Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-07-31
WASHINGTON LETTER.
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Representative Lodge is monoma
MAC on the subject o. Federal election
lIaW. He wants, be says, "if necessary
flle Of federal soldiers at every polling
lplace 10 bis distFict.p He has made the
Federal election idea the soIe-object oi
his thoughts throughout this session,
and will attempt to crowd out any 9TH
or important business In Its favor. He
was the first member TO arrive In Wash.
ington, and promptly attached his for.
tune to that Of Mr.. Reed, while he was
q candidate for the speakership of the
House. He came here before any 9TH
er OF the Massachusetts, delegation, and
when they arrived, they learned, as
they did two years before, that Mr..
Lodge had his committee places picked
out In advance Of any of them.
There Is a great pressure at present In
Republican circles to have the Lodge
bill pass. OF course the actual reason
is that millions have been given away
through subsidies and tariff, public
buildings and In many other extrava-
CANT ways, and 1t Is admitted by those
in authority that the u. s. Treasury is
nearly bankrupted. To avoid a deficit
the Republican majority proposes
that the government shall commit q
colossal breach oftrust. To be brief: On
the 14th of August next the silver coin
age act becomes operative. Upon that
day amount held by the U. 5. Treas
urer for the redemption of the circula-
ting notes, in the hands of the public,
of discontinued national banks, accord
ing to the terms of the act, are to be
turned into the general fund. The
amount will probably, according to
best estimates, amount to about $685.
100000. This is done under the pre-
tense of increasing the circulation;
while the reason is to avoid deficit In
the Treasury, when all these wasteful
appropriations come to be paid. 49,
The statesmen here are, also, intense
ly excited as to the outcome of the CEN
sus, and the new apportionment. They
realize that the Northern 9tates will
scarcely hold their own in population,
and that the growth Of the country at
large may even detract from them
something Of their present representa-
tion. There is also good reason to be-
lieve that the new industries, mines,
and activity of the South, developed
during the last ten years, have brought
more people there than once were.
Hence the great anxiety on the part of
the Republicans TO pass the Lodge bill.
But that cannot be reached without
violating and changing the rules that
have governed the Senate for a hundred
years. seo-lH alt 4.
Pressure. is being brought to bear on
the five or six Republican Senators who
are most determined in their opposition
to the measure; and meanwhile the
features of the bill are being con-
sidered by the Senate Committee on
Privileges and Elections. The Sem
ate will dispose of the appropria-
tiOn bills, and the tariff bill, before the
election bill is reached; and it will be
left pending at adjournment, unless
those more conservative statesmen can
be influenced in its favor.
Representative Yoder, of Ohio, who
Is a member of the Democratic Con-
gressional committee, says. that the
Democrats will gain several Represen-
tatives at the coming election, as the
result of the gerrymander of the state. |
Mr.. Mckinley has been thrown into a |
district that will have a majority of
1000 against him. His friends will
make desperate effort to secure his
election; but Mr.. Yoder says that moth
ing short of a million dollars will ac-
that result.
The other gains, which the commit |
tee is confident of making, are three in |
Missouri, one in Kentucky, two in
one each In Louisiana and
Pennsylvania, and others possibly in
Iowa and Massachusetts,. Enough, in |
short, to give the Democrats q good
majority in the next House.
The Senate is still discussing the Sun
Try Civil bill. A lively debate between
Senators Reagan of Texas aud Stewart
Of Nevada, was one of the CLEANS of
sunshine during this prolonged "delib-
eration.n l-.3tE59 n, EI,gI
The House to-day, after an at times
exceedingly lively debate, passed the
Original Package" bill, It having been
decided by the Republican managers
hat the passage of this was necessary
20 keep the prohibition Republican vot- /
,rs In line at the coming Congressional
elections.
The next thing on the House Repub-
lean program is the National Bank
uptcy bill, which is to be railroaded
n the usual Reed style; the House hav-
ng by party vote decided that the
lnal vote should be taken on Wednes-
lay. Think of passing q measure as
weeping in its effects as this one is,
fter only two days of alleged 'deliber.
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