Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-07-25
At WASHINGTON.

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What is called the young element
among United States Senate rs, is bent
On changing the rules Of that body, so
long aud fr~qnent speeches may be sup
pressed The present object IF this
course, is sle passage Of the House
Force Bill. These Hecglings of the
Senate, don t like sseech making for
another reason. Under the customs of
the Senate, the new member must be
seen AID not heard 1t would give the
grave aud reverend seignors nervous
spasm, if a newly elected member
should shoot off his mouth. Another
thing, where SO many Of the new men
have nothing to commend them but a
goud bank account. speeches Of any
partic ular depth are not to be expected
from them. They did not talk but
bought their way into the Senate
These fellows therefore, Go not care for
Senatorial discussions, in which they
cannot engage, and are consequently in
favor Of applying the air brakes.
The Force Bill and its ultimate fate,
still continues one of the Leading sub
jects of Congressional thought. The
ultra republicans are determined to Sc
cure its passage if such thing be pos
sible, and are therefore willing and
ready to override Senatorial usage and
precedent, regardless of the fact that
the time is not far distant when their
p"lirical opponents may reap the resul,
of this tearing down process. As has
been indicated by your correspondent
all along, the leading republicans Of
the Senate have been opposed to this
proceeding, believing that no temper.
airy advantage which might be gained,
cat c7erbalance the permanent injury
that would be sure to follow. But any
change of the rules whereby the pre-
vious question can be put in practice
without lengthy struggle, at least if
the Democratic Senators do their duty.
The fight over the adoption of new
rules, made to fit the case, would be
one of endurance, and the thirty-six
democratic senators should be able to
carry On long battle. While they
will of necessity have to do the talking
against time, the republicans will have
to do the voting for , quorum must be
maintained. In times past the repub-
licans have tired cut small minority
IN Congress, through the sitting out
process, but it would be political hui
initiation, for SO large numter OF
Democrats. as now sit in the Senate to
be driven to the wall, or to be caught
mapping during the struggle. If the
Democratic Senators throw dignity to
the dogs AMI force the fighting major
ity side by compelling through calls Of
the Senate, the constant attendance Of
a quorum # republicans.
tbs by no means certain, however
that they vii! have to face such cris-
is. Nothing can be said with certainty
as To what is to come, but there is not
the slightest doubt, that at present, a
majority Of the Senators are against
any chang IN the rules, the Force Bill
to the contrary, notwithstanding.
What will lie the effect of the great
pressure nnw he,ng brought t. bear on
the recalcii.aat Sc, ators BY the radical
republicans, cannot be stated with alb
solutc certainty, but l am convinced
that they viii not yield, and the par
liamentay procedure Of the Senate will
not he upset, simply because Speaker
Reed Is after the niger vote, in the
mex, republican presidential conven-
ton
The wisest of the republicans are TO-
day, as deeply cursing the extrav-
asance OF their party associates in the
appropriations of public money, as they
did when the democrats held the purse
strings and pursued what they called a
parsimoniOus policy. 1t has taken not
one short year for the republicans in
congress to empty those full vaults,
which we're natural results of Demo-
cratic honesty and economy. Such
men as Allison Of Iowa, in the Senate,
and Cannon Of Illinois in the House,
are trying to wriggle out Of their un-
comfortable position by rigging up doc
tored statements Of governmental ex-
penditures, ana the like, but the para
mount fact is, that the money is gone,
at least so far as the act Of congress
can make it 60, and there is little use
of getting up brand new lock for the
treasury, after the treasure has been
carried away. Bob.
If you or your family should happen
to be frightfully burned or scalded, what
have YOU in the house to alleviate the
pain until you can get . physician! A