Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-07-12
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, d. G. July I, 1890
Senator Carlisle will makethe speech
of his life on the Mckinley tariff bill,
which was called up and the debate
opened upon 1t by Senator Morrill, in
the Senate today. He has made
many and important additions to the
speech which his election to the Sem
ate prevented his. delivering in the
House when the bill was before that
body, and it is safe to predict that his
speech will he the most widely read
document in the coming Congression-
al campaign, presenting, as II will,
the exact position of the democratic
party on that very important ques>
ton. 1t has not been determined
when Mr.. Carlisle will speak, but all
already advance orders for copies of
his speech are pouring into Washing
ton by every mail. 1t will be well
for the tariff reform ideas of the dem
ocratic party to place this speech in
the hands of every intelligent voter
in the United States 1t cannot fail to
have marked effect upon the Con-
gressional elections.
There are forty-three states now,
Idaho has been admitted to the Un-
ion, by thesignature ofthe President.
The Wyoming people had made
every arrangement to hurry their bill
into the hands of the President,
when it was expected to be passed by
the House, the other day, and tele-
graph the news to the people of that
Territory that they might celebrate
the Fourth of July in lively style.
But the whole plan was killed by the
House not being in a working mood.
There was no quorum present when
the matter was brought up, and no
members hanging around in sight, so
that Speaker Reed could count one.
The Idaho people were more fortu-
nate. Their bill had already passed
both Houses and Delegates Dubois
hurried to the White House with the
copy that the news of the final pas
sage of the bill might reach his con-
stituents on the Fourth. He obtained
the prompt signature ofthe President.
OF course it was no trouble for either
party, when it was understood that
the Territory was Republican.
The President called his attention
to the fact that the star of Idaho
would not be added to the flag for a
year to come if he did not sign 1t I'M
til the 4th, as the law provides that
on the admission of new state into
the Union, one star shall be added to
the flag, on the Fourth of July next
succeeding such admission. Mr.. Du-
bois decided that he wanted the star
added at once, and his state represen-
ted on the flag before another Fourth
rolled around.
Hereafter every proper flag must
contain forty-three stars. The notice
was too short for even the govern
ment buildings hereto have provided
the additional star, on the Fourth.
The feeling Of Indignation over the
atrocious measure of military inter-
ference at elections in the South, has
not subsidized it seems that the ma
jority can never discover its mistakes
until it is too late.
The hot-spurs in the republican
ranks are turning their attention to
the Senate, and predicting terrible
things if it does not pass the
election bill. They talk glibbly Of
bringing "public opinion" upon re-
luctant senators, as though, forsooth,
they really had part of the decent
sentiment of the country behind
them. There is no indication, how.
ever, that the senators are to be
dragooned into obedience by Speaker
Reeds methods.
The democratic Congressional Cam
paign committee are not employing
any brass bands or attempting tC
make any hurrah in the preliminary
stage Of the campaign but all the
same it is working hard and intelli'
gently to win the coming fight, and
its members are quietly confident o.
success. 1t has completed one of the
most carefully prepared books of the
. addresses of the working democrats
, in every Congressional district in the
United States, and under the capable
. management of Roswell p. Flower il
may be replied upon to give a gOot
: account of itself when the battle i;
, fought which is to give the democrat
control of the next House. ,Fo113
Mr.. Harrison is expected to return