The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1890-08-22
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
,rm our Regular Correspondent

Form our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Aug. 15, 189O.-Will Mr..
in the Senate? He has been asked. aye begged, by
Senator Hoar, who recently expressed himself as
preferring to see every mandatory in New Eng
cents day and diet of cold fish than to see the
failure of the Force bill, and his associates to come
Mr.. Harrison favors the Election BILL and ever
since his election he has bitterly hated Senator
quay on account q me Patronlzhng manner WITH
as he would like to he would throw the weight
OF his influence. which is not very heavy after all,
against Mr.. Quay; but he hesitates, because he
fears that Mr.. Quay may succeed in having his
resolution shelving the Force bill and appointing
August 80 as the day for taking vote on the tariff
Can MIR. Quay get his resolution passed? To
what extent will the Democrats support it? II
ed in the affirmative. and that the Democrats in
a body will support the Quay resolution; not be-
cause they endorse it but because they recognize
in it a weapon to whack more than half Of the
Republican party over the head. The Democrats
would much prefer continuing the debate on the
tariff bill. for that debate is making hundreds of
Democratic voters every day, but if Quay should be
defeated he and his followers would probably be
adopt a gag" rule and pass both the Tariff and
Election bills. Senator Vest says the tariff bill is
worse than the Election bill.
Prominent Republicans openly admit that the
fight which is now going on in the Senate has
already practically settled the Congressional cleo
ton in favor OF the Democrats. The Openness with
which Mr.. Quay is acting for the special interests
of a single clique of moneyed men so disguised
some of the Republicans that they announced
their intention to defeat certain clauses OF the
tariff bill AS quick as the telegraph could notify
these men, and special trains could bring them a
delegation was before the Senate Finance commit
tee demanding, not politely asking, what these
rumors meant. The Republican members of that
committee humbly informed them that their inter
ests should be taken care of as had been promised
them when they made their campaign contribu-
tious and these robbers of the toiling millions
turned whence they came.
Representative Baker. of New York, who enjoys
the notoriety of being the only man who ever had
resolution returned to him by vote of the House
because of its bad taste, made an ass of himself
again by Offering resolution rejecting upon Mr.
Mills because of his making tariff reform speeches
It was too much even for speaker Reed, and he
certainly isn't over squeamiSh about such things.
Mr.. Baker was asked to withdraw the resolution
but he refused, insisting upon having it printed
in the Record. The Speaker then quietly ignored
Mr.. Baker and the House proceeded to business
aud he did not get his resolution printed.
Public opinion is great lever. Secretary Win
dom has decided that the prices paid by the
Government for silver bullion shall be made pub
lie. They never should have been hid.
The Republicans don't do much talking these
days about Congressional re-apportonment this
year Cause why-the census shows that the SOutl
weeks past Superintendent Porter has worked hi.
force night and day to get the count completed IL
order that the reapportionment might be made ;bu
the result has not been just what was anticipated
and no re-apportionmefJ will be made. The popula
ton of the country is in round numbers "a 600 600
Recognizing the fact that the Congressional cam
paign this year was to be run on "galr' anC
'boodle" Assistant Postmaster General ClarksOn
who has an unlimited supply of the former, Is Il
become the boss dog Of the Republican Congress
sonal Campaign committee. The doodle" will
be furnished by the usual crowd.
The anti-lottery bill was passed by the Hous
Saturday afternoon by unanimous vote
After numerous scares the River and Harbo
bill went through the Senate Saturday.