Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-09-27
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19, 1890

| hAShINOIONs Ocpt. l0, 1OO'
 The republicans of the house, owing tC
 the lack of quorum of their own mem
 bers, are practically in the power of tht
 Democrats, as far as any additional leg
 isIation which does not meet their ap
 proval, is concerned. In spite of the of
 forts made to get the republicans here
 this week there has not been at any
 time within twenty-five of quorum pre-
 sent on the floor of the house, and the
 democrats are openly boasting that the
 house can do nothing else this session
 without their consent. The circum
 stances surrounding the cases of most
 of the absent republicans. are such that
 it hardly seems fair to harshly criticise them, and yet it is believed that the re-
 publican party at large is losing much
 more bv their being away from here than
 it can possibly gain by the work they
 are doing in their respective districts.
 Without them it will be impossible to
 pass Representative Boothman's joint
 resolution Invalidating the recent gerry
 mander of Ohio, on account of certain
 territory being left out, and the demo- crats will have the power, if so disposed,
 to prevent the house acting upon the
 report of the conference committee on the Mckinley bill when it is made, and there are other important matters, in cluding the contested election cases, that might be acted upon with a quorum of republicans present. It is only fair to say that the managers expect a quorum this week.
 The house has decided that the ob- iectionable portions of the speech re- ce 1tly made by Representative Kenney, of Ohio, shall be expunged from the Re cord.
 Speaker Reed has signed ithe River and Harbor Bill, which was on his table for about week.
 The Raum investigation was formally closed Wednesday, and a report IS ex- pected from the committee at once.
 The senate has passed the bi repeal ing the Timber Culture Act, and has agreed to the conference report on the railroad land grant forfeiture bill
 There Is lots of scandal flying around m connection with the efforts of the lottery lobbyists to delay the adoption of the anti-lottery bill, which was passed Tuesday afternoon by the senate, with out dissenting vote. It Is said that one prominent Senator was offered S25,- eco in cash if he would manage in some way to get the bill stayed, and ano her Sl5,OOO for the same purpose. It IS also said that Senator Evarts and ex-Presi- dent Cleveland have been offered a re- talner of S250,000 if they will become counsel of the Lottery Company in order to have the Supreme Court pass upon the constitutionality of the law. If these gentlemen accept the retainer they are expected to get out an injunc- ton restraining the Postmaster General from putting the law into effect untI, the Supreme Court renders de ision. The lottery would willingly pay 535u,0OU for one years unrestricted use of the mails, and 1t would probably take longer than that to get a case through the | Supreme Court.
 Representative Enloe, the cheekiest | democrat Tn the house, for the ninety bililS illdOC till doS Ol nlulS6ll, hICU | Speaker Reed refused to recognize him | Oy shouting: Il want you to under | stand, .Ir. Speaker, that when you re- turned from aine 1 was at the head of | the democratic side" "rhe chair was | not aware," replied the speaker "that | the democratic side had any head; it is gratified to be at last informed of the | fact" Then everybody laughed except | poor EnlOe.
 Following are the gentlemen forming the conference committee, now engaged | in considering the Mckinley tariff bill: | House Mckinley, Burrows, Dingley, Bayne (Republicans), Mills, McMillan and Flower Democrats). Senate-Al- drich, hiscock, Sherman, Allison (Re- publicans), Vance, Carlisle and Voor- hees (Democrats.) The impression is that the committee will be ready to re- port early next week, and that the bill | will not be radically changed in any respect from what 1t was when passed | by the senate.
 The treasury department did not get by the democratic attempt | to unsettle the business of the country by yelling panic, but went right along in the sensible course mapped out by Secretary Windom, and the result is that even the men most active in pro noting the scare are compelled to admit that the danger, if there ever was any, is now passed.
 The question of an extra session is again at the front, and it is we'll nigh | certain that there will be one but it is not yet certain whether it will be brought | about by Congress taking a recess as soon as the tariff bill is finally disposed of, or be called by proclamation of the President. It is conceded by most of the republican leaders to be absolutely necessary owing to the number of inn portant measures that are expected to be unacted upon when the session shall |