Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-05-19
WASHINGTON LETTER.
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Political interest in Washington to-
day is centered upon the republican
national committee which is in session
here. The session is secret and all
sorts of rumors are going around
about a big fight in the committee
against the domination of Quay,
Clarkson and other bosses. The only
thing certain up to this writing is
that Quay will not retire from the
head of the committee, as had been
so persistently reported. 1t is ex-
pected that the committee will have
something to say to its party about
legislation, particularly upon pensions
and the federal election bills now be-
fore both house and senate.
Mr.Harrison attended a dinner CIV
en- by Senator Sherman Saturday
night in honor of the senator's sixty
seventh birthday. Friday night
llg reception was held at the sena-
tors residence to celebrate Gen. w.
T. Sherman's s SEVENTEEN birthday.
Eight more days of tariff debate in
the house, and already everybody, in
Guiding the members, are heartily tir-
ed of it. There is one consolation,
the long set speeches are all over and
no one man can talk longer than five
minutes without unanimous consent.
At the end of the eight days which
begins with to-day the voting will
commence. The debate has kept the
house empty since it began, both on
the floors and in the galleries.
The senate has passed the military
academy, the army and the pension
appropriation bills. Quite an anus
ing debate took place when the army
bill was under consideration upon an
amendment, which was adopted, pro-
hibiting the sale of alcoholic liquor,
beer or wine in any building at any
army post or military station. AT
the close Senator Butler suggested
that all that was needed to make the
thing complete was provision in the
bill to supply the officers and men of
the army with nursing bottles, in
fants' food, catnip tea and such
things. The amendment of the pen
sion bill, which was also adopted, was
the cause of an extremely acrimoni
Gus debate. 1t increased the number
of pension agents in the United States
from eighteen to twenty, and Senator
Sherman was charged with having
entered into a bargain to get the
amendment through for the purpose
of getting a certain man appointed
as one of the new agents Mr.. Sher-
man denied it. When the vote was
taken Senator Payne voted with the
republicans in favor of the amend
ment, and Senators Allison, Ingalls,
and Plumb voted with the democrats
in opposition.
Senator Goram will succeed the
late Senator Beck as chairman of the
senate democratic caucus.
The impression here is that eX-
Speaker Carlisle will be elected by
the Kentucky Legislature as Senator
Beck's successor. Mr.. .Carlisle's enc
mics here, and he seems to have a
good many of them among the demo-
Gratis, are resorting to the desperate
method of attacking his private life
and habits by telling the most out
rageous stories and getting them tel
egraphed to Kentucky in the hope of
getting him defeated.
The federal election bill which was
approved by the caucus has been in
troduced in the house. 1t is believed
here that this bill will become a law
at this session.
The House has passed bill giving
Mrs. Parnell, the mother of Parnell,
the Irish leader, and the daughter of
Admiral Charles Stewart, who gave
seventy-one years of his life to the
U. S. navy,a pension of $50 month.
Ex-Congressman Steele of Indiana
has been appointed governor of the
new territory, Oklahoma, and while
they do not object to Mr.. Steele per-
sonally, there is very decided dis
position among the republicans to
kick because the Indiana man was Sc
lected. They accuse the president
of having already given that state
enough, but the Indianians here
laugh and say that would be impos-
sible.