Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-03-01
WASHINGTON LETTER
Written and Compiled for the HERALD
WASHINGTON, Feb. %, 1882

occupy apartments at tue sAwo
hotel. Many prominent Repuoll'
cans, including ex.Senators rlst'
and Miller of New York, are ex'
pected here during the week 10
confer with General Harrison be-
fore the Cabinet is finally agreeu
upon. Rumors are thicker than
candidates tor Public Printer, but
/ | shall not fill up your columns
with coDjectures, when a little pa
tient waiting will get the official
facts.
Southern elections are to be III
yestigated after all. The SeDate
has now before it the resolution III
troduced by Mr.. Hoar authorizing
the Senate Committee on privileges
and elections to take charge OF the
work. Mr.. HOar's resolution IS a
very broad one, covering the
/ Louisiana state election, that Sen
ator Chandler has been hammer
ing at so long, as we'll as the re-
cent killing of j. NJ Clayton IN
Arkansas, a subject that Repre-
sentative GrOsvenOr tried 10 get
the House committee on elections
to investigate, as well as all the
Southern States where the election
laws are so framed as 10 deprive
citizens of their votes. The Dem
ocratlc Senators are making a very
determined fight against the adOp-
ton of this resolution. They have
even resorted TO flibustering,
which is something unusual for the
dignifed Senate. The Republican
caucus has decided that it shall
pass.
The President signed the bill adj
hitting as States the Dakotss,
Montana and Washington on
Washington's birthday. To hear
the Democrats In congress Growing
over this matter one who is igno-
rant of the long and bitter Demo
cratic opposition to their admit
lance would think it was a dis
tinctly Democratic measure. How
ever, there Is nothing strange IN
this, the Democratic party has fol-
years been kept alive by stealing
Republican thunder.
The Monroe doctrine resolutions
are to be smOthered in the House
committee on foreign affairs.
Sam Randall, who Governor Hill
calls the "grandest living Demo
craft" has given chairman Mills,
the mushroom leader of the DemOc-
racy, a drubbing that he will re.
member all his life. Randall is
postmaster in parliamentary tactics,
while Mills comparatively is only
an apprentice. Randall is chair
man of the appropriations commit
tee, to which was referred the
Cowles bill repeating the tobacco
tax. Mills first idea was 10 pre-.
vent Randall from reporting that
measure back to the House in time
to get a vote upon it. Randall
surprised him the other day by
getting the re. )Ort in. Then Ran
dali began his fine work by offer
ing two resolutions making
/ changes In the Rules of the House.
The first providing that the House
shall for the remainder OF the
session meet daily at 10 o'clock,
and the second making the Cowles
bill a special order aud requiring
Its consideration TO a CONCLUSION.
These resolutions we're both re-
ferred to the House committee on
rules, which is imposed of Speak
er Carlisle, Mr.. Mills, Mr.. Randall,
/ Mr.. Cannon and Mr. Reed, aud
the two Republicans voting with
Randall, be carried his point and
reported both resolutions TO the
House. AS if that was not enough
the next day the. fight was renewed
on the floor of the House. Both
Randall and Mills we're on their
feet asking for recognition, which
was secured by the latter. lie
called up his resolution declaring
the Senate tariff bill to be uncon.
stitutional, and Just there is whore
Mr.. Randall secured his sweetest
revenge, for the House by a vote
of 143 to 50 refusing reconsider the
resolution. Mr.. Randall then re-
/ ported his first resolution as tc
early meeting of the House, aud II
was adopted. And when hC
started 10 pass the GOwles bll
resolution, Mr.. Mills, the whilOn
undisputed boss of the House, was
compelled in order TO prevent ITS
immediate adoption, to resort tC
Glibnstering, and that Is now biz
only hope of defeating the COwlei
bill. He says it shall not pass
that he will fhbuster the remain
der of the session If necessary, tC
prevent it. That is the present
status of the case, and no matter
how it ends it has relegated Mllli
to the rear, and pat Randall il
hrs old position.
DIR. d. w. Bliss, who obtained q
national reputation through biz
connection with General Garfield,