that ne didn't want /,
be struck by the Cleveland cyclone.
A bill for the relief Of soldiers and sail
ors who enlisted and served in the arm,
or navy during the rebellion under assun,
ed names has been favorably reported b,
the House committee on Military Affairs
The Government Printing Once inves
tigation, was suspended a shsrt tim
ago on account of the illness of the Chair
man of the House committee on printing
has been resumed
Mr., Oates, the Alabama Representatiy
who led the filibusterers In the recent figh
against the direct tax bill,is understood t
be ambitious Of representing his state i
| the Senate.
Mr.. Allen, of Mississippi, is maxim,
quite reputation in the House as quicl
witted and ready debater. He gave fin
example of his talent in that line on Satui
day, which was much enjoyed by tn
members. His victim was Mr.. Perkins, o
Kansas, who had started to address tn
House on the Indian appropriation bill bu
who foundered around, mixing up the tarii
and the slave trade and mistaking the con
stitution of the Confederate states for tn
platform of the democratic party. MI
Allen stood this as long as he could an,
then proceeded to make the disconnected
gentleman from Kansas = las,olef,,e efe,,L