The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-12-31
WARRINGTON LETrEK.


Senator Hoar did not. 1t is a safe thing to say.
enjoy his Christmas dinner. He was too badly
disgusted at his failure to get vote upon his
Force bill this week. He thought he was all
right the other day when he offered a resolution
proposing a recess until O'Clock in the eve-
ming and continuous session of the Senate
from that time until the bill was disposed of.
But 10 and behold when noses were counted
there was no quorum present, and ths point
was quickly made by a Democratic Senator
who had remained in the chamber for that very
purpose. and most aggravatIng of all to Mr.
uoar was the fact that. in spite of all his coax
ing and threatening. seventeen Republican
Senators were among the absentees.
The Republican Dtain, after weeks of
painful labour, has brought forth a mouse in
the shape of rule to cut of debate at the pleas
ure of the majority which has been reported to
the SenaIe by Mr. Aldrich Butt the Democrats
are not at all alarmed; on the contrary they are
confident of their ability to defeat this proposed
revolutionary oyerturning of the precedents of
a century. and in any event, fully determined
that it shall not be done until every parliament
tary expedient has been exhausted in the effort
TO prevent 1t.
Senator Vorhees made the speech of the week
against the Force bill. and his picture of Messrs
Harrison, Quay. Dudley and Huston posing as
the friends OF honest elections while the rank
corruption of the Presidential election of 1888
was. with its blocks OF five" fresh in the
minds of the Am -rican people. was as vigorous
hit of rhetoric as the Tall Sycamore OF the
Wabash" ever uttered. His denunciatlon OF
the attempt to colonize Southern negroes in
West Virginia and Indiana, which was for
tunaiely exposed before it was consummated,
was Very hitter hut nOt mora so IN IL daserv-
ed. Senator Gray also did some vigorous talk
ing in defense of the people of Delaware, whom
Mr.. higgins. the accidental Republican sena-
tor from that State, had grossly slandered in an
effort to justify the passing of the Force bill.
If Mr. Harrison wished to select gentleman
entirely without national reputation to sue
ceed the late Justice Miller on the bench of the
United States Supreme Court. ne certainly sue
ceeded when he nominated Henry s. Brown oi
Michigan. to the vacancy. Said a Republican
Senator: 1T was really amusing when the
nomination was announced to see prominent
Senator'S going from one to the other in order
t. find out who this MIR. Brown is. The Michi
gan Senators speak well of him, but doubt i
there are dozen other Senators who ever hearC
of him before.'
Representative Blanchard, of Louisiana, ha.
offered a resolution in the House providing fol
a general Indian investigation. The same gen
tleman has offered resolution instructing thu
House Committee on Banking and Currency tt
report a bill to increase the amount of money
in circulation to $50 per capita. He sets fortt
In preamble the fact of its being impossib.,
10 many parts of the South to get an advance
of even $40 bale on cotton. owing to the scare
ity of money.
The Republicans of the Senate are gettin,
a
question. The recent Republican caucus ap
proved bill. in the hope of conciliating tn
free coinage Republican Senators. that provi
ded for the issuing of treasury notes. based OF
purchase of silver bullion to make up the def
cheney whenever the amount of national BAN
circulation fell below $50 0UO COO, but the Fl
nance Committee to which the bill was referre
when introduced. has cut out that section of tn
bill entirely, and put in place of it one author
izing the Secretary of the Treasury to issu
s2OO 600 000 of per cent. bonds. and the amend
ed bill has been reported back to the Senate b.
that strong and vigilant foe of silver. Senate
Sherman. The silver men are mad as hornets
and Senator Stewart has already offered a fre
amendmeu to the bill. and overtures are bein
made to Democrats to support it. What tn
Democrats will do. depends largely upon wha
action the Republicans who favor free coinag
take upon the Force bill Senator Stewart vii
do all he can to get them to opposeit
The House will pretend to be doing busines
for the rest of Christmas week but it had n
quorum when it adjourned from Tuesday unit
today. and it is not probable that it will hav
again until after the first OF the year. The Sen
ate finding that it would be impossible to get
quorum present on Christmas day. adjourne
from Wednesday until Saturday. Senator Al
drich has promised to give twenty -four hour
notice before calling up the Cloture resolution
and as there will be number of Republica
absentees during the rest of the month, it m a
not be taken up before January.