The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-08-27
Washington Letter.


Can the Federal Election bill and the
Tariff bill both be passed by the Senate
at this session. Senator Quay thinks
that one or the other is bound To be
sacrificed; hence his resolution To drop
the Election bill until next winter
About three-fourths of the Republican
Senators differ with Mr.. Quay, believ
ing that both bills can easily be passed
| if the majority of the Senate will only
agree tO change the rules So rs To limit
debate, but there's where the trouble
comes in. A number of the Republican
Senators have up To this time refused
/ to vote to change the rules.
Senator Quay's resolution prescribing
the legislation To be acted upon at this
session, and setting the 30th inst. To be-
gin voting upon the Tariff bill and its
amendments, was taken up in the SEN
ate yesterday, and Senator Hoar offered
as IA substitute resolution authorizing
Il change in the rules So that 'when
any bill or resolution shall have been
under consideration for reasonable
time" it shall be in order for any Sena-
tor To demand that debate thereon be
closed. He also amended Mr.. Quay's
resolution 10y adding the Federal Elec-
ton bill to the measures to be acted
upon and providing that it shall be
voted upon September 4th. Mr.. Hoar
! then delivered a very strong speech
in favor of the Federal Election bill,
showing that the measure had been
grossly misrepresented for the purpose
of stirring up sectional strife. lie quot
ed from Il report made by the late >. >.
Cox, strongly commencing the United
States law under which Congressman
are elected in New York, and asked
what was the objection To passing Il
similar law for the entire country he
called attention to the fact which some
gentlemen seem To have completely
forgotten, that the Republican party
had, time after time, promised that
such law should be enacted, and
quoted from President Harrison's inau-
gural address and his first annual mes
sage; from President Hayes second
annual message; from President Gar
fields inaugural address, and from the
Republican national platform of 1884
and 1888.
Senator Aldrich refused To allow the
Tariff bill 10 be laid aside for the pur-
pose of continuing debate on the Quay
resolution, SO that only the morning
hour" which is now from 10 to II
O'Clock, will be occupied by that debate,
the length of which is problematical.
Senator Edmunds is deeply interested
in it, and he evidently expects the de-
! bate To last some time, as he leaves to-
day on six days leave of absence.
Many shrewd observers do not believe
that the resolution will ever be voted
upon; they think compromise pro-
gramme of some sort will be agreed
upon by the Republican Senators.
Something should be done, and that
speedily. The present state of affairs
is certainly bad politics.
A very pleasant incident occurred at
the White House early yesterday morn
ing, just before the President left for
Cape May Point to celebrate his fifty
seventh birthday. The California dele
CATION in Congress waited on the Pres
ident, and on behalf of the California
Pioneers and Native Sons of the Golden
West presented him an invitation, en-
graved on plate of solid gold, to at
tend and participate in the celebration
of the fortieth anniversary of the adj
mission of California into the Union.
Mr.. Harrison, in short address, re-
GREETED that he could not visit Calfor-
MIA this year, and said he hoped to do
SO next year. He also alluded To the
coincidence of his receiving the hand
some souvenir on his birthday.
Secretaries Noble and Rusk are the
only members of the administration
in Washington just now.
Secretary Window this week issued
a circular Offering To redeem S15 900, 600
of the A per cent bonds which will ma
ture Sept. /, 1891, paying par and inter-
est therefor. This is in addition to the
regular purchase of bonds which is con-
stantly going on. How does this tally
with the Democratic statement that the
treasury is bankrupt?
The House committee on Agriculture
drew legislative prize this week when
the committee on Rules reported a res
olution setting aside yesterday, to-day,
Saturday, and Tuesday and Wednesday
of next week for the consideration of
bills from that committee. Yesterday
the Senate bill providing aid for agri
cultural colleges was passed, and to-day
the bill for the inspection of meats for
expectation. Saturday the bill defining
lard will be taken up and disposed of,
and on Tuesday the bill prohibiting
dealing i'm options is to be taken up and
Wednesday afternoon it will be voted
upon.
The announcements made as to what
the Republicans of the House propose
doing in the event of the refusal of the
Senate to act on the Election bill is
premature. The Republicans of the
House will wait to see what the Senate
propose doing. There is no occasion
for hurrying.
Chairman Dunnell of the House GEN.
sus committee, is already at work upon
the new Congressional Apportionment
| bill, but it is not expected that it will
| be reported at this session.