Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-01-24
THE NORTHWEST
WASHINGTON LETTER.
tFrom our regular Correspondent. ]

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. IA, 1889.
Evidently President Cleveland has
no hard feelings towards Mr.. Calvin S.
Brice, who was the Democratic man
ager in the recent disastrous campaign,
whatever some people may say. Mr..
and Mrs. Brice have been guests at the
White House for several days, and at
Mrs. Cleveland's brilliant reception
Saturday afternoon, her first public re-
ception of the season, Mrs. Brice assist
ed.
In order to stop Representative
Weaver from fillibustering, Speaker
Carlisle has agreed to recognize him to-
day for the purpose eofmakinga motion
to suspend the rules and pass the Okla
homa bill. The motion it is expected
will be met by filibustering on the part
of the opponents of the bill. Mr.. Car
isles action in making bargain with
Mr.. Weaver has been hardly criticised,
but what else could be done? Mr..
Weaver had shown what he could do
by blocking the House for four entire
days, and expressed his willingness to
keep it up indefinitely. There was
only one other way of stopping him;
that was to refuse to recognize him
when he made motion, and that was
q precedent which Mr.. Carlisle con-
sidered entirely too dangerous to make
now of all other times.
The National Wool Growers Associ-
alton which was in session here last
week, don't want the earth, although 1t
must be confessed that they seemed to
he willing to accept large part thereof
Not satisfied with the protection given
them by the Senate tariff bill which is
much greater than they need, they
prepare a wood schedule of their own,
and appointed a committee to present
it to the Senate finance committee,
with the modest request that it be in.
corporated in the tariff bill in place OF
the present schedule. They will be
left. The Senate will consider the wool
schedule this week, but it won't be the
one fixed up by the wool growers, The
election is now over.
l underetand that Representative
Anderson, of Kansas, proposes to lead
the filibusteriug against the Oklohoma
bill.
Senator Morgan is still after Canada
with a sharp stick. He proposes to
offer the following amendment to the
Senate tariff bill this week: "All laws
and parts of laws which exempt from
the payment of duties any articles OF
commerce upon which duties are i'm
posed in this act, when in transit
through the United States to, or from
the Dominion of Canada, are hereby
declared to be imperative" There is
little probability that the Republicans
will support this amendment, as 1t
would practically be q portion of the
legislation asked for in Mr.. Cleveland's
celebrated retaliation message.
Senator Plumb struck the New Eng
land brethren in sore spot when he
started, in short but vigorous speech on
the duty on fresh fish packed in ice,
that New England was for either pro-
lection of free trade just as one or the
other favored her own interests. The
Senator certainly had a good right to
complain of the fresh fish schedule as 1t
admitted fresh fish in their ordinary
condition free, giving New England
the benefit of low prices; a duty was
placed on fresh fish packed for long dis
tance transportation, thus making the
people of the interior pay large prices
for them. The result of Plumb's re-
marks was the adoption of an amend
ment making the duty on resh fish OF
all kinds one half cent per pound.
Secretary Whitney keenly feels the
want of enough war ships to look out
American interests Just now. They
are badly needed in Hayti, Samoa, and
Central America.
There is general feeling that the
rules governing the House of Represenl'
tatives are entirely too complicated
Some rules are of course necessary tt
protect the rights of the minority, but
there is no necessity or reason for hav
ing rules which enable one man tt
block all legislation whenever he may
feel disposed for an indefinite period, al
Weaver did for four days last week
Such things as this will give the Re
publicans as to deprive the minority o
all the rights to which they are enti
tied.
The sudden spasm of enthusiasm Oh
the part of Representative Weaver II
favor of the Oklahoma bill, is though
to arise from his desire to be electet
delegate to represent that territory II
the House. Weaver is q chronic as
pirant for office, and having been lef
out in the cold by his Iowa constitu
ents, he probably wants to catch OF
somewhere else.
Ex-senator Malone sent delega
cation of Virginia Republicans to lndi
annapolis last week, to urge his claim
upon Harrison for seat in the cabinet
He is a schemer from way back, bu
the impression here is that Harrison
knows him too we'll to take him int
the Cabinet.