Middletown transcript., 1888-09-13
FROM WASHINGTON.

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Retaliation bill, and for the decisiv,
character Of the vote in favor Of tina
measure. Its prompt passage by th,
House is due notice to the public botl
at home and abroad that the people O
this country endorse every word of Mr.
Cleveland's already celebrated Retalia
tion 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 theil
speeches was great, but great as it was
it was no greater than he deserved fol
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 remarks of Mr.. Wilson, of Min
nesota :, "But should the Queen OF
England and Empress of India, forget
ting the lessons to her ancestors in the
past, aim or discharge at us one un-
friendly gun from one of her gun-boats,
I predict that the echo which it would
awaken, would not cease to reverber-
ate before Grover Cleveland, President
of the greatest Republic on earth,
would salute Charles Stewart Parnell
as the President of the youngest Re
public on earth.
A compromise has been made by the
conferees on the fortifcation bill, and
it was to-day reported to both Houses.
The amount now appropriated by it is
So, ,972, ,000-$650, 900 less than as it
passed the Senate. This time the
House conferees fought for their rights
and they got 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.
It has been decided by the Democra-
tic leaders of the House not to take
any steps looking toward adjournment
until after the Senate had shown what
they propose doing with their tariff
bill, which is to be reported this week.
It is stated that the President and the
party leaders have agreed that should
the Republicans Of the Senate pass a
fairly good tariff bill as substitute
for the Mills bill. that it shall be taken
up and passed by the House before adj
journing, in order to show the people
of the country that all the Democrats
want is bill that will in a fair way
release our enormous treasury surplus.
On the other hand, should the bill re-
ported in the Senate be a bad one, it is
to Immediately open up
vigorous fight upon it, making the
issue before the country between it
and the Mills bill.
The Republican Senators, who
hardly know what to do, have, 1 am
informed, decided 20 let the Maine
election decide for them. If they
make gains on the vote of 1884 they
will go ahead and pass their tariff bill;
,ut if they fall below the 1873 vote,
hey will report their bill and adjourn.
The Chinese restriction bill has pass
d the House unanimo usly, and the
senate, with only three votes against
t j; but there is now pending in the
'enate a motion for reconsideration,
which will probably be decided this af-
ernoon. The bill provides that from
nd after its passage it shall be unlaw-
ul for any Chinese laborer who shall
lave been or may now be resident of
he United States, and who shall have
n may depart therefrom to return
hat no certificate of indentity shall be
ssued and every certificate heretofore
declared void !; that all duties pre-
cribed, liabilities, penalties, and for
eitures imposed by existing laws are
and made applicable to the
of this act.
Mr.. Mills is in great demand as
tump speaker. He goes to Virginia
he latter part of this week; from
here he goes to Indiana to thake the
tump for Cleveland, Thurman, and
ariff reform.
A telegram was received Friday
rom the United States minister to
'hina, saying that China had post
oned the consideration of the treaty
4 order to obtain further information.
he information which they will get
rom this county will not please them.
The Republicans here have began
heir usual Dragging tactics. Bragg
nd bluster will not win this year.
Representative Scott has not yet an
whether he intended to ac-
opt the unanimous nominations ten
cred him by his constituents. The
eneral impression is that he will ac-
ept, though he would prefer to de-
line, but as he is the only Democrat
hat stands any reasonable chance Of
eing elected, his friends will insist on
is making the run again.
Representative Belmont, chairman
the House committee on foreign
fairs, has been highly complimented
'r his able management of the Retail
ion bill.
This is the week that has been set