The Southern herald., 1889-03-09
Our washington Letter.

The President has ISSUED q pro-
clamation calling an extra session
Of the Senate to meet March 4, at
12 O'Clock, for the purpose Of con
sidering executive communications.
This is according to the usual pro-
gram; the outgoing President calls
the Senate together to confirm the
nominations made by his successor.
Representative Springer does not
think it possible to have too much
Of a good thing, therefore he intro
duced a bill the other day, provid-
ing for the admission Of the Terri
tories Of Arizona, Idaho and Wy
oming as States. II provides that
these Territories may become States
as provided in the "Omnibus" bill
relating to North and South Dakota,
Montana and Washington, and that
the provisions of that act shall be
extended to these Territories, the
same as if they had been included
in the act. Delegate Joseyhs, Of
New Mexico, has also introduced a
similar measure in behalf of that
territory, @
A concurrent resolution Of the
Kansas Legislature asking for legis-
lation that will open the Indian
territory to settlement, has been
presented to the House.
Filibustering has been the rule
in both Houses, SO far this week,
whenever an attempt was made to
take up anything besides the ap-
preparation bills. The result is that
Saturday night will probably find
all the appropriation bills, with
the exception Of River and Harbor,
which has been abandoned, in the
hands of the President, a thing
which week ago seemed inn
possible. In the Senate the re-
publicans have given up all hope
of adopting Hoar's Southern cleo
ton investigation resolution, the
fact having been made plain to
them that the democrats would not
allow it. In the House, confusion
is king. Randall is bringing in
his immense reserve knowledge of
parliamentary tactics in order to
get a vote on the Cowles bill re-
pealing the tax on tobacco, while
Mr.. Mills, supported BY two thirds
of the democratic members, is
working just as hard to prevent it.
Speaker Carlisle has had immense
pressure brought to bear on him to
recognize Mr.. Randall, but he re-
fuses to do SO unless a majority OF
the democratic members sign a re-
quest to that effect. So far, it is
said that more than 40 have signed.
If Randall can get the bill up, il
will pass, but the impression most
general is, that Mr.. Mills will, il
necessary to defeat this measure,
spend the remainder of the session
in filibustering. No other legis.
lation is expected Of this Congress,
although the last three days are
likely to be made interesting.
The latest waver of the "bloody
shirt" is Representative Kennedy,
of Ohio. He made a most villanoui
and uncalled for personal attack or
Speaker Carlisle and Representa-.
tive Crisp, of Georgia, chairman O
the House committee on privileges
and elections, in connection with
contests made for their seats early
in the session. Kennedy is a nice
sort of a fellow to criticize the po,
litical honesty Of other people
When he was lieutenant-governol
of Ohio, and president of the Ohio
Senate, he decided that II Senatorl
out of membership of 81 coulC
adopt report unseating four demo
Gratis and seating four republicans
Verify he would never be selected
as model for political honesty.
Representative Oates said re
Gently that The republican party
had no principles other thar
present expediency, the truth o.
which has been fully shown b,
the action of two caucuses of tn,
Senate republicans. First they de
cided that Hoar's election investi
CATION resolution should be pressed
TO vote. They tried for severa
days to press it, but on the demo
Gratis resorting to tilibustering, they
held another caucus and decided
not to press it any further. Ther'