Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-08-28
WASHINGTON LETTER.
[From our regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. Is, 1890

Will Mr.. Harrison dare to Jump into
the breech of his party in the Senate?
He has been asked. aye begged, by Sen
ator Hoar, who recently expressed him
self as preferring to see every manufac-
tory in New England in ashes and the
mechanics reduced to fifty cents q day
and diet of Goldfish than to see the
failure of the Force bill, and his associ.
ates to come to the rescue. Mr.. Harri-
son favors the Election bill, and ever
since his election he has bitterly hated
Senator Quay on account of the patron
izing manner with which he treated
his highness; therefore If he did as he
would like to he would throw the
weight of his influence, which isn't
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 Aug. 80, as the day for TAX
ing the vote on the tariff bill adopted
by the Senate.
Can Mr.. Quay get his resolutions pass
ed? To what extent will the democrats
support it? It now looks as If the first
question might be answered in the az
firmative, and that the democrats in a
body will support the Quay resolutions;
not because they endorse it but because
they recognize in it 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
willing to vote with the rest of the re
publicans to 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 ad-
NIT that the fight which is now going
on in the Senate has already practical
ly settled the Congressional election in
favor of the democrats. The openness
with which Mr.. Quay is acting for the
special interest of single clique of
monied men so disgusted some Of the
republicans that they announced their
intention to defeat certain clauses of
the tariff bill. AS quick as the tele-
graph could notify these men, and spec
ial trains conld bring them, a delega-
ton was before the Senate Finance
committee demanding, not politely ask
ing, what these rumors meant. The
republican members of that committee
humbly informed them that their in
terests should be taken care of as had
been promised them when they made
their campaign contributions, and these
robbers of the toiling millions returned
whence they came.
Representative Baker, of New York
who enjoys the notoriety of being the
only man who ever had a resolution
returned to him by vote of the House,
because of its bad taste, made an ass of
himself again by offering a resolution
rejecting ubon Mr.. Mills because of his
making tariff reform speeches. 1t 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 ig-
nored Mr.. Baker and the House pro-
ceeded to business and he did not get his
resolutions printed.
Public opinion is q great lever. Sec
retary Window has decided that the
prices paid by the government for sill
yer bullion shall be made public. They
never should have been hid.
The republicans don't do much talk
ing these days about Congressional
re-apportionment this year. Cause
why; the Census shows that the South
will gain instead of lose Congressman.
Few weeks past Superintendent Porter
has worked his force night and day to
get the count completed in order that
the re-apportionment might be made;
but the result has not been just what
was anticipated, and no re-apportion-
ment will be made. The population of
the country is in round numbers 64,-
.000,G00.
Recognizing the fact that the Con-
gressional campaign this year was to be
run on "gall" and "boodle" Assistant
Postmaster General CIarkson, who has
an unlimited supply of the former, is
to become the boss dog of the Republi-
can Congressional Campaign commit
tee. The "boodle" will be furnished
by the usual crowd.
The anti-lottery bill was passed py
q unanimous vote.
After numerous scares the River and
Harbor bill went through the Senate
Saturday.