Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-09
TIE NORTHWEST
WASHINGTON LETTER.
from our regular ccrespOpdeDt.l
WASHINGTON, d. c., Sept. %, 1890.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Sept. 20, 1890.
Representative Flower aptly calls
the tariff bill a Cyclone measure, the
aim of which is to break up all trade
between the United States and foreign
countries, and to enable the manufac-
turers to combine for the purpose OF
fleeing the people, while the farmers
are allowed to foot all the bills with
out deriving the slightest benefit Mr..
Flower says that one item in the bill
binding twine-will ruin 800, 900 work
ingmen in New York and New Eng
land. 1t was eminently fitting that
the republicans of the House should,
as q climax to their outrageous and un-
precedented conduct In ignoring the
rights ofthe people during this session
of Congress, have railroaded this bill
which financially affects the interest OF
every man, woman and child in the
e United States, through the House iu
just five hours, in spite of democratic
protests against the injustice of sucl
Legislative methods. The bill is tri
umph of the Chinese wall, high pro.
tective tariff wing of the republican
party, and is a more unjust measure
than any tariff bill yet put in operation
in this country; 1t shows that Reed and
Mckinley are the dominating spirits OF
the Republican party of to-day, and
that the more conservative ideas OF
some of the Senators Of that party are
not "in it", If / may so speak. The
Senate isexpected to agree to the bill
tomorrow, and 1t doubtless will, but 1t
will be q bitter pill for number of the
majority to swallow, but when the
party whip cracks conscience and indi-
vidual opinions count for nothing in
the republican party.
The negro Langston, whom the re-
publlcans seated last week in the House
has developed a head of elephantine
proportions. He intimated in a more
or less incendiary speech, which he
made to a lot of negroes, that he was a
candidate for the Presidential nomina-
tion of his party.
There is d delegation Of Georgia folks
here who want Mr.. Blaine to talk recip-
rocity at the opening the Atlanta ex-
position, Oct. Is. They have also in
yited Mr.. Harrison and other members
ofhis cabinet to attend.
Another good republican is in troub-
lie. Mr.. Wheat, postmaster of the
p House of Representatives, is, by reso-
luton of the House, undergoing an in
rvestigation. He is charged with hav-
ing compelled the contractor from car
rying the mail to and from his office to
pay him Wheat) $150 q month out of
the money paid him by the Govern
ment, and with also having man on
his pay rolls at $l00 month who mere
ly draws the money and turns over $95 |
of it to Wheat's son. The investiga-
tion is being conducted by the House
committee on accounts.
The Raum white-washing committee
is again examining witnesses. It wants
to know who furnished the New York
Tribune with the information upon
which some very severe criticisms of
Pension Office methods was based
1t is said that the majority of the com
mittee will hold back its white-wash.
ing report till after the Congressional
election for the purpose of preventing
the democrats making public their
minority report, which is understood to
be scathing arrangement of Raum.
There is a grand rush of LOBBYISTS
who are endeavoring to get their bills
through the House in the confusion
which always precedes the closing of a
session of Congress, and some of them
will probably succeed.
A.pvin:.y tr urIU-Trssr Uo 1Penu %I ,vUv,- !,
600 IN fha nnrGhase of nickle to be used !
IN making nickle-plated, steel armour
plates for the cruisers now being built t
was last week crowded through House
and Senate under the plea of urgent /
necessity. AS the supply of nickie is G
controlled by one firm this 2
looks very much like an old fashioned t
republican job.
A rumor of bills carrying large appro- q
priations, which have already been
passed by the Senate, among them the
shipping bills, which Mr.. Harrison has
taken rather suspicious interest in n
going to the extent ofsending special n
message urging Congress to pass them +
and the Direct tax bill, which caused +,
The memorable deadlock in the House n
turing the Fiftieth Congress, remain !,
Enacted upon by the House. The n1
'hort session will be grand lootipg y. ~
ime for the republicans. -
Senator ingalls, says he didn't get sr
900 foregoing to Pittsburg the other r.
lay and making a republican speech. W.
'erhaps he only got $500. II
The compound lard bill is believed ia ~
70 dead, as it is almost certain that the NJ NJ
'enate will pass the Paddock pure oI
pod bill as substitute for it. To-
The stock gamblers lobby, headed by '"
Deacon" =. Y. White, of New York, a
ormer republican member of the House
ave proven to strong for the Butter
Torth "Option" bill, and it is not like
thatit will be heard of again in the /,
Iouse.s A8 ha
"A joint resolution providing for ad- m m
2urnment tomorrow has passed the iel
touse, but from present indications "a
ne Senate will not be ready SO early. ne S0
How to Succeed. ~