The Forrest City times., 1890-12-13
OUR NATIONAL LETTER

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 The republican senators received ar unexpected shock whom the news of the action of the convention of th,
 National Farmers Alliance in protest. ing against the passage of the force bil
 reached them; 1t staggered them for :, tune. aad when they recovered theil 1 wits they began to abuse the Alliance But it is believed that this protest will weigh greatly with the northwest. ern republican senator's; and t.getae. with the movement of a number of republican senators, who are said tu l have determined not to vote for that l bill unless Speaker Reed will promise
 to allow a hlll for the free coinage ot silver to be voted on in the house.
 which he has so far refused to do, it Will certainly Jeopardize that infa- | nous measure.
 The feature of the debate last weel, Ill the senate was Senator Gray's ar gument againgt the oonsttutionality
 Of the most obnoxious clauses of the force bill and much to the surprise of l the democrats, and also. suspect. of the republicans, Senator Teller agreed
 with all that he said relating to the clause providing for domieiliary visits The republicans have caueussed on tue proposed change of the senate rules for the purpose of forcing tie bill through, a la Reed, hut they failed to agree. IL Is now believed that if the blll passes 1t all, which is far from certain, 1t will be greatly modified. The democrats i'll both house and
 senate, satisfied of the justness of the
 demands of the Farmers Alliance for l eiIgulation, stand ready tn vote for the Tree aud unlimited coinage of sil-
 Yer Whenever they can ge, RE oppor-
 tuuiiy, and SD many republicans are ready to vote with them that the pas sage of one of the many bills that
 have been introduced would he cer-
 taintY we're | not for the opposition st Speaker Reed. wl,e has sa lar tieea 9ihle to absolutely control the legisla.
 ton tlat goes before the house. IL is stated that Mr Harrison would veto Il Il passed, but that doesn't werrS anhody, II 1t should De passed alid he should veto 1t, goad hy 10 hlm politi- ealiy, lle would he as dead k ktltheg- fold Hayes.
 Notwithstanding tho snuhbing he got from the repulieans of the senat te
 AiA4Att NAAAtAt4A&tt s.t k4AB ldst AfaSilll Senator Stanford has introduced again
 audet another name, his bill for loan. ing government money upon farm mortgages and requested. th3t t lie on tl.e table ustil he makes a speech in It's iasor. He has an idea that this blll may nominate him fer president Ill lstts.
 Unless Commissioner Raum has a hide as tough as q rhinoceros he must
 have smaIted ail over at tho s.llusion
 to hs management, or rather mis-
 management of the pension bureau made daring the discussion iu the house which proceeded the passing of the pension appropriation bill Sever
 ..i dramatic incidents occurred, one of
 the most striking being when, Repre. sentative Morrow s}sted tlat the amouut carried by the bill siSS .0u0, O0A-woull be sufficient to pay all
 pensions during the next fiscal year Bet you g ,0to to S5ou that it will not, yelled Representative liiggs rushing
 down the center aisle Iu moment
 the house was ia q good nAtured up- roar, which Mir. Btrgs added to hy saying. Ask the people ot California
 who stands foremost among them W. W.
 Morrow or Marion biggs and the an- swer sill he Biggs bs 3o,o00 majority N
 He sat down amid shouts of laughter
 The protest of the Farmers Alliance convention against the Cpuger lar bills was presented to the senate by
 Mf. Paddock Saturday